Chance Me Please! (College of Engineering)

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<p>Hey everybody!</p>

<p>BU is high on my priority list so I’d love some feedback to hold me off while I wait.</p>

<p>I applied for Regular Decision College of Engineering Undeclared btw</p>

<p>Male
Half Chinese, Quarter English/Irish
Unweighted GPA: ~3.1 up to Jr. Yr, and a 3.3 for Sr Yr.
Weighted: Unknown
SAT Score: 1950 (1290 CR/M)
ACT Score: 30 Composite (35 Reading, 32 Math)</p>

<p>I go to a public school that is decently high in rank for the state of CT.</p>

<p>Sr Yr. I am taking AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology, and Honors Modern Poetry</p>

<p>My grades so far are: AP Calculus AB = B, AP Psychology = A-, Physics = A-, Spanish Level 1 = B+, Expository Writing Level 1 = B+</p>

<p>My classes throughout Jr. Yr. were level 1 (the difficulty right before Honors/AP)</p>

<p>EC: JV/V Lacrosse, Rugby Club, ~100 hours of CS, JETS Team Secretary (Junior Engineering Technical Soceity), Vice President of a club against domestic violence, Robotics club member, and a bit more</p>

<p>CommonApp Essay: My essay was pretty strong. It was about my “challenges” with society and their perspectives of my race (Chinese/English/Irish) and my overall outlook on diversity. Also mentioned that I can speak/write Chinese and play lacrosse/rugby.</p>

<p>Supplement Essay: My supplement essay was also pretty strong, I had a unique topic that I think will intrigue the admissions officers of the CoE</p>

<p>Recommendations: Eh, one was from my physics teacher (it was alright but she isnt the best writer), the other was from my guidance counselor who just came to my school last year… so she doesn’t really know anyone that well but I assume she did her best to create a good image for me.</p>

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<p>Um, suggestion for your essay? Change it right away. That type of essay will get you into CAS, not into engineering. My essay was about how I fell in love with engineering and that was the biggest reason that I got into biomedical engineering. As an engineer, you probably should have had a lot more into technical clubs and hobbies. What people don’t realize when they apply for engineering is the only school that cares about well-roundness is MIT (which btw have worse facilities than us). Every other engineering school wants students who are deeply involved into engineering by their senior year in high school, immersing themselves into that with hobbies on the side.</p>

<p>Some AP’s into physics and chemistry would have given you a better chance. Your SATs and ACT are nice but grades and scores aren’t everything. </p>

<p>Suggestion is to get another recommendation, alongside with your physics one. Good luck, and hopefully BU likes you.</p>