BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

virologistuk
Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:30:25 +0000

The BU portal had “Our records indicate”.
I was not able to access the BU housing link. Access Denied
I was also not able to access the BU Student Link.

[asize=4]Decision: Accepted [/size]

International - UK

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
ACT (breakdown): 34 (36 E, 34M, 31R, 35S, 8 (out of 12)W
SAT II: 720 Bio M, 760 math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/50
AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
As-Levels: AAAA (Highest grade, Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Biology)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: A level Maths, Biology and Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): UKMT Junior Gold

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Owner of Fansite for a game, Moderator for a forum,Student Librarian and Event Organiser for LGBT Club
Job/Work Experience: Bakery for 6 months and currently working at a Grocery Store. 2 week internship at a disease/vaccine research lab
Volunteer/Community service: Library
Summer Activities: Work, Internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8, fairly revised by my school and teachers. Wrote really honestly and whole heartedly
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9, my teacher have done it before

Teacher Rec #1: 10/10
Teacher Rec #2: 8/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: N/A

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): UK
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: British
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 90000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Unique EC and Grades + Most rigorous subjects for A-Levels)

Reflection

Strengths: Grades/Essays
Weaknesses: SAT 2 score and maybe Lack of substansial ECs, not sure?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Waitlisted at Bates, waiting to hear from occidental, amherst and a few Ivys

General Comments : Got the presidential scholarship, but the 50k/year is impossible for my family :///