BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

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Sun, 19 Mar 2017 13:44:46 +0000

Decision: Accepted **
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred [/color][/size]
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected [/color][/size]**

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):1510 (780 CR, 730 M)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 R, 35 E, 34 S, 31 M)
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): APUSH (5), AP GOV (5), AP Lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Lit, AP World History, Spanish 4, Yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Yearbook for two years (editor-in-chief one year), Varsity Lacrosse 3 years, JV lacrosse one year (Varsity Co-Captain one year), member of National Honor Society, VP of a school specific club two years and president one year
Job/Work Experience: Work for a retail store that employs adults with developmental disabilities and my job was to assist them.
Volunteer/Community service: nothing very impressive
Summer Activities: Work, Club lacrosse
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 8/10 I really like it Why BU: 5/10 very subpar
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: didn’t read but probably 7 or 8/10
Teacher Rec #2: probably around 8/10
Counselor Rec: he doesn’t know me really well at all so maybe like 6/10
Additional Rec: probably 10/10 she knows me so well

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Political science
State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:<40000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none

Reflection

Strengths: Scores, decent leadership positions
Weaknesses: I didn’t take like 15 AP classes, my extracurriculars aren’t anything particularly out of the ordinary
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: overall decent, relatively well rounded application
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: UMich, Michigan State University, Boston College, University of Oklahoma
Rejected: Vanderbilt ED2 and Northwestern

General Comments : I wasn’t offered any merit scholarships and I was offered around 20,000 in financial aid but unfortunately that’s not really enough so I will not be attending. Glad to have an acceptance from such a good school though