***BU RD 2020 Decisions ONLY ***

dongmonger
Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:05:33 +0000

Decision: Accepted to CAS w/ Presidential Scholarship

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (720CR, 780M, 660W)
ACT: 35C
SAT II: 780 Math II, 730 German
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted 44/45
Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Diploma. HL: Physics, Econ, CompSci SL: Math, English, German
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded my own online business selling online currency for a game, captain of sponsored, semi-pro esports team (lol), varsity tennis and club soccer, completed with merit business plan competition at local finance-focused university, IT support & marketing for mother’s local business.
Job/Work Experience: Internships at real-estate and consulting firms
Volunteer/Community service: Participation in school’s student life organization
Summer Activities: Said internships
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App was very unique about being a leader of an esports team where everyone else is an adult, probably 9/10. Why BU was generic as fuck, 6/10

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10, Economics teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 10/10, CompSci teacher
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: 8/10 from prior principal
Interview: N/A

Other

State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Germany
School Type: Private International
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen, citizen of extremely underrepresented country, intl. not needing aid, speak 4 languages fluently

Reflection

Strengths: Tons of unique factors in application (ECs, hooks), ACT score, really sold myself as this international ambassador
Weaknesses: Next to no community service, subject tests were meh, ECs might weird out some people with so many videogame-related things, Why BU essay
Why you think you were accepted: Pretty good stats
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at UCLA, UCSD and Fordham (Dean’s Scholarship). Rejected at Northwestern. Waiting on NYU, Berkeley and Ivies

General Comments: Pretty hyped about the Presidential Scholarship, but doubt I’ll end up attending BU. Considering the Northwestern rejection I’ll probably end up at NYU as initially projected.

Congrats to everyone who got in!