BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

Yemi98
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 03:53:05 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1320 (didn’t submit though)
ACT (breakdown): 31 (34 E, 33 R, 30 S, 28 M)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): (4) English Lang and Comp
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: 1st sem: Zoology, Calc 2, Physics 2, Western Civ, World Lit, Span IV, Robotics Engineering
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none that major
Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research in Rehabilitative Sciences, student at a Pre-Engineering Academy sophomore year, FTC Robotics, Soccer, Cross Country, Academic Team, Bible Study, Choir, Piano
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: mostly 50+ hours at the regional foodbank, some other random places
Summer Activities: Discover Architecture Camp, Investigative Research Scholars Program
Essays (rating 1-10, details): about 8-9, I struggled with elaborating on my opinion for the “power or powerlessness” prompt; otherwise, I made sure to include details about what attracted me to BU to show that I had done research about the school
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I only asked teachers that I knew liked me a lot or knew that I was a hard worker (i.e. I was always in their offices talking to them)
Teacher Rec #1: Physics (8-9)
Teacher Rec #2: Literature (7-8)
Counselor Rec: 6-7
Additional Rec: Mentor (9-10)

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup
Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Boarding School
Ethnicity: Black/African
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m a black female pursuing STEM

Reflection

Strengths: decent ACT composite, I’m a minority, I’ve had a lot of engineering experience, took a lot of advanced classes
Weaknesses: ACT math, I had a couple of transcript Cs my junior year
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Don’t know, I guess my app. was really competitive for their engineering school
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: OU, TU, West Point; Rejected: WUSTL

General Comments: It sucks to be rejected, but don’t feel dejected even if your top schools don’t accept you. Someone will find value in you and you will get into a good school