35 ACT, 2.9 GPA unweighted (chances?)

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Male/Caucasian
Large Public (500 students)
Massachusetts
Low income
Possible majors: English/Creative Writing

2.9 unweighted (2.4 freshman, 3.0 sophomore, 3.3 junior)
3.7 weighted according to my high school, about 3.5 regularly weighted (.75 AP, .5 H, .25 regular)
class rank: top 30-35%

Honors or AP English every year
Honors Spanish every year
Honors History every year
Honors Science Junior Year (cp1 fresh/soph)
Honors Math Junior Year (cp1 fresh/soph)
Honors C++ Junior Year

Senior Year Schedule (I am taking a gap year, so hopefully I’ll be able to do well and drag my gpa up my senior year)
AP Lit.
AP Calc. AB
AP Gov’t
AP Euro.
AP Psych.

SAT I: 2090 (680 Math, 680 CR, 730 Writing(8 Essay)) // I took it early on in the year, so I wasn’t very prepped
ACT: 35 (35 English(11 Essay), 36 Math, 36 Reading, 34 Science) // taken later in the year

SAT II:
Actual: Literature (800)
Hypothetical: Math II (800) or US History (800) // I don’t know which one to take…

AP Exams:

Actual:
AP Lang. (4) // I was pretty shocked not to have gotten a five. I consistently nailed the MC section getting 85-90% correct and did fairly well on essays (6’s, 7’s, 8’s)

Hypothetical:
AP Lit. (5)
AP Calc. AB (5)
AP Gov’t (5)
AP Euro. (4 or 5)
AP Psych. (5)

EC:

Cross Country Varsity (Junior & Senior)
Indoor Track Varsity (Junior & Senior)
Outdoor Track Varsity (Junior & Senior)
Summer Job at restaurant (All of High School)
Some volunteering hours (~ 50)

Assuming all Rec’s are good.
Essays will be excellent.

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Ouch, slow stater but you are obviously smart. BU has a holistic approach to admissions so they may see you as smart but not into coursework.

Your GPA is on an uptrend but you need to address the under-achiever optics. Perhaps do other coursework at a college during the summer or something.

You look like a shoe in at northeastern, they care little about success in school and all about numbers if you are looking for and attuned to that type of college experience but BU ties success to classwork more than Standardized test scores.

You may be deferred to CGS to prove your ability to focus and be successful in your coursework

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If you look at the decisions thread here on CC you will see that no one is a shoe in for Northeastern. It would be a low reach.

I agree that BU CGS would be a match.