BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

intapplicant123
Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:43:50 +0000

Decision: ACCEPTED

Race - Asian
Citizenship: Pakistani

GPA- 3.84/4 UW
ACT- 30
SAT- 1470( 720 Maths and 750 English)
Class rank- 8/450
SAT 2: Maths level 2: 740, English Literature:720
A Levels: Maths A, History C, Economics A*

Senior Course load: Not as rigorous as others I’ve seen, but I’d still say quite challenging

Honors/Awards:
Will receive a silver medal for my A Levels Grades, although I did not report that.
Received a certificate for my essay on Women’s Empowerment organized by the Harvard Alumni for Global Women’s Empowerment

Extracurriculars:
Interned at WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and led a small cleanup drive.
Volunteered at Lettucebee Kids and taught underprivileged kids the basics of arithmetic operations.
Interned at the Career Advisers’ office.
Part-time teacher at a local school.
Organizing member of the Gaming Society at my school and successfully arranged chess and console gaming competitions.
Participated in a summer camp at USEFP which involved partaking in mentorship sessions and team-building activities.

Recommendation Letters: I would give both teachers an 8-9/10 on the recommendation letters and around 7/10 to my friend who wrote one for me (the recommendation wasn’t written very well but the material included was top-notch)

Essays- decent essays - main essay 8.5-9/10 really showcased my personality - I used one of my hobbies as an analogy sort of; My BU supplement was probably an 8/10

Interview- no interview

Extra- I’m bilingual (Urdu and English)

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Economics or IR
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Pakistani
School Type: Private - highly rated and one of the most competitive in the country
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): no hooks whatsoever

Strengths: probably my SAT score, my essays, and my recommendation letters
Weaknesses: quite a few people with higher SAT scores, in my school alone, and GPAs, more rigorous course load

Other decisions: Accepted: UC Davis, Uni of St Andrews (Scotland - applied through Commonapp), Carleton College
Waitlisted-
Rejected: Middlebury, Boston College ( Recently found out they rarely admit Pakistanis - no Pakistani was admitted last year and I don’t think there was any this year either), UCLA, Uchicago, Upenn, Emory, Yale-NUS