Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

runeaglerun12
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:01:01 +0000

School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2010 total
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: N/A
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9 out of 81
[] AP tests: English Language (5), US History (3), European History (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs (English Lit, US Gov, Latin, Chem), Honors Precalc, Honors German (1st semester), Senior Capstone, Library Aide (2nd semester)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar, variety of school awards

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, NHS, Competitive Speech, Senior Class Officer, Drama, Cross Country, Mock Trial
[] Essays: I know my main Common App one was amazing and my supplementary ones were only okay in my opinion.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my AP Lit teacher that I know was awesome and one from my bio teacher from last year (also the senior class sponsor so we’re still working together this year) that I’m assuming was good.
[] Counselor Rec: N/A
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: N/A

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] School Type: small charter school
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket: $130,000 with both parents working
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy (dad holds BS, MS and MD from BU and my older brother is a freshman there now) [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Definitely my essays - my main Common App essay in particular really showcased my personality. Being a legacy probably helps plus I know I got good recommendations from my teachers. Also my school is all AP and honors courses and we do not weight grades at all (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0) so my transcript does look pretty good.
[] Weaknesses: I wish my GPA had been a bit higher and maybe had been a bit more consistent with my ECs or had done something extra in the summer or something.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall good application, legacy student, good essays etc.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at University of Pittsburgh, waitlisted at Washington University in St Louis, waiting on Penn and Brown

[/ul]General Comments:
Really surprised by the aid I got - I’m apparently a Presidential Scholar ($20,000 a year) even though I missed the priority deadline by about two weeks. In addition I got another $20,000 or so in university grants plus the federal loans and work study - will only need about $8,000 in private loans which is pretty amazing. Super excited to have such a great offer so I feel terrible that I’m not totally convinced I want to go to BU - will have to seriously think about it over the next week or two. But it is a great school and I love Boston and so I know I could be really happy there. Congratulations to everyone else!