Chances for getting into BU?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>BU ED: low match</p>

<p>You’ll get in if you apply ED. BU has a thing for high test scores. Coming from an underrepresented state will likely help too. Write a good essay and you’ll be in.</p>

<p>Chance back?</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1560801-final-chance-thread-chancing-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1560801-final-chance-thread-chancing-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@teenbodybuilder:
Thanks! Also, that’s ironic that we both chanced each other basically simultaneously, both asking for a chance back :P</p>

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<p>Yeah haha, both got one either way.</p>

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<p>BU: match
Drexel: match
Stony Brook: match
Wentworth Institute of Tech: safety, really
Worcester Polytechnic: match
CUNY City College: match
Columbia: Reach, but Ivies are a reach for everyone </p>

<p>[Chance</a> back?](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1559331-chance-me.html]Chance”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1559331-chance-me.html)</p>

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<p>I think everything is great except for your gpa!
Drexel: Match
BU: Reach
WIT: Safety
WPI: Match
City College: Match
Stony Brook: Match
Columbia: I don’t think so</p>

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<p>The good news: you’ll go to college. Don’t worry about that. All of the schools you list, with the exception of Columbia, are doable. Columbia’ll be a little more difficult because of the GPA, but the private school factor, coupled with your rigor and ACT score, keeps you afloat for the other ones. BU’s your reach, for sure.</p>

<p>Drexel: Match
BU: Reach (but ACT score is keeping you alive)
WIT: Low Match
WPI: Match
City College: Safety
Stony Brook: Low Match
Columbia: About as likely as me getting into Cornell ED (which is -20%). Just kidding… but it’s an uber-reach.</p>

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<p>I think BU:match. Columbia:high match!</p>

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<p>That GPA is ugly but oh my is that ACT gorgeous! Upward trend and URM helps a lot too!</p>

<p>BU: High match
Drexel: Match
Stony Brook:Match
Wentworth Institute of Tech: Match
Worcester Polytechnic: High match
CUNY City College: Safety
Columbia (giant reach): Giant reach</p>

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<p>well at least youve got a 34 on the act. that accounts for about 40% of your application. BU you probably can reach it. im also looking into BU and stony brook :slight_smile: maybe if your gpa was 3.5ish you would definitely be able to reach almost all of the schools there. well, sometimes luck might come to you so don’t feel obligated to not apply for some. go for it and good luck :slight_smile:
(thanks for answering mine btw)</p>

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<p>Yeah unless you do ED BU is a reach, and Columbia is going to be near impossible, they might honestly see you’re GPA and look no further.
Chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1562190-what-my-chances-american-university.html#post16452701[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1562190-what-my-chances-american-university.html#post16452701&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@MrTenInch
So with ED do you think BU is a low reach/ match or what?</p>

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<p>What’s up with that GPA?</p>

<p>BU: high match
Drexel: low match
Stony Brook: Match
Columbia: High reach</p>

<p>I don’t know enough about the others to do a good job chancing you. Good luck! I hope you get into all of them!</p>

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<p>Bump. Bumpitty. Bump</p>

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<p>The only major problem is your GPA. It is really low. Your extracurricular’s are great and your standardized test scores are absolutely amazing and well above the 75th percentile for BU. All being said I think you have an excellent chance of getting in and you are a well-rounded individual as your extracurriculars are not just career focused</p>

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<p>Did you apply early decision anywhere?</p>

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<p>@alexanderf
I applied Early Decision to BU. Early Action to Drexel and WPI. Anyway, I guess I’ll also bump this.</p>

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<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>Early Decision in at BU, EA in at WPI and Drexel, application also in at Wentworth. Any further chancing?</p>

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<p>Hi, I was wondering if you guys could chance me. I am applying to Syracuse, BU, UChicago, Northwestern, UIUC, USC, UCLA, NYU, Columbia, and Yale ( both high reach ). </p>

<p>I have a 3.85 unweighted GPA, 4.95 weighted GPA.
Rank: 5/323
27 ACT composite score, but higher individual scores since I have taken the test more than once.
English-29
Math-32
Reading-30
Science-25
I am in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, and I am also taking two AP’s (calc AB and chem) </p>

<p>ECs:
Community Service: through a program called buildOn.
Intern at a video production program called after school matters.
Member of the national honor society.
Member of Academic Decathlon.
Member of Rube Goldberg.
Help during events around the school.
Tutor other students.
Have over 300 service learning hours.</p>

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<p>To any and all who are interested:
I was accepted ED into BU’s ENG for Biomedical Engineering! I am so excited to be going there next year</p>