Chances of getting into BU, WPI, Northeastern, UMass Amherst

<p>BU being my top.</p>

<p>Some information</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Resident of Worcester County, MA
Plan on majoring in Mathematics/Statistics</p>

<p>Class Rank over Freshman-Junior Year
4th out of 122 students
GPA - 98.36 (weighted)</p>

<p>Classes- Taken all Honors classes and AP classes if available.
Member of AP English and AP Biology club.</p>

<p>SAT I's - not good at all..
Reading -550
Math - 650
Writing - 570</p>

<p>Doesn't help that English has always been my worst subject. I really wish I had PREPARED more, but there is nothing i can do to fix that obviously.</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Played Soccer for over 12 years
Div 1 Worcester County champions in soccer in 2004 and 2006
State Finalists for Soccer in 2004 & 2006
'05 JV Soccer + '05-'08 Varsity Soccer/ SWCL all-star in '08
National Honor Society Member since '06
Foreign Language Club member
Over 50 hours of community service completed
Participated in several Walks to cure cancer, etc.
Committee member for Make-A-Wish dinner at my high school to raise money for cancer.
Been working retail for over six months.</p>

<p>I'll stop here.</p>

<p>Looking at some of my counterparts, my stats don't even come close. Ha then again I am not applying to Harvard, but I digress. Any help would be DEEPLY appreciate. Thanks in advance.</p>

<p>I think you are in at UMass and Northeastern. I also wouldn't be surprised if you got into BU. You have an excellent class rank and you have taken a stong course load which should help. I would also look at UConn, Providence and Stonehill. I think you would have good chances at these schools. Best of luck!</p>

<p>WPI might work. Have you talked to any soccer coaches? It'd be a great hook at a D III school.</p>

<p>No, but actually one of my good friends (who is 12/122 in our class btw) was accepted on ED to WPI and he plans on playing soccer there. College soccer wouldn't be much of an interest considering college work alone will be rough. I don't think I would have much trouble getting accepted to WPI. I'm really hoping for BU though.</p>

<p>bump please</p>

<p>any other opinions are appreciated</p>

<p>WPI has dropped the SAT requirement - should increases your chances if you don't submit
Worcester</a> Polytechnic Institute (WPI) - News & Events - News Releases</p>

<p>I also think you have a shot at Northeastern and UMass Amherst - BU is a reach.</p>

<p>I don't mean to seem rude but why are you majoring in Math/Statistics?
650M on the SAT I seems awfully low for someone majoring in mathematics
also have you taken any AP Calc or Stat exams?
If you got a 5 on AP Calc AB or BC then I guess the SAT Math stuff doesn't matter
Just know your stuff
It's just that when I notice ppl talk about stuff on CC they usually don't talk about AP/IB scores
they always talk about GPA
idk for me exams are more important
Because the standardized exams are the only common ground of grading two students from two different schools
GPA can be inflated
Test scores can't
The SAT isn't very reliable because it is quite general
Even the SAT II's are very general; not much depth
The SAT II's just show you can memorize facts
The AP exams though need more work because of the free response section
I'm not from the UK but I heard the GCSE is quite similar to the AP/IB exams
AP/IB exams are more specific and show how well you can excel in a certain field that you want to go in...
If you haven't already, take the AP Calc exam</p>