BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

ayesahyounie
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 04:17:06 +0000

**Decision: Rejected **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 34C 35E 30M 34R 36S
SAT II: Didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (weighted: 5.2)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): No APs (fully dual-enrolled)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: S1: Comparative Politics, French V, Religions and World Politics, Cultural Sociology, Government S2: Global Development, Comparative European Politics, World Literature, French VI, Sociology of Happiness
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US State Department International Cultural Exchange Alumna, National Merit Commended

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Anti-xenophobia project (founder), International Club (founder & president), National Honor Society, Feminist Club, Females in STEM club, GSA club, Asian Culture Club.
Job/Work Experience: Administrative assistant at apparel company for three months
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a temple every week for 3 years
Summer Activities: Fellowship sponsored by the US Department of State, work
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8/10

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10 I guess, I didn’t see it
Teacher Rec #2: 7/10 I didn’t see it
Counselor Rec: 9/10
Additional Rec: 9/10, director of the school

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
Intended Major: International Affairs
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Full dual-enrollment school (taking only college classes since 10th grade)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: ACT, course load
Weaknesses: GPA, leadership, awards, community service
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA, leadership, awards, community service
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: FSU, UF, Tulane, Northeastern, Tufts
Waitlisted: GWU
Rejected: Georgetown, Northwestern, Brown, Johns Hopkins

General Comments: I don’t get why I was rejected if I got into Tulane and Northeastern (who have similar acceptance rates) with scholarships…