Just wondering I saw there was a spring/fall transfer option. So you could apply in November to attend in January. I wanted to know if this option was actually true and if everyone could do this cause on the rejection it said after two semesters however this says after one full semester
I only got around 15k in aid from BU while NEU gave me 35k ish. So sad…
accepted!!
college of arts and sciences
33 ACT
4.4 W GPA
strong ec’s
strong essays hopefully
this makes me feel better after the UC slaughter last night. good luck to all!
Accepted Engineering International from Canada. 93% UW GPA and 1280 test
My S was Admitted
$20k per year Presidential Scholarship
No other fin aid
3.96 UW
4.65 W
11 APs (4 and 5s)
34 ACT (No SAT)
Impressive essay (but I am his dad, so who knows?)
2 sport varsity athlete for 3 years and a few other weekend and summer ECs
Latino from California
This is his first choice, so tough decision because of steep cost, despite scholarship
denied
guaranteed transfer admission for 2019 (so kind of an acceptance?)
29 ACT, 3.6 UW, Lot’s of EC’s (Varsity tennis captain, musicals, etc.) and Volunteer hours.
If it matters, I had the “Thank you” message
@kawakuri You mentioned ‘UC slaughter’ - just curious, are you in-state? If so, if you don’t mind sharing, I’m curious what are your stats?
ACCEPTED (Health Sciences)
SAT I (breakdown): 1520, 780 M, 740 R, essay 7 7 7
ACT (breakdown): didnt send
SAT II: didnt take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): my school does it out of 100, mine was a high 95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): didn’t write it in common app bc didn’t see it lol
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, DE Humanities, DE Anthropology 102, DE Sociology 101
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Red Cross Club (Co-President), member of some other clubs
Job/Work Experience: residential concierge, office assistant at a property management company
Volunteer/Community service: summer camps and prep places- several hundred hrs total
Summer Activities: work and volunteer
Essays: 7/10
Teacher Recommendation: idk, i feel like they were probs generic, i got them from my Ancient Greek teacher who i had for 2 years and my AP World and Human Geography teacher who i had for 2 years
Counselor Rec: okay? idrk
Additional Rec:
Interview: n/a
Other
Applying for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): new york
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive urban
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: less than $25k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
BU covered everything for me
@Oreo30, Amen to that. DD is in CAS but no Kilachand or Trustee scholarship. BU ain’t MIT/UChicago/Caltech or an IVY to spend 100% EFC. Lack of scholarship is a huge negative. Good luck to waitlisted students.
accepted
@jj1999 I agree with the other comment. Don’t make rash appeals. Find out who the correct contact person is and write a letter expressing your strong interest and perhaps a few paragraphs about why BU (with specifics) and what you can contribute to the BU community. Best to you.
I agree with @Holistic2 re $$$
TO THOSE WHO RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIP
Did you apply for scholarship or it was automatically awarded? Thanks!
Any international applicants who have been awarded the trustee scholarship or the presidential scholarship today?
@nicole61666 I got into that as well! I’m debating on doing it or not. Are you going to do it? And what college did you apply for?
accepted. 3.54wgpa, 34ACT, BioSAT 770, Math2SAT 800, decent essay–not great, couple sports & eagle scout.
@momo2x2018 haha sure!
In state (CA resident)
GPA: 4.12 UC Capped, 4.70 UC Uncapped
SAT Math II: 780
SAT Chem: 750
ACT: 33 composite
APs:
- Calc AB: 5
- Comp Sci: 5
- APUSH: 5
- Phys C E&M: 4
- Phys C Mech: 3
- Chem: 3
- Music Theory: 3
Sr year courses: AP Psych, AP Stats, APES, Engineering, Advanced Topics in Mathematics (post-Multivariable Calculus, took Jr year), and English
School doesn’t offer IB
Awards:
- NHD excellence award
- Eagle Scout
Extracurriculars:
- 4 year Varsity Swim, captain last year and this year, and club swimmer since 2010
- Member of California Junior Classical League (Latin club) State board
- President of my school’s Junior Classical League chapter
- Rubik’s Cube competition organizer for SoCal region
- Programming team for Robotics club
Leadership:
basically what I listed above.
- Eagle Scout
- Varsity swim captain
- President of JCL club
- State board member
- Rubik’s Cube competition organizer
Work
- Lifeguarding
- Did private tutoring (math, Scratch programming) over the summer
My S applied for scholarship
Guaranteed transfer for 2019.
from NY
GPA (W): 95.2
SAT: 1460
Percentile: Top 10%
loaded with extra-curics, etc.
Special circumstances caused 9th/10th grade to be very weak, significant increase in 11th/12th grade performance.
@kawakuri Thanks. Your academic stats are not dissimilar to my D’s; it makes no sense to me why so many well qualified, extremely accomplished, IN-STATE kids of taxpayers, we denied. Very aggravating!!!
Well, congrats on BU!! CA’s loss is MA’s gain!