<p>Accepted!
ACT 32
SAT 2050
APs US and World 5, Chem 4
tons of extracurriculars
GPA 96.45
competitive private school
top 10% in class</p>
<p>so excited!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2260/1460 (690 M, 770 V, 800 W)
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] SAT II: 760 US History, 760 Literature, 700 World History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7/4.2
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), US History (5), English Language and Composition (5), Environmental Science (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature and Composition, AP US Government with Economics, AP Calculus AB, Honors Physics, AP Psychology, Creative Writing/Religion (1 semester classes)
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/Honor…?</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Parliamentary debate (team captain sophomore through senior year), SADD (council freshman-sophomore, upperclassman chair junior, president senior), Relay for Life (youth committee sophomore year, youth chair junior-senior year), NHS (community service chair senior year), school performance choir, choir outside of school (v. intense, tours internationally, etc.), Girl Scouts
[ *] Job/Work Experience: internship with city policy analyst on homelessness/poverty issues last summer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Um, a lot? Many hours at my local homeless shelter and I’ve organized a few events (eg, Christmas parties) there.
[ *] Summer Activities: tours with my choir (Carnegie Hall twice, Europe tour summer 2009), internship last summer, Girls State last summer, People to People after freshman year, summer camp LIT summer 2008 and counselor summer 2009
[ *] Essays: I think they were pretty good- my short essay was on debate and my personal essay was on social change, homelessness, etc., how my experiences have influenced me… kinda hard to explain- it was a bit risky.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read, but one should’ve be awesome, the other should’ve be good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: my counselor loves me, so I think it was good.
[ *] Additional Rec: From my boss last summer- very good, complimentary.
[ *] Interview: N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: sociology (maybe)
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US…
[ *] School Type: private, Catholic, all-girls
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Not sure, to be honest… my parents try to keep it from me.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: my extracurriculars, recommendation letters, standardized test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: my GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not totally sure- I’m not Catholic, but I think that a lot of what I’m passionate about is very Jesuit social justice-y?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good luck to all the RD/deferred applicants! :)</p>
<p>SAT: 2220 (M-770, R-680, W-770)
SAT II (if submitted): Math II-750, US Hist-680
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): all A’s
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% out of 118
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc (5), Lang (5), Span (4), US Hist (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov/Politics, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP Macro/Micro Econ, Spanish Film, Religion
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society, Maryland Distinguished Scholar, All Conference Golf, All-Met Honorable Mention</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Varsity Golf (4 years); Editor in Chief of Newspaper (3 years); Best Buddies President (2 years), Peer Buddy (2 years); 5 week exchange with Argentina, 2 week exchange with Spain
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Best Buddies, 40 hours in Argentina, 40 hours at YNIA San Francisco
EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Good
General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Good Personal Essay
Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Two close teachers (golf coach and exchange trip leader)
Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didnt see
Additional Rec (only if you saw it): none
Interview:none</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Catholic Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
Strengths: ACT, Subject tests, ESSAYS, Recs: Catholic from a Catholic High school, EC’s
Weaknesses: SATs</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED CSOM Honors **</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 770 M, 730 W
SAT II: 760 Math II, 730 USH, 730 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.6
Rank: 2/615
AP (place score in parentheses): US History (5) Bio (5) English Lang (5) Bio (5) Photo (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Physics, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, H Economics, AP Photo, Concert and Marching Band
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards: 3rd/7,000 nationwide in Westpoint Bridge Design Contest, 1st in County Science Fair, Semifinalist in Stanford Global Innovation Tournament</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band (Section Leader of FH and Trumpets), Science Club (President), Junior Statesman of America (VP), National Honor Society (Officer), Students for Solar Schools (Officer), Business Majors
Job/Work Experience: Founded and own a tutoring company, 35 HS employees, $10,000 total income, 15 schools, I do PR, financing, management, etc
Volunteer/Community service: Founded and organized a volunteer tutoring organization for disadvantaged elem. schools in our area.</p>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Activity Short Essay: straightforward. About my tutoring company
Essay (Personal):Pretty good, about my climb of Mt. Whitney
Teacher Recommendation #1: didn’t read, good?
Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t read, good?
Counselor Rec: didn’t read, good?</p>
<p>Other
Which school did you apply to?: Carroll School of Management
What did you choose as your major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>Reflection
Why you think you were accepted: Being a entrepreneur with volunteer experience too. Leadership, AP’s
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m really excited, BC is one of my top 2 schools. Congrats to everyone else who got accepted!</p>
<p>I’ll do a shortened version, since I’m really here to ask a question.
Sorry!</p>
<p>ACT: 29
SAT: 1970
UW GPA: 3.99
AP Scores: Not impressive. US(4) World(3)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Editor of my high school paper, in charge of the online edition. Varsity Track. JV Basketball. A lot of volunteer work with United Way, as well as other organizations. Sunday school teacher. Paid tutor at Kumon Math and Reading. </p>
<p>Other
Which school did you apply to?: Arts and Sciences
What did you choose as your major: English
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F</p>
<p>Reflection
Why you think you were accepted: Only the admission office really knows… I would say I’ve worked hard in high school, my grades are good, my test scores are decent, and I’ve had a lot of rich life experiences. My essay was pretty nice too, if I do say so myself.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:</p>
<p>HELP ME!!!
I don’t know much about Boston College, and I hear wonderful things as well as terrible things. I know that BC is very well respected, but does anyone know the English program well enough to tell me if that program specifically is well respected? As an English major, I feel like I could go anywhere. Is Boston really worth the trip and money? Please someone, convince me that I’m right in being extremely excited about getting in.
Also, congrats to all those that got in! To those that got deferred or denied, congrats on your acceptances to plenty of other amazing schools!</p>
<p>ACCEPTEDDDDDDDDD! Honors CAS</p>
<p>Objective:
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 35
ACT (Highest subsection from each test): englis 36 reading 36 math 34 science 34
SAT II: 770 bio m and 770 math 2 and 780 lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.4 
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 5% or so, idk!
Senior Year Course Load: harddddd
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Ballet Company Member, National Honors Society Vice PRes
Job/Work Experience: receptionist
Volunteer/Community service: a lot of random things!</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
School Type: Private Catholic
Ethnicity: Filipino
Gender: Female</p>
<p>I’m excited but IDK what to do. Boston is so far away! I hope I get some money from them.</p>
<p>Pick one:</p>
<p>Accepted - CSOM honors!</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2390; Math: 800, CR: 800, Writing: 790
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All APs</p>
<p>[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): debate, student government, started own debate team, mock trial, model UN, etc.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: over 150 hours at science center and hospital
[ *] Summer Activities: governor’s school, piano intensive
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: really good
[ *] Counselor Rec: decent
[ *] Additional Rec:</p>
<p>[ *] Intended Major: economics/international relations
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): minnesota
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: chinese
[ *] Gender: female</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Carroll School of Management</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2240, M: 770, R:730, W:740
- SAT I superscore (breakdown): Taken once
- ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 34, E:35, S: 35, R:34, M: 33
- SAT II: 740 US History, 710 Spanish (non-native), 710 Math I
- Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
- Weighted GPA: 4.1 (only APs weighted)
- Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/454 (top 3%)
- AP (place score in parentheses): (may not have received) 5 Human Geo, 5 Spanish (non-native), 4 English Lang, 4 US History, 4 Statistics
- Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, Physics, Newspaper
- Number of other EA applicants in your school: none that I know of
- Awards: Various school awards, AP Scholar w/Distinction, DECA award
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Soccer (captain), SNHS, NHS (historian), Newspaper (news editor), DECA, study abroad
- Job/Work Experience: school store manager, soccer referee
- Volunteer/Community service: medium amount, thru school mainly
</code></pre>
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>
<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Activity Short Essay: good, 8
o Essay: very good, a bit long, 9
- Teacher Recommendation #1: excellent, 9-10
- Teacher Recommendation #2: didn’t see, probably average, 5
- Counselor Rec: didn’t see, probably good, 7
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Which school did you apply to?: Carroll
- What did you choose as your major: Economics
- Date Submitted App: 10/26ish
- State (if domestic applicant): CO
- Country (if international applicant): USA
- School Type: Mid-large public, suburban, fairly competitice
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: male
- Income Bracket: above average, but not upper bracket
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): extensive travel?
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: essays, tests, upward grade trend, recs
- Weaknesses: some grades, some letters of rec (i think), white, male
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
- What would you have done differently?: nothing i guess
</code></pre>
<p>Congrats too all those accepted and good luck to all those rejected/deferred</p>
<p>Interesting reading this thread…So basically if you are not a Legacy, Under Represented Minority, or First Generation College Applicant you need a minimum of a 1400 SAT/32 ACT to have any prayer of being accepted to BC. Wow!</p>
<p>^^mathematically, not true in total. But yes, EA is more competitive and BC so states.</p>
<p>The mean for BC matriculants is below 1400/32. In other words, over half the Frosh have lower numbers. They all can’t be hooked…</p>
<p>true, but matriculants are different than accepted students. Most colleges, admitted students have higher stats than matriculated students.</p>
<p>Accepted. CSOM Honors and Presidential Scholar Prospect</p>
<p>SAT 2340, math 800, CR 740, writing 800 (I took it only once-October 2009)
SAT II: 800 math level 2, 800 chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
AP: European History (5), US History (5), Chemistry (5), English Lang (5), Calculus BC (5), Statistics (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP US Gov, AP Physics B, AP Spanish, Multivariable Calc, College Accounting</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: club swimming, varsity swimming (captain), mathletes (secretary), peer tutoring club (president), student action movement (secretary), National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, TriM Music Honor Society, County All Star Math
- Job/Work Experience: swim instructor, tutor, intern at State Farm
- Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer since sophomore year
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* Which school did you apply to?: CSOM
- What did you choose as your major: Finance
- Date Submitted App: 10/30/10
- State (if domestic applicant): NY
- Country (if international applicant):
- School Type: public, around 300 per grade, highly ranked in the country
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: female
- Income Bracket: over 300,000… if that is a bracket
- Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
</code></pre>
<p>For how many of you is BC your first choice/you plan on attending?</p>
<p>I’m 95% sure i’ll be attending BC in the fall :)</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Honors Program, PSP invite</p>
<p>Objective</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown): 720 cr, 800s math/writing
SAT II: 770 physics, 780 math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.56
Rank: 2
AP: physics b (5), english language (5), spanish language (5), us history (5), biology (5), calculus bc (5), physics c (5-mech, 4-e/m)
IB: nope, and thank god, too!
Senior Year Course Load: moderate
Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0, I think
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none </p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): basketball, track, NHS, school literary journal, science olympiad
Volunteer/Community service: community youth board, tutoring for middle schoolers </p>
<p>Writing</p>
<p>Common App Main: living passionately (10)
EC Short Answer: my interest in physics
Teacher Recommendation #1: good
Teacher Recommendation #2: good
Counselor Rec: good
Additional Rec: yup </p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>State: California
School Type: mid-size public school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: male
Income Bracket: >100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): not really </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc</p>
<p>February is going to be very fun!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):did not send
[</em>] ACT: 32, E:31, S:28, R:36, M: 32
[<em>] SAT II: did not send
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.3): 4.16 out of 4.3
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/298 top 1%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4) US Government (4)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lang, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Calculus BC, Italian 4, Wind Ensemble, Orchestra.
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): local and state leadership awards (nothing special)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class of 2011 Leadership Council (President: 9-12), Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout), High School Leadership Council (Representative: 9-12), Wind Ensemble: Tenor Saxophone 9-12, Orchestra: Cello 9-12, JV/Varsity Baseball 9-12, Youth Ministry Leader 11-12, National Honors Society 11-12.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer Camp Counselor: 10-12.
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Above average-All community service was directly related to extracurriculars with most hours involving NHS, Youth Ministry, and the Boy Scouts of America.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Writing:[ul]
[<em>] Common App Main: Very Strong (10)-Discussed my passion for ethnic foods and how that passion relates to my interpretation on diversity. Also mentioned my strong Italian-Heritage roots.
EC Short Essay: Decent (7)-Mentioned my seven year involvement with the Boy Scouts as well as my Eagle Scout project.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendations: Both Strong (8) from AP Lang and AP US History Teachers - Mentioned my strong work ethic as well as how they always base their grades off of how well my work was.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Very Strong (9) - Mentioned my strengths as a leader and about how I pioneered the use of online classes at my High School, as I was the first to successfully complete an AP course online.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Decent (7) - Scoutmaster discussed my leadership with my Boy Scout Troop.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science or Economics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Mid-Sized Public School
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Italian American)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Above 200,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Eagle Scout</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong leadership in extracurriculars, original common app essay, strong work ethic, and high GPA.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No major awards, non-outstanding standardized test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was fortunate enough to personally meet the Senior Director of Admissions during a college fair at my High School. At the time I was unaware of his position but I made sure to introduce myself, ask questions, and portray a confident demeanor. I asked the counselor for his contact information and sent a question to him that night regarding Boston College. Luckily I was able to achieve some personal contact with an important member of the admissions office and retained that contact until my acceptance. The counselor also wrote me a hand written note with my acceptance letter.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I was completely surprised by the admission to the honors program. I felt relatively confident about my chances at BC, but when compared to the credentials of other students accepted to the Honors Program I am truly amazed that I was selected. I am genuinely excited about the admission!</p>