<p>COM for me too, Dean's Scholar with pretty average stats, crappy rank (top 16%).</p>
<p>ACCEPTED (Dean's Scholar) :-D</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT:1500 (700 math, 800 verbal)
SAT IIs: 770 Writing, 780 Verbal, 670 American History
GPA:3.3 :-/ bad...
Rank: n/a
Other stats:</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: very good
Teacher Recs: very good
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): track? doubt it because BU is Division 1. </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New York
School Type: highly competitive public high school (one of three competitive test schools in New York City)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
major strength/weakness: Strengths: SAT, verbal skills, writing. Weakness: definitely GPA and rank</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: Mediocre
SAT IIs: Mediocre
GPA: 3.8
Rank: No rank
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Mediocre
Hook (if any): lots of leadership in music and sports and NHS
Location/Person: London
State or Country: England
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
major strength/weakness: EC's were a major strength... weakness was probably grades...
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i only put down BC and NYU as the only other schools i applied to... so they probably thought I wanted to come to BU badly.
Other Factors:Won a lot of top student awards, essay contests, athletic awards</p>
<p>accepted to the college of arts and sciences, too lazy to post my stats right now :-) congrats to all!</p>
<p>University Scholar is 1/2 tuition.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (COM)</p>
<p>[ *] SAT: 1220 (620m/600v)
[ *] SAT IIs: Ummm yeah...620 writing, 580 US, 550 lit
[ *] GPA: 3.97w, 3.4uw
[ *] Rank: 26/379
[ *] Other stats: UW GPA poor mainly to math; 6 APs and all else honors</p>
<p>[ *] Essays: My strongest point
[ *] Teacher Recs: Very good
[ *] Counselor Rec: Oh god who knows
[ *] Hook (if any): Video advertisement</p>
<p>[ *] State or Country: Delaware
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: Great ECs/Um SATs sucked (obviously) but I made up for it elsewhere
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I don't know...wasn't expecting it at all</p>
<p>accepted CAS! ill do the stats thing l8ter</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>School of management. </p>
<p>**** that huge thing for now. 3.47/1500/32</p>
<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED, UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR</p>
<p>STATS:
-SAT: 1550
-SAT II: 750, 740, 720
-GPA: 94 uw
-RANK: no clue</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE:
-Essays: Solid
-Teacher rec's: Very good, these teachers were also my coaches and loved me
-Counselor rec: Good
-Hook- no hook </p>
<p>LOCATION:
-State: New York
-School type: Small, public
-Ethnicity: White
-Gender: Male
-Major strength: naturally gifted and motivated
-Major weakness: procrastination, thus somewhat lower effort
-Why accepted: not to sound obnoxioius, but i have great stats and i am a great human being..</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted - School of Com (Dean's Scholarship)</p>
<p>Stats:
[ *] SAT: 1390
[ *] SAT IIs: 710 (writing)
[ *] GPA: 4.2 (weighted)
[ *] Rank: 1/150</p>
<p>[ b]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Pretty good - writting is my strong point
[ *] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Very good
[ *] Hook (if any): I'm in a special performing arts program, where I have directed and written plays (as well as acting, dancing, etc.), which may have helped me get into the film/television program (?)</p>
<p>Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: Ohio
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] major strength/weakness: I've taken hard classes, but I have a funky scedule because I moved before my jr. year, and attended one school in the morning and one in the afternoon (its a long story...) I also have a lot of leadership.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I work hard :)</p>
<p>Other Factors: Just the moving thing, and my magnet program make me a little different, I suppose. I'm just happy :)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected (looks like I'm the first...)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1450 - 750v/700m
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 writing/750 literature/680 math ic
[<em>] GPA: not sure exactly.. but somewhere near a 4.0
[</em>] Rank: somewhere in the top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: graduating a year early
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: good - i wrote about living in hong kong
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: don't know - probably good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): i lived in hong kong for most of my freshman year
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: massachusetts
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: strengths: test scores, grades, essays. weakness: i didn't take pre-calculus? and my ECs aren't that great.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i didn't take pre-calculus? who knows[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>ACCEPTED..
1380 international (europe)</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted, University Scholar-School of Management</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1520
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790, 720, 720
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 UW
[</em>] Rank: none
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read them...no idea
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it...no idea
[<em>] Hook (if any): Have a business
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY, USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Very good SAT
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I'm a legacy, above average stats, etc.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, University Scholar, CAS Dean's Invitation</p>
<p>did everyone get the dean's invitation? is that honors program?</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500+
[</em>] SAT IIs: all 700+
[<em>] GPA: 4.0w
[</em>] Rank: dunno
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: probably my strongest point
[<em>] Teacher Recs: i would say 8/10
[</em>] Counselor Rec: 8/10
[<em>] Hook (if any): research. boring stuff lol.
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: ga
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: uh..
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: uh..</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, University Scholarship, honors invite</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT: 1520 (790v, 730m)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] SAT IIs: 790 writing, 710 math ic, 660 history</p>[/li]
<p>[li] GPA: 3.9ish/4</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank: 3/475</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: pretty good essays</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: excellent</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: good</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): i don't think i have one...</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[li] State or Country: Pennsylvania</p>[/li]
<p>[li] School Type: public</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Ethnicity: white!</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Gender: female</p>[/li]
<p>[li] major strength/weakness: very dedicated to everything i do (lots of leadership in ecs)</p>[/li]
<p>[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i'm a relatively good all-around student</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision:Accepted with University Scholar[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1200
[ *] SAT IIs: 790/710/690/550
[ *] GPA:3.77
[ *] Rank:23/360
[ *] Other stats: 273 TOEFL
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good. only turned in one
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good.. I guess ??
[ *] Hook (if any): Been in US for 3 years. Was in ESOl for a yr cuz I cuoldn't speak a word of ENglish when I first came here in freshman yr.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person: [ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Alexandria, VA
[ *] School Type: IB Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: HM.. Idk
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Probably cuz of me being in US for 3 yrs..?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: MY ECs are fantastic. CAn't explain it, but my EC kicks butt[ /b]</p>
<p>i got into college of arts and sciences as well!!!</p>
<p>i'm still waiting to hear back from NYU but even if i get in i think BU is home to me : )</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1290
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw
[</em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays: decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: i was average, i think
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: no idea[/li][/list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1290
[</em>] SAT IIs: none
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 uw
[</em>] Rank: school doesnt rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: decent
[<em>] Teacher Recs: awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: really good
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York
[<em>] School Type: large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: i was average, i think
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: no idea[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>
<p>[size=+1][color=Red][ b]Decision: Accepted![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1370 (730M 640V)
[ *] SAT IIs: 710 BioM, 700 Chem, 700 Writing, 660 Phys, 640 IIC
[ *] GPA: 3.85uw/4.7w
[ *] Rank: 8/77
[ *] Other stats: 5 on AP USH exam (junior year)
[ /list]
[ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Ok - common app essay was about me being a twin
[ *] Teacher Recs: Pretty good - I'm a "champion of the common man" as said by my English 11 Honors teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: Pretty good
[ *] Hook (White male from NJ - I don't have one!):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: New Jersey
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Very strong grades/ECs in science and math (96s+ and 9-12 participation in NJ Science League); always have been "weaker" in English (Bs/B+s - finally made it to A- final avg last year because of my final report grade), no HS sports of any kind
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My grades were very good and my SAT scores were competitive (top 25%). If I knew exactly, then I wouldn't need to ask all you guys in the "Chances" forum!!
[ /list]</p>
<p>AHHH! why does my thing not work!!</p>