Chances of an International Student at BU?

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<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: South Asian, but living in Hong Kong.
Nationality would be British. (not sure what they ask for)</p>

<p>Class rank: Top 10%</p>

<p>GPA:
from my calculations, 3.7-3.8 unweighted
(i did iGCSEs and am now taking the full IB diploma, predicted 39 or 40/45)</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test:
CR - 680
Writing - 640
Maths - 600</p>

<p>Total - 1920
(possibly retaking though.)</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
TBC
(Literature & Biology)</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars: [nothing special unfortunately :P]</p>

<p>Debating (12th + will be 13th, during the school year)
Type: Debate/Speech
Member
1 hr/wk for 30 wk/yr (30 hours total)</p>

<p>Model United Nations (12th + will be 13th, during the school year)
Type: Debate/Speech
Member
1 hr/wk for 30 wk/yr (30 hours total)</p>

<p>Field Hockey (12th + will be 13th, during the school year)
Type: Other Club/Activity
Member
1 hr/wk for 30 wk/yr (30 hours total)</p>

<p>Piano (7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
Completed Grade 6 Piano & Grade 5 Theory</p>

<p>Participating in the ABC (Anti-Bullying Committee) next year
Involving taking a Peer Support Counseling course</p>

<p>Positions of Responsibility:
House Captain (1 of 7 out of 250)
Prefect (1 of 40 out of 250)</p>

<p>Jobs/Work Experience:
Had a job tutoring English to second language students during Summer
45 hr/wk for 2 wk/yr (90 hours total)
[also tutored Maths weekly during the school year, but that was unpaid]</p>

<p>Event Organiser (I worked for a woman who did children’s parties, helping her plan the events)</p>

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<p>Everything about applying to the US feels like a guessing game because there are SO many factors, but please let me know what you think of my chances!</p>

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<p>BU looks like a solid match… I think you will get in </p>

<p>paying is a whole different story though would you be able to pay 50,000 a year or would you need financial aid (which you wouldn’t get much if any of)</p>

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<p>I’d say you have a good chance.
Yeah they didn’t give me money because I was considered an international student and couldn’t submit FAFSA even though I wasn’t (it’s complicated, lol).</p>

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<p>woohoo i’m also in HK! applying to BU as well, may see you there :smiley:
I think your chances are good (50%+) as all your stats are above average for BU.</p>