Chance Me, Please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston University
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<p>Currently a Junior so…some time for improvement? :/</p>

<p>-GPA: 3.35 UW / 4.0 W on 4.0 scale
-Freshman Year: 3.35 Sophomore: 3.2 Junior (so far): 3.5
-Rank: About 110 out of 650
-SAT: 1910 (Math: 700, CW: 610, R: 600)
-SAT II: Math-730
-Will take Chemistry at the end out the year, expecting 710+
-Race: African American (1st generation in America if that matters)
-Out-of-State
-I believe I can get very decent recommendations from my Accounting Teacher, 11th grade Chemistry or 10th grade English teacher, Guidance Counselor</p>

<p>ECs:
-President of Red Cross Club, was VP last year
-Yearbook Editor 3 years, Section Leader next year (basically next rank)
-Chairman in flower selling program
-Mock Trial only grade 11 (was selected but hated it and my team lost, probably won’t include this on application)
-400+ hours of community service (300+ were tutoring kids)
Job for 1 year at grocery store
Rec Soccer 14 years, Premier League 1 year
-Spanish Honors Society
-Haven’t taken APs yet but
-AP Economics
-AP Psych
-AP Calculus AB next year
Other classes in senior year:
Honors Physics
Honors English 12 (1/2 year course)
Honors Journalism (1/2)
Honors Spanish 5 (I don’t enjoy the class and have the grade to go to AP but don’t care for it. Would it be dumb to not take Spanish next year?)</p>

<p>Other things?
Have only taken 4 regular nonhonors classes since high school started (all electives and Spanish)
Um… C+s in H/U.S History and H/Algebra II, sophomore year (U.S. History because my teacher was literally awful, only two tests a marking period…that’s it and she didn’t teach just assigned book work. Final class average was an 81, I had a 79.3. Algebra II Because of credit loss due to too many absences [had it 1st period])
-Couldn’t do NHS because of credit loss due to absences</p>

<p>I know I’m just a junior but am I wasting my time hoping for this school?</p>

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<p>Sorry for this long post, didn’t know what to include.</p>

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<p>You are definitely not wasting your time hoping to get into BU.</p>

<p>Your GPA is the only thing that scares me especially since you havent taken any AP’s yet and are taking 3 next year. Keep your GPA up! Looking at BU’s graph for my high school’s naviance account someone with ~3.15 GPA (4.0 scale H=4.2 AP=4.3) and ~2100 SAT was rejected.</p>

<p>Your EC’s are great, don’t worry about NHS I was rejected because one teacher on the board hated me (even though the NHS advisor personally asked me to apply). It’s a popularity contest and didn’t affect my college admissions at all. I am going to a university a lot of NHS members applied to and got rejected from.</p>

<p>I’d say BU is a match/high match for you depending on which program you apply to. Definitely not a safety though.</p>