Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

ALLIEISAWESOME
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:06:14 +0000

[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[size=+1]School applied to: CAS for Biological Sciences[ /size]

**Objective:[ /b][list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 1830: CR 620 W 620 M 590–>my math used to be 470 but because i was rejected from a school because of it, i studied really hard for a month and got it up 90 points and was accepted to the school i was rejected from. i also sent my new score to other schools i applied to, so i think maybe BU was really impressed with the big jump in my math SAT score that i was able to pull off in 28 days of studying
[ *] ACT: 26 -->resent scores after retaking and had 5 point jump in all sections. scores is still on low side, but i think maybe BU was impressed that i could make all my scores increase
[ *] SAT II: latin 620
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 at very small competitive private school
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): doesnt do
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 in literature
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Vergil, French Comprehension and Conversation (after level 4), Calculus, Human Anatomy and Physiology, English --double language all 4 years of HS
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Summa Cum Laude all 4 years in National Latin Exam with gold and silver medals, inducted into Latin Honors Society, honors every semester all 4 years

[ /list]**Subjective:[ /b][list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): people to people student ambassador (went on 3 week educational trip to europe), westinghouse science honors institute program junior year, apprenticeship in zoo animal care senior year, medical explorers at university of pittsburgh, part of STAND, french club, Junior Classical League club at school, school newspaper (art/photo editor and then page editor the next year), PAJCL member (state Secretary junior year and state VP senior year), venture outdoors program
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked at panera for 1 year sophmore year, model at hollister, currently hostess at Cheesecake Factory
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: see above
[ *] Summer Activities: went on people to people trip to europe summer 2011
[ *] Essays: really good commonapp essay about embracing diversity in others and having to adapt to various living situations because of living with a single parent who traveled a lot when i was younger and having to stay with family friends during that time and how it made me more open minded for my trip to europe, good extra essays relating to attending BU
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: really good from my latin teacher who also wrote a recommendation letter to the classics department, good letter from my math teacher because i went from a C+ first term to an A the second term and talked about my work ethic
[ *] Counselor Rec: really good and personal, she got to know me really well
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:

[ /list]**Other[ /b][list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: small single sex private school
[ *] Ethnicity: asian and european
[ *] Gender: F
[ *] Income Bracket: decreased to 1/3 of what it was last year
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list]**Reflection[ /b][list]
[ *] Strengths: i think my stats show im a well rounded person
[ *] Weaknesses: standardized test scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: i think i was accepted for a couple reasons. i think they noticed the big jumps in my SAT and ACT scores which went from horrendous to mediocre, but were nevertheless big jumps considering i had 28 days to study and retake the test by the last december date before it was too late. bu i think also really values diversity, and i think i really encompass that. i think not only by my race, but because of my essay which talked about how ive had to meet a lot of people and embrace a lot of different situations and living styles because i had to live with different people growing up sometimes because i live with a single parent who travels frequently. i think BU is a school that really cares more about the student as a PERSON and about what they do outside of school, proof of hardwork, and that they embrace diversity. i feel lucky that i was accepted with such bad scores. some may think that i dont deserve to be accepted because of them because so many people were rejected with better scores, but i know that im an extremely hard worker and have really killed myself in school to get this far and i think that the admission committee recognized that, and that there are more important things than test scores.
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to university of pittsburgh after appealing, rejected from northeastern and boston college

[ /list]**General Comments:[ /b]