OFFICIAL Bowdoin College 2014 DECISION THREAD

AceClark
Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:46:51 +0000

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR 770 M 700 W (11 E) Submitted
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: 750 Math II, Lit 720, US Hist 740, Submitted
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (4.75 Weighted)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Given as Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 Lang, 5 US, 4 Chem
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest possible (5 APs)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eagle Scout, school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate, Quiz Bowl, the usual
[] Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs
[] Volunteer/Community service: A bunch
[] Summer Activities: Art program at CCSU, work
[] Essays: They were just okay…very rushed
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[] Counselor Rec: Average
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: Government
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: 180,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores? GPA
[] Weaknesses: Essays
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See above
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UConn Honors (Special Program in Law!), NYU, BU, not rejected anywhere…yet[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to those accepted! Good luck to everyone else! Got an amazing fin aid package (40K in grants! More affordable than my state school, UConn! Wha’!?)