Chances at Boston University

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Thanks for chancing!

Male

Asian-Indian

UW GPA(9-11): 3.66 I gave reason for my relatively low gpa…
W GPA: 4.03
UC GPA: 3.88

negative trend but jumps up in junior year

SAT: not sending

ACT: 33C 30E 35M 33R 35S

SAT subject tests: Math level 2 (790) Biology M (750)

APs: AP Calculus AB(5) AP Biology(4)

7 AP’s by end of senior year and 5 honors. Our school limits how many weighted classes we can take in 9 and 10 grade

Senior schedule: This semester I have a 4.71 Weighted and 4.0 unweighted if that makes a difference!!
Ap Physics C
Ap Calculus BC
Ap Comparative Government
Ap Econ
PE
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
International Literature

ECs:

Varsity Track and field 3 years ( Varsity team captain )
volunteered in india hospital (185 hrs)
Guitar since 9th grade
Youth Court program 2yr
Paid Interning at app development company over 500hrs
Debate team Varsity (JV 2yr V 2yr)
Volunteered at local FLL and Destination Imagination tournaments
Part of a bunch of small clubs at school
Volunteering with the city 80 hr

Awards:
FLL State level
Awards from debate tournaments
Gold PVSA for volunteering over 250 hrs

Major: Biomedical Engineering

Essays and rec letters are good

Thanks for chancing

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Good shot! GPA might bring you down, but your ACT scores are well above the median

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BU cares about GPA and course rigor more than test scores, so while that high ACT will buoy you a bit, it won’t weigh as heavily as a high test score might at some schools. Now, when you say negative trend, so you mean between Freshman and Sophomore years? If your grades went up Jr & Sr year in more challenging classes, that will count for a lot. Your UW GPA is right on BU’s average, so if you have good essays, you have a perfectly decent shot.

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Yea I had a negative trend from freshman to sophomore year, but I took more weighted classes in junior year where I had 3 AP classes and 1 honors class. This year I have 4 AP classes and 1 honors class and I got all A’s.

@proudterrier Is biomedical engineering competitive at BU because I know their program is reputed?

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I’m less familiar with engineering at BU, TBH, since I was a COM kid… I just know ENG kids work hard and apparently do pretty well in the work force :slight_smile: There might be someone else on here who knows more about that specific program.

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Okay! Thanks for your response.