Chance me! (should i apply EDII for COM?)

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Asian female attending competitive public high school in NJ

SAT: 2150 superscore (CR-710, M-740, W-700)

GPA: UW 3.58/4, W 4.92/6 (upwardish trend - UW 3.5 in 9th/10th grade to 3.8 11th grade)

SAT II: US History-770, World History-710

AP: US History-5, World History-4, Psych-4, Lang/Comp-4

Senior Courseload: AP Gov, AP Stats, AP Euro, AP Lit, Child Growth & Development, Music Technology (will have taken
7 APs by grad)

School doesn’t rank

LEADERSHIP
-Theatre Co. Technical Director (12th), Sound Head (12th), Makeup Head (11th-12th)
-Technical Director of School (11th-12th) - I coordinate/supervise all school events that take place in the
auditorium [assemblies, presentations, conferences, etc…

ECs
-Theatre Co.(TD/Sound Head/Makeup Head, Sound Assistant from 10th-11th)
-National Honor Society
-French Honor Society
-Social Studies Honor Society
-International Thespian Society

RANDOM SUMMER THING
-Korea University Int’l Summer Program (11th-took college courses at a 6 week summer program in S.Korea, got college
credit for them)

COMM. SERVICE
-Theatre Co: Construction (10th-12th) - over 300 hours constructing set for company shows
-Technical Director of School (11th-12th) - roughly 75 hours

AWARDS
-AP Scholar with Honor (11th)
-A/B Honor Roll (9th-12th)

RECS
-Counselor, Theatre Advisor, 11th grade History teacher: advisor & teacher recs should be stellar because i have a great
relationship with both, but I’m expecting to my counselor rec to be generic yet still positive

Income bracket: >150k on paper (but as of this year my mom no longer works so household income is now less than half of
what it was before - roughly 80-90k now)
-applying for financial aid

Hooks: none

I’m mostly worried because I literally only do 1 club but I’m heavily involved/have multiple leadership positions in it (I’ve clocked in about 300-400 hours during my entire time in Theatre… it’s a year round commitment). I was wondering if applying EDII would slightly increase my chances of getting into COM because I hear it’s one of the more competitive schools to get into… and I’m also completely in love with everything BU has to offer.

Please chance me I will chance back :slight_smile:

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EDII would give you an edge with your GPA, though honestly GPA + SAT assuming upward trend, you’d be solid for RD too. The thing with EDII is it’s not the best idea if you may have to decline due to financial reasons, and BU will likely take a look at that 150K income (reflective of last year) and not offer much, if anything. Thus, BU may be a better choice for RD from a financial perspective.

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Thank you!! About finances… my parents are willing to pay full price for freshman year since BU is my #1 choice. But hypothetically speaking, if I do get in, would they offer me more aid in my sophomore year since my parents would no longer be making that much money? Thanks again for your reply :slight_smile:

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BU doesn’t guarantee to meet need, so I would not bet on that. You could get in touch with BU admissions to ask that specific question, but since they don’t prioritize meeting need in freshman admissions, it makes me skeptical that they’d be good about adjusting packages later.