@applicant1212
“FAFSA EFC was $40k,”
BU is a CSS profile school. The FAFSA EFC is irrelevant. What did the NPC say you would receive in aid?
Hey guys! Here are my stats 
I had a rough start to high school in regular classes (1 AP sophomore year) with a mix of A’s and B’s and one C each year (I stated it was circumstantial as I missed a lot of school due to personal reasons)
I moved schools and got straight A’s with one B+ each year
Junior classes: AP Psych, IB Eng Lang, IB Italian, IB/AP Chem, IB HOTA, Algebra 2
Senior classes: IB Eng Lang, IB Italian, IB/AP Bio, AP Gov, Physics R, Pre-Calc
Gpa: 91 weighted
SAT: 1380 (superscore) 700 RW, 680 Math
Varsity track (1 year)
Teachers assistant (1 year)
Volunteer for program that helps special needs kids workout at local gym
Volunteer at animal shelter
Manager at local movie theater
Writer for school newspaper
Founded a mindfulness/meditation club
President of the podcast club
National Honor Society
Rho Kappa National Honor Society
World Language Honor Society (Italian)
Northeastern summer program (2 weeks)
Congrats to everyone!
I got in!!! Congrats everyone!! I hope I will see y’all on campus! ?
congrats!!! can u pls share your stats?
i got rejected
International student
SAT: 1370
GPA: 4.0
Not weak and not strong extras
didnt apply for financial aid
can anyone say why i got rejected?((((
I think it’s harder for international students. I’m sorry.?
Sorry you have not been admitted.
I have read the forums and I know the statistics for a couple of years back now, and what I can tell you for sure it is that this process has a big random component into it. I have seen many very good students being denied admissions while some average or even low scoring ones were admitted. It has to do with many factors. For example, state universities are restricted to a very low number of out-of-state students. Similarly, no USA university would accept more than 10-20% international students no matter how good the others are. They also are restricted to have a certain distribution of races, genders etc. But ultimately, as I said, there seems to be a lottery-like selection between the applications in the same group.
THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR APPLICATION. You just got the bad dice. You are a good student and you will do good wherever you end up studying.
Hi, my daughter applied regular decision and I obviously have no idea if she will be accepted or not, however I am trying to figure out when the admitted student events are scheduled so that I can at least see how we can fit them in potentially with other schools that we have already scheduled. I like to plan ahead! Anyway, is anyone able to tell me when the scheduled events are so I can at least try and organize our calendar in the event that she gets in? The dates are not visible unless you login as an acceptance student which obviously we cannot do. Thanks so much.
Got in for Biomedical engineering (first choice) with a 45k a year scholarship (cohen+Fed grants)
Stats:
Top 6% when applied
GPA: 3.8/4 or 5.2/5
SAT: 1290 superscored
ACT: 27 superscored
Subject tests: 680 bio M, 560 Math 2
IB diploma candidate
8 APs (scores are 3’s at highest)
Historian of Math Honor Society, part of Spanish Honor Society
No community service
Moved from another country 6 years ago
15 EC’s but before highschool (dance&piano both for 10 years)
Multiple recognition awards (best student, etc)
AP scholar
2 jobs most of highschool
My essay was very good based on other reviews
Great rec letters from IB Bio&History teachers (HL)
Bilingual
Very rough childhood/life in general
applied for trustee but no updates yet
im living proof that you dont have to have the best grades or all the clubs in the world to get into an amazing school. If you score perfect but have no world changing aspirations past college then youre boring and likely wont get in.