<p>ACCEPTED to CAS!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.38UW
SAT: 2150
SAT II: BIO 760, Chinese 800, Math II 740, Latin 690</p>
<p>CONGRATZ to those accepted! Not sure if I’m going yet, but this is super exciting:)</p>
<p>Accepted!!! <3</p>
<p>Accepted to the school of engineering!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.85
SAT: 2130
SAT II: Bio 750, Math II 800
Decent essays, good letters of rec</p>
<p>Does anybody know the actual cost of attending? As in, tuition and R&B and all that put together? Because I can only find really rough estimates. I got 31,000 total, so that helps, but man, is this expensive…</p>
<p>Congratulations to the others of you who were accepted!</p>
<p>@rushhrider</p>
<p>I found the estimated cost for Boston U in fall 2010 on the collegeboard website. Here’s the link, hope it helps.</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Boston University - BU - Cost & Financial Aid](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Accepted to CGS! But got terrible aid. 5500 in grants and 5500 in loans…not the best at all, especially for CGS. Here were my stats.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.4 UW
SAT:1770
ACT:26, superscored 27
ECs: Tons (journalism, comm serv hours, film clubs)
Essays were very good
Awards</p>
<p>Honestly with my low grades, I’m very surprised that I even got into the CGS program.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted: CAS & 7-Year Accelerated Medical Program</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR 740, M 800, W 760, Essay 12) one sitting
[</em>] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 36, R 34, Sci 35, Essay 10, Eng&Writing 33) one sitting
[<em>] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 800, Physics 800, Math II 800, Chinese 800
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (96.xx out of 100.00)
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 101.67 (out of 100.00)
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/837
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), BC Calc (5), AB subscore (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5), World (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Eng Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Comp Sci A
[</em>] Number of other RD applicants in your school: ~15?
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]Science Olympiad medals (9 regionals, 2 states), Rochester University Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, NYC Metro Math Fair Bronze Medal, USABO semi-finalist, USNCO semi-finalist, 14th ranked fastest Rubik’s Speedcuber in New York State</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Engineering & Biology Group Leader), Columbia University Medical Center research internship (helped publish a scientific paper), Rubik’s Cube Club at school (founder & president), Calculus Challenge Team (2nd in country last year), Calculus Tutoring (all tutees got a 5), Jazz Band (lead alto saxophone & president), Webmaster of SciOly and Sci Dept website.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Columbia University internship for one year (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics professional laboratory work)
Surgical Center (observed and helped with >200 surgeries)
Library
Senior Center</p>
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<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App: Rubik’s cube & how it impacted my personality and way I approach and solve problems; original & creative; 10+[/li][</em>] How I Became Interested: Read a medical school professor’s paper, talked with students; 8
[<em>] Supplement: Ideology about what college is supposed to be about, Quantitative Biology major, start Rubik’s cube club; 7
[</em>] Why I Want to be a Doctor: Establish intimate relations with patients and personalize care - contrary to what is being done now; 9
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 5 pages. SHE LOVES ME. from AP Bio teacher <3. basically tells almost everything about me through my activities (likes and dislikes, sense of humor, maturity (O_O), etc.) 10+[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: 1 page. AP World teacher, like a mom to me. Rec is pretty run-of-the-mill, though. 7?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Saw afterwards, sort of a laundry list. 5
[</em>] Additional Rec: Wrote it myself and got AP English teacher to sign it. Attests to outstanding writing talent and insight to reading literature (mostly true). 9
[<em>] Interview: Had to drive up to boston for SMED interview. It was pretty in-depth. Both the MD and PhD I interviewed with really read my essays and knew about what I did in lots of detail. Fun stuff.
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list]
NO. there are more than enough people out there more talented than I am at violin, piano, and alto sax, combined. I am in jazz band though :)</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: 3-4 days before deadline? O_O
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (NEW YORK CITY HOLLAHHH!)
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: LARGE PUBLIC (4000+ students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (■■■)
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: not important here.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Rubik’s cube - 15 second solves; sent a video of a 13.76-sec solve on a CD with my counselor’s rec and transcript and such. Hope they had fun with it 
Great essay writing (?) I’ve been told I have a way with words, apparently HAHAHAS.</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: grades (spanish aside), rank, SAT IIs (I BEASTED ALL OF THEM YO!), Rubik’s cube! >:) MUAHAHAHA
[</em>] Weaknesses: Asian, public school isn’t magnet or specialized (quite the opposite actually…), but doesn’t downright suck, either. It’s pretty moderate in terms of grades and smartness of people in general.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rubik’s cube? O_O I don’t know how many applicants have sub-15 averages -shrugs- SAT II grades were definitely a plus (haven’t seen another CCer with 5 800s yet :p)
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
not much, really. maybe I should’ve paid more attention in my Spanish classes so my grades wouldn’t have been too terrible there HAHAHAS. might’ve gotten valedictorian too LOL :p</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I’m probably still going to Yale through EA but at least I have another option open for myself now! 
YAY! >:)
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT ACCEPTED! to the WLs and Rs - IT’S OKAY!</p>
<p>Hmmmmm</p>
<p>Still have no update to my application status and it’s 1:30 pm Pacific. Anybody else still waiting?</p>
<p>I still haven’t heard yet either… I live in california… maybe because im far way…? haha, oh well. I have patience</p>
<p>I’m in california…but my buddy got in earlier this morning. I’m thinking it may be based on major. Good luck!</p>
<p>That’s probably it. I applied to college of arts and sciences</p>
<p>Me as well! :)</p>
<p>Admitted to Sargent College!
GPA: UW 3.91, W 4.55
SAT I: 1960 / 2110
SAT IIs: US History 770, Bio M 720
APs: Bio / Calc BC / Euro / Lang Comp / US History 5
ECs: decent
Essays: decent</p>
<p>Got a pretty nice financial aid package - 30K in aid, 7K in loans, 2K in work study - , but I don’t know if I’ll be going here… My parents seem adamant about me not taking out loans, so that 20K gap is pretty… ehh…</p>
<p>[Students</a> apply in record-breaking numbers to BU’s Class of 2015 | The Daily Free Press](<a href=“http://dailyfreepress.com/2011/01/25/competition-for-a-spot-in-the-bu-class-of-2015/]Students”>Students apply in record-breaking numbers to BU’s Class of 2015 – The Daily Free Press)</p>
<p>@akidron and @samsam, I’m from California too, I got it at 7:30ish AM and I got into College of Arts in Sciences </p>
<p>haha sorry :/</p>
<p>Accepted to CGS</p>
<p>Not good aid so won’t attend</p>
<p>1940 SAT I
740 Eng Lit Sat II
630 Math 2 Sat II</p>
<p>GPA 3.75</p>
<p>g.p.a weighted: 3.9
act: 28 (30 superscore)
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Ethnicity: Korean-Asian
Activities: 4 year Student Gov. 2 year Yearbook. 2 year NHS. , too long to add more.</p>
<p>Financial Aid sucked though…</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
**Applied to School of Management (SMG) **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 650 Math 680 WR 640 = 1970
[</em>] SAT II: 760 US History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 25/432
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) German (5) English Lang+Comp (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government/Economics, AP Statistics, AP Human Geography, Anatomy and Physiology Honors, Soccer, AP English Lit, Physics Honors…most difficult
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Historian) 2 yrs, German Club (President 10, Diplomat 11-12), Varsity Soccer 4 yrs, Key Club 4 yrs, Student Council 3 yrs, Model UN 2 yrs.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Golf Cart Caddy/Manager for 1 full year (10th Grade), Soccer Ref (11th and 12th Grade)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 350+ Service Hours, lots of volunteering
[<em>] Essays: CommApp- Decent, BU Supplemental Essays very good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 Great and 1 Good I assume (waived my right)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good I assume
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one
[/ul]Other[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TEXAS!!!
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: ~$85000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Born and raised in Germany (so naturally bilingual), my older brother went and graduated magna cum laude from SMG, and geographic diversity maybe
[/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Course Load, EC’s, and Supplemental Essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, CommApp Essay, only 1 Major Award
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Fit the criteria for everything, also having my brother graduate from there helped, showed genuine dedication to attending the school throughout my application.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: rejected UPenn ED (reach), Deferred UChicago EA then rejected RD (reach), Accepted University of Texas Austin (safety)
[/ul]General Comments: **REALLY ** Happy to get in, and received generous Financial Aid Package, hope to see you guys in September!!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!!</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown):N/A
SAT II: 790 Literature 680 US History
ACT (breakdown): Comp: 31 English: 35 Math: 25 Reading: 35 Science: 30
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.788
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/133
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) English Lang+Comp (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP Calculus, Physics, Western Philosophy, Dual-Enrollment English Composition, Yearbook, Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some early Junior year scholarship things
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Body President, Varsity Golf (Captain), Theater ( 4 Productions…Director in 1), NHS, Yearbook(Editor), Youth Mentor, Summer Camp Counselor
Job/Work Experience: Waiting Tables (9th grade Summer), Cave Tour Guide (Now)
Volunteer/Community service: Directed a Shakespeare play for Charity, lots and lots of hours Event Planning and Fundraising through Student Coucil, NHS Blood Drives, Teen Mentor (like a Big Brothers/Big Sisters program)
Essays: CommApp- decently okay BU Supplemental Essays way good…i mean, i liked them anyway
Teacher Recommendation: 1 was good, and the other was amazing and I almost felt guilty for getting such a good rec.
Counselor Rec: Good I assume
Interview: Didn’t have one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: about $60,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Well…i’m from the sticks
Reflection
Strengths: EC’s, Test scores Letters of Rec, Supplement Essays
Weaknesses: GPA (thanks to Calculus and all things math), Common App Essay,
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I dunno, honestly. How can anyone kow what goes on in admissions people’s heads? But, I guess I fit their criteria, and had strong EC’s…and they thought I’d be a fit
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: rejected Northwestern, Deferred UChicago EA then rejected RD, Accepted University of Colorado Boulder, Accepted University of Denver, Accepted Colorado State. Still waiting on Emory, Washington and Lee, Rochester and Boston College
General Comments: Was so so nervous when I saw the decision was in. So glad to be accepted…I love BU, and am pretty sure I’m gonna end up enrolling, I gotta piece together a few more scholarships to afford it though. Congrats to everyone who got in, and don’t beat yourself up too much if you didn’t, I got 3 rejection letters this week…I think a lot of it is just about you and the school being a good fit…you’ll find something great!</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>SAT: 2000 (M710, W690, CR600)
SAT II: Bio E-630, Math 2-750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.65
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Advanced English, Honors Engineering, Chorus, Advanced Physics (Semester 1), Painting (Semester 2), Calculus 2 at University of Connecticut (Semester 1), Multivariable Calculus @ UConn (Semester 2), Roman Civilization @ UConn (Semester 2)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Cross Country (Varsity, All-Academic Team), Drama, Peer Natural Helpers (Elected Support Group), Chorus (Treasurer), Blood Drive (Student Coordinator), Mu Alpha Theta-Math Honors (Vice-President), National Honors, Track & Field, Tri-M Music Honors, Cool-It Team, Orchestra
Job/Work Experience: Town Community Center Lifeguard, Summer Day Camp Lifeguard and Counselor, Elementary School After-School Program Teacher
Volunteer/Community Service: Local Hospital
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: 1 was very cookie-cutter, the other was from my Advanced Biology Teacher/Blood Drive Coordinator who I’ve known all 4 years of high school and loves me.
Counselor Rec: Pretty good, I assume.
Interview: None</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Under $40,000 (single parent)</p>
<p>-Reflection-
Strengths: Extra-Curriculars, Work/Volunteer Experience, kind of GPA
Weaknesses: SAT Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Well-rounded?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UConn, Accepted to Penn State, Accepted to University of Rochester, Waitlisted to RPI
General Comments: I’m still not entirely sure where I will be going, but I am crossing my fingers that I will become a member of BU Class of 2015 next year!</p>
<p>They have raised tuition to 56k for the fall, that is crazy, most ivys are not that expensive</p>