<p>I’m a senior in an extremely small private high school in Maryland. It offers veryyy few AP courses (10 total I believe) but I took as many as I was able to, and I took every available honors course. (13 total for high school career). My school kind of screwed me for all AP’s. I also visited campus, took a tour and attended an information session. I talked to an admissions counselor for a while as well, and supposedly it all helps your chances.</p>
<p>White female from relatively well off background (no financial aid or need-based anything)</p>
<p>SATs - 1910
CR: 610
Math: 650
Writing: 650
I took them again in November, so they will probably go up.</p>
<p>Senior classes & grades:
-AP Calc AB / B+
-AP Chemistry / A
-AP Lit / A
-US History / A
-Data Analysis/Personal Finances (2nd sem) / A
-World Religions/Social Justice (2nd sem) / A+
-Intro to Technology/Advanced Visual Arts (2nd sem) / A</p>
<p>ECs/Awards
-Consistently have held a job since end of 10th
-Indoor track 11th
-Member of Interact Club since 10th, treasurer 12th
-Attended Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Retreat
-Member/Officer of Mythology Club 9th-11th
-Member of Art Club 10th (teacher left so club was ended)
-First Honors awards since 9th, with the except of one semester second honors 10th
-120+ Volunteer Hours
-Worked with Habitat for Humanity for volunteer events
-Nominated for NHS 2 years in a row</p>
<p>I’m applying to CAS to major in Psychology. Don’t really want to end up in CGS. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Of course that would help tip the scales. Do you have any ECs for 12th grade other than the one mentioned? Also, are you saying you were just nominated for NHS or got in? If you were only nominated I would not call attention to that since they may wonder why you were not chosen. Make sure they see these senior grades since they look good and your classes are more rigorous.
If your Nov. SATs go up I think your chances will improve dramatically. Which BU college did you apply to? CAS? If BU is your top chose and you would attend if offered admission--send them an email stating that since all school look to improve their yield.
Good luck.</p>
<p>Sadly, no. Like I said my school is extremely small, and we have barely any clubs or sports to partake in. Aside from occasional volunteer work or a part-time job, there isn't much else to participate in for ECs. I was nominated, but the first time my teacher hadn't turned in the volunteer hours that had been required on time, so I wasn't in. The second time they messed up my paperwork (mixed it up with a junior, and for some reason, it caused problems) and by then it was too late to fix it. I didn't intend on mentioning that I was nominated.</p>
<p>I applied to CAS. If I did email them, what should I say? I would definitely attend if I got in, there's no doubt about that. But I'm not really sure how I would approach them.</p>
<p>First of all, 10 ap courses offered is not "veryyy few", my friend. My high school only offered 5 and it's a public school.</p>
<p>I think BU is a low reach for you. The reason I say that is because your gpa is not outstanding and your SAT is quite average. Your ECs are average and to me your application would not stand out among 40,000 applicants. The rec. letters and essays are your only hope to bring up your chance, but most people who apply here say that they have good rec. letters and essays. </p>
<p>I would try to bring up the SAT score as much as possible (maybe consider ACT?) and get an early start on the essay --- this could be the potential difference between your admission or rejection. And if you get accepted, don't be surprised that the admission officers differ you to CGS.</p>
<p>Sorry my words may sound a little harsh, but BU is rapidly changing and the admission standard is increasing as the number of freshman applications increases each year.</p>
<p>In comparison to every other school in my county which each offer quite a few more, we have barely any. I actually counted and they only offer 7, and 2 of them are language based and 2 you can only take if enough students sign up, which rarely happens. Half of our teachers have left and the school is changing locations so academics isn't exactly top priority, as sad as that sounds. A lot of kids got screwed out of APs they had planned to take, like Economics and Physics because the teachers left or the administration wouldn't adjust schedules to fit them.</p>
<p>I do appreciate your honesty, though. The ACT is basically out of the question -- there's no time to take it from now til when the application is due. I understand that BU is changing, hence the reason I asked for opinions rather than just making the assumption I was going to get in. :)</p>
<p>There is nothing wrong with calling to find out which admissions officer represents your geographic area and sending her/him a short email stating that you have applied to BU, briefly highlight your grades and scores and that you do not need financial aid, then state that you just want him to know BU is your first choice and you'd attend if offered admission. You will probably get into CAS although it may be close but would defintely get into CGS if that didn't work out.
I am not sure how your school calculates GPA but with all your AP courses it seems there should be a much, much larger spread between your UW and W GPA. All colleges redo them on a 4.0 scale so I would expect your GPA would go higher.</p>