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After I went on a tour to Boston University, I went into my guidance counselor's office
and said, "Boston University is the place for me. I don't even want to think about
anywhere else." And that's when she brought up that you can apply early decision.
Once I knew that it was my top choice, I figured, "why wait?" It was really that
gut feeling that I had when I came on campus that was a wake-up call for me.
It was, "Ian you enjoy being here, why not
apply early decision?"
Research
everything in every way possible. Get creative with your research. Take the
initiative to get in contact with people. Call admissions. I spoke with my parents,
with my guidance counselor and even with
the BU Admissions representative.
You always hear about the academic rigor. That's the environment! You've got these
incredible professors teaching you. You've got
wonderful peers working with you. Everyone is helping to push each other up.
You're gonna have a lot of different communities that you can become involved in
You have to try everything, right? Everything. I've become so much more of a leader here through
different programs.
So, you celebrate by
first of all you scream. You jump up and down you know, "I got in! Yes!"
Well of course I had to make a Facebook status. But you gotta make sure you get your
BU swag.
My parents got me a sweatshirt
and I put that on as soon as I got it. I had this big BU sort of window decal
and I put that window decal right on the back of my car. So,
drove in showing everyone that, yeah I'm going to Boston University;
It's on the back.
If you feel like Boston University is the perfect place for you, then apply
early decision. A lot of my other friends applied regular decision, found
out all the way in April or March, where
I was already done in December. So I was really happy that I made that decision.
Definitely made the right choice applying early decision.
Definitely made the right choice applying early decision to BU.