<p>I’m applying regular decision to arts and sciences</p>
<p>GPA: 3.74 (weighted, school doesn’t do unweighted.)
They didn’t release the ranks yet, but I estimate it to be in the vicinity of top 6% of a class of 1000+.</p>
<p>AP’s (by the time I graduate I will have completed):
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP US History
AP Government
AP Statistics</p>
<p>Standardized tests
SAT: 1960 M:680 CR:590 W: 690
(I’m retaking the SAT in October.)
ACT: C: 29/ E: 32 M: 28 R:32 S:25
(Also retaking in October.)
Subject tests: (I hate this part.)
Chem: 610
Math 1: 680 (lol same as SAT math. haha.)
U.S.: 640.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/achievements
varsity tennis team all four years
2nd place school science fair
played with middle school band in disney world and orlando studios
volunteered 200+ hours at hospital
worked at Kumon, a company that tutors kids in math and reading
honor society
founder/pres of photography club</p>
<p>essays will be (I hope?) will be amazing/same goes for recommendations, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for the chance! So I will return the favor…</p>
<p>I honestly do not know much about BU’s admissions, but from what I’ve heard it’s a selective and competitive school.
Everything looks really good except for your CR score and ACT S. Just study hard for the October tests, bring up those scores, and you have a shot!</p>
<p>You look like you are good fit if you are in top 6% of your class, but a little boost to your ACT or SAT could help push you as an even better fit. I don’t know what your top score is worth, but if the highest A is 4.0, then your GPA looks good also. If the highest GPA is 4.3 or higher, then you just need to make sure your grades this semester are excellent, since your classes this semester likely show that you’re ready for college workload. I’m not sure how strong of leadership it shows to be founder/president of photography club, but if you used that leadership to teach a photography class to the community or to sell photos to raise money for a charity at the hospital, then you can connect your interests/hobbies/leadership a bit so it doesn’t look so random. Good luck … any school would do well to have you.</p>
<p>Whats the correct way to calculate GPA? on a scale of 0-100 mine’s 94.8…but I don’t know exactly how to convert it.
What I did was 94.8/20 - 1 = 3.74 but I’m guessing that’s wrong?</p>
Thanks in advance!</p>