<p>[li] School Applied to:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT: CR 730 M 800 W 760</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: Math 800, Bio 800, Chem 790, US Hist 720</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: Approx 4.5 weighted</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: School doesn't rank. Top 10%, maybe top 5%.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats: AP USH 5, Bio 5, Calc BC 5, MacroEc 4. Taking AP Psych, Physics, Spanish, Statistics this year.</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Subjective:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars: Band 4yrs, Varsity Tennis 4yrs, XC 1yr, Varsity Football 1yr, Science Olympiad, Math Team, various service orgs including 1 month volunteer tennis coach for inner city children.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Were a struggle, ended up OK</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: The one I saw was good.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Didn't see</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): URM sort of.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: MA</p>
<p>[li] School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: Mexican American, caucasian</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li] major strength/weakness: Strengths: SAT and AP scores, weakness: Essays</p>[/li]
<p>[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Good scores, grades, ECs</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] going to attend? Seriously considering.</p>[/li]
<p>Above is my son. Congrats to all accepted. For those deferred -- good luck in next round. Son was deferred at MIT and knows a little how that feels. </p>
<p>Can't get the bullet points to display properly.</p>
<p>Didn't look much at Agora the past few days as they indicated that decisions would not be available online and also it seemed to be not working correctly the one time I did look -- so I can't shed any light on whether scripts on the page signalled decisions.</p>
<p>I'm on vacation so I'm making my neighbor get my mail and tell me if I got a big envelope!! I have to wait until 300 pm though for the mail to come...</p>
<p>but i was already accepted to Georgetown so I'm happy :)</p>
<p>no letter in the mail in florida today. however, my friend (lives five miles away) got his letter but i don't know if he got in. is it possible that a bigger envelope takes longer to mail? or am i just trying to make myself feel good</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to: College of Arts & Sciences</p>
<p>[ ] **Stats*:
[ *] SAT: 690 CR, 670 M, 750 W (1360 / 2110)
[ *] SAT IIs: 760 USH, 700 Bio-M, 630 Lit, 630 Bio-E
[ *] GPA: 94.5 UW
[ *] Rank: 10/263 (Top 4%)
[ *] Other stats: 5 on Bio, 4 on USH, 3 on English Lit. Hardest courseload available, etc.</p>
<p>[ ] **Subjective*:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: Captain of 3 Varsity teams, NHS Board Member, President of Key Club, etc. (Pretty general stuff, overall).
[ *] Essays: I guess BC liked it?
[ *] Teacher Recs: Not particularly outstanding, I'd imagine.
[ *] Counselor Rec: This was probably pretty amazing, although I've never read it for myself.
[ *] Hook (if any): I'm a White Male from Long Island, NY... in other words, no.
[ *] Location/Person: Long Island, NY
[ *] State or Country: U.S.
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White as can be.
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Major Strength/Weakness: Excel in English/History, and not too shabby in the Math/Science department.
[ *] Why You Think You Were Accepted: Seriously, no idea.. I had a pretty mediocre SAT score, perhaps slightly above-average class rank and GPA, and fairly standard ECs... I'm not sure HOW I got accepted, but I'm absolutely THRILLED that I have been! :D
[ *] Other Factors: None to speak of.
[ *] Going to Attend?: It's still only December, so I have to see how I fare with my other schools first.. But it's certainly a possibility. :)</p>
<p>The better of the two "thin envelope" letters (defer):
Dear Mr. Coopjust,</p>
<pre><code>The Admission Committee has completed its review of Early Action applications to Boston College. At this time, we have decided to postpone action on your application for admission to the University. This means your application will be reviewed again in the context of our entire application pool for this year during the Regular Admission period. We will communicate a decision to you no later than April 15.
Nearly 7,000 candidates submitted applications for Early Action consideration. The Early Action review process is highly selective, and admission is offered only to those candidates with the very strongest credentials. This ensures that all candidates applying to Boston College under Regular Admission are treated with full consideration and fairness. Your application will receive another thorough and objective evaluation when the Admission Committee convenes again in January.
We are grateful for your interest in Boston College and the fact that you applied through the Early Action program. Please make sure your first semester grades are forwarded to this office when available. Also, we are interested in new achievements or distinctions you might have earned since your application was completed. If you have any questions regarding your application, please feel welcome to contact me.
Best wishes to you and your family for a peaceful holiday season.
</code></pre>
<p>Sincerely yours,
(Handwritten signature here)
Jane M. Crowley
Senior Assistant Director
Office of Undergraduate Admission
<p>School Applied to: Carroll School of Management
Stats:
SAT: 1360/1600, 2010/2400
SAT IIs: Math IIC- 650, USH-600
Rank: Unranked. "Very Demanding" courseload
APs: 6 APs in all, most rigorous course schedule
Extra Curriculars: Very Strong
Counselor Rec: Didn't See
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Highly Competitive Public - 17/220 went to ivies last year.
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: Male
Major Strength/Weakness: Low SATIIs, Fairly low SATs for BC. And applying to CSOM, which is usually harder to get into than the others.</p>
<p>[ *] School Applied to: Carroll
[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:1350/2050
[ *] SAT IIs:680 US History....680 Math I
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] GPA: 3.2ish (no joke)
[ *] Rank: we dont rank
[ *] Other stats:AP Spanish-2.....AP US History-5...AP Enviro-4. I am currently in Macro, Micro, English Lit, Euro and AB Calc (all AP's)
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Extra Curriculars: Tutor for disadvantaged Hispanic youth (that must have looked REALLY good)...Varsity Baseball 3 years, will probably be captain this year. Associate editor of school newspaper.
[ *] Essays: out of this world. According to my counselor, it was the best he's read in nearly a decade. It was about growing up as a hispanic youth in a rich, white suburb. (again, this probabaly looked REALLY good)
[ *] Teacher Recs:decent i guess, i cant imagine they were anything special
[ *] Counselor Rec: again, decent
[ *] Hook (if any):being hispanic, well, not only a hispanic, but a hispanic that doesnt require financial aid.
[ *) Location/Person: NYC suburb, i go to a boarding school though
[ *] State or Country:NY
[ *] School Type:boarding, episcopal private
[ *] Ethnicity:HISPANIC, YAY
[ *] Gender:male
[ *] major strength/weakness: being hispanic, having an upward trend. my underclass grades were awful
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:hispanic, upward trend
[ *] Other Factors: none that i can think of
[ *] going to attend? ABSOLUTELEY, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!</p>
<p>listen, guys, i had a subpar gpa and mediocre sat scores. i KNEW i was gonne be defferred, i guess not. i am positive that the only reason i got in is my ethnicity. not only am i hispanic at a white as bleach school, but alot of my app was about my being hispanic (my EC's, my tear-jerking essay about my identity crisis.) my message is this, my stats are ALOT worse than alot of you who got/will get defferred. i just had one thing going for me, thats all. </p>
<p>good luck to all, i cannot describe how excited and surprised i am.</p>
<p>[li] School Applied to: College of Arts & Sciences</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT: 740 CR, 800 M, 770 W (1540/2310)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: 750 Math IIC, 750 US History, 740 Biology M</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 4.0 UW</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 3/60, but not released</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats: 5 on AP Biology, 5 on AP US History</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Subjective:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars: Tennis, cross country, NHS, Key Club</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: I didn't think my personal statement was very good!</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: Alright, one called me "quiet."</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): None, Virginia is underrepresented?</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Location/Person:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] State or Country: Virgnia</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: Private Catholic</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: White</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: Male</p>[/li]
<p>[li] major strength/weakness: SATs/GPA // Essays, Recs</p>[/li]
<p>[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ugh I don't know, I don't care!</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors:</p>[/li]
<p>[*] going to attend? Maybe, just got in to Georgetown too! AGH!</p>
<p>[li] School Applied to:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] ACT:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Subjective:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Extra Curriculars:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any):</p>[/li]
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<p>[li] State or Country:</p>[/li]
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<p>[li] Gender:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major strength/weakness:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Other Factors:</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Going to attend?[/ul]</p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: Carroll School of Management - Honors Program!
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 2090
[</em>] SAT IIs: math 2-700, lit - 660, french - dunno yet
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 4.46 UW, 3.79 W
[<em>] Rank: no ranking
[</em>] Other stats: full IB diploma student
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: class pres, varsity swim 4 years, piano, softball, church, other stuff
[<em>] Essays: i guess they were good, only my parents read them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: hopefully good
[<em>] Counselor Rec:same
[</em>] Hook (if any): lots of leadership stuff/community service/really tough classes
[<em>] Location/Person: md
[</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: f
[</em>] Major strength/weakness:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: hav stuff like leadership that csm is looking for i guess
[</em>] Other Factors:
[li] Going to attend?[/ul] maybee</p>[/li]
<p>did anyone else get into the managemnt honors program? it says 30-35 are in this program (thats crazy selective!) so does that mean only like 35 were accepted?</p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: CAS Honors Program! :D
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 800 CR/770 M/720 W, 2290 total
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem 800, US History 790, Math I 750, Physics 730
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.42 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/165
[</em>] Other stats: AP Chem 5, AP US 5, AP Lit 4, AP Physics B 4; AP Lang, Calc AB, and Bio for senior year; I've taken 4 courses for college credit at my high school
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: 3-sport athlete, NHS, Tri-M, local community service group, church community service group, violin/singing; I have leadership positions/awards in many ECs
[<em>] Essays: I thought it was very good, it showed a side of me that no other part of my application did
[</em>] Teacher Recs: At the very least I'd say they were good, hopefully better than that (I never saw them)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She's not a huge fan of me, but there's nothing too bad she could really say. Probably the same as my teacher recs--at least good, maybe better.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Not that I can think of
[<em>] Location/Person: Upstate NY
[</em>] State or Country:
[<em>] School Type: Small public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Strengths are grades/SATs, I'm well rounded and very involved in my ECs even if they aren't spectacular--so that could be a strength or weakness
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I have no idea, but apparently they saw something good in me!
[</em>] Other Factors: N/A
[li] Going to attend?: It's one of my top three, so we'll see how other acceptances and financial aid offers play out in the spring.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Congrats to everyone else who got accepted! I'm so excited!! :D</p>
<p>DECISION: honors
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT:CR - 800, WR - 800, M - 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: US Hist - 790 Spanish - 730 Math II - 770
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank, definintely top 10%, prob higher
[</em>] Other stats: AP Calc AB - 5, APUSH - 5, AP English Lang - 5; taking AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Spanish, and AP English lit this year
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: nothing spectacular, girl scouts, mock trial, youth and government, track, italy exchange
[<em>] Essays: good I guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was really good, the other I didn't see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: one of the other counselors said it was really good, but I didn't see it
[</em>] Hook (if any): girl who wants to go into science and math?
[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: maryland
[<em>] School Type: private all girls
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: great grades/scores weakness - not many cool extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: scores and being a legacy
[</em>] Other Factors:
[*] Going to attend?[/ul] maybe</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] SAT: 800 V, 750 M, 780 W (took three times)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math II, 700 Lit, 700 Physics
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: Not given at my school, but B+ avg.
[<em>] Rank: Not given at my school, but fifth decile (30% of the kids at my school go to the ivy leagues, 41% natiional merit commended students, 100% graduate to four year colleges (most of the time))
[</em>] Other stats: 3 years V letter in XC, 4 years v letter in Wrestling (captain senior year), 4 years V letter in track (Captain senior year). Summer data entry work experience, and voluntter camp counselor. Band, school newspaper.
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ list]
[<em>] Essays: Great, i guess
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great, i guess
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very good, i guess
[</em>] Hook (if any): ??? not really??? Aunt went there, i wrote like a paragraph about how much i want to go there in the additional comments
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] major strength/weakness: physical toughness/easily distracted
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: not sure
[li] going to attend? not sure, also got into ND and USNA[/li][/ul]Other Factors:** 4 year NROTC scholarship. </p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 33
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.3 W
[<em>] Rank: 38/788
[</em>] Other stats:
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: Varsity Lacrosse (4 yrs, Capitan), Cross Country, Varsity Hockey, Part-time job, church activities, community service
[<em>] Essays: good (very personal)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: prolly good
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[<em>] Location/Person: chicago
[</em>] State or Country: illinois
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: test scores, extra curriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: i have no idea, im a little confussed but whatever
[</em>] Other Factors: im catholic?
[*] Going to attend?[/ul]</p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: College of Arts and Sciences
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT:
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT:29
[</em>] GPA: 91.8
[<em>] Rank: doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: 2 years of dance, tons of community service, model un, residential proctor- all things that take up loads of time, esp. the last one.
[<em>] Essays: pretty good- it was funny- but maybe they don't like that.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: incredible
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great, I would assume
[</em>] Hook (if any): my majors? Classical studies and art history
[<em>] Location/Person: From south Florida, but go to school in CT
[</em>] State or Country:Fl/CT
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender:female
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: my fall midterms? they werent as high as last years grades- but I take tougher classes
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: no idea- I think it's just a crapshoot in some cases. I know people that were accepted and honestly I don't see how they got in and I got deferred. Oh well!
[</em>] Other Factors:
[*] Going to attend?[/ul] probably not- it isn't my first choice school, so even if I get in regular I probably won't go.</p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: arts and sciences
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 670 CR, 760 M, 750 W (1430/2180)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 mathII, 620 chemistry
[<em>] ACT: didn't submit
[</em>] GPA: 3.76 UW
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: ?
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: community service leadership board, habitat president, food bank vice president, earth advocates president, spirit committee president, international club founder and president, theater (5 plays), outdoors club instructor, homecoming court, NHS executive board
[<em>] Essays: about kayaking, my teachers said it was great; i liked it a lot.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: one was probably good, other probably okay.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: amazing--i'm his favorite by far.
[</em>] Hook (if any): none that i know of.
[<em>] Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: live in GA, go to school in TN (don't know which matters)
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: extra curriculars=strength, gpa=weakness
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: stats were above average, very involved, good essay and recs...
[</em>] Other Factors: none
[*] Going to attend?[/ul] i don't know yet. i got deferred from my #1 georgetown today, too, so this acceptance definitely made me feel better. we'll see, though...</p>
<p>DECISION:
[ul]
[<em>] School Applied to: CAS
[</em>]Stats:
[<em>] SAT: 2180 (770 math, 710 verbal, 700 writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 700 math two, 640 spanish
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: 3.7 or 3.8 unweighted, 4.4 weighted
[<em>] Rank: something like 48/430
[</em>] Other stats: lots of small awards, national merit semi-finalist
[<em>]Subjective:
[</em>] Extra Curriculars: spanish club pres, gay-straight alliance co-pres, governor's page, youth performing arts conservatory
[<em>] Essays: good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great?
[</em>] Hook (if any): graduated at 15, taking gap year
[<em>] Location/Person: chapel hill
[</em>] State or Country: north carolina
[<em>] School Type: public, good school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: strength - gap year, recs weakness - sat twos, grades a teensy bit
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: i have no idea, this is a horrible question!
[</em>] Other Factors:
[*] Going to attend? if i get in regular decision . . . i really might. i love bc so much. but . . . i feel personally hurt? hahaha. i've spent a lot of time crying today.[/ul]</p>