Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

ThenameisBond
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:27:07 +0000

School applied to: College of Arts and Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 Total, 2250 Superscored
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 740 Chemistry, 700 Math II, 680 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~96 on school’s 100 scale
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 2%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (5), Chem (5), US History (5), World (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 6 APs, Lunch, and Orchestra
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor and that’s pretty much it! [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper Club (Copy Editor), NHS officer, World Languages Club officer, Music Club officer, Model UN, FBLA
[] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring, Church, Hospital, Library
[] Summer Activities: Visiting the mother land and volunteering!
[] Essays: Common App one was okay, and BU one was nice.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[li] Interview: N/A [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 200+k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT, GPA, Rank, ECs were decent
[] Weaknesses: ECs weren’t the most original or the best
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted b/c I fit in with the norm of the typical student
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to not many places worth mentioning, WL: GW, Rejected: Nowhere yet (Will be rejected from many places this Thurs. lol)

[/ul]General Comments:
Got into Honors which was cool but didn’t hear back on any merit aid. Did they send out all merit aid information already? I don’t think I got any then…that sucks but oh well.

Congrats to those of you whom got in!