Gap 92
act super score 24( I know its low but I’m retaking it at the end of this month and have been really studying aiming to get a 28 or above)
Volunteer hours: 75 plus
ex: worked in a hospital for over 50 hers
Ec’s
Nhs
Italian honor society
7 aps
the rest are honors
good recommendations
VP of a community service club
newspaper club
track and cross country
band
I am getting an additional letter of rec. from a very successful alumni
With these stats in mind and having shown high interest in the school via communication with admissions officers and campus visits do you think they will look past my act score if the most I get it up to is a 25
I’m really hoping to get into cas ed. Do you think its possible. Also do you think that that letter form an alumni will help.
Lastly do you think I’m better off applying ed 2 potentially increasing my act score more or just showing the max amount of interest and applying ed 1?
While they take a holistic approach, your act score is still very important and right now it is not very close to average (I believe last year the average for admitted students was 30 or 31). If you end up applying, make sure you also check off to be considered for CGS.
Personally, I think you would need at least a 30 ACT, 28/29 for the College of General Studies. Your other stats look great, but you really do need to bring up that ACT score. Best of luck!!!
Really?? I meant a 30 for CAS but that is really interesting about CGS. Truth be told, I don’t know too much about it but I thought the average scores were higher.
Do you think I’m better off applying ed 2 or just applying ed in order to show the max amount of interest.
Also what is the average act of a cas student accepted ed 1
Do you think I’m better off applying ed 2 or just applying ed in order to show the max amount of interest.
Also what is the average act of a cas student accepted ed 1
I wont know my act score until after nov.1 can I still apply ed and then when I get my score if its bad choose to withdraw my application and apply ed 2 instead?
I wont know my act score until after nov.1 can I still apply ed and then when I get my score if its bad choose to withdraw my application and apply ed 2 instead?
@TomSrOfBoston This would be a misstatement. The average SAT for students admitted to CGS in fall 2017 was 1313 and the average ACT, per University wide email from President Brown, was a 30.
Your figures are for September entrants, half of the CGS class enters in January. Applicants with lower stats are admitted to the CGS January cohort. Their stats are not reported to USNews or anywhere. It is another way of gaming the rankings to appear to be more selective.
That document is 8 years old…and BU has a January cohort for CGS in order to remedy housing constraints as more upperclassman go abroad during the spring semester. Don’t speak to matters you’re not informed on.
Hello, I would use caution about BU’s EDII. I remember seeing the acceptance rate from last year, and there didn’t seem to be an advantage at all compared to the ED I and RD stats. Please check them out, as I do not have them handy, but I do remember going over this.