*~*~Official Boston College Class of 2015 RD Decisions Thread~*~*

<p>Decision: Accepted
College of Arts and Sciences</p>

<p>Objective:

  • SAT I (breakdown): Reading 680 Writing 680 Math 800 Combined:2160
  • SAT II: Math II 750 Biology M 700
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.87
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):5%
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5) Lit (4) APUSH (4)
  • Senior Year Course Load: 3 Honors 3 AP</p>

<p>Subjective:

  • Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math Team President/Track/Paper
  • Job/Work Experience: Worked every year since freshmen year
  • Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours at retirement home
  • Summer Activities: Did one writing course at my school
  • Essays: Common app essay was nice, supplements bad
  • Teacher Recommendation: one was great, other was cookie cutter
  • Counselor Rec: amazing</p>

<p>Other

  • State (if domestic applicant): NH
  • School Type: Catholic
  • Ethnicity: White (greek)
  • Gender: Male
  • Income Bracket:80k</p>

<p>Reflection

  • Strengths: Well Rounded.
  • Weaknesses: Uhh sports? essays? i dont really know, pretty solid applicant
  • Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: well rounded applicant from another catholic school.
  • Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Brandeis, Holy Cross, Providence, Clarkson Rejected: JHU, Cornell, Williams, Amherst (ED)</p>

<p>General Comments: not surprised i got in, but definitely grateful. i feel like alot of high quality applicants are getting funneled into these outer-tier 1 schools (or inner-tier 2) too bad its so expensive… gonna love the debt.</p>