Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

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Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:10:24 +0000

School applied to: College of Arts & Sciences

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 (700CR, 610M, 700W)
[] ACT: Didn’t take, but it’s ~30 converted
[] SAT II: 670 Lit, 580 Bio (oops…)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 25/ ~250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History, English Lit, English Lang, Stats, Bio
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lang, AP Stats, AP Bio, H. Physics, H. Latin 4, H. Japanese II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Latin Honors Society, Japanese Honors Society, Honor roll every quarter, several awards within the school related to academic achievement… [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): A bunch of different clubs, I confounded our school’s international club to welcome foreign exchange students.
[] Job/Work Experience: Yes
[] Volunteer/Community service: 60+ hours in a variety of different settings
[] Summer Activities: I work during the summers
[] Essays: Solid, the common app one was about how diversity within a school environment is important to me and how we all benefit from it. Supplements were very good too (I did the roommate one).
[] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: None [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Private Catholic
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, essay(s), GPA
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, particularly the Bio SAT II
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I did a good job of standing out and being unique amongst a large applicant pool.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Scranton, Loyola Maryland, TCNJ…Waitlisted at Villanova and Northeastern.

[/ul]General Comments: SO EXCITED!!