BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

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Thu, 23 Mar 2017 04:24:32 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Old SAT, 800 CR, 800 M, 760 W
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 800 Math II, 740 Bio, 760 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 161/1441
AP (place score in parenthesis): HGAP (5), WHAP (5), EHAP (4), Bio (4), Eng Lang (4), Calc BC (3), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, Newspaper, AP Gov/AP Macroeconomics, AP Eng Lit, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing of that scale, but National Merit Finalist, US Presidential Scholar Candidate (both off of test scores), few assorted regional math and HOSA awards

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Texas HOSA (Area President, Chapter Co-President 12th, Junior Officer 11th, Chapter President 10th), NHS (Community Outreach/Donations 12th), humans of _____ (founder and principal photographer, 11th and 12th), Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President 12th), school newspaper (sports/social media/managing editor 12th), Photography Club (Co-founder and VP 12th),
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: tutor local community college kids (12th)
Summer Activities: nothing notable
Essays (rating 1-10, details): had to go back to look at them lol, better than I thought! CA essay was written like an entry in a journal, detailing an experience in Clinical Rotations and what I learned from it. BU supplement (didn’t apply to Kilachand, now kinda regretting it) was decent, wrote about how my first impression of BU was meh but after doing research I realized I was wrong). Overall essays probably 9/10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: Bio teacher that I got really close to AFTER I had her, probably 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: brilliant English teacher I was always close to, probably 10/10
Counselor Rec: the best counselor at our school, probably also 10/10
Additional Rec: None

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, got an okay-ish amount (a little over 30K a year, still costs about 36K+ to attend/year)
Intended Major: Biochemistry
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public School, LARGE
Ethnicity: Asian-American
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 30K-40K (parents retired)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection

Strengths: ECs–huge variety of interests and a struggle juggling all of them at times, but I think they really showcased me as a person, SAT was solid
Weaknesses: grades, just an A/B student, no special awards
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: super-involved on campus, maintained okay grades while balancing ECs, upwards climb from year to year
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted UT, Texas A&M, rejected UChicago, UNC, WashU, Northwestern, UCLA

General Comments: Happy I made it!