Accepted: Boston University, Howard University, University of Missouri-Columbia, George Washington University, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
Rejected: Northeastern University(deferred to RD then rejected), Northwestern University (both of the north’s lol)
I’ve decided to go to Boston University! Congrats you guys have all been accepted to amazing schools! Good luck on deciding!
Accepted: University of California, San Diego; University of California, Santa Cruz, Reed, New York University and Boston University
Waitlisted: Washington and Lee, UCLA
Rejected: Yale, UPenn, Brown (dream school), University of California Berkeley (second-choice dream school), Columbia, University of Southern California (actually a surprise – he would’ve been third-generation legacy, but I didn’t want him going there anyway), Johns Hopkins University (kind of a surprise as they really courted him)
Stats
ACT: 32 w/writing (can’t remember the writing score, but it was v. high; got 36 in science)
SAT: 2060
GPA W: 4.7
GPA UW: 4.2
APs: US History 5, Literature 4, Euro 4 (I can’t remember what else)
Rank: top 8% of school
CSF (California Scholarship Federation): every semester of HS
ECs: Pres/founder of two clubs, capt. varsity tennis (four years tennis team), Link-Crew leader, animal-rescue volunteer, writing contest runner up, peer tutor, etc.
Had great (but ultimately, clearly not impactful) interviews with Yale (three hours), Brown (was deferred ED; attended Summer at Brown last year, got a recommendation from full-time faculty professor), UPenn and, Washington and Lee
Location: Southern California – Los Angeles County suburb, public, four-year high school (2300 students)
Stats
SAT: 740 CR 800 M 730 W
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Physics 750 Math 2
GPA W: N/A
GPA UW: 3.4
APs: US History 5, US Gov, Comp Gov, Physics 1, Calc AB
Accepted: University of Rochester, Northeastern, Reed College, Stony Brook, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Boston University, Brandeis University
Waitlisted: UChicago, Grinnell, Oberlin
Rejected: Carleton, Middlebury
Accepted: Pitt, Penn State(UP) Smeal College of Business (Attending), U of Scranton Kania School of Management (32k/yr), Fordham Rose Hill Campus Gabelli School of Business (25k/yr)
Waitlisted: Villanova School of Business, and Boston College Carrol School of Management