<p>I <3 honesty lol</p>
<p>Accepted to CFA music (violin performance) with 7000/year music scholarship plus insanely massive financial aid. Darn them for having so much more money than Indiana U, which gave me the same amount of scholarship money, and is a much better music school, but has so little need-based aid available! Looks like I'm going to Vanderbilt. ****.</p>
<p>Stats: SAT: 800V 650M
SAT II: 800 FR, 780 WR, 600 M IIC
GPA: 3.96 UW
Essays: common app was ok. trustee scholarship essay was great, but I'm not surprised I didn't get it. They usually require three years of science, and I only have two... :(
Excellent recommendations, very good audition, strong background in humanities. Consistently weaker (B+ish) grades in math.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Accepted- School of Management... Dean's Scholar[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1450, 690V 760M
[ *] SAT IIs:690 Bio, 710 Math IC, 730 Writing
[ *] GPA:~4.2 Weighted
[ *] Rank:not gooood...top 20%
[ *] Other stats:10 Honors classes and 6 Aps during HS
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:good... standard but revealed my personality??
[ *] Teacher Recs:i think good. nothing special
[ *] Counselor Rec:very good
[ *] Hook (if any):Athletic coding on application for women's crew.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Pennsylvania, USA
[ *] School Type:extremely competitive public... 1st in state for PA state testing
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] major strength/weakness:very strong ECs with leadership positions
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:great ECs, and scores... a good overall package??
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
hmmm... $10,000 a year isnt baddd!</p>
<p>accepted with a massive financial aid pkg to school of engineering</p>
<p>stats are:</p>
<p>3.3 uw gpa
1460 sat (800m, 660v)
800 math IIc
620 bio
600 writing</p>
<p>crappy ec's but go to a competitive pub school.</p>
<p>Accepted CAS w/ 22,750 in fin aid</p>
<p>SAT: 750 V/ 740 M
SAT II: 800, 770, 750
GPA: 3.78 uw/ 4.3 w
rank: 71/346
lots of ECs</p>
<p>this is exciting, congratulations to everyone</p>
<p>Accepted, despite my withdrawing my application last week. I had gotten into my top choices, and wanted to make more space for you guys, but apparently, they're inept over at BU admissions. Eh, whatever. Good luck to everyone, and for all of you on the waitlist, I'll try to make one more slot ASAP.</p>
<p>Aaron - I love how you think, I was waitlisted. What college did you apply to at BU?</p>
<p>I was accepted to CAS. It was kind of funny, I called them today to inform them of their error (see above post) and to decline their offer of admission, stating that my withdrawal was just because "I already got into my first choice school," at which point, she said, "We're sorry for the error, and congratulations on your acceptance to Brandeis University." Slightly puzzled, considering that I never applied to Brandeis, I later figured out that she probably heard "first choice" as "Brandeis." 'Twas pretty funny though. Anyway, I just created one more slot for you waitlisters. Good luck!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted CAS, University Scholar</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1420
[</em>] SAT IIs: 720, 700, 640
[<em>] GPA: 95.4/100 (~3.8)
[</em>] Rank: 25/760
[<em>] Other stats: President of one club
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good (possibly unusual)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: average
[</em>] Counselor Rec: pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any): one of my ECs was somewhat unique, but not a hook really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: huge public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] major strength/weakness: eh
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: stats were in their range, why BU essay was specifc[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1390 (700m/690v)
SAT IIs: writing 600, bio m 720, math 1c 670
GPA: 3.8
Rank: 30 out of 350
Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate
Subjective: I'm Awesome!
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recs: Very Good
Counselor Rec: Very Good
Hook (if any): i really played up the fact that i was italian-american. I am involved in a lot of organizations and have won awards for it.
Location/Person: NJ
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White/caucasian but as stated i played up being italian
Gender: M
major strength/weakness: weakness was my sat scores
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I take the most difficult courses our school has to offer and i am doing pretty good in them. All around solid, but nothing really spectacular. </p>
<p>I am very happy</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO CAS</p>
<p>STATS:
SAT: 1290
SAT II's: horrible 530, 640 690, however, on the AP test in the same subjects i got 5-5-4 so kiss my ass SATII's
GPA: 4.0
Rank: 25/317
All AP or honors classes</p>
<p>Essay: scholarship essay was great (although i didn't get it..lol) regular essay was good but lacked the voice i wanted (why i wanna be a doctor)</p>
<p>Teacher/Couselor Recs: great..one was especially great</p>
<p>Hook: a lot of out of school educational awards mostly associated with Model United Nations at their big conferences (Yale, Harvard, Chicago U), and two leadership postions, and volunteer work. And although SAT's weren't good my AP's and other state tests made up for them.</p>
<p>Major Strength/Weakness: strength: high AP's, school involvement..weakness..sat's rank</p>
<p>Location: new York
School: big public scool
race: black (west indian)</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted CAS</p>
<p>**Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT: 1290, ACT 1260 (E25, M34, R21, S30)
[</em>] SAT IIs: W560,MII800,Ch800,BioM800,Phy800
[<em>] GPA: 3.94
[</em>] Rank: top20%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays: I feel it's bad.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Fine
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fine
[<em>] Hook (if any): Some
[/list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] State or Country: Thailand
[<em>] School Type: National Science High School
[</em>] Ethnicity: Thai</p>
<p>[<em>] major strength/weakness: Nobody from my school ever applied BU
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea
[/list][ b]Other Factors:**</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision: Rejected![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Rejected from CFA, and I must say, I'm not surprised or disappointed at all. I know exactly what I did wrong and why I was rejected, which is why I'm alright with it. I don't think I would have attended anyway. :</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, University Scholar
CAS or Engineering...rejected from 7 year med though....so...nahzzzz
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1530 (800 M, 730 V)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Writing, 800 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.7ish W
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: n/a
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: my interviewer said they were funny
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one glowing, one good but nothing spectacular, and one ?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: she said it was good...
[<em>] Hook (if any): my love of toilets never fails to amaze admissions commitees hahaha
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian indian
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: my wonderful use of smileys in my essays :) :-D :P ;) ...j/k.
[/ul]Other Factors:</p>
<p>I got my acceptance package in the mail today; it's a pretty red folder. I at first thought it was a package from Barnard, where I'm still waiting to hear from. Oh well.</p>
<p>Decision:Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 1180
SAT IIs: 580, 680, 540
GPA: 3.3 Weighted
Rank: none
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recs: Read it and it was pretty good
Counselor Rec: dunno
Hook (if any): ?
Location/Person:
State or Country: CA, USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness:
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: HAHA i have no idea</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted College of Engineering *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:710M/600V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 MathIIc/620 Writing/630 Chemistry & US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.1W (10-12) 3.9W(9-12)
[</em>] Rank:34/474 (10-12) 61/474 (9-12)
[<em>] Other stats: AP US History and Statistics - 4, AP Chemistry - 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Nothing to be proud of. It's the same essay I sent to USC except it was unedited and 200 words shorter...lol
[<em>] Teacher Recs:No clue, but probably good...
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Same
[<em>] Hook (if any): nothing really stood out
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Persian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I've had a very rigorous schedule throughout high school; Taking mostly all honors and AP courses. Weakness would probably be my grades in math class...
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because they like me ;)[/li][/ul]Other Factors:Uhh...I think my essay on why I wanted to go to BU was pretty damn good.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS, rejected by 7 year med program and Trustee Scholarship</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 730 V 740 M
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IC, 780 Math IIC, 760 BioM, 750 Chem
[<em>] GPA: No calculated GPA at school, Honor Roll
[</em>] Rank: No calculated Rank because of top public school
[li] Other stats:</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Great Common App Essay and supplement essay, quick and shoddy Trustee Essay and Med Program
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One was from a teacher who thinks I can do no wrong, another from an amazing teacher.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My college counselor thinks I am the </em>*<em>, so I assume it is rather strong.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Load of science courses, and recruited Rower.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Private, elite school. Basically everyone that applies to BU gets in.
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: Have taken the hardest courses my school offers, and excel at the higher level courses.
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: BU will not reject anyone from my school, and I am much more qualified than all the other kids from my school that applied.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I am not going to attend anyways, so I don't really care that I didn't get the accelerated medical program and trustee scholarship. Just waiting for my Ivies.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED CAS!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1320 (650V/670M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 US History/690 Writing/660 World History/640 Biology-E/610 Math IC/560 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 92.771UW/99.560W
[</em>] Rank: 18/~215 (top 8%)
[<em>] Other stats: US History-5, World History-4
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Honestly, I thought my essay was CRAP. It was a poem about how much I hate all of the incompetence of those around me. I'm being serious. That's what I submitted to BU.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Superb.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good. Not excellent, but solid.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm a white Anglo-Saxon protestant male from the first suburb in America who goes to a public school and I have brown eyes and brown hair. I just might be the most average, middle of the road, boring person you'll meet. So maybe that's my hook? lol
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Long Island, NY
[<em>] School Type: Small/Medium Public (900 students)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: None that stand out besides the fact that my major is polisci and I have high test scores in the US History area.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I think I was an all-around solid applicant. In the BU brochure it says that the average student there has a 1320 SAT with a 3.7 GPA and is in the top 8% of their high school class. Those are my exact stats so I imagine they were happy with that?[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Congrats to all acceptees and good luck to all those who haven't heard yet!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1570
[ *] SAT IIs: 770, 770, 710
[ *] GPA: 3.9 W, 3.5 UW
[ *] Rank: 28/242
[ *] Other stats: Calc AB 5, Comp Sci A 4, US History 4, English Language 3
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Solid... writing is a strength of mine
[ *] Teacher Recs: My calc teacher liked me... her rec was probably strong
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Hook (if any): None that I can think of
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Virginia
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Major strength/weakness: ECs! Forensics, theater, newspaper, debate, quiz bowl, NHS, volunteer work, employment... the list goes on
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: ECs and SAT scores, mainly</p>