***BU RD 2020 Decisions ONLY ***

iheartdebate
Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:39:55 +0000

Decision: Accepted CAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210, 720 M, 720 R, 770 W
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: 760 Bio, 750 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no rank or percentile
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 APUSH, 5 World Hist.
IB (place score in parenthesis): school doesn’t offer IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP French, AP English, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): bunch of debate awards, won the national french contest multiple times, won the national latin contest multiple times also

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LD Debate (division director), play violin, girls who code club, latin club, french club, school honors society
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: volunteered as a lab leader over the summer at some debate camps in NYC, also worked for a program that gives music programs to under-privileged schools in the area
Summer Activities: debate camps, travel, community service
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: probably like a 6/7, wasn’t amazing. Why BU: like a 4, wrote it the night before the app was due
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: APUSH teacher - 10, he loves me!
Teacher Rec #2: Latin teacher - probably like an 8/9
Counselor Rec: hopefully like a 7/8, went to her office constantly and had to write an autobiography for her to write her rec on.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None

Other

State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection

Strengths: extracurriculars, I won a ton of debate stuff and put a lot of that stuff on my application.
Weaknesses: first semester senior grades were AWFUL
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: BU was a safety for me, probably didn’t get rejected bc of “tufts syndrome” bc i visited
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Cornell, McGill, UMich, SUNY Bing
Waitlisted: WUSTL
Rejected: UChicago, Northwestern

General Comments: Congrats to everyone accepted!!!