Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

andybatts
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:57:34 +0000

School applied to: CAS - International Relations

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: n/a
ACT: 28(29 Superscored)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/400
AP (place score in parenthesis): US(5), Euro(5), World(4), Lit(3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Macro, AP Lang and some other classes.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with homor
Subjective:
Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Baseball in 11th and 1th Grade, JV Baseball 9-10(Captain), NHS, Foreign Language Honor Society, Tour Guide, Flag Football, Street Hockey, Intel Science Club.
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 hours with multiple groups. Most with the Veterans.
Summer Activities: Travel Baseball and helping kids with AP work
Essays: common app was okay but my supplement was unique. Wrote about my nickname.
Teacher Recommendation: Amazing
Counselor Rec: okay
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public HS
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths:GPA, essay, recs.
Weaknesses: Ecs an test scores.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good stats and great interest.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Penn State, Boston College, UConn, Syracuse, UConn, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Binghamton, Drexel, St. Johns, UMass Amherst. Waitlisted: Northeastern
General Comments: Very excited to be accepted! Looks like I could attend!