<pre><code>* Essays: EXCELLENT
* Teacher Recs: EXCELLENT + 1 extra rec from hospital mentor
* Counselor Rec: AMAZING (my counselor loves me and we have a close friendship)
* Hook (if any): poor Russian Jewish kid from Brooklyn who is active in the community trying to make things better
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Brooklyn, New York
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: White Jew
* Gender: Male
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<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: 2 medical lab internships, chairman model congress, mock trial, moot court, hospital volunteer, young democrats president, biology publication editor in chief, cancer fundraiser director</p>
<p>Why I think I was accepted: essays and extracurriculars</p>
<p>Other thoughts: I got practically $42,000 in need-based aid, are they nuts!? Thats like a total full scholarship! WOOHOO! :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1430/2010
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 800, Lit 650, Math 1c 730
[<em>] ACT: n/a
[</em>] GPA: 3.744 W
[<em>] Rank: 43/314
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common app essay was pretty cool
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Average to bad
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good but impersonal
[</em>] Hook (if any): South Dakotan
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: SD
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars: </p>[/li]
<p>Eagle Scout
Ultimate Frisbee Chairman
NHS
Young Dems
Lots of Volunteer Hours</p>
<p>[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Eagle Scout and SAT
[</em>] Other thoughts: Probably not going, to everyone else congratulations if you were accepted, otherwise good luck elsewhere.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1420/ 2020 (bad at writing)
SAT IIs: mathII: 650 world history:780
ACT:
GPA: 3.55
Rank: n/a
Other stats: 9 APs
Subjective:jew
Essays: fine
Teacher Recs: i assume ok
Counselor Rec: also ok
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: virginia
School Type: public
Ethnicity: cauc
Gender: m</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1910/1250 600m 650v 660w
[ *] SAT IIs: 720 lit 600 math level 1
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] GPA: 93/100
[ *] Rank: 17/174
[ *] Other stats: umm arista/archon honor society
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: one about Summer Challenge at BU, my communications one was really good
[ *] Teacher Recs: good i assume
[ *] Counselor Rec: very good
[ *] Hook (if any): attended the summer challenge
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Brooklyn, NY
[ *] School Type: public but exclusive
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: honor society, jewish heritage club, job 15 hrs a week for 2 yrs already
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: not really sure! haha
[ *] Other thoughts: wooohooo i'm accepted 8/9 waiting on Cornell where I will fall off a chair if i'm accepted.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 670R 700M 690W
SAT IIs: US History 720, Bio 700
ACT: n/a
GPA: 4.5 W
Rank: 20/400
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Outstanding
Teacher Recs: Good to excellent
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): interest in Middle Eastern Studies, fluent in Hebrew, choreographer
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Other Factors:?
Extracurriculars:
Lots of Volunteer Hours
ASB
Peer Counseling
Dance</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1950 (740M, 600CR, 610W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Math L2, 610 Lit, 580 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] GPA: 3.77
[li] Rank: 39/243</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California resident, but my dad is in the Air Force and we're stationed over in Germany
[</em>] School Type: DoDDs school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 600 V 640 M 680 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 600 MIIC 630 US History 600 Biology 570 French w/ listening
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: W 4.1 UW 3.5
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: 3 honors courses each semester</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Good, common app about diversity, supplements really displayed interest in BU
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My bio teacher, so pretty awesome
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good I think
[</em>] Hook (if any): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA- bay area
[</em>] School Type: Private all girls
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (dual citizenship UK & US)
[</em>] Gender: Female</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Swimming and water polo all four years, basically spent the majoritiy of my time doing them, worked year round, did community service
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: well rounded, I've done a lot of travelling
[*] Other thoughts: I'm happy!!!</p>
<p>Yea I got accepted but I am going to decline it because I didn't get any aid or scholarships. But I really don't care because I didn't like BU much anyways. I would much rather go to Boston College, and BC gave me twice as much money! Even though they still only gave me $6,000 in loans!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:
SAT IIs:
ACT: 27
GPA: 3.8
Rank:
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: fine
Teacher Recs: Excellent
Counselor Rec: Great
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: public
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: male</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR:760, M: 750, W: 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chemistry: 690, US History: 780, Math IIC: 750
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.77 weighted, 96.95/100 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: 1/75
[</em>] Other stats: Won the Harvard Book Award, Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award, Massachusetts Superintendents Association Certificate of Excellence, National Merit (finalist), plus some other stuff. Went to WPI GEMS in 2004.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about wearing a duct tape dress to prom.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: All excellent- best student they've ever had?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I've got passion?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Massachusetts
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: President of Art Club (co-president), Amnesty International, and National Honor Society; I am also in newspaper, drama club, and Science Society at school. I oil paint and have played volleyball and softball. I've sung in several choral groups.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: My stats are good?
[li] Other thoughts: I got half-tuition, but I don't think I will be attending. I got better awards at WPI and Olin College of Engineering, and MIT is still tempting, even if their financial aid sucked. I'm still waiting on a few more schools too.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Congrats to everyone :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: M:720 CR:640 W:680
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] ACT: 32 (12/12 writing)
[</em>] GPA: 4.303 W 4.0 UW
[<em>] Rank: 1/160
[</em>] Other stats: AP Eng Lit: 4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I don't think they were incredible...
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Probably good, they just basically restated resume
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Dear mother of god my counselor is OUT OF HER TREE.. I have no idea what she put down.. probably something good but she doesn't know me?!
[</em>] Hook (if any): Poor lil' ole southerner from Tennessae... LMAO
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Tennessee
[</em>] School Type: REDNECK! OH MAN! Its small, and 99% white... rural, and I am so ready to be at a school where the kids are SMART and DIVERSE!
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: No way in Hell I'm listing them all... basically, NHS, Drama, Bridge Builders, Student Mentor, oh so much Church stuff, Latin, Key Club, SGA, Winterguard, Colorguard, so much volunteer work...
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: WHO FREAKIN KNOWS!? Maybe cause I'm valedictorian?? My ACT score?
[*] Other thoughts: I am SO excited to be going to Boston, mainly because I want to get out of this PODUNK town in the South and go someplace where the people are RUDE and they tell you you're stupid to your face!! I CANT WAIT!!! I am ready for the shopping, the nightlife, and the big city, and the DIVERSITY! I am so ready for college! Congratulations to everyone who got in!!!! I'll see ya there!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 680 m 670 v 630 W....1350/1980
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 Math II.. 640 Bio 590 US hist
[<em>] ACT:29
[</em>] GPA: 3.83 uW
[<em>] Rank: 28/ 822
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Common ap one was excellent...BU ones ehh decent
[</em>] Teacher Recs: pretty solid
[<em>] Counselor Rec: very solid
[</em>] Hook (if any): no parents went to college/ very poor?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Northeast Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Caucasion....dont know if i spelled that wrong
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul] Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: decent....
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: stats were good enough...and for my drive towards greatness?
[*] Other thoughts: extremely happy...soo relieved...plus they gave me 35,600 in grants....EFC was 0...but wow...im very pumped..package was phenominal</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 790CR, 740M, 740W
* SAT IIs: Bio-760, Chem-750, Lit-780
* GPA: 3.8
* Rank: my school doesn't rank
* Other stats: National Merit Finalist, 5 on all APs....
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good
* Teacher Recs: awesome (so they've said anyhow)
* Counselor Rec: good
* Hook (if any):
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<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Indiana
* School Type: Public boarding school for "gifted kids" Haha. doesn't get much odder than that.
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
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<p>Comments: So yea, wasn't too worried about getting accepted, but I was hoping for perhaps a shot at trustee scholar... and no such luck. Whatever, Boston isn't really my first choice anyways. Unfortunately, I was waitlisted at my first choice (Wash U) so I really don't know where I'll end up now. Unless there is some kind of miracle at the end of the week, I won't be getting into brown either. So... who knows.</p>