Boston University Class of 2028 Official Thread

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Accepted!

Questrom School of Business

Student type: International

Academics: 4.0 GPA, 1440 SAT (730 ERW, 710 Maths), 4/72 Class rank, school offers no AP’s

Honors: Highest scoring student globally in IGCSE English (i.e #1/250,000+ candidates), Best Rapporteur in MUN, 1st Place National Debate Competition, 3x Principal’s Leadership award recipient

ECs: Head Girl, Environmental Youth Ambassador with a sustainability organization, UNICEF panel moderator, Led waste management impact project at HS, Church Youth President, Talk Show host + Script writer for a local television program, Founder + editor-in-chief of a Youth magazine in my local community, Committe rapporteur MUN, Self-started book drive for high school (obtained 80 new books), organizer/judge/sponsor for short story contest for kids in my community.

I was really gunning for some sort of scholarship but nothing for me ig. Congratulations to everyone who got in!

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My D’s 5th waitlist this week. At least 3 other of her friends waitlisted as well.

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Daughter admitted
Engineering Honors
Legacy (me and my brother)
Other acceptances: MIT, Georgia Tech, WashU, Johns Hopkins, USC, U of MD, UT Austin
Still waiting on a few more
Congrats to everyone who got in. BU is a great school. I really enjoyed my time there.

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Yeah this is my 4th wait-list. I’m only accepted into one school. I genuinely don’t understand. 4.0 uw, 4.92 w, 34 ACT, Valedictorian, Good ECs & LORs

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Is it strange my daughter has no decision in her portal?

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“Decisions are being released throughout the day.” per admissions posting.

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Short was 8,000 last year???

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DS accepted with 25k scholarship (was NMF). 3.9 UW, 1540, highest rigor our school offers, good activities and essays but maybe light on community service. Really wanted honors but didn’t get it.

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wait how do you check if you get the scholarship or not? I wrote a huge essay for the trustee scholarship but I have no idea if I got it or not.

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yes, we know someone who did that

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OMGG congrats! How were you notified?

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4.0, 4.9+, valedictorian, 1580+, National Merit Scholar, varsity athlete, four leadership roles, medical research, hospital volunteering, shadowing etc

…… and WAITLISTED

As a parent, this is very disappointing and my kid’s dream school was Boston, couldn’t do ED because of zero financial aid situation.

Would be great if the universities give some honest feedback and rationale behind their decision. They are playing with young kids’ minds.

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he’s getting in a better college TRUST

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it’ll all work out as it should. my first kid got into none of his top choices and turned out having the best four years (graduating in a couple months). he wound up where he was destined to be and so will your kid. :+1:t3:

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Just got accepted! Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

3.87 UW, International, SAT optional, and hella a lot of extracurriculars.
I didn’t get any notifications about the Trustee Scholarship I wrote tho </3

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Son got in finance major, school of business.

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Better things will come!

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Holy cow! Sorry about the WL. Your child is obviously a great candidate and will thrive wherever. But I know it’s disappointing.

This morning was our 4th straight waitlist.

When alls said and done I’ll be curious if this is a screwy year or if this really is just how we run this particular railroad.

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It’s one of the craziest admissions seasons our school counselor has ever seen. She said it’s ridiculous how many kids were waitlisted, rejected when they clearly shouldn’t have been. She’s at a loss for what happened this year. It’s one hell of a year and fasfa just threw a wrench into everything.

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BU has an excellent MUN team. if she decides to attend, she should definitely check it out!

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