3.8UW GPA
No test score
White female
Highly ranked high school
Awards-
National Honor society (jr+sr yr), Italian/Latin honor society, Italian national exam bronze medal, Latin national exam cum laude, Italian club service award
Activities-
Gymnastics +Dance for 15 yrs, volunteer at a nursing home, summer program at Harvard Med, teach dance to little kids, mentor students, Italian club president+treasurer, JCL club board/Social media coordinator, Cooking club president.
I’m not an admissions officer, but I think you would certainly stand a shot at acceptance. I don’t necessarily think it’s a likely school, however, so make sure you have a balanced list of schools to apply to (including schools that meet all of the following criteria: affordable, extremely likely to accept you, and that you’d be happy to attend).
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I had spoken to one of the athletic coaches at Bucknell during my recruiting process and did a pre-read of my academics. For reference I have a 33 ACT and 3.86 GPA (4.35 weighted). I also took 9 AP classes in high school, had 125+ volunteer hours, and was in NHS on top of competitive/travel athletics. The academic department said I shouldn’t have trouble being accepted. I don’t know if requirements are different whether you’re going the athletic route or not, but hopefully this can help someone! Best of luck to all of you!
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What is your EFC? If you are not full pay but high EFC, then I’d say you have a decent chance assuming you are applying for a biology type major? I’d say a solid match if you are full pay.
EFC < $25K, Id’ say low chance.
About 60% of last year’s freshman class was admitted with an UW gpa under 3.8. Almost 20% of that class were admitted with no test scores. Although admissions are getting more competitive everywhere every year, I think that your gpa puts you in a favorable position on that basis.
Rigor of high school course work is very important to Bucknell. I don’t know from your post how many AP’s et al that you have, so I’ll just note that it’s a factor. They also put a lot of emphasis on your essay and on extracurriculars.
Although their acceptance rate for this year’s freshman class was 33%, if you’re not applying for their engineering school, then I think it’s a little less competitive.
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