D2 accepted. Now we wait for the aid.
I was accepted without sending in a mid-year report (my school doesn’t have them).
daughter accepted! YAY!
Denied
Accepted! 2130 SAT / 3.76 GPA. Very excited, one of the last decisions I was still waiting on! 
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2230 M 770 CR 760 W 700
SAT II: Math2: 800 Biology: 800 U.S History 800
Unweighted GPA: 3.81
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 / 368
AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistiry (5) BC Calculus (5 ) Biology (5) US Hist (5) Euro (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP ( Physics, Stats, Gov, Spanish) Honors (English)
Subjective:
Extra-curriculars : Science Olympiad, Math Club, Karate, Spanish Club, Rubik’s Cube Club
Job/Work Experience: Sunday School
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: average
Essays: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
Teacher Recommendation: Should have been good but did not see but told good by counselor
Counselor Rec: Should have been good but did not see
Additional Rec: Should have been good but did not see
Commonapp Essay: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
UR Supplement Essay: Thought it was good … hard to know reaction
Interview: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: W
Gender: M
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE
Reflection
Strengths:
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Tried to let them know who I am and what I am looking for and what is important to me
Weaknesses: Extra-curriculars in that they were probably just average
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: No idea … any suggestions anyone?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: University of Rochester; Case Western Reserve University, Union College
Rejected: MIT, Olin, Bucknell
Decision : Accepted
Major - Engineering
SAT 2110/2400 superscore
ACT 32
AP classes
GPA 4.89 W, 4.0 W
from NJ…male
EC’s, leadership, 4 years golf,
Essay - Very Good
Accepted: UMD, northeastern, NJIT,Stevens, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Univ of Delaware, TCNJ, Penn state but was waitlisted for Lehigh(can’t figure out why)
Hook- first generation, attended 2 week summer college program for Engineering and Science
Rejected 
Applied for chemical engineering
GPA: 98.78/100 W
All APs this year (5 total)
32 ACT
1380 CR + M / 2100C SAT
Solid ECs and Rec’s
Confused because I got into Northeastern with a great scholarship lol.
Makes my decision a bit easier at least
Oh my goodness just received the Bucknell Math Scholars 10K Scholarship in the mail today…beyond overwhelmed
@Yocco1 How are you? Yes I see you all over too our kids have applied to all of the same schools. I think my D will go to BC but we are waiting on a few more…but even if they are yeses, we are not sure what she will do as she really sees herself at BC. She loves Bucknell and Lehigh (and Richmond) and was very grateful for their acceptances. She has visited all of them multiple times and said she wishes she could go to them all but of course she cannot! Good luck with the BC wait list…I wouldn’t be surprised if they use it this year because apps are up but there are actually less students to go around so I think the schools will have lower yields…if he still wants to go there he should definitely show some more interest and let them know. Just my opinion. My daughter had legacy at BC which I’m sure helped with the CSOM admit.
To those of you with had strong stats and didn’t get in, I am surprised. I am wondering if maybe you didn’t show enough interest? I guess maybe a little yield protection? I’m sure you will end up somewhere great anyway, but I can understand your frustration. Good luck!
received Aid package today…still with 33,000 in need and Deans scholarship…Bucknell will still be 33,000 a year…Now its time to sit and weigh all the offers and financials…and then deciding which college will be the best for this kind of investment.
We got the aid letter today. D got invited to the Presidential Fellows program, and she’s beyond thrilled. Unfortunately the aid package was less than thrilling. Very tough decisions ahead.
Accepted
2140 Superscore (670 M, 730 R, 740W)
10 aps total (top 10% of class) - ap scholar w distinction
National Merit commended
Private HS in TN
Honor Council VP
4 year varsity track athlete + captain
- other EC
Visited Richmond over the summer
Waitlisted with 3.6 GPA and 2010 SAT score. I was accepted at Lehigh if that adds anything to the context.
@Minnon - My Ds scores are pretty similar to yours (a little higher). She was waitlisted at Lehigh and accepted at Bucknell. Just goes to show it’s impossible to figure out college admissions. Good luck to you wherever you choose.
I can’t seem to log onto the portal. It keeps giving me an error. Anyone else have this problem?
@Minnon and @collegemom777 thanks for sharing you stories about your inverted Lehigh/Bucknell decision results. @Collegemom777 your post “Just goes to show it’s impossible to figure out college admissions” really sums it up! I couldn’t agree more! Good luck to you both, both schools are great!
Is there anyone else who has NOT received their admission (and FA) package in the mail? We are in PA only a couple of hours from Bucknell, and assumed it would be here by today, especially since some on this thread indicated they received theirs on Saturday in NJ. Thanks.
We got ours in NJ but didn’t get our Lehigh one today and others did…I think the mail is just unpredictable. If we don’t get them tomorrow, it might be worth a phone call.