As sad as it may seem, I have come to trust the advice of those on this website more than friends and family right now haha. So heres a breakdown of my stats:
SAT I (breakdown): 1730 (520 CR 590 M 620 W) (yikes, I know)
ACT (breakdown): Didn’t take
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.2
Weighted GPA (if available): 4.3
Rank/percentile (if available): School Doesn’t ranks
AP (place score in parenthesis): Currently in AP European History
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro, Computer Programming, Calculus, Ceramics, English 1
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of French Club/French Honor Society, Secretary of FCCLA, lost track of how many Volunteer hours but over 200, participated in many school fundraisers
Job/Work Experience: Retail Job beginning of senior year
Volunteer/Community service: So many, but volunteer in elementary schools, summer schools, raised money for school that burned down, etc.
Essays: One on my general perspective on life, and why people act/think the way they do, and another on personal strength and motivation after mom was hospitalized (the UC questions)
Teacher Recommendation: Very strong and personal,I have known him since I was a freshman
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: n/a
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Heck yes lol
Intended Major: Computer Science
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk if I even had any
Reflection
Strengths: Essays were pretty good in my opinion, my teachers loved them
Weaknesses: that SAT score and UW GPA.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: SAT Score and UW GPA for sure
Where you were accepted/wl/rejected:
rejected:
UCLA
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC San Diego
Fordham University (lol seriously? I must be stupid…)
NYU
accepted:
University of Central Florida - applied for fall, accepted for Summer
Wentworth Institute of Technology
University of California Santa Cruz
Boston University - Applied for fall, accepted for January Boston-London program at CGS; a semester in BU, London for 6 weeks, then another year at BU CGS. Junior Year, i choose a major and transfer to BU CAS or another one of BU’s colleges
No waitlists (bittersweet, its better than rejection, but not definitive lol)
I’m hurting, a lot. I know I applied waaaaaaay out of my reach, but a chance was a chance in my eyes so I just went for it. I REALLY, REALLLYYY wanted to go to UCLA or UCI, even though I thoroughly expected rejection, I still cried for days after being rejected. New York, being right around the corner, is my second home and it sucks that that didn’t work out either, I have dreamed of living in the city since I was 7 or 8 years old. I honestly didn’t expect to get into BU at all, but my sister goes to BU’s Dental School, so my dad made me apply. So now, its working with what I have in front of me. I’m leaning towards BU, but 6 months off is a lot and I DONT wanna get lazy. Where do you guys think I should go? Anyone with background/info on any of these schools? Any helpful opinions/advice at all will help. Thanks guys.