<p>GPA: 3.4 (UW)
SAT: 1810 (Math-610/Writing-610/CR-590)
Rank: Top 30%
APs: AP Psychology, AP Biology, AP Art History, AP US History, AP English 3 Lit
Honors/IB: History of the Americas IB/HL2, English 4 IB/HL2</p>
<p>National Honors Society
California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Seal Bearer
Excellence Award in World History</p>
<p>JV Girls Lacrosse- 2 years
Serrano Hawks Club Lacrosse- 2 years</p>
<p>Leadership/Community Service
350 hours total
American Red Cross: President
UNICEF: President
Golden Girls: President
Involved in over 15 club campuses</p>
<p>Good personal statement about troubles i’ve had to overcome with my family</p>
<p>Good letters of rec (1 from teacher, 1 from counselor)</p>
<p>Sri Lankan- minority group.</p>
<p>However, earlier in the year I was told to send in verification of my US citizenship to BU, so I did, but now “Citizenship Match” comes up as “NOT REQUIRED and do not have to be submitted.” instead of “RECEIVED by our office” under my financial aid section on my BU Web Portal. Why did BU suddenly change their mind? Is it because I didn’t get in (for Fall 2011)? Sorry, BU is my top school and I’m really nervous about getting in.</p>
<p>I think you generally have a good chance of getting in, same with me your GPA is a little bit low, but since more than 30% of BU students had a HS GPA of 3.49 or less, I wouldn’t worry too much. Good luck!</p>
<p>Agreed with the statement above, getting the GPA up would help. But other than that, I would say you have a good chance.</p>
<p>my GPA is so low because I did terrible freshman year. Here is a breakdown of my GPA throughout high school</p>
<p>Freshman
2.6
2.6</p>
<p>Sophomore
3.5
3.67</p>
<p>Junior
3.73
3.6</p>
<p>Senior
4.33</p>
<p>(Basing the first part of my opinion on the academic profiles of two good friends that got in ED) Your GPA isn’t too low below the average, how much it matters will depend on how many kids from your school applied to BU (I’m assuming not that many since in my post you said you’re from Cali). As an example take my two buds, one comes from a school that HEAVILY applies to BU and one comes from a school that almost never does at all. The first one, who as a result of going to a “feeder school” to BU had to directly compete against many kids from his own school had more importance attached to his GPA, got in with about a 3.8UW, the other had about a 3.6 from what I understand. Also your upwards progression will help, they love that. Your SAT fits into their average 50% so that’s fine. Your courses are loaded for a BU applicant so thats a huge plus. Although your EC’s seem to be lacking a little bit in being fully rounded (only two years of any sports) your leadership titles are huge pluses also (the second friend I mentioned from the school with few applicants was student body president). Finally, your status as a minority from across the country helps too because they stress diversity.</p>
<p>Additionally, when I went to BU’s senior day (In January? I think) they showed the academic profiles of three example applicants and yours matches the one that got accepted (as opposed to accepted to the honors college or rejected) almost completely perfectly.</p>
<p>Overall I would be very confident if I were you, good luck.</p>
<p>That was my problem too!</p>
<p>Freshman year : 3.02
Sophomore : 3.88
Junior : 4.09
Senior : 4.36
Overall 3.78
So I don’t know what my chances are and an SAT score of 1720
Math:650 CR: 540 W: 530</p>
<p>thank you!! that makes me feel so much better. as for my EC’s, I have a lot of them…I just didn’t want to list them all. I’ll copy and paste my resume below.</p>
<p>Leadership:
American Red Cross Club
11th grade- Vice President
12th grade- President
Golden Girls Club
11th-12th grade- President
United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) Club
12th grade- Co President
Junior Varsity Girls Lacrosse (El Toro High School)
10th-11th grade- Co Captain
Juvenile Diabetic Research Foundation
11th grade- Party Supervisor
Orchepia Music School
10th grade- Volunteer teacher for beginning piano students.</p>
<p>Sports:
JV Girls Lacrosse (El Toro High School)
10th grade- Offensive player
11th grade- Defensive/Offensive player
Serrano Hawks Lacrosse (Club)
10th grade- Defensive player
11th grade- Defensive/Offensive player
SV Volleyball Club
9th-10th grade- Libero</p>
<p>Clubs
- Red Cross Club (Service Club)
10th-12th grade
This club plans and hosts our schools yearly blood drives. We also advocate and raise awareness about what is happening in the American Red Cross. My senior year, we started the Disaster Canisters and Clothing Drives in order to raise funds and materials to benefit the American Red Cross.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Golden Girls Club (Service Club)
11th-12th grade
Our job is to plan parties at the local nursing home. My junior year we planned a Thanksgiving Party where we played Turkey Bingo for prizes, made a Thanksgiving feast for the residents, and did a Thanksgiving arts project with them.</p></li>
<li><p>UNICEF Club (Service Club)
12th grade
UNICEF advocates for poverty stricken children in third world countries. We hosted a Hunger Banquet on November 1, 2010 to raise awareness about the problems of malnutrition in this world. We raised over $450 at this event.</p></li>
<li><p>All Kids Count (Service Club)
10th-12th grade
All Kids Count focuses on helping underprivileged children in Orange County. We throw birthday parties at the local foster homes, make blankets and clothes for children, and run the annual El Toro High School Toy Drive in order to ensure every child gets a Christmas present. </p></li>
<li><p>Sticks and Stones (Service Club)
10th grade
This is an environmental club that focuses on keeping our beaches in Orange County clean and safe. We do beach clean ups monthly at our local beaches.</p></li>
<li><p>National Honors Society (Service/ Academic Club)
11th-12th grade
NHS is for students who excel academically, have leadership positions, and have a good amount of community service hours. This year, for the annual El Toro High School Canned Food Drive, the members of NHS held a Sign Rally. We stood on the streets around our school with signs that had statistics and inspirational quotes. Our goal was to get the community involved in our food drive. </p></li>
<li><p>Chipko Environmental Club (Service Club)
11th-12th grade
Chipko is one of the largest environmental clubs on our campus. We do a lot of nature hikes, beach clean ups, and park beautifications. </p></li>
<li><p>Pep Club
10th-12th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Garden Club
10th grade</p></li>
<li><p>California Scholarship Federation (Academic Club)
11th-12th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Girls League
10th-11th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Ping Pong Club
9th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Homework Club
11th-12th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Invisible Children
12th grade</p></li>
<li><p>LAIRE Club
12th grade</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Other Extracurricular Activities
- Girls Powder Puff Football
11th-12th grade</p>
<ol>
<li><p>High School Ministry- Saddleback Church
10th-12th grade (2009-2010)</p></li>
<li><p>The Gourmet Bagel (Work- Paid)
9th grade (Summer 2007)
Cashier; $8/hour</p></li>
<li><p>Bristol Deli and Market (Work- Paid)
10th-12th grade (Summers ONLY 2008-2010)
Cashier; $8/hour</p></li>
<li><p>Babysitting (Work- Paid)
9th-12th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Household Chores (Work-Paid)
9th-12th grade</p></li>
<li><p>Gardening/ Carwash (Work- Paid)
9th-12th grade (Summers ONLY 2007-2010)</p></li>
<li><p>Classical Piano
9th-10th grade
I played piano for 7 years (stopped May 2009), and have taken the Certificate of Merit up to level 7.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>coolkid617: what are your other stats/ECs?</p>
<p>My SATIIs:
Bio E: 650
Math I: 610
Math II: 570
Lit: 540
Physics : 510
French : 490 lol
As for ECs,
track, 200+ hours of community service, interact club, french club, video club, yearbook club and editor, multicultural club. I think that’s about it lol</p>
<p>AP:
Psych: 4
English lang: 3
Stats: 2 ( horrible teacher only one kid passed)
Bio, lit, and calc AB this year.</p>
<p>I also work at a non profit organization that works for environmental issues and rights.</p>
<p>In case interested, I was accepted to WPI, MCPHS and I was waitlisted for Northeastern</p>
<p>Oh yeah I’m also in the national honor society and a peer tutor</p>