<p>Thank you everyone for replying to my post. Didn’t mean to cause any disputes 
You are all very helpful. As I said I believe in an earlier post I figured this school would probably be a reach for me. I have yet to visit (I also plan on visiting BU) and therefore I’m not even 100% sure if I want to apply! My whole rationale with checking out NEU and BU is that I am aiming to hopefully go to school in a city. I’m from the greater Philadelphia area and therefore plan on applying to a couple of schools in Philly and I have family in California not far from the bay area, so I am also looking into a couple of schools in San Francisco (I have been there and love the city). SURPRISINGLY I have never even been to Boston before-so you all may think I’m a little crazy for just coming out and being like “Hmm, I wonder if NEU is a good school for me?” but like I said, the goal is to be in the city. I have had plans to go up to Boston in the near future regardless of college visits, but I figured I would check them out and get a feel for the city/campuses. I’m not a huge fan of NYC or D.C, but I have looked into a couple of schools in Baltimore and I may also apply to American University in D.C. (probably a reach). @Totoro66 thank you for your very blunt & honest insight-I do appreciate that, and my junior year grades being so low will definitely put me at a major disadvantage. Believe me, a day does not go by that I do not kick myself for my junior year grades but because I was in bad health for 5 months with a huge workload, all I can do is tell myself that this year will be different and pray that nothing out of my control will happen to get in between me and better grades. @MrInformed, thank you also–if when I go up to Boston I really love NEU, I will definitely do everything I can to show genuine interest if I have it! That is a very good point. @TomSrOfBoston I definitely have to agree with Totoro66 based on that history-extraordinary circumstances in the cases of those students he was talking about. Thank you for posting. @VMadden thank you also, and good luck if you end up transferring! All in all, I know that GPA and SAT score are not EVERYTHING when it comes to getting into college, but I know they are extremely important…So we’ll see where all this goes. Thank you all :)</p>
<p>Also thank you Ceilidh8!</p>
<p>You are welcome. </p>
<p>If you are thinking about BU and Northeastern, you should try to visit both campuses, since they have very different feels. Also, the one you should shoot for will depend on the major you are interested in. Each school has its strengths. Northeastern has strong business, engineering and nursing programs. BU has a really strong biotech program. I am less familiar with BU, so I am sure it has other strong programs. </p>
<p>But people change majors. Therefore, don’t just base your decision on the program, but also the overall vibe of the campus, since you will be staying there for the next 4 to 5 years.</p>
<p>Your welcome! if you have any more questions, feel free to pm me.</p>
<p>I should also add that Northeastern has several combined programs such as pharmacy and physical therapy that attracts strong applicants. Bear that in mind when you are looking at the statistics because students who aren’t going to the combined programs usually have much lower scores.</p>
<p>I am a junior in high school with a 3.2 Gpa and 3.3 Hpa i am taking a lot of honors class and i have never taken an AP in my life and i have 2 AP’s they are APUSH and AP Bio. i have a C in apush would it be down my overall gpa and bring up my hpa if it is to what.</p>
<p>I am extremely interested in NEU! What can i do to show NEU my passion?</p>