D24 accepted into Biomedical Engineering and Honors College
4.0 UW, preprofessional ballet dancer, good school extracurriculars
(Edit) - applied test optional
Accepted at Michigan, Purdue, UW, Pitt, Ohio State
Waiting on Duke, Vandy, Northwestern
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What does it mean to be WL short list for drama? Any stats on getting in?
In the past few cycles the number accepted off the waitlist was in the single digits.
Thanks, this process is brutal and not for the faint of heart.
Here too
When clicking the âacceptâ button for the waitlist, what exactly am I agreeing to? It doesnât say.
How do you know this? So the transfer option remains open for junior year as well?
Based on reports from students here on CC in the past. No guarantee that it will happen in the future.
You are agreeing to be on the waitlist. No obligation to attend if admitted.
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SD 2024. Waitlisted.
1530 SAT, 9 AP classes, 4.19 GPA. Grwat EC, good LOE.
Waitlisted in UMich as well.
Admitted to UNC, UVA, NCSU, UNCC. NC is instate.
Rejected by NotreDame, Duke.
This entire thing just feels lie a lousy lottery. Or I see a pattern. Private Schools donât like my money. Thatâs alrite I will keep it.
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Ha! Nobody likes my money. Curious, when were you WL by Mich? We applied EA and were âpostponed.â Waiting on RD (but not feeling every optimistic.
Very similar to my daughter who got in everywhere but waitlisted at BU. Good thing she greatly disliked BU and will be at Northeastern honors program for engineering. Coops will be great for her.
This exact same thing happened to my son at Northeastern Honors 2 years ago and he had even higher stats. He was waitlisted and then later admitted with huge scholarship. But, he decided to go to a school that wanted him the first time around 
WGPA 4.55
Top 2% of class
All AP, honors and college classes since freshman year
Plays 3 instruments in band
Tons of leadership, NHS, science, math, language, Spanish honor societies
Varsity Swim and Softball
Hi -
We were waitlisted on Jan 15th by U-Mich. GoodLuck and GOD Speed.
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DS 2024 Accepted
25K merit (NMF designated BU as of 3/1)
1540 SAT, NMF
Highest rigor at our school (except for APLit, which didnât fit in his schedule), though you canât take APs until 11th grade so he has 7, with 4s and 5s:
Self study in 10th: APMacro
11th: APUSH, APChem, APBC Calc
12th: APPhysics C, APStat, APEuro
Also: Honors Science Research for 2 years with some local and regional placing (and project related to Urban Studies - his chosen area of study in college), Honors Latin 3 and 4, Honors Geometry, Algebra 2 and PreCalc.
GPA: Our school is out of 100, and weighting for honors/APs adds 2 points, so unweighted just under a 98 and weighted just over a 98. Converting to a 4.0 it comes out around a 3.9, both weighted and unweighted.
ECs/Leadership: pretty good - lots of depth with theater (tech), Quiz Bowl, music.
Community service: ok, not fabulous.
Job: works for local theater company doing lights
Applied as History major (goal is to be an Urban Planner so plan was to do the Urban Studies minor in the Political Science department)
Applied to honors but was not accepted
Acceptances so far: Pitt (with 10K merit per year, and honors), UMass (with 16K merit per year, and honors), UMD (not accepted to honors, disappointingly), Binghamton (First Year Research, but not honors). All of these were either Urban Studies or Geography majors.
Waitlists so far: WashU.
Rejections so far: none yet, but they are coming!
Waiting on: a few reaches, academically and financially.
Will choose Binghamton so far - honors at BU would have made the decision harder, even though BU with the merit is still double Binghamton. We can pay around 50K per year, so thereâd be some loans at BU.
Good luck all.
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My son was rejected, but I was wondering if everyone who was rejected received the âguaranteed transferâ offer in the letter. Is this a real guarantee of transfer after 1 year from another college?
Same. Deferred at Univ of Michigan 
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My daughterâs letter said after one or two years, so definitely not a guarantee
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Theyâre talking about enrollment spots, not admissions spots
It confused me, too, at first
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Applicants, not acceptances. that still leaves 80% americans applying, I agree 20% is a lot of international applicants, but unless youâre suggesting they all get rejected, I donât see the problem.
and of course Iâm not trying to be insensitive or anything - being an international student - Iâd like to know what an acceptable percentage of admitted students being international is acceptable here, or at least standard, so I know what is a lot and what to expect
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What are you guys seeing as an average financial aid offer for BU? I got a lot and am curious if theyâre often this generous - I was shocked (in a good way, i can actually afford to go now)
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