BU Class of 2021 RD Decisions

sadsenior
Sat, 25 Mar 2017 14:29:42 +0000

**Decision: Accepted **

Presidential Scholarship

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1550 (750 eng, 800 math)
ACT (breakdown): 35 (35 eng, 35 math, 34 reading, 36 science)
SAT II: Math 2 (800), Chinese (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably around top 15/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology, Psychology, Chem, US History, English, Chinese (all 4s/5s)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP Compsci A, English, Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching band, various music ensembles, cultural club
Job/Work Experience: No “official” job
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of tutoring/teaching
Summer Activities: did berkeley summer session before
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common app essay like 6 and supplemental like 5…i would reject my own essays after rereading them just now…
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 9, I had her for 2 yrs & she really liked me. she’s an eng teacher so good at writing?
Teacher Rec #2: didn’t submit
Counselor Rec: Probably a 6 (I go to a pretty large school so counselors don’t really know us)
Additional Rec: didn’t submit

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Operations & Technology management
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Pretty high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: My test scores, basically
Weaknesses: My essays are literally the worst thing I’ve ever read…
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: my test scores and gpa LOL
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD, UCI and haven’t heard back from USC, UC Berkeley, and UPenn yet

General Comments: Good luck everyone. Make sure you ask your friends to read your essays for you to make sure they’re good