<p>Do apply to BU, Northeastern , etc. Just to see. But odds are so key that you’ll get in that you must think about them as you would about lottery tickets … not a reliable outcome to bank on as far as your future goes. you need to look at a different category of schools. Your matches will be schools that take 3.2 students because your EC’s will help you - without them your matches would be schools for students with a 2.7. And so your safeties can be schools where the average student had 2.7-3.0 although I’d include a directional that admits most students from your area since it’d be a definite academic and financial safety. I already have you a list of possible reaches and definite matches. look at them. Come back here to indicate which ones you like and why so that we can suggest more like those.</p>