<p>Stats:
Freshman Year: 3.0 GPA
Sophmore Year: 3.1 GPA
Junior Year: 3.8 GPA (I finally became more serious about college)
ACT: 31
SAT II: 750 in World History, 800 in German, 730 in U.S History
AP: Biology 5 (will this excuse a poor grade in science…it was the grade that brought down my GPA), U.S History 5, German 5, Human Geo 5 </p>
<p>EC:
Gold Medal in Latin National Exam
98th percentile for 4 years in National German Exams
Passed 2 German Exam administered for students entering university in Germany
Head of Diversity and German Club
Worked as intern in lab for 2 summers (have published papers and made important discoveries for a certain area in laboratory science…is supposed to be extremely helpful.) Good recommendation from head of lab
Varsity Captain for tennis three years; captain starting Junior year and expecting to become captain in senor year.) Co-player of league for two years.
Varsity Wrestling for two years.
State Champion in martial art.
Expecting to be on Varsity Soccer Senior Year.
Lots of community service in home for elderly.
Worked in hospital in poor regions of Asia.
Piano for about 8 years (Jazz/ Classical)
Trumpet for 2 years and violin for two years (decided to concentrate on piano).
Studied Spanish in Spain for one summer.</p>
<p>Rest: Very good essay (corrected and read by parents, uncles aunts etc. I believe it is very well written)
Good recs from AP US History, AP US Politics teacher, Chemistery teacher (although not honors class).
German and Vietnamese
Planning on attending Harvard Summer School</p>
<p>I may have forgotten some stuff. If there is material that doesnt make sense it is because I am very tired. Can someone chance me on Boston University and Duke (extreme reach).</p>
<p>Will a huge improvement in my grades be helpful? Will my decent freshman and Sophmore grades hurt me a lot? Will lots of EC’s help (may show that I was very busy and may not have as much time as others to study for school)?</p>
<p>by the way i meant to say 3.4 for sophmore year. and i was told by many people that writing a paper and discovering a new technique would help a lot cause most people dont do that. I will also receive a letter of recommendation from the head of the lab (he knows me really well and really likes my work). would making it to at least states in the science fair help a lot?</p>
<p>I like your intern position- you need to have a stellar senior year, but I would write about that work in the lab, submit a essay about it and what you did, submit the recommendation from the lab, BC really looks for something that makes you stand out so stress the importance of it. And BC seems to like musicians, and as a bonus, you are an athlete. Your testing is very good, so you are all set there. Good luck!</p>
<p>Dear footballkid : What a curious profile - from a freshman year “B” student to a junior year “A” student with good board scores and better AP scores. Identifying the catalyst for this change of heart might make for an incredible essay that answers the “Why BC?” question.</p>
<p>Your lab science experience and published papers will be a differentiator from the applicant pool - be sure to call attention to these factors. The international flavor of your volunteerism related to Asia will also play well.</p>
<p>There are two or three factors in your profile which catch interest beyond your freshman year grades. While you cannot fix what happened three years back, you have created different venues for success since that time. Your profile is compelling.</p>
<p>BU is a solid match, you have a pretty good chance of getting. BC is a bit of a reach like others have said. good news for you though, is that i had a huge upward trend in my GPA too and i made a point of it on my app and highlighted my change and the other things i did in HS that made me stand out and i was accepted early to BC (class of 2011). Duke is definetly a reach</p>