Chances of getting into Boston University

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Hi,
So I am an IB Senior applying to college right now and I want to know my chances of getting into Boston University or University of Miami.

UW gpa: 3.11
w: 4.4 on a scale of 6 (ib/ap classes being weighed 6, honors 5, and standard 4)

I’ve taken 9 IB classes(ib diploma program), 6 APs, and the rest were honors, with 4 standard classes

my sat score is a 1240, but I 'm not gonna submit

My extracurriculars are fairly strong, I started my own political club, have a leadership position in another leadership club, and have a political internship, and I own my own small business.

I also have leadership positions in 2 other community service clubs.

I also plan on applying ED

My grades before senior year were low, but the first quarter i got all A’s which i think shows growth. Will they consider it?

Thanks!

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With a 3.11 UW GPA your chances at BU are pretty slim. What is your class rank?

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I’m in the top 34%. Would you say it’s impossible?

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Without a hook BU would be highly unlikely. If you were to choose the CGS option your chances may be a bit better.

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What is a hook?

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A hook is an institutional reason why a college would want to accept you over other similarly qualified or sometimes somewhat better qualified candidates. Very few people have hooks and if you did you would know it. Some examples of hooks are: recruited athletes, children of huge donors, people who would bring positive press to the school (ex. Malala).

And nobody here will stop you from applying but your GPA/rank do not appear to be in range for BU or UMiami. Below is the class profile per the school websites (if you google “XYZ university class profile” or “XYZ university common data set” and look at section C you can get this information yourself).
https://www.bu.edu/admissions/why-bu/academic-profile/
https://admissions.miami.edu/undergraduate/about/class-profile/index.html

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I used college vine and it said I had 74%-88% chance of getting in. How accurate is this tool? I’ve read about how it it very accurate, but I could be totally wrong. Could you provide some insight?

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@agirlri Not accurate at all. It is based on statistics from past cycles and says nothing about your chances of admission.

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I agree with the above comments. A 3.1 isn’t going to be competitive enough for a realistic chance of getting in. It doesn’t hurt to apply. The only apples-to-apples comparison with other applicants is the unweighted GPA and SAT/ACT score. Weighted GPAs don’t really mean anything, because every school weights GPAs differently.

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what’s your IB predicted score

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In the low to mid 30’s