***Official Decision Thread Class of 2015***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (730m, 720r, 710w)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 650 Lit, 740 Math ii
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.53
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): I didn’t submit AP scores, but I took AP Lang last year
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: I am taking AP: Calc AB, Lit, Gov, Spanish, Env. Sci
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Theatre, Speech Team, A Cappella, Chorale, Newspaper (Editor in chief), NHS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales Attendant at High fashion couture store, Secretarial work at Anesthesia practice
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: service: NHS, tutoring, Charity Dance coordinator
[</em>] Summer Activities: Internship at local newspaper
[<em>] Essays: Good, bit sappy but good. My commonapp essays were great (about how i made my own prom dress) and the short answer about ec was great too.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, I think they were pretty good. I had one math and one english too appear well rounded
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Incredible!
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Course load, Extracurriculars, scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades. Wow… my grades are horrendous compared to all of my other stats.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: My scores and ECs are pretty great.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted(NYU, GWU, PSU, BU), Waitlisted (Northwestern, BC, Vassar), Rejected (Penn)
[/ul]
General Comments: It was a safety, but I’d consider going here!</p>

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<p>Accepted to CAS.
SAT: 2280
Rank: about top 10% (school doesn’t rank)
No mention of scholarships… FA is alright but not brilliant. Oh well, I don’t think I’ll be attending anyway. =)</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED!!! BU is my #1 choice so I am really ecstatic right now!!!</p>

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<p>Thanks but it’s not there…I don’t know why. Plus, the applicant link website is down</p>

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<p>Accepted CAS - Biology</p>

<p>SAT: 1970
SAT II: Biology 600 Literature 690
GPA: 3.9 unweighted 4.3 weighted
RANK: 10/132, probably went down. </p>

<p>Second choice, but I really want to go to Northeastern!</p>

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<p>Accepted.
SED (school of education)</p>

<p>SAT: 1930 (600 CR 620 M 710 W)
GPA: 4.2-ish
UW: 3.7ish
Class Rank: N/A
Good Recs
Unique Essay
Indian (asian indian)
ACT: 29 </p>

<p>didn’t get the presidential scholarship for the SED. what a bummer. but it was nice to get accepted i guess…most likely not going now.</p>

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<p>Wow, it will not let me log in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2060 (770m, 640r, 650w)

  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 590 Bio, 650 Math ii
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.49
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 50%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis):AP english lit, ap mandarin
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: , ap economics, ap calculus etc
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Charity organization in school

  • Job/Work Experience: 2 years experience in shoe retail company
  • Volunteer/Community service: service: community service organization
  • Summer Activities: 2 years experience in shoe retail company
  • Essays: mediocre i’d say
  • Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, I think they were pretty good.
  • Counselor Rec: unknown
  • Additional Rec:
  • Interview:
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant):

  • Country (if international applicant): Malaysia
  • School Type: International
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket: high
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: I really don’t know…

  • Weaknesses: Grades and extra-curricular
  • Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: My SAT?
  • Where else were you accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Accepted(USC, UC Davis), Rejected (UCLA, NYU, UVA)
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments: What can I say? I’m a lucky man</p>

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<p>[size=+2]Decision: Accepted<a href=“applied%20to%20COM”>/size</a></p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 31
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66/4
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 21%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: all honors/ap
[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): DECA club (fundraiser, later vp), a few honors societies (vp english), ski team (jv captain, later varsity girl’s captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: in summer '09, currently employed now as well
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: I’ve been to camp and I’ve traveled
[<em>] Essays: very strong and interesting
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
[li] Counselor Rec: didn’t read[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high- didn’t do the fafsa
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none at all[/ul]</p>

<p>BU was pretty much my number one. There’s a very high chance that I’m attending :smiley: Congrats everyone</p>

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<p>Accepted to CAS
30k BU Scholarship (rejected from Trustee)</p>

<p>35 ACT, 97 GPA
Top 10%, NYC Catholic School</p>

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<p>Sat Breakdown:
math-710 reading-660 writing-650</p>

<p>Sat 2:
Math 2: 730
Biology Molecular: 700
Chemistry: 650</p>

<p>GPA: 4.05</p>

<p>Senior class load: AP Calc, AP Physics C, AP English List, AP Chemistry, and other required classes</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars: Science Club( Co President), National Honors Society (Vice President), Spanish Honors Society (treasurer) and other clubs </p>

<p>Summer: I did research at UMDNJ </p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Great
Counselor rec: average</p>

<p>State: NJ
Gender: Female
Hooks: None</p>

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<p>Objective: </p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: 25 (science and reading screwed me over, other scores were 30+)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5, 3.65 weighted</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): No rank</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lacrosse 4 years, year round (Varsity 3 years, Captain Junior Year), Soccer 2 years, basketball 4 years, key club, investment club</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: None, but EMT is more than a job</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Boy scouts, Volunteer EMT (18 hours/week, started senior year), Church group, lots of misc. volunteer activities (700+ hours in total)</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Scout camp (1 week in upstate new york), lots of lax camps, volunteer activities</li>
<li>Essays: English teacher told me it was on of the best, most unique she’s read and she’s been a teacher a long time</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Very good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Really, really good rec
Other[list]</li>
<li>Intended Major: Business (possibly finance, not sure)</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey</li>
<li>School Type: Highly regarded public school</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Deferred ED</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SATs: 2190 = 700W + 760M + 730W
[</em>] SATIIs: 800MII 800CHE 770 PHY
[<em>] GPA: 57.9/60
[</em>] Rank: Top 5 / 100
[li] APs: CalcAB(5), CalcBC, PhysC[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Soccer (Co-captain), Tennis (1st/2nd singles), Nordic skiing, Young Liberals (Regional Chair)
[</em>] Work experience: Salesman @ Electronics store
[<em>] Volunteer/community service: A lot junior and senior years
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher recommendation: One short&great, one long&mundane and one unknown
[</em>] Counselor rec: short & awesome!
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for financial aid?: NO (int’l)
[</em>] Intended major: Undecided engineering
[<em>] Country: NORWAY :smiley:
[</em>] School type: 3 years socialist and one year private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Scandinavian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income bracket: $150-200k
[</em>] Hooks: nah, it’s BU…[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats, well-roundedness and lack of financial need
[</em>] Weaknesses: …hooks?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good stats and decent ECs get you into BU[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General comments: Accepted to Wesleyan with FA…</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Objective: </p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: -</li>
<li>SAT: CR:680 M:630 W:730 (2040)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):10/248</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Olympiad (Captain), Ocean Bowl, Science Bowl, Asian Club</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: 7-11</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at the Hospital (78 hrs), Community Event (10 hrs) </li>
<li>Summer Activities: Instrument Lessons, Volunteer, Summer classes</li>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: Eh. idk.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Eh. idk</li>
<li>Intended Major: Premed, Environmental Studies</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): RI</li>
<li>School Type: Magnet School - Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Idk</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to College of Arts & Sciences and Accelerated Medical Program</p>

<p>Objective:
SATs: 2340 - 790 W, 790 CR, 760 M
SATIIs: 800 Math II, 700 Chem
GPA: 4.45 W
Rank: Top 2/331
APs: USH (4), Chem (3), Euro (4), Psych (5), Stats (4), Spanish Language (4), Biology, Calc BC, US Gov, English Lit, Microeconomics</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Science Olympiad (captain), Model UN (officer), Science Olympiad grade school coach, sleep apnea research, shadowing doctors, tutoring, independent graphics design, etc.
Work experience: Cardiologist office work, 9 week 40 hrs/week research internship at the Cleveland Clinic, independent graphics design
Volunteer/community service: Hospice care, 300+ hours at hospital (patient transporter), mosque fundraising
Essays: OK I suppose
Teacher recommendation: One very good one, one OK
Counselor rec: Probably average</p>

<p>Other
Applied for financial aid?: No
Intended major: Whatever the med program makes me pick?
Country: USA
School type: Private (Catholic)
Ethnicity: South Asian (Pakistani)
Gender: Male
Income bracket: +200k
Hooks: None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Stats, well rounded, no FA, ECs
Weaknesses: I’m brown applying to a med program?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: </p>

<p>General comments: Congratulations to everyone, and good luck to those who were rejected.</p>

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<p>Congrats to all. Where does it say the major you were accepted into?</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred ED then Accepted CAS RD
Objective:
SATs: 1820
SATIIs: 660 US History, 540 Lit
GPA: 3.67 UW
Rank: Top 15%
APs: Calc AB, USH, World History, Lit, Lang. I’m also a full IB Diploma student so the rest of my classes were all IB’s</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Varsity soccer, VP French Club, President of NHS, Treasurer of French NHS, others
Volunteer/community service: 150+ hours doing various things
Essays: I got really good feedback on them and I thought they were really good
Teacher recommendation: One from the IB Coordinator at my school (didn’t read but assuming it was very good) and a good one from my guidance counselor </p>

<p>Other
Applied for financial aid?: Yes
Intended major: French
Country: USA
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: IB? No idea honestly</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Probably essays, recs and IB program
Weaknesses: Sats, maybe gpa
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue</p>

<p>General comments: Congrats to everyone! I got decent fin aid, and still waiting to hear from local scholarships which will likely make it possible to attend if I get them :slight_smile: Anyone who was deferred from ED, keep hope!</p>

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1890-- CR610, M620, W660
SAT II: Literature: 580 (that test was hard, okay), U.S. History: 640
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 ish
Weighted GPA: 4.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/304
AP (place score in parentheses): U.S. History (3), This year: Calculus, European History, Art History, English
Senior Year Course Load: Calc AP, Euro AP, Art History AP, English AP, Physics Honors, Journalism and Media Studies Honors
Number of other RD applicants in your school: at least 10
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): High school news cast I was on last year won a big award from BU COM</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Literary Magazine (Editor-in-chief), National Honor Society (Secretary), Model United Nations, Interact Club, Middle School Tutor, High School Newscast.
Job/Work Experience: Babysitter, forever</p>

<p>Writing:
Essays: I think my college essay was unique and showed a lot about me as a person. I also spent many hours editing it and having English teachers read it. My BU supplement essay showed my academic interests and I made it clear that BU was my first choice :slight_smile:
Teacher Recommendation(s): Great I think. I know at least one of them loved me, the other might have just liked me. Hahha, it worked out though, no?
Counselor Rec: Good, I think. I don’t know how competent she is… but she liked me :D</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Massachusetts
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 90-100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I love BU! I was sad because I thought decisions weren’t coming out until next week… but they pleasantly surprised me this morning, on my birthday! Best birthday present evah. Financial aid wasn’t bad either. 20k in grants.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Bio 680, Math 2 690
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95 (4.14 w)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Language (5), World History (4), Japanese (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP Government/Economics, Art 1, Economics of Business Ownership, Physics (A’s first semester)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Taekwon-Do (14 years, 2nd Degree black belt, team captain)
-Hall of Fame recognition for “youth excellence” (2009)
-International Instructor Certification (2008)</p>

<p>-State Championship–
2006 & 2008 (Reno, NV): 1st place patterns/2nd place spar
2008 (Salt Lake City, UT): 1st place patterns
2009 (Philadelphia, PA): 1st place patterns</p>

<p>-National Qualifiers competition–
2006: 2nd place patterns
2007: 1st place patterns, 2nd place sparring
2010: 1st place patterns, 2nd place sparring, 2nd place board breaking</p>

<p>-World Championship competition—
2006 (Geelong, Australia): 2nd place patterns, 3rd places team events
2007 (Birmingham, England): 1st place patterns, 2nd & 3rd places team
2010 (Cheong-Ju, South Korea): 1st place patterns, 2nd & 3rd places team</p>

<p>DECA (2 years, CFO): various awards at local, norcal, state level</p>

<p>Other Clubs: Red Cross, Key, CSF
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: secretary (320 hours), Taekwon-Do instructor (75 hours)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Open Heart Kitchen (90 hours), Red Cross (75 hours), Taekwon-Do unpaid teaching (150 hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: attending international Taekwon-Do events, working
[</em>] Essays: I had a lot of fun writing them and received relatively positive responses
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: one- very good, two- flattering albeit template
[</em>] Counselor Rec: generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major:
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): East Bay CA
[</em>] School Type: large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Taekwon-Do and more Taekwon-Do
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT scores, rigor of course load
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:wow, really surprised i got 1/2 tuition! i wasn’t going to go because of cost, but now I don’t know…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Fine Arts
Objective:
SATs: 2090
SATIIs: 660 Math II, 490 German (sent in an explanation…i think it was convincing)
GPA: 3.2 UW/3.7 W
Rank: top 25% W/ top 33% UW
APs: 9 of them + Calc III and German Literature at University of Colorado - Denver</p>

<p>Subjective: very strong portfolio
Extracurriculars: tons, VP of german honor society in founding year at school
Volunteer/community service: some, but not much
Essays: strong and personal</p>

<p>Other
Applied for financial aid?: Yes, got $28,000 in grant, which isn’t nearly enough. oh well. syracuse, here i come.
Intended major: Painting and double degree in political science later on
Country: USA
School type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, very strong portfolio
Weaknesses: GPA, SAT IIs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: portfolio for sure. :)</p>