<p>"^I'm shock that you are deferred. But can you explain this:</p>
<p>"Interview - Again, I thought went very well- the guy told me i was exactly the kind of student they are looking for (maybe they all say that)"</p>
<p>BC doesn't interview."</p>
<p>oh yeah srry that was from the gtown thread i got deferred there as well lol yeah this week has pretty sucked for me</p>
<p>To everyone who been deferred/rejected from a current BC freshman:
please remember that although the stats posted here are helpful as a benchmark, it is only a very small sample of the 2200 plus applicants who got EA accepted - and over 7,000 applied. So you think you are better than some who were admitted EA? you may or may not be correct if you are basing it on what is posted on CC. Some people have the wildcard that BC is looking for, like class rank, diversity, interesting, building the class, passionate about learning - whatever it is. I am so impressed by the stats everyone has posted. If you are deferred: I know lots of people at BC today who got in from that list. Work hard and keep up that GPA, have your counselor write and tell BC how awesome you are. If you were rejected, I know it's tough, but you are all so bright you will be in a great school in the fall - you are among the best students in the country. College admissions can best be described as a crapshoot at this point. Good Luck to all.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted; honors
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: CAS
[</em>] SAT: 2360 (800CR 800M 760W)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 730 bio-e; 690 chem; 760 mathIIC
[</em>] IB/AP: IB Physics SL 7, all other IB/AP tests will be taken May 2008
[<em>] GPA: ~97 unweighted, ~103 weighted
[</em>] Rank: ~5/550
[<em>] Extra Curriculars: loads and loads of music, couple honor societies, treasurer of French
[</em>] Essays: revealing of who I am and what I value
[<em>] Teacher Recs: can't judge, didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: great
[<em>] Location: long island, NY
[</em>] School Type: public, 4 year
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] miscellaneous: IB Diploma program, technically an international student because I'm not a green card holder or a citizen
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: good GPA and ECs
[<em>] Other Factors:
[</em>] going to attend? nope; not eligible for financial aid (international student)
[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs: 660 US 640 MATH 2 600 CHEM
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] GPA: 4.48 W, 3.95 UW
[<em>] Rank: 3/550+?
[</em>] Other stats: 5 APUSH, 5 WORLD, 3 BIO
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: president of clubs, presidential candidate intern, boards this and that
[<em>] Essays: okay.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): low income?
[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian - viet
[<em>] Gender: m
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: ranking, gpa, weakness - test scores
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: EC's?
[</em>] Other Factors: hmm.
[*] Going to attend?[/ul] maybe. depends on financial.</p>
<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to: arts and sciences
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: CR:760 M:680 W:750 (2190)
[ *] SAT IIs: Lit:700 Math I:730 Chem:took in Dec
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] GPA: 4.07/4.5
[ *] Rank: 4/224
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP Psych, 4 AP Eng Lang, 5 APs this year
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: 3 sport athlete, captain of football and baseball team, NHS, stuff at a children's hospital, newspaper columnist
[ *] Essays: i thought it was really good (about the Beatles)
[ *] Teacher Recs: sent 3 by accident, 1 was by an alum of BC, another by a Princeton alum, both know me very well so undoubtedly very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good and she said BC was my first choice and I would go if I got in
[ *] Hook (if any): 3 sport athlete with leadership, I also got a letter from another BC alum sent, she works for Goldman Sachs and donates to the school etcetc so that probably helped alot, the fact that BC is my first choice
[ *] Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: medium public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: essay and SATs/ ECs other than sports
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: all-aroundness<br>
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? barring an acceptance from Princeton or Dartmouth which would make me reconsider, YES</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to: A&S
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: (1550/2270) 800CR 750M 720W
[ *] SAT IIs: 770 Spanish, 760 US History, 710 MathII
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] GPA: 4.2W
[ *] Rank: 33/339 (top 10%)
[ *] Other stats: 5 AP Spanish, 5 AP USH, 4 AP English, 6 APs this year
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: president of young democrats, Model UN, math honor society, TV production (created my own weekly segment), newspaper/yearbook photography, local science and history competitions
[ *] Essays: decent, nothing particularly amazing
[ *] Teacher Recs: english teacher for 3 years and history teacher who helped me self-study AP USH, both were extremely good
[ *] Counselor Rec: no idea, I'm assuming mediocre since he doesn't know me well
[ *] Hook (if any): URM? catholic?
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type: medium religious
[ *] Ethnicity: hispanic
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] major strength/weakness: rank was a bit low
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: kickass rec from my history teacher
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? not sure, got deferred from all my other EA schools so I won't know until march</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=yellow][ b]Decision:deferred[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>School Applied to: CAS
Stats:
[ *] SAT:640CR 670M 630W
[ *] SAT IIs: 650 MathIIC 800 French
[ *] GPA:3.6 unweighted
bilingual IB diploma candidate
[ *] Other stats: AP French 5, AP Japanese 3
[ *] Extra Curriculars: yearbook , field hockey, soccer, led service trip to Cambodia
[ *] Essays: who knows
[ *] Teacher Recs: good i hope
[ *] Counselor Rec: ditto
[ *] Hook (if any): international student (is that a hook?)
[ *) Location/Person: Tokyo, Japan but French citizen
[ *] School Type:international school
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness:scores
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: scores...if it weren't for my intl status i would prob have been rejected outright
[ *] going to attend?
we'll see in april</p>
<p>Question: I thought you were only "supposed" to apply EA if you were like in the top 25% or something? I mean, a vast majority of these posters are, but I noticed some that had very avg. stats. What's the deal here?</p>
<p>and congrats to ALLaccepted :D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Honors Program</p>
<ul>
<li>School Applied to: CAS</li>
</ul>
<p>Stats:
* SAT: (On app) 660CR, 730M, 750W (1390/2140); (Retook in Dec) 770CR, 760M, 780W (1530/2310)
* SAT IIs: 730 Lit, 730 Math I, 700 Math II
* ACT: n/a
* GPA: 5.055 w, 4.0 uw
* Rank: 1/97</p>
<p>Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective
* Extra Curriculars: NHS pres, Science Olympiad, Math League Capt, Girls Nation, Youth Philanthropy Board, The Office Club, Lots of Volunteering, etc
* Essays: Pretty good, I guess
* Teacher Recs: Awesome
* Counselor Rec: Phemonenal
* Hook (if any): from Delaware?</p>
<p>Location/Person
* State or Country: Delaware
* School Type: Public Arts School (major in photography/communication arts), one of the best schools academically in the state, but it is Delaware
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Female</p>
<ul>
<li>major strength/weakness: strength - academics & transcript, weakness - my sats at the time weren't amazing</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: who knows</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:
* going to attend? Depends on financial aid</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>DECISION:ACCEPTED</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to:CAS
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:690V,710M,720W (2110)
[ *] SAT IIs:750 Lit., 680 US History
[ *] ACT:31 (33 super-scored) 35 Eng, 32 Math, 25!!! Reading(i got 33 every other time), 31 science
[ *] GPA:4.55
[ *] Rank:3/122
[ *] Other stats:All honors and APs
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: Debate Team (w/ multiple awards etc.), Tennis (Captain), Cross Country, Peer Ministry, a lot of clubs, LOTS of service
[ *] Essays:excellent short essay on debate team, honest/touching reflection on how my Campus Ministry Director has affected my life
[ *] Teacher Recs:amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec:great (he wrote about how I challenge myself academically eg. taking AP Physics w/ a former Princeton professor w/o the math requirements)
[ *] Hook (if any):service, maybe
[ *) Location/Person:USA
[ *] State or Country:Illinois (outside chicago)
[ *] School Type:catholic benedictine college-prep. w/ military(JROTC) program
[ *] Ethnicity:caucasian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:gpa and class rank were probably big factors/ i thought test scores would be a weakness for EA but i like BC's focus on actual performance in school
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:everything, except test scores, was pretty above average i guess
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?maybe; i'm excited for the EA admitted students visiting day. It depends on the visit and whether or not I get into ND or UPenn</p>
<p>question - i'm posting this for a friend.... she applied EA and still hasn't heard anything. (we're in the bay area over in california.) someone else from our school got accepted ea to BC already. does this mean anything other than her mail is slow? (i am an NYU ED-er and rejections came later than acceptances, for example.) did you guys determine whether logging on to agora and seeing the "financial aid" thing means anything? thanks.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - HONORS!</p>
<p>DECISION:</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to: A&S
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT: CR 700, M 670, W 800 (1370/2170)
[ *] SAT IIs: LIT 730, M II 690, Spanish Reading 560
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] GPA: 4.0 UW
[ *] Rank: 3/189
[ *] Other stats: IB Psych SL 6; taking the rest of my IB tests in May (6 IB classes this year)</p>
<p>[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: Parish Youth Group (3 years-member of High School Youth Group, Leader of Junior High Youth Group, and Leader of several Confirmation Retreats), Louisville Science Center Volunteer (4 years-highest level volunteer), Big Brothers Big Sisters Mentor (3 years), Karate (2 years), National Honor Society (2 years-Treasurer), Students Against Destructive Decisions <a href="3%20years-Executive%20board%20jr.%20year,%20Treasurer%20sr.%20year">SADD</a>, Ambassador for my high school (applied and chosen for 3 years), Peer Leader (3 years), Community Awareness Committee (4 years-Chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters committee and part of the planning and development committee), Opehlia Mentor (2 years), AGAPE Club (3 years), Eucharistic Minister (4 years), BETA Club (3 years), King Foundation for Social Justice Intern, Teen Columnist for the local Catholic newspaper "The Record" (2 years), JV softball (1 year), other volunteer and leadership positions
Also employee of the Louisville Bats Minor League Baseball Organization from April to September 2007
[ *] Essays: i really liked it and had fun writing it...was about being a huge Yankees fan...maybe that stood out for a school in Boston...
[ *] Teacher Recs: awesome
[ *] Counselor Rec: don't know, didn't read it.
[ *] Hook (if any): full IB diploma candidate from Kentucky?
[ *) Location/Person: Kentucky
[ *] State or Country: US
[ *] School Type: Catholic, all-girls
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: strength--academics and transcript (performance in school), i guess EC's with leadership positions too? weakness--test scores could've been higher
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: who knows, but i'm glad!
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? it depends on financial aid, but i hope so!</p>
<p>congratulations to everyone who has been accepted, and good luck to everyone still waiting!! and, those of you accepted to the honors program, are you going to the honors accepted students' day in February?</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED HONORS</p>
<p>[li]School: A&S</p>[/li]
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2320 (800CR 750M 770W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: World History-760 US History-790 MathII-720
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: school doesnt calculate
[<em>] Rank: Around top 20% very competitive private school
[</em>] Other stats: APs German-5 US History-5 Euro-5 Eng Lang-5</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common app essay was very good I thought spent a lot of time on it
[</em>] Teacher Recs: very good I would think- didn't read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as Teacher recs
[</em>] Hook (if any): Passion for history/ int'l stuff; study 2 languages (German and Chinese)?
[li] ECs: Cross country (3 yrs) Track (4 yrs) Indoor track (captain and helped start the team) Chinese outside of school (2 yrs) Youth ministry (leader on 2 retreats) Service trip to W Virginia (last 2 summers)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Strength: languages, history Weakness: leadership maybe
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: see Hook
[li] going to attend? Not sure... also accepted to Georgetown and Notre Dame[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Suspended for 2 days my sophomore year</p>
<p>Decision: DEFERRED</p>
<p>[li] School Applied to: CAS (political science major)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT: 760 CR, 700 M, 720 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: 740 Chemistry, 710 Math Level 2, 570 Spanish</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT: n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 96.6 weighted, roughly a 90 unweighted (my school doesn't use the 4.0 scale)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 8/119</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, 5 on AP Calc AB (2 APs and a UConn Co-op class this year)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Subjective:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars: Quiz Bowl (captain), yearbook committee, Gay-Straight Alliance, volunteer work in the recreation unit of a local nursing home</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Very well-written, but the subject was coming out as a lesbian- probably not conducive to getting into a Catholic school</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Great</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Very good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): Apparently n/a</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Location/Person:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State or Country: Connecticut</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White/Caucasian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] major strength/weakness: Strengths would be writing ability and standardized test scores, ECs are the main weakness</p>[/li]
<p>[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My extracurriculars are weak, and I guess my record just didn't stand out enough to get in EA. </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors: Like I said, it's possible that choosing to write about my coming-out experience may have hurt me, though I doubt it was a huge factor. I'll never know for sure.</p>[/li]
<p>[*]going to attend? I have to get in first, of course. It's not my number one, but I would like to attend if the finances work out.</p>
<p>salamander...I give you a lot of credit for your essay topic and I want to assure you that it did not hurt your chances of admission. BC is a very supportive environment, despite its Catholic heritage. One of my roommates was lesbian and she had a fabulous BC experience. I don't have much to say besides that, I just wanted you to know that it took a lot of guts to write about your coming out and the admissions committee will be more impressed by it than turned off by it.</p>
<p>has anybody got their prospective financial aid packages yet?</p>
<p>Hey this should be on the thread</p>
<p>ACCEPTED INTO CSOM HONORS!!!</p>
<p>Gender: M
Location: New York
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.90
GPA - Weighted: 4.10
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 216</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>ACT: 32
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 740
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 780
SAT II Biology - M: 650
SAT II Chemistry: 780</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Debate Team, Indian Culture Society, Science Olympiad, Ambulance Corps, Model UN, Math Team, and Academic League(Similar to Quiz Bowl Team).
Leadership positions: CoCaptain of Debate Team, Treasurer of Ambulance Coprs, Vice President of Model UN, Captain of Math Team, Captain of Academic League.</p>
<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level: JV Tennis in 9th Grade, Varsity Tennis in 10th and 11th.
Volunteer/Service Work: Indian Culture Society of Rockland, Ambulance Corps, Key Club, and A bunch of Honors Societies.</p>
<p>Honors and Awards: 1st place in County Debate in 2007 and 2008.
6 Medals for Science Olympiad Regionals.
High Scorer for Math Team (Went to NYSML).
Kodak Young Leaders Award
AP Scholar With Distinction
Scholar Athlete</p>
<p>College Summer programs: Gifted and Talented Program at Montclair state U
CTD at Northwestern University for Chemistry.</p>