<p>I’m sorry, I find these threads just as annoying as you guys probably do. But, I was just REJECTED from UPenn ED, so I’m getting a bit nervous about my RD schools. So, please take some pity on this ivy league reject, and chance me? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>RD, CAS…</p>
<p>Personal:
Female from Long Island, NY (I know, automatic reject)
White
Competitive public high school
middle-class area; will be applying for financial aid (although I probably will receive none)</p>
<p>Stats:
SATs: 780 M, 760 V, 710 W
2250/2400 or 1540/1600
720 Math II and Lit
GPA: 96.658/100 (w)
Class Rank: 18/400 (top 5%)
National Merit Semifinalist </p>
<p>1 AP Soph year, 4 APs junior year, 4 APs senior year…all 5s on the 5 tests taken so far
Other than the APs, I took every honors/advanced level class available (about 15 total).
I dropped Spanish in favor of taking AP sciences junior year- how much will this hurt me?</p>
<p>Major ECs (I have a lot, but these are the strongest):
Debate- Captain, competed in state championship, lots of awards
president and founder of 2 other clubs
lots of political campaigning and activism
hospital volunteer- 3 hrs/week for the past 2 years
food bank volunteer- 2 hrs/week for the past year
Oh, and I guess I should mention a few other things.
Although I hate making excuses, my freshman year grades were pretty low b/c I was suffering from a serious illness, which caused me to miss a few months of school. Since then, there’s been an obvious upwards trend. If class rank was based on sophomore, junior, and senior years, I would be ranked 3rd out of 400.
My common app essay was about my illness and getting past it, and it actually won an award in my school, so I’d say it’s pretty good.
Teacher and guidance recs are wonderful, as far as I know. I was unable to read them, but I have a close relationship w/ the teachers I chose and my GC.
Any responses would really be appreciated!!! Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Yeah, you should almost certainly get into BU. Don't be nervous. Most people get rejected from Penn, even those who appear to deserve admission.</p>
<p>You should get in and offered a spot in the Honors Program but you never know the way these things can be so random. </p>
<p>My S was rejected fom PENN RD, not his first choice though, he only applied RD to all his schools. He was accepted into more competetive colleges than BU but chose BU and loves the urban atmosphere and study abroad programs. They are beefing up the Honors program even more for next year.</p>
<p>PENN is an excellent school but take heart in this:
You'll probably be in the top 20% of CAS students and in the Honors Program you'll probably be in the top quarter. So at a large school like BU, with over 2/3 in the top 10% of their class, including CGS's stats, there will be plenty of students that fit your profile. BU has about a 10% International Population.
Below are the current year stats for BU regular colleges compared to CGS. I believe Comm and SMG tend to be higher than CAS. So as you can see many high quality students are at BU and many other non-Ivy schools. Many students that do not qualify for financial aid may benefit from the merit scholarships too and that may help tip the scales for some kids to choose BU over Ivy League schools especially if you plan to go to grad, Medical, or Law school.. From BU web site:</p>
<p>Rank in </p>
<p>High School Class </p>
<p>By Percent (%) </p>
<p>Rank in
High School Class of
2011 </p>
<p>Top 10% 69% </p>
<p>Top 15% 83% </p>
<p>Top 25% 95% </p>
<p>Average </p>
<p>Boston University
Four-Year Colleges<br>
Top 9% </p>
<p>Boston University
College of General Studies<br>
Top 22% </p>
<p>Valedictorians: 501 Salutatorians: 296 </p>
<p>Grade Point Average </p>
<p>Boston University Four-Year Colleges 3.6 (Predominantly A-) </p>
<p>Boston University College of General Studies 3.2 (Predominantly B+) </p>
<p>Standardized Tests </p>
<p>Averages SAT
(CR/MT) SAT
(WR) ACT<br>
Boston University Four-Year Colleges 1335 662 29<br>
Boston University College of General Studies 1182 602 25 </p>
<p>Middle 50%</p>
<p>Boston University Four-Year Colleges 1260-1410 620-710 27-31<br>
Boston University College of General Studies 1130-1230 560-640 24-27</p>