**** Official Class Of 2011 Rd Decisions ****

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED! **</p>

<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>[<em>]Stats:
[</em>] SAT: 2140 - W670 CR680 M790
[<em>] SAT IIs: Chem740 MII760
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] GPA: school doesn’t give
[</em>] Other stats: IB 43 out of 45 points
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Essays: Thought essays were pretty decent!
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Wasn’t allowed to read them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Wasn’t allowed to read but I trust it was good
[<em>] Hook (if any): No hook
[</em>] Location/Person: Asia
[<em>] State or Country:
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: I think my extra-curricular activities together with my IB scores was a big plus!
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No clue really… Hard to tell with all these universities
[<em>] Other Factors: None really…
[</em>] going to attend? Most likely not.</p>

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<p>Wonder how these new decisions got started in 2011 thread?</p>

203

<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): M: 590 CR: 800 W: 680
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:US History- 800 Lit- 680
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 102/100 W
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):8/216
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US Hist(5) World Hist(5) English lit, Psych, US Gov
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: english AP, Psych AP, Calc H, Lit app H, religion, economics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): presidential service award</p>

<p>[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity tennis, NHS, student ambassador, band, academic challenge
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: library volunteer, tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities:library volunteer, tennis lessons, tennis coach
[ *] Essays: pretty good, about how I always loved history and how it shaped my life
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: good
[ *] Counselor Rec: ok, I guess
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>

<p>[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: mid sized Catholic school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket: around 60,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy</p>

<p>[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths:grades, AP scores, I showed a passion for something
[ *] Weaknesses: lack of leadership, low math SAT score
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: grades and AP scores, legacy
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted- TCNJ, Seton Hall, Ramapo, Pittsburgh Rejected: UPenn Waitlisted: William and Mary, Holy Cross</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>DECISION: Accepted</p>

<p>[ *] SAT: 720R/690M/790W
[ *] SAT IIs:780 US History + 700 Literature
[ *] ACT:31
[ *] GPA: 3.8(unweighted) 4.4(weighted)
[ *] Rank:top 15%
[ *] Essays: loss of father
[ *] Teacher Recs: AP US History teacher & AP English Lang teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (if any): none
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Catholic High School
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: rigorous schedule, community service, soccer
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: good fit
[ *] going to attend?: waiting to hear from other schools still
[ *] where else were you waitlisted/accepted/rejected?:ACCEPTED = Lehigh, University of Michigan, Villanova, Georgetown & waiting to hear from = Notre Dame, Princeton</p>

205

<p>Decision: Accepted into college of arts and science school</p>

<p>DECISION: waiting on Duke</p>

<p>Stats:
•SAT:2240
•SAT IIs: 710 Math 2, 700 Math 1, 640 chem
•ACT: 28
•GPA: 3.95
•Rank:Top 1%
•APs: World History, Calculus AB, English Lit, Psychology, Chemistry, Statistics
•Essays: implicit representation of my personalities through a soccer goal
•Teacher Recs: great recommendations from 3 of my teachers
•Counselor Rec: didn’t get to read it
•Hook (if any): sports medicine internship for 2 years, boys soccer captain for 2 years, club socer for 8 years
•State or Country: Washington
•School Type: public
•Ethnicity: Asian
•Gender: male
•major strength/weakness: ECs, essays, recs, grades, SAT score, AP classes, extracurriculars
•why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: overall application; my personal statement essay
•going to attend? i will most likely attend if depending on if i get into Duke or Johns Hopkins and if i get enough financial aid</p>

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<p>I still haven’t received a letter, but my portal online has updated where I am able to accept enrollement and submit a deposit. It also has financial aid available now. Does this mean I’m accepted? Hoping that I will get my letter this afternoon.</p>

207

<p>You’re in, kat.</p>

208

<p>@katdavis i had the same thing happened to me. it is an acceptance.</p>

<p>GPA:3.5 weighted
SAT:1800
Ethnicity:1/2 White and 1/2 African American
Gender:Female</p>

<p>Don’t loose hope everyone! I couldn’t believe I got in, but it is my first choice so I will be attending!</p>

209

<p>I applied EA but I thought this might be helpful for anyone who’s applying and wants to know what this year looks like.<br>
DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ *] SAT: equivalent to 32 ACT
[ *] SAT IIs: I don’t think I submitted them to BC
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] GPA: 4.47 W
[ *] Rank: ?
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: not super creative, a bit generic although I wrote about activities that are somewhat unique
[ *] Teacher Recs: 1 was average, the other I am guessing was SUPERB (this teacher loves me/I have babysat for his children)
[ *] Counselor Rec: fine
[ *] Hook (if any): really nothing very unique other than they like my school
[ *) Location/Person: Chicago
[ *] State or Country: IL
[ *] School Type: Private Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: grades/scores
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I fit right in the middle 50% statistics, probably at the higher end
[ *] Other Factors: my extracurriculars are very strong, a lot of leadership positions, etc.
[ *] going to attend? if I don’t get in to Penn or Georgetown, still considering Villanova (not as strongly as BC though)</p>

210

<p>business school and honors btw</p>

211

<p>Waitlisted</p>

<p>SAT: 2180
GPA: 3.7
AP Classes: 6 APs
Essays: really good writer
Race: White female</p>

212

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:Math 690, CR 660, Writing 770
GPA: 87/100 Cumulative 9th-11th, 93/100 Senior Year
Rank: No Rank Given
APs: No APs offered, yet senior year all classes are typically AP.
Sports: Varsity Wrestling Captain, Varsity Cross Country Runner, Varsity Crew
EC: All State Orchestra Violist and School Principal Violist, School Activity Committee Senior Head
Community Service: NYS FF1 Certified Volunteer Firefighter, Local mentor/tutor, Nicaraguan 3 week home stay
Essays (subject and responses): Pretty Bad, my common app one was about me chasing down and fighting a mugger last summer. My supplement was about wrestling.
Teacher Recs: Didn’t see them, I’m guessing they were decent.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it.
Hook: My school advisor who is also the school chaplain wrote an extremely well written letter to Boston College </p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Delaware
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Top Tier Boarding School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA and SAT Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was deferred for EA and wrote them an update letter and raised my GPA a solid amount.</p>

<p>Other Factors: Not catholic, but chaplain letter most likely helped.
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Today I was wait listed at Wake Forest, wait listed at University of Richmond, and accepted to Boston College. I have friends that are in the exact opposite situation as me, but Boston College was my top choice from all three so I’m satisfied.</p>

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<p>@EuphoricTyson Congrats!</p>

<p>S was accepted to BC and Richmond, waitlisted at Wake Forest as well… seems like all of the WF posts were waitlists. He was surprised to be accepted BC and waitlisted WF, thought would be other way around.</p>

<p>Just waiting on Lehigh and Vanderbilt, but BC is definitely up there. Best of luck with your decision!</p>

214

<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: M640 CR740 W650
ACT: 31
GPA: 4.0uw
Rank: 6 of 128
Sports: Varsity tennis
EC: Student council president, NHS president, DECA VP, Mock trial, best buddies, first chair french horn
Community service: about 60 hours
Essays: personal statement was good, I thought my supplement essay was pretty good (I did the book for convocation one)
Teacher recs: one was excellent, the other was pretty good
Counselor rec: excellent for her, but she’s not the best writer
Hook: I’m catholic (is that a hook?)</p>

<p>State: NY
School type: Small public - usually has 3 or 4 people accepted to BC a year
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income bracket: upper middle class
Strengths: GPA, ECs
Weaknesses: SAT scores</p>

<p>I’m very sad about being waitlisted, especially when people from my school with lower stats were accepted but I have faith that I’ll go where I’m meant to and I suppose BC isn’t it. I was also waitlisted at American and UVa yesterday and accepted to Wake Forest, Smith, George Washington, and Elon</p>

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<p>hey future eagles!</p>

<p>Check out this video to see some BC students promoting love and solidarity, the Jesuit mission!
[One</a> Love: rethink the way you do good. - YouTube](<a href=“One Love: rethink the way you do good. - YouTube”>One Love: rethink the way you do good. - YouTube)</p>

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<p>Stats:
ACT:30
GPA:93/100
Rank:22/99
Sports: Varsity Soccer/Cross Country
EC: NHS President, Student Council Secretary… and other much less important clubs
Community Service:110 Hours
Essays: I’ve never been good at writing essays. I’m slightly above average.
Teacher Recs: two excellent letters
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Hook: Received 3 year army ROTC scholarship to Boston College if I were to get accepted (which I did)</p>

<p>State: Alabama
School Type: Small Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Strength’s: Leadership positions
Weaknesses: Essays
Im not an amazing student but a strong one who decided to join a lot of clubs and go for leadership positions. There is hope!!!</p>

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<p>e=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][/size]</p>

<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED into CAS</p>

<p>[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: 2040 (M700 CR620 W720)
[ *] SAT IIs: 720 on math ii
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] GPA: it’s a weird scale, but it’s very high within my school
[ *] Rank: cum laude (my school doesn’t officially rank)
[ *] Other stats: VERY rigorous curriculum, many EC’s
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: I think they were quite good
[ *] Teacher Recs: solid, had both junior year - both like me A LOT
[ *] Counselor Rec: we know each other well - guess he liked me?
[ *] Hook (if any): my country is definitely underrepresented at BC, do an unusual sport
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: over the pond:)
[ *] School Type: boarding in the US
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] major strength/weakness: weak scores, but good essays+recs. I also sent them a resume!
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Good essays, very high toefl! genuine interest in the school?
[ *] Other Factors: rare type of Christian? Didn’t apply for F/A
[ *] going to attend? not sure yet, haven’t heard from the majority of my schools</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone who got in! </p>

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

ACT (breakdown): 29 composite
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11 out of 85
AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History, Computer Science (school doesn’t offer many APs for underclassmen)
Senior Year Course Load: AP U.S. Government, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP English Lit, Theology IV, Dual Credit English Lit, Forensics, and Human Pathophysiology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Thespian (over 1000 hours towards drama club)

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Drama Club 6 years (head of Little Theater renovation committee), premed club, environmental club
Job/Work Experience: have worked at local pizzeria for three years
Volunteer/Community service: Zumba instructor at local Transitional Living Center with YWCA for a year, local hospital volunteer (300 hours), NHS community service (140 hours), and school service learning (80 hours)
Summer Activities: local hospital volunteer (referred on top), summer medical programs at Johns Hopkins University and Perelman School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania)
Essays: mainly talked about transition from Mexico into the United States and about my handicapped sister (9/10)
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read them, but they have seen me grow as a student for the past four years
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 10/10 from boss
Commonapp Essay: very strong
UR Supplement Essay: very strong as well

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Small, Catholic, all girls private school
Ethnicity: hispanic
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Grew up in Mexico and eventually moved to the United States due to the violence. Ever since then I have been struggling to catch up to my classmates since I learned English when I was 11 years old. Dual nationality. My sister has a rare syndrome called PKS and my family has struggled both emotionally and financially.

Reflection:

Strengths: Essays, letters of rec, passion shown in essays, and cultural duality
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: moving countries is not very easy. How my sister has inspired me to want to become a medical doctor in order to understand more about the human body.
Weaknesses: standardized testing, all I have to say is that it’s biased.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my ethnicity/unique upbringing, my passion for science, and all the volunteering I have done over the years
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: University of Rochester (waiting for six other schools)
Notes: Congrats to all the other students that were accepted! It’s a great school!

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@doctorcass great job congrats! BC made a great decision to accept you! Good luck!

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@doctorcass , Grats, but you posted this on a 7-year-old thread. Why it is pinned is beyond me, but I expect there is a more current results thread to post your results on.