Chances...i know another one...please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston University
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<p>1st choice </p>

<p>Fresman Year-3.8/3.6
Sophmore Year-2.8/3.0
Junior Year-2.8/4.7
Senior Year-4.7(showing them these grades)</p>

<p>GPA w/o Senior year 1st semester: 3.416 (w)
w/senior year:3.6(w)</p>

<p>total ap’s taken = 9
hardest course load</p>

<p>SAT 2’s = 740 ush,750 english, 730 bio
5 5’s on AP tests
SAT = 1420
ACT = 31</p>

<p>Community College classes- 1 full semester during Senior year. took 5 classes extra. All a’s. Showing them that transcript on the side</p>

<p>i am indian and live in california.</p>

<p>Community Service= 200 hours</p>

<p>Major= Double- Political Science (love law)/Education (love to teach)/
Minor in Pschology</p>

<p>AMAZING teacher reccomendations</p>

<p>Really GOOD essays!!</p>

<p>EC’s AMAZING:</p>

<p>President Speech and Debate team
Captain Debate team
Secretary Debate team</p>

<p>Top 10 in California State for Debate as a Junior</p>

<h1>1 in Southern California for debate</h1>

<h1>1 in County for debate</h1>

<p>Top 10 in the Nation for debate
Champion of SEVERAL debate tournaments
Teach debate about 28 hours a week (4 hours a day.)</p>

<p>Invited to National Youth Leadership Conference
Basketball 4 years.
Guitar 2 years
Director of Southern California National Debate Institute
4 TOC bids (very prestigious for debate)
4 years work experience
Student Government officer 4 years
Participate in Religious Plays for church
Teach at my church</p>

<p>Went to:
Iowa National Forensics Instiute (summer)
UCLA’s debate institute (summer)</p>

<p>I am currently studying for 6 extra AP tests, on my own.</p>

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<p>Is there a reason for your drop in grades sophomore and junior year? Otherwise, you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>yeah, you'll get in</p>

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<p>you teach debate for 4 hours a day...my suggestion would be to not blatantly lie on your application</p>

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<p>debate is a time consuming activity...it is quite possible to spend over four hours a day on it; i know for a fact, since i spent hours doing research/speed drills/attending practice/etc each day my freshman/sophmore years...and then i moved and it all came to naught. lol.</p>

<p>and if he has four toc bids, i assure you he spends a lot of time on debate.</p>

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<p>okay, listen i am sorry if you think that i was lying but i am most certainly not. 1 hour in the class period. 1 for after school 6.5 (thats what we call it), then 1 -2 hours after that as extra. If 4 comes off as a lie, i may change it to 3 to avoid that misconception. Keep in mind...misconception. I don't plan on lying about my apps. But i do thank you, even tho you were wrong, for telling me that 4 may seem to be a mistruth. I guess that for my apps it would be better if i made it 3</p>

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<p>If you are still able to change the number of hours you say you spend debating, you have not submitted your application. Forgive me if I overlooked something obvious, but how do you intend to apply to BU after the January 3'rd deadline?</p>

<p>Also, not to judge your abilities, but a double major AND a minor is ludicrous for anybody.</p>

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<p>yea, i know i can't change the boston app. Sorry for making that unclear. I am talking about for my safeties though. Such as the University of Redlands. they are a rolling admissions.</p>

<p>yea, i guess the double major thing may be ludicrious. But i have a passion for all 3. If i see that the minor is too much, which i may, i will prolly drop it. </p>

<p>but yea, is bostons poli sci major competitive for admission?</p>

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<p>I don't know about the poltical science major at BU, but there is an easy way to circumvent all competition: Don't declare your major. The adcoms take your declaration with a grain of salt, anyway. They won't judge you by it unless you're applying to a special school or accelerated program.</p>

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<p>The EC's are supposed to be just that - "extra". You are not supposed to count class time, if you take debate class. So by your info above, you should have put 3 hours for debate anyway, not 4. And then you say you got 28 hours total a week by calculating 4 hours a day (7 X 4). By your own explanation, one of those hours each day were class time, and you don't go to class 7 days a week. Then one hour was after school (the "6.5 period" you mention), and you don't do that 7 days a week. </p>

<p>So according to your own explanation, even if you accept the full 2 hours of your own time per day, your EC's should show 19 hours maximum per week, not 28.</p>

<p>You've got good stats and good resume, but you may want to be careful about unnecessary padding - your officer positions and awards stand out for debate, so you could have stated the real numbers and avoided the questions your hours might raise.</p>

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<p>I think your chances are very good...not 100% but likely you'll be accepted. Plus you are from the West.</p>