Official BU Class of 2018 Regular Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston University
21

<p>Objective:

  • [<em>] SAT I: 2080 (CR 650 M 660 W 770)
    [</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
    [<em>] Weighted GPA: 3.97
    [</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, but counselor listed rank as “Outstanding” on the CommonApp
    [<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Language Arts and Composition (5), United States History (5)
    [</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, American Art and Experience, Statistics, Chinese 2, AP Literature, Journalism, Advanced Computer Science
    [<em>] Major Awards: Short story competition, programming award

Subjective:

  • [</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder and president of human rights club, managing editor of school newspaper, piano and music theory, college artificial intelligence class, honor council, babysitting
    [<em>]Publications: Published on national news website
    [</em>] Job/Work Experience: summer intern at major live-streaming network
    [<em>] Essays: Great!
    [</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great!
    [<em>] Counselor Rec: Great!
    [</em>] Additional Rec: Great!
    [<em>] Interview: N/A

Other[ul]
[</em>] State: California
[<em>] School Type: Independent
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian adoptee
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>]Income bracket: 100,000
[/ul]</p>

<p>I’m applying - the people who get in/don’t get in seem really quite random…sometimes I think BU is a safety, and sometimes it’s like a reach. What do you think?</p>

22

<p>Hello all~ I got in early decision for Boston University a week ago and I am here to sort of give my input. @Marinozai Yeah, I am not really sure at this point because I saw last year’s regular decision thread and a lot of people got rejected from Boston University with really good stats. I won’t consider BU to be a safety because there can be a chance that you might get rejected regular decision, but I won’t consider it to be a reach either because your stats seem to be around the target area. So I say match for you.</p>

23

<p>@jungwoo810 - Congratulations on your acceptance, and thank you for your input. I was wondering, what made you apply ED to BU? What did you like about it so much? To be honest, I’m just applying to…apply.</p>

24

<p>Uhm, I applied to BU ED to the College of Arts and Science because they have a really good International Relations program. I guess it was just the program in general and also it is located in a great city, which caused me to like the university a lot. And when I started applying, past graduates told me that they look at your application very holistically, including the essay. I plan on double majoring in International Relations and Economics and I think the university is great in general. @Marinozai did you apply to CAS?</p>

25

<p>@Marinozai have you visited? (I got in ED too, for reference just so it doesnt seem like I’m jumping in from nowhere haha)</p>

26

<p>I applied by December 1st (not sure when exactly) for admission to CAS (either physics or double major in stats and English… don’t judge me) and for the Trustee Scholarship… I feel relatively confident about admission, but definitely not going to get the scholarship, haha. Well, I figured I would apply for it anyway, just in case.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (single sitting as well as super-scored haha) 760 CR, 740M, 770 W
[</em>] ACT: didn’t send
[<em>] SAT II: oh God didn’t send (mine were really bad)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school doesn’t report, but mostly A-
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): my school doesn’t report
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (4), stats, calc AB, calc BC, physics, English lit
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP physics, AP calc BC, AP Stats, AP English lit, Ancient Greek, and a trimester of logic and set theory
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS if that counts…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial (captain, social media, lead attorney), Excerpt -literary and art magazine (managing publisher, managing editor), Gay, Lesbian, or Whatever - school GSA (vice president), Disciplinary Committee (class of 2014 representative), Piano (12 years), FIRST Tech Challenge team (secretary), school musicals (assistant stage manager (1 show), stage manager (2 shows), school plays (stagehand (1 show), assistant stage manager (1 show), stage manager (2 shows), Junior Class Talent Show (co-executive producer and stage manager), winter Semi-Formal Dance (co-planner and secretary), high school admissions blogger
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: AP chemistry tutor, seasonal sales associate at Brookstone in major mall, nanny, stage manager for professional summer company
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: head book sorter/organiser at a charity thrift shop, writing tutor for student who plagiarised, leader, sidewalker, and stablehand for therapeutic horseback riding centre, server and cleaner at local 4th of July Chicken Barbecue fundraiser, administrative assistant and general camp help at summer theatre camp, driver and dog handler for animal rescue transports, freshman orientation activities leader, high school leadership panel speaker, high school admissions tour guide
[</em>] Summer Activities: volunteering as written above, stage managing for professional company, took two-week course in physics and WPI
[<em>] Essays: main one: trying to fix a vacuum as a germaphobe. Why BU? was rather typical, talked about how I’m from a small farming community and at BU I can experience a foreign “culture” (big city life) while still being close to home (I live in NH)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: English teacher/mentor for an independent study in law I did in sophomore year, physics/optics teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: he kind of loves me so probably good?
[</em>] Additional Rec: my high school theatre department head and director, and my advisor, the school librarian. Both are like parents to me so that should be good
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[list]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NH
[<em>] School Type: private, co-ed, day, college prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: I do not report or report “other”
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: $75,000 - $100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college</p>[/li]
<p>Welp, couldn’t figure out what I did wrong on the formatting for the last part, so I’m just gonna leave it. Ermm yeah! Best of luck everyone!</p>

27

<p>4.35 W
2050 SAT (730 CR, 700 Writing, 620 math)
No class rank</p>

28

<p>Hi guys,just wondering, did you guys put anything for the Additional Information on CommonApp? I want to put my writing sample but not sure if that’s too much with all the writing or the more the better, thanks!</p>

29

<p>I put a short description of my depression, and all the ways I’m better now.</p>

30

<p>Good luck regular decision applicants! I hope that I’ll see some of you next year :smiley: </p>

<p>I got accepted early, and even with a low gpa I still managed to get into CAS. I can tell you for sure that at BU they really look at your essays and recommendations. Here’s some info that may help you. </p>

<p>The admissions officer that visited my school told me that:
•It’s good to have an SAT/ACT score above the average
•It helps if you’re a US citizen. Slightly more competitive if you’re an international.
•If you have lots of APs/Honors most likely you won’t get rejected or CGSed, but you may get waitlisted who knows. For example, although I have a low gpa, I took 7 APs overall in my HS career with a very high upward trend. </p>

<p>Oh yeah, and if your gpa did drop for reasons outside of school, make sure to include that on the additional information section on the common app. </p>

<p>Finally, if you need help with your BU supplement, feel free to private message me. I can definitely help! If you need help with chances I can try to chance you. Good luck!</p>

31

<p>Quick question (hopefully I’m posting this in the right place)
Did anyone not send in their mid year grades yet.
Because I didn’t and now I’m freaking out.
I thought it was supposed to be sent when available but I wanted to make sure and then I forgot and now I’m scared I screwed up. The website doesn’t really give a clear cut answer and I plan on calling them tomorrow, but I was wondering if anyone else has an answer?</p>

32

<p>I have finals for first semester next week and then I will send my final first semester grades in after they are posted</p>

33

<p>Yeah, just send it when it’s available. Some colleges have set deadlines, but I don’t think BU does.</p>

34

<p>I just sent in my first report card around November and they accpeted it.</p>

35

<p>@bornpuremichigan My school’s first semester isn’t even done yet haha, don’t worry about it :)</p>

36

<p>Hello all! I got in ED and I came to stop by and say good luck with your applications to Boston University and I know the regular decision applicant pool is more competitive, but they care a lot about the essay and if you are well rounded. I know they have been trying to drop the admission rate each year so I think it might be in the low 30’s, but I am sure many of you will get in if you don’t their will be a college out there for you.</p>

37

<p>anyone know when will we know our decisions?</p>

38

<p>I think around the 30th of march but hopefully it is earlier. The past fews years they have come out like the 26th. I applied ED and got deferred so im hoping to get in regular decision</p>

39

<p>@redsox1215 what were your stats?</p>

40

<p>papertowns57-check out his previous posts (by clicking on his name). Look at the bottom post thread. Go to page 29.</p>