Chances transferring to BU?

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I just finished my first year of SUNY Community College and I thought it went pretty well. I will give you my stats and see where I lay a good chance.

HS GPA: 85% (We didn’t use a point scale)
SAT: 1410 out of 2400 (I have seen that SAT scores don’t matter for transferring so I probably wont retake)

I never did any APs but I was straight A's and B's in pretty much all my Math and Science courses

Through my first year of CC:
CC GPA: 3.3 (I plan on rising this to a 3.6-3.7)

Courses I have taken:
Trig/College Algebra (B)
Calc I (I taken this twice. I gotta D first semester and an A second semester)
Intro to Computer Science (A)
Programming and Logic I (B)
English Comp I & II (A’s in both)
Literature Into Film (C - This class kinda sucked)
Macroeconomics (B)
American History I (A)

Courses I plan on taking:
Calc II
Physics I & II
Programming and Logic II
C++ Programming

American Literature I

Extras:
I have a part time job where work about 20 hrs/week since my Senior year in HS
I am an administrator for a programming website where we help out other people with programming problems (Stack Overflow)
In HS I played in AAU basketball and HS basketball
I have served in community service. I served at a local retirement home and helped the elderly people. I also did church work where I served at a homeless shelter.
I assisted coach a local CYO basketball team from grades 1-5

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@welchie98 Since you bumped twice, I will take a shot at it but I am not a fan of chancing because there is no way to know the full picture. Based solely on stats, your HS and CC GPA are on the low side and they are consistent (B - B+). Your SAT score is below the average of those admitted as well and I would agree with you that it does not make sense, as a transfer student, to retake it. Were you planning to apply for Spring 2018 or Fall 2018? What do you intend to major in?

Some things unknown from your post that may be considered are whether you opted not to take APs or if your school did not offer them. What opportunities, or lack thereof, are part of your educational background. Do you have strong ECs in the area you intend to major in? Will you have strong recommendations from a prof, particularly in the area you intend to major in?

I think this is going to be a real reach on your list but there are many other schools out there. Good luck!

As a side note, BU is expensive. Make sure to use the calculator on their website, and for every school you are interested in for that matter.

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I agree with the above… it’s going to be quite a reach.