<p>I know I posted this under the general college admissions forum, but I figured since I really want to get into BU I would ask the people that hang around on the BU page for their opinions. So how do I look?</p>
<p>Where I plan on applying:</p>
<p>I am intending on being pre-med with a major in something like biomed.</p>
<p>BU(First choice/Early decision)</p>
<p>ACADEMIA:</p>
<p>All my classes are AP/Honors except for French which I took honors Freshman year and the C2 sophomore and junior year. I dropped it for senior year.</p>
<p>Overall GPA: About 3.6 out of 5 Weighted
My School does not rank. But it is really competitive, so my GPA is above average, but not by much. </p>
<p>SAT Critical Reading: 670
SAT Math: 650
SAT Writing: 620
Total: 1940</p>
<p>SAT 2:
BIO: 700</p>
<p>Just took math 2 and Chem. Probably going to take history</p>
<p>I plan on taking the SAT again. That was my first try </p>
<p>AP Courses:
Biology (Last Year)
English Lang (This Year)
AB Calc (Next Year)
Psychology(Next Year)
Physics (Next Year)
US Gov. (Next Year)</p>
<p>3 letters of recommendation (AP English Teacher, Band Director(has known me since 6th grade), guidance counselor)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS: </p>
<p>NHS member 2 years, I may also be an officer, but I need to double check to see if it is an actual officer position or more of a joke(punishment officer). </p>
<p>140 hours of Hospital Volunteer work
Cardiology Clinic, did everything from filing to translating. </p>
<p>This summer working in the OR of another hospital.</p>
<p>Also, i’m in the Concert band in my school I play Tenor Sax and i’m in the upper jazz band of my school as first tenor. </p>
<p>I’m also in JSA(junior statesmen of America).</p>
<p>4 year member of Model UN, won numerous awards at many different conferences.</p>
<p>3 year member of Mock Trial, Captain senior year</p>
<p>I’m on this thing in my school its called team 11:11, we are raising money to send a child with a life threating illness to camp. It is through the make a wish foundation.</p>
<p>HOOKS:</p>
<p>My family immigrated to the US 16 years ago from Russia. So i basically grew up here. I speak Russian fluently, I am no longer a Russian citizen, just a naturalized American citizen. </p>
<p>I have had 2 step-fathers in my life(still with the second one). </p>
<p>I will not be applying for financial aid (step-dad’s a doctor)</p>
<p>Also, my Step-fathers sister’s husband is a professor at BU, and said he would go to my interview with me when I get one. Does him doing that/ him working at BU help me at all?</p>
<p>Other Random Stuff:
I got a 3 on AP Bio, and im waiting for my AP English exam.
My essay is about working on a cardiology consult team while I was working last summer. We saw a patient that was released from surgery and when we went to see her she started to crash. Long story short I stood and watched while the doctors and nurses worked to save her. It was after that I realized why medicine was so important to me, and why i really wanted to work in medicine.</p>