Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

TheChandelier
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:15:36 +0000

School applied to: College of Engineering

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2160. 680 CR, 760 M, 720 W
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: Math I 750, Math II 730, Physics 710, US History 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4s on World History, APUSH, English Lang. Currently taking AP Bio, Physics and AB Calc
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Physics, english (school doesnt offer honors for english), French 4, honors studio art
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit commended, AP scholar, JETS team wins, some school awards [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founder/president of baking club, co editor in chief of school online magazine, varsity tennis and varsity track with award stuff, jv squash, model un, avid hiker/skiier i managed to squeeze in
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at YMCA overnight camp one summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: yeah oops. probably shouldve done that
[] Summer Activities: research assistant at UPenn Hospital
[] Essays: comm app was unique - compared myself to Dr Gregory House. BU roommate essay was honestly just me, probably couldve been better.
[] Teacher Recommendations: stellar im assuming. great connections with teachers i asked.
[] Counselor Rec: good. she likes me, but shes also kinda wacky so who knows
[] Additional Rec: one from research advisor who is MD, PhD professor at UPenn on my summer research
[li] Interview: [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: private
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: high
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): white female for engineering (?) [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: comm app essay, test scores, transcript is impressive, summer research
[] Weaknesses: some parts of roommate essay needed more refinement
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: see strengths
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted at lehigh, waitlisted at bucknell (kinda shocked…) and WashU. still waiting on top choice where i was deferred…

[/ul]General Comments: happy to have BU as an option! received presidential scholar (20k per year scholarship) which is kinda cool (didnt apply for financial aid). boston is awesome!!!