marieob

Okay, I completely stole this from a Notre Dame thread - (he admitted taking it from somewhere else!) But here goes...

It really is helpful for prospective students to see the decisions that will begin to roll in. It really does help, so please post.

Good Luck to everyone

Copy and paste the following into the reply. Then fill in the answers. First decision, then SAT scores, etc.
Remove the spaces inside the brackets to make it work...

Let's make it a little more easier to read by making ACCEPTED green, REJECTED red, and WAITLIST yellow. Do this by by putting Red, Yellow, or Green in where the word "Red" is right now in the first line.

[ size=+1][ color=Red][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]

DECISION:

[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?

mistermurph18

ill start things off right....

REJECTED
Only rejection out of 12 schools and it was my top choice

ill apply as a transfer tho

momstl4

mistermurph18 - what other schools did you apply? Would you mind sharing stats?

Dancergal92

i applied to BC as a transfer this year, althouh I didn't apply as a freshman. Beware.... they get like 1200 apps and accept around 100-120 kids. so you better keep your grades up extremely high, do lots of interesting activites, and write a stellar essay.

good luck!

juvo

I live right near Boston, so I was happy to see the letter when I got home...

Decision: Accepted

Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
SAT: 1910
GPA: 3.3
Rank: 37/858
APs: US (10th), Euro (12th), English Lit (12th)
ECs listed on app: French horn (Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, etc), School Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief), Key Club, National Honor Society, Science Club, Latin Club
Essays (subject and responses): I wrote about my hair. No one read that essay but me. Stupid idea, but oh well.
Teacher Recs: One from my English teacher who actually went to BC (didn't see it), and my newspaper advisor who loves me (this one was excellent)
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it, she's not exactly the greatest writer in the world
Hook: French horn player

Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Huge Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Terribly Poor
Strengths: Extracurriculars
Weaknesses: Science grades, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My essay and musical instrument one-up

Other Factors: Can't think of any
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
This was such a uplifting letter to open after the Brown rejection. Good luck to everyone.
Going to attend? If I can scrape up some money

metfan2121

did french horn really help you that much? or are u like insanely beastly? i'm interested because i play trombone/cello (pretty good at each if i may say so) and didn't know if they were hooks if you weren't like ridiculously amazing.

juvo

I've made my local district festivals for the last three years or so, and I've played in a lot of different ensembles inside and outside of school. I would consider myself good, plus I come from a high school music program with an excellent reputation. If I don't include my commitment to my instrument, I really don't consider myself that strong an applicant. Music takes up a majority of my main extracurriculars.

My band director also says that students who play rarer instruments (French horn, Trombone too!, Tuba, etc) that are excellent players are more appealing to colleges than the millions of people who play flute, trumpet, etc.

I don't know if that helped.

kingstrackstar

juvo-- so does this mean decisions are in the mail???

juvo

Yep, received it today. Mine was postmarked March 28th

cbl718

[ size=+1][ color=Yellow][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]

DECISION:WAITLISTED

[ *]Stats:
[ *] SAT:2030
[ *] SAT IIs:600-USH,540-WH
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:3.4
[ *] Rank:21/135
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays:Ok essays
[ *] Teacher Recs:1 excellent other i dont know
[ *] Counselor Rec:assuming good
[ *] Hook (if any):lacrosse capt? NEMFA singing
[ *) Location/Person:CT
[ *] State or Country:CT
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Caucasion
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:Stiff competition it was a reach.
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend?Maybe if i get un-waitlisted

anyone know the stats on BC's waitlist

x Chu x

Last Year's Waitlist (I believe)
Qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list: 5,000
Applicants accepting a place on waiting list: 2,000
Students enrolled from waiting list: 225

metfan2121

yes it does juvo! im the same way, made select groups early on in HS and have played in select bands with students from about 50 schools a bunch of times and im from a HS with a beastly music program (our orchestra/choir did the mozart requiem last year and sold about 900 tickets).

jfitz

How did you receive the letters? UPS? FEDEX? Or Regular?

djl0528

i was waitlisted

runpunk

[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:[Accepted /b][ /color][ /size]

DECISION:
[*]Stats:[*] SAT:2130 760M/720R/650W
[ *] SAT IIs:740MII/710USH
[ *] ACT:
[ *] GPA:4.0
[ *] Rank:Top 10%
[ *] Other stats:
[ *]Subjective:
[ *] Essays: Childish spirited.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Good, one teacher used to teach hs near BC.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Good.
[ *] Hook (if any): none.
[ *) Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country:Texas
[ *] School Type:Episcopal
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: Lots of sports (non-recruited), gone to 3 schools/strength of schedule lacking due to changes in cirriculum.
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:No idea. Good fit, i suppose.
[ *] Other Factors:
[ *] going to attend? no clue.