Boston University

Hi all, I was wondering, what are my chances of getting in?

Info:

GPA: 3.9/4.0
SAT: 1700 :frowning:
ACT: 24 :frowning:

Courses:

9th: No Honors/AP
10th: Honors Biology
11th: AP U.S. History, Honors Spanish
12th: AP Spanish

Extra Curricular:

Music - Clarinet (8 years and have participated in many competitions/festivals)
Clubs - Business Club, Rotary Interact Club, Asian Student Union (9th Grade)
Honors: National Honor Society (NHS), Tri-M Music Honor Society
Tons of volunteer Community Service hours :slight_smile:

BU is my dream school. Please let me know what you guys think! Thanks! :slight_smile:

Your GPA is amazing but your course load could be more rigorous. Your SAT is roughly 200 points below BU’s 25th percentile, and stands as a red flag. I think your ECs and volunteering are great and well above BU’s accepted students. I think your low test scores can be somewhat mitigated with your ECs, and I say a high match/low reach
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Sat is low and rigor of courses is problematic. I would ED if this is dream school. Good luck!

Does that mean that you only were in those clubs in 9th grade?

Easy courses with high gpa isn’t that bad - I mean I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t take more honors/AP classes. The real problem is your SAT and ACT - a sign that your gpa may be inflated. I’d say for ED this is between a low reach or reach (probably reach). Make sure every other part of your app is as good as you can make it be.

BU CGS would be a reach. The rest of BU is out of reach.

Do you have testing anxiety? That might explain your low test scores. What I’m scared of right now is that BU sees your amazing GPA and comparatively very low SAT and thinks that your GPA is very inflated. How good do you think your essays are?

I think my essays are very well. I met with people to help me out on it and I must say that they are very good. The clubs are throughout my high school years (ASU was the only club that I was in in 9th grade). Yes, my testing sucks, I admit it. Thanks for the comments guys!

can anyone tell me whether it is easier for internationals to get in ?
regardless , i am from pakistan
sat - 1660 (Math 630, cr 490 , w 540)
gpa 3.2 unweighted
Eca’s : school soccer team ( a few international tours),
ran a student run credit card system
school rowing team
420 hours of community service
could anyone advise me on what should i expect ?
Thanks

SAT and rigor are really worrying as you took only 4 above level classes and your SAT is relatively low. However if you can improve that SAT score you will have a chance.

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