Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

ginaisabella
Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:05:14 +0000

School applied to: SAR

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): n/a
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: n/a
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US history [3]
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, advanced spanish & other required classes
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, mensa member, honor roll [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): over 12 years of dance 4+ times per week, school newspaper (one of top 4 editors), student government junior year (class rep)
[] Job/Work Experience: Paid dance instructor since sophomore year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Coordinator/dancer for dance troupe that performs at nursing homes and hospitals
[] Summer Activities: 1 month stay with host family in Spain summer before junior year
[] Essays: My common app essay was excellent, probably the best thing I’ve ever written in my life (I’ve gotten great feedback on it.) My supplement essay was good but not as great as the common app one (I focused more on other schools’ essays and didn’t focus on BU’s as much.)
[] Teacher Recommendation: I haven’t read it but should’ve been excellent.
[] Counselor Rec: My counselor loves me! So probably really good as well.
[] Additional Rec: From my dance instructor, like a second mother to me so probably excellent as well.
[li] Interview: n/a [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MI
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private catholic school, rigorous curriculum
[] Ethnicity: White/middle eastern
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none, really. Although I really emphasized how interested I was in BU in my essays. [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Extracurriculars, common app essay, rigor of curriculum
[] Weaknesses: supplement essay, and I had a bad semester Junior year (ended up with a 3.4) and dropped AP bio. However, I was taking honors math, AP bio and APUSH at the time, so they probably looked past it.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My stats are slightly above their average, and my extracurriculars and common app essay probably overshadowed any shortcomings in my application. Also I hear they don’t get as many applicants from the Midwest so maybe that helped me a bit.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: MSU, U of M
Rejected: UPenn, Northwestern, UChicago (was deferred early action then rejected.)
[/ul]General Comments:
I also received the $10,000 Dean’s merit scholarship, renewable all 4 years. Not quite sure what was so special about my application, but I’ll take it!