Official Boston University Class of 2016 Decisions Thread

AbilityNow
Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:49:37 +0000

School applied to: CAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Used ACT
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: Don’t remember off the top of my head, but I took the Lit and U.S. History test, and I score in the 700s on both of them
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (4), U.S. History (5), English Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Government, AP Calculus AB, Marine Science Honors, Exploratory Teaching/Peer Tutoring, Economics, Digital Design I, Acting I, Sociology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None to speak of, alas. Though I was a Commended Student for National Merit Scholarship [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club, History Club, Model United Nations, Marine Science Club (recently took up an unofficial leadership position), National Honor Society
[] Job/Work Experience: Mainly just babysitting and petsitting
[] Volunteer/Community service: A lot.
[] Summer Activities: Varies, usually travelling
[] Essays: I thought they were only OK, but clearly someone thought they were good.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I only read one; that one was great. The other one was written by a teacher who really likes me, so it was probably good too (clearly)
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t read it
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public Charter
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: Lower-middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Other than income bracket, none that I can think of [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores, GPA, Course load
[] Weaknesses: Essays (maybe), Extracurricular agenda (mine’s not bad but I’ve seen better)
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure, haha, but I’m not going to question it.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: FIU, FAU, University of Florida, New College of Florida. Rejected: Wesleyan University and UChicago. I’m still waiting on a couple as well.

[/ul]General Comments:

Super excited!!! I don’t think I’ve stopped smiling since! Congrats to all who got in, condolences to all who didn’t.