Decision: Rejected
Objective: Communications Major (Honestly, I don’t remember what school the major is under…)
ACT (breakdown): 30 composite, 34 essay
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/640
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus (3), AP English Composition (5), AP U.S. History (4), AP European History (3), AP Psychology (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honors Society, California Scholarship Federation, College Board’s AP Scholar Award
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Virtual Enterprise (Leadership), ASB (Leadership), Forensics (Leadership), Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Leadership), High School Swim Team (Captain), Club Swimming, Link Crew (Leadership), and Mathletes
Job/Work Experience: Clerk for Local AG Business, Nanny, Swim Instructor and Lifeguard for local swim school
Volunteer/Community service: Sunday School Teacher, Valkyeries Girl’s Community Service Club, Key Club, NHS, The Prom Dress Project, FLOOD Ministries
Summer Activities: travel, teach swim lessons, camps at UCLA/USC/University of Colorado, Boulder
Essays (rating 1-10, details): My personal statement was a 9/10. I spent a few months perfecting it and it accurately portrayed who I am as a person… something that you wouldn’t get from my transcript and resume. My why BC essay was so-so I give it a 7/10…
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: AP US History and AP European History teacher. Writes stellar letter of recommendations 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: My swim coach and Virtual Enterprise coach. He knows me well but his letter of rec was a wildcard and I wasn’t able to read it… 7/10
Counselor Rec: My counselor doesn’t know me that well so I am sure it was just a “She’s a good student and does lots of stuff” generic type essay
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Communications
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large (4,000+) and extremely diverse public school
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Upper-middle class
Reflection
Strengths: Abundance of extracurriculars, essays
Weaknesses: Test scores… I am genuinely a crappy test taker.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I feel like my essays could’ve been stronger…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I was accepted to the University of Alabama Honors Program (back up school). I applied to UChicago, Cornell, Syracuse, Elon, Wake Forest, USC, and American University and currently are waiting to hear back from them.
General Comments: Boston College wasn’t and isn’t my first choice but that didn’t lessen the sting of the rejection at all. I am still a little disappointed because its a great University and I would be happy to go there. I decided to post this because every thing I’ve read on this thread has been acceptances and deferrals. Good students don’t always get accepted everywhere!! :)) Good luck to everyone and congratulations if you were accepted!!