BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

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Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:48:16 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): 33 composite (33 English, 35 Math, 31 Reading, 34 Science, 10 Writing)
SAT II: 740 Math II, 650 Physics (not my best, definitely could’ve done better)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7045 UW/4.045 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 43/524 (91.79%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus AB (4), APUSH (5), AP Lang (4), AP Calculus BC (5), AP Physics (5), AP Lit (in progress), AP Chem (in progress)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment Calc 3 (CU Denver), AP Chem, Weight Training 2, Drawing & Painting 2, AP Lit, Photography
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FIRST Robotics (captain), NHS, Class Leadership, Basketball Manager, Race Engineer Intern for Flying Lizard Motorsports, Engineering Intern at Ball Aerospace, Guitar
Job/Work Experience: Host/Trainer/Server/Supervisor at California Pizza Kitchen; Network Engineer at Xcelitek, LLC
Volunteer/Community service: Teen Ambassador for International Hoofstock Awareness Association, Volunteer Supervisor for Denver Film Society
Summer Activities: mostly just working
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 5 (These were easily the worst essays I wrote for a college, I even told myself I wouldn’t get in for this very reason. I guess they saw something in them, lol)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 10 (my favorite teacher that absolutely adores me. We’ve kept in touch and he wrote me the greatest teacher rec I’ve ever seen)
Teacher Rec #2: 9 (also a teacher that knew me very very well. She had me for three classes total and definitely gave a good personal insight into me)
Counselor Rec: ? (I go to a large public school so my counselor doesn’t even know me personally. Never read the letter)
Additional Rec: 8 (From my manager who was very complimentary of me. I’ve been promoted four times at my work, and she wrote about that. I would rank it higher, but she didn’t include very many personal details about me)

Other:

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~60-70k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope, I wish

Reflection

Strengths: Definitely my test scores, teacher recs, and extracurriculars. My internships and work experiences definitely helped push me
Weaknesses: Grades. Although they are very good, I had a rough patch second semester junior year. Thankfully, I think my test scores and teacher recs brought me up
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: If only I knew
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

Accepted: University of Colorado Boulder, California Polytechnic State University
Denied: Stanford University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Waitlisted: Purdue University
Haven’t Heard From: Colorado School of Mines, University of Southern California

General Comments:
Congratulations to everyone who got in! If you didn’t, have no fear. You will be successful no matter where you end up going