Chances please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston University
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<p>thinking about major in journalism right now but could change</p>

<p>Hi. Im currently a male senior from CT (fairly competitive public high school in one of the rich counties) Im curious as to what you think my chances are.</p>

<p>GPA- UW – 3.4 W – 3.7 (low, I kno, but GC wrote about how junior year I missed almost a month of school whilst in 4 ap and 3 honors classes with shingles+surgery which is y my gpa isn’t as high as it could be)</p>

<p>School doesn’t rank…</p>

<p>Frosh and soph years u can only take 2 honors classes, which I did and from there on I have one of the most demanding courseloads</p>

<p>Im Asian… Thai Laotian Chinese Indian</p>

<p>SAT - 1390/2070
Math - 730
Writing - 680
CR – 660</p>

<p>SAT 2
MATH1-720
MATH2-680
USHIST-660</p>

<p>Teacher recs - i read one of them who said i was one of the best she had had in 17 years of teaching and that while i was a junior in a class meant for seniors i emerged the leader and made evereyone else around me perform better… the second one that i sent i didn’t read becuase the teacher doesnt allow it but i asked my GC if i had to send one which would i send and he said it was a tossup… so it must’ve been very good</p>

<p>My essays were actually fairly good… writing is kinda my thing</p>

<p>i got a
5 on the AP English Lang
4 on AP US Hist
4 on AP Psych (self study)
3 on AP Govt (self study)</p>

<p>the thing that im hoping to make up for my gpa are my pretty good ecs…</p>

<p>I am…
-vice president of fbla
-captain of debate (finished 5th at state finals)
-editor of the school paper
-co-founder of my own tutoring business
-One of two students on a regional board to talk about the problems teen face in my community

  • two varsity sport (wrestling and track)
  • ambassador of intramural football league in charge of arranging playing times
  • i umped baseball for a few years
  • part of youth chapter of charity organization that sends money to sponsor schools in villages in India
  • went to a third world country where mom grew up to help teach english (wrote one of my essays kinda about this)</p>
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<p>You would be applying to COM - College of Communications. It's a top rated, highly competitive journalism program. You're competitive but not a super shot. The average gpa at COM is over a 3.7.</p>

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<p>I think despite his gpa, he has a pretty good shot.</p>

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<p>I think you'd get in.</p>

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<p>umm, i think id b applying undeclared... not sure if journalism is right for me quite yet...</p>

<p>my SAT just went up</p>

<p>CR - 720
M-730
W-680 (11 essay)</p>

<p>so now 1450\2130</p>

<p>how much better of a chance does that give me</p>