BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

cobrakebab490
Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:30:50 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2100 (730 Math 730 Reading 640 Writing)
ACT (breakdown): 34 (34 E, 32 M, 35 R, 34 SCI)
SAT II: 790 (Math II) 770 (Chemistry)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB tests are in May for us.
Senior Year Course Load: (All of these are IB subjects) HL Economics, Chemistry, Physics; SL Math, English, Spanish; Theory of Knowledge, Extended Essay in chemistry

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Piano for 5 years along with certificates for ABRSM exams, awards at multiple MUNs, school badminton team
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a venture capitalist firm
Volunteer/Community service: (not much) volunteered at multiple libraries in Singapore throughout 11th grade
Summer Activities:none lol
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8.5/10 (I had an advisor help me edit.)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: HL Chemistry Teacher (8/10)
Teacher Rec #2: HL Economics Teacher (10/10)
Counselor Rec: 7/10 (our counsellor was new to the school
Additional Rec: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: x > 100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: Test scores, essays, recommendations
Weaknesses: ECs and work experience
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted probably because of test scores and academics
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, Northeastern, UMass Boston, BU
Rejected: Georgia Tech, Northwestern

(Still waiting on Columbia, NYU, UCB and NUS and NTU in Singapore)

General Comments : BU is pretty expensive so I probably won’t be going there