Guaranteed admission College of Communications 2021
3.3 UW GPA
1210 SAT
3 AP’s (AP French, AP microeconomics, AP macroeconomics)
School doesn’t show class rankings
Quite a few EC’s and leadership positions as well as good rec letters.
Honestly don’t know how I got admitted at all but just goes to show that anything is possible!
D was rejected – applied to Questrom.
4.3 W GPA
1470 SAT
IB diploma candidate
tons of service hours, performing singer, athlete, DECA, etc.
Guaranteed transfer to 2021 for COE! Biomedical Engineering.
W: 4.1
UW: 3.51
SAT: 1600 SS (1590 single sitting 800ERW/790M)
Accepted RD to CAS (IR)!!
UW: 3.93
ACT: 34 (single sitting)
All honors, 3 college classes, though I’ve never taken an AP exam (no APs 9th/10th grade, spent 11th in Taiwan, 2 APs this year)
Good extracurriculars/traits for my major (Model UN, trilingual, political activism/orgnaizing, etc)
So thankful to be admitted but unfortunately there’s no way I can afford to attend at the moment. Best wishes to everyone!
D accepted into Sargent
BU grant $51.9k yearly
Housing grant $3,600 yearly
•Act 33 gpa 3.7 unweighted
•4 year varsity cheerleader Sr captain
•3 year wrestling manager Sr Lead
•2 year crew club coxswain
•NHS, Spanish, Science and English honor societies
•school ambassador club Sr officer
•4 year Spanish, Key, Kids for Kids, club member with leadership rolls
•Extensive volunteer hours within school and community
•2 part time jobs
Accepted at Pitt Nursing Main, Duquesne Honors and Nursing, PSU Main Nursing, WCU Nursing, Monmouth, Drexel Nursing/Honors full tuition, Ursinus Zacharias Scholarship, Villanova deferred
I got an email on 3/21 that I was waitlisted at BU.
4.0 GPA unweighted
33 ACT
All 5, one 4 on APs
Apart of Bocces for Cosmetology
Gets Japanese tutoring
Apart of multiple clubs
Congrats to everyone who got in
Got into School of Letter and Sciences in Molecular Biology, Does anyone know what are the chances of getting into Early Assurance Program for graduate medicine program at BU ? Is there data available somewhere ? Thanks
Waitlisted for Questrom
3.8 unweighted / 4.4 weighted
1450 SAT
5 APs (+2 more senior year)
Pretty strong ECs with a focus on business
Did visit BU last year
Pretty solid why BU essay
I have accepted my spot on the waitlist and am sending a letter of continued interest with a new update of getting a paid internship at an accounting firm in January.
I really want to go to BU, is there any chance I will actually get off the waitlist?
Hi - my son did not receive any financial aid info at all for BU, not even federal loans. I called the financial aid office, turns out they did not have his SSN so they were not able to access the FAFSA or CSS profile. I gave them his SSN, they said it will take a few days to get a package ready for him.
Congrats to everyone who got in! Super proud because yall worked so hard!
I got in too! I am waiting for my decision from NYU but chances are that I will be going to college either at Boston University or Chapel Hill. I’m a senior (duh) who is in the IB program.
I’m having a lot of trouble making the decision because there are a lot of factors, obviously. I live in NC so UNC is my state school. I was offered about $6000 dollars in aid for the 2020-2021 school year. It is literally an hour away from my house and I lived there for 5 weeks last summer for an academic camp thing, so I have a pretty good feel for the campus. It is honestly so beautiful and a lot of my classmates are going there.
For BU, I got a $58,000 grant that renews each year of the four years I spend there thanks to their BU Assurance Scholarship Program. Even though it’s not really a campus I love being in an urban city and I’ve always wanted to live in a big city up north.
Academically, I put Neuroscience as my major because I had planned to go to premed at the time, but to be honest I have no freaking clue about what I want to do. I have a knack for biology, I understand concepts fairly well and with minimal studying, I do pretty well on tests (knock on wood bruh can’t jinx myself haha). However, I’ve always had a spot in my heart for business, I won numerous state business competitions (through DECA) so presentations, sales, and marketing just come easily to be. Working as a marketing director or sales director sounds appealing. At the same time, my favorite class is Psychology, ever since middle school, I would always watch brain games whenever a new episode came on, and I love working around the human mind (hence why I chose Neuro). But thanks to Criminal Minds, criminal justice and law was something I looked into in High School because I did debate, but that interest has reemerged and I honestly want to pursue behavior analysis.
Needless to say, I’m kinda all over the place and I want to do so many things but like idk which college is the best. According to US News, Chapel Hill has a better ranking for all the majors I listed above but Boston is so amazing too.
I’m so sorry if I sounded braggy in any way and that this is SO long haha but if you can help me make this decision I will literally forever be grateful! : )
I am literally so sorry this is so long but help a sis out haha : )
@teapotgirl13579 both are amazing schools!! Have you visited BU or Boston in general?
@KsWizz26 no, unfortunately, but I have taken the virtual tour option and looked at the maps extensively. Of course, that’s not the same as touring and I had planned on going during Spring Break but then the Coronavirus decided that wasn’t happening haha.
Planned to tour in April too. Boston is a great city. Wanted to stay overnight to get a feel for the campus, and students.
Hello everyone! Hopefully, yall have heard about the harsh grading at BU and its place as the toughest college to get an A in the country. Again, news sites and website information should be taken with a grain of salt but after speaking with current students at BU, it is honestly a challenge and students are struggling despite working hard. What are your thoughts?
@teapotgirl13579
I would definitely like to hear more about this. Where did you hear that it is the hardest place to get an A? Is this department-specific? We recently had a phone call with an engineering professor, but did not ask that question - but impressed by their enthusiasm and dedication to students. Tomorrow there is an online meeting with students and engineers that we will hopefully listen too.
If you look up schools with the hardest grading systems, BU always comes in first 
Has anyone on the waitlist received an April request for continued interest? Some other schools sent them out this week.
Amazed at how many people want to go to a top university but are afraid that they can’t get easy A’s there. BU knows about their reputation and they do not deny it. Keeps the.slackers from attending.
My daughter was waitlisted in March but got a call this morning and got offered a spot, so it looks like some movement off of the waitlist is now happening.