Do i have a chance at Boston University?

Transfer Students
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<p>I really don't know if I am a strong enough student so I figured I would get some other opinions. </p>

<p>My stats:</p>

<p>Major: Biochemistry and hoping to add Photography, Pre-Medicine</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Fall Semester(Metropolitan State College of Denver)
GPA: 1.7 Ouch! I know, it's horrible.
Classes:
General Biology 1 w/ Lab
College Algebra
Interpersonal Communications</p>

<p>Spring Semester (University of Colorado @ Boulder)
GPA:3.247 (a bit better, academic/personal growth essay? I think so)
Classes:
Introductory Chemistry w/ Lab
Ethics
PreCalculus
Introduction to Economics</p>

<p>Sophmore Year </p>

<p>Fall Semester (University of Colorado @ Boulder)
GPA: In the making but I am aiming for a minimum of 3.5
Classes:
General Chemistry 1 w/Lab (Current grade is a B)
General Biology 1 w/ Lab (again, sadness) (Current Grade is an A)
Calculus 1 (Current Grade is a B)</p>

<p>As of this year I have also joined extra curriculars which include:
-Vice President of my Residence Hall
-Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society
-Also on AED Funding Board
- Volunteering for various activities for pledging
-Residence Hall Association Representative
-Hall Floor President
-Student Association of Prehealth Professions
-Chemistry/Biochemistry Club
-Diversity Comittee
-Planning on joining Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Alliance as well </p>

<p>Other Info:
-First Generation College Student
-Worked for King Soopers for 2 years until I moved to CU Boulder
-Getting 3-4 recomendation, one from current Bio teacher will be strong, one from my chemistry teacher who is my academic advisor also hoping to be strong
-hoping to have strong essays, planning on writing about why i started out with such a poor GPA
-Hold a GED, got sick my senior year of High School and had to drop out :(
-ACT Score-25</p>

<p>Hoping to go to Boston University, it is my top choice. Also looking at Northeasten, Emory, University of Rochester. Really want to go to the east coast. Please any info will help and opinions are greatly appreciated. I don't know if I should apply for Spring Semester or if I should wait for Summer/Fall. </p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>anyone...?</p>

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<p>It won't hurt you to apply. Definitely keep your GPA up as high as you can. </p>

<p>Emory is definitely going to be very hard for you to get accepted to. I personally think Northeastern will take you. I don't know anything about the University of Rochester, however. </p>

<p>Definitely talk about your unique circumstances in your essay(s)</p>

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<p>I'm not sure if BU is the best school for you. My brother goes there and the system of grading is insane. You should definitely apply, but investigate the grading policies before deciding. I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure they scale all of the grades there. My brother thought he was fine with a B or B+, but it ended up being a C. I'm not positive about this information, he's been known to lie and make up reasons for his grades.</p>

<p>You definitely have a chance to get in, it sounds like you've improved and you're involved in a lot of things. I got in, you probably can.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input you guys, anyone else would still be greatly appreciated. Any tips on admission, I have never applied to any selective private college. Really though, thanks, I will apply</p>

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<p>Stats are bad. No.</p>

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<p>logos is a deuche bag, I think if you keep working at it and keep those grades up it will be possible to get accepted, if you keep at it even if you don't go to BU you will have options to go to other places. Keep up the hard work and you'll get in somewhere.</p>

<p>Why exactly do you want to transfer out of CU-Boulder? I ask this because I think that I am planning to go out there next year. Also, are there any casinos near Boulder, CO?</p>

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<p>CU was not what I expected from the school. Of course I know a lot of people that love it as a school, it's just not the kind of school for me. It's a constant party in Boulder, and I am not the partying type. No casinos near Boulder that I can think of though. </p>

<p>I would love to transfer to a school on the east coast. I think it will give me that boost of energy to work harder that i have really lost from CU. Boston just seems amazing to me. </p>

<p>So I think my two top choices are NEU and BU. Any thoughts on whether to apply this semester or for Fall 08? The deadline is Nov 1 and I have to start working on my essays if I am to apply this semester!</p>

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<p>No, acually Logos is correct........you will not get into BU with those.</p>

<p>Im not trying to be harsh, but if you want the truth, with stats like those, you better have been taking an INSANE curriculm, which you did not, you only took 3 classes 1st semester, one of them was algerba and the other would be considered an easy gen ed, and you still only got a 1.7</p>

<p>2nd semester you did better but you still have no course load, 1 science class, precalc and than easys.</p>

<p>I highly doubt you would be accepted with those stats.</p>

<p>Just so you know, you say your premed, with stats like that you WILL NOT get accepted to any medical schools, to be a succesful premed you need to take a full courseload every semester and generally need above a 3.4 in all of it. </p>

<p>again not trying to sound harsh, but how long are you planning on taking to graduate?</p>

<p>You should have taken gen chem lab and lec, and gen bio lab and lec together 1st semester freshman yr, along with a gen ed and an english.</p>

<p>Are you a part time student?
why has no one but me commented on the lack of course load?</p>

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<p>i was more interested in CU-Boulder, my reccommendations are make your courseload tougher, next semester take bioII and GChem2 you should be taking organic chemistry soph year</p>

<p>for an example, my current load is
cell bio, organic chem1, calc1 and english. labs on bio and chem</p>

<p>this winter is: calc physics, calc2, organic chem2, and the second semester to my cell bio. That is just an example of the people you will be competing against... although im a biochem major for dental school. You have work ahead of you, toughen up your course load and keep doing what you are doing, your grades are going up and that is what universities love to see, an upward trend. That is very important! Apply to BU but have some backups unless you don't mind staying at CU</p>

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<p>I do plan on toughining up my course load. Next semester I plan on taking Gen Chem 2, Bio 2, Calc 2, as well as Latin 1. Chem and Calc are both 5 credits each, so it restricts me to fitting everything else in 8 credit hours. </p>

<p>I am a full time student. and I was only taking 12 credit hours my first semester at Metro because I was sick. I did plan on mentioning this as weaking my GPA that semester in an essay. </p>

<p>I do realize that my course load has seemed small. I took 16 hours winter semester and I got all the hand-me down courses since I was a transfer student. I also did want to strengthen my background in Chemistry because the Gen Chem class is extremely difficult for many students. </p>

<p>This semester I am taking 14 credit hours and next semester will top me off at 18 credit hours. Over the summer I am going to take Calc 3, Organic Chem 1, as well as an english course. This will recover me from my first semester. </p>

<p>I am applying to Northeastern as well, it seems everyone has neglected that...(except reds)</p>

<p>I do plan on strengthening my course load, I feel as though I have been strategic in planning my courses though. I am not going to burn myself out taking 18 credits per semester trying to get accepted to a medical school. Quite frankly I don't think that will impress them. </p>

<p>I really want to go to a private college on the east coast. I want the small student to teacher ratio and I would love to be on the east coast. BU and University of Northeastern are the two main schools that I am looking at. I haven't looked at many other schools though. Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>^^^^^</p>

<p>well if you dont want to impress medical schools than you wont, and by doing so, you wont get accepted, they arent looking for the average student, they are looking for the exception student.</p>

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<p>I'm looking to transfer out of BU. What do you know about the University of Denver?</p>

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<p>whats wrong with BU for you?</p>

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<p>See my thread in this section.</p>

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<p>Well Joe here is the deal, if you really are premed, the 18 credits/semester is kind of what they want to see, they want you to prove you can handle the course load once you are in med school because med school is going to be 4x harder than any course load you will possibly take in undergrad. Your courses aren't horrible by any means but they just don't come out as wow he is really busting his ass. That is what the med schools want to see is extremely hard workers.</p>

<p>Now this may sound a bit hypocritical of me, but I would really advise you not to take summer courses.. especially organic chemistry.. especially with calc3 and english. For one, Organic Chem is an extremely difficult class and when it is going twice as fast you will literally go insane.. if you were forced to take an introductory chemistry class I would not in any way shape or form recommend organic chem over the summer. Just wait to take those classes until the Fall, you will get burned out if you don't have a break. You are much better off going with a bigger Fall semester than taking summer courses! </p>

<p>People aren't leaving out northeastern, but they are saying they don't think you have a great shot at BU, you can still apply and depending on how well you do you will have a shot at being accepted but you should definitely have backup choices.</p>

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<p>just to say..but freshmen admission is 58% and transfer admission is 31%. big difference!</p>

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<p>University of Denver is a little smaller and a much less urban feel than BU. Campus is about 10 minutes outside of downtown denver, it's a fairly small campus, facilities are nice but not incredible except for their sports centers. Students live in a nearby neighborhood and rent is drastically cheaper than it is in Boston. Sports are big, Hockey is huge. The big rival is Colorado College. As far as the student body, it's pretty similar to that of BU. A lot of money, there are some really dumb rich kids, definitely, but I also know a lot of incredibly smart people who go there. Nightlife is big, there are house parties but a lot of student go out to bars and clubs, even the freshman/sophomores, because fakes are really easy to get and use in Denver. </p>

<p>Coming from BU it would be a big culture shock, it's a very different feel, but I know some East Coast-ers who go there and really love it.</p>

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<p>I've been to Denver before and love it there. My problem is that the social life at BU is especially lacking wherein all people do is party. I guess I would be naive to awesome this isnt (for the most part) the case at DU too?</p>

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<p>DU is a party school, definitely. Most of my friends who go there are big partiers and finding a crazy party around campus is not difficult. The party scene is certainly big, but I don't know that social life completely revolves around it.</p>

<p>I was actually in Denver for Cinco De Mayo last year, which is HUGE. It's also a great reason to wear a sombrero and get totally wasted off tequila to celebrate a Mexican holiday, even if you're actually a Jewish white kid from the suburbs. Anyway, I called a DU friend looking for a party... and wound up at a DU student sponsored event promoting political activism among college kids. So just judging on that, I can't imagine it's impossible to find things to do beside partying.</p>

<p>Also, partying in Denver is just different than in Boston. I'm a northeastern student, and on weekends in Boston, I get dressed up, I go cram into a tiny apartment and people spill beer and jungle juice all over me, and then I walk home in the freezing cold because the T is closed. That's really my main option on the weekends, we go out, and we party.</p>

<p>In Denver, kids still love to drink. Maybe even more than in Boston. The difference is that in Denver, it's WAY more relaxed. Sure, I've been to huge parties in empty frat houses where people pee off balconies and pass out over toilets and I decide that a keg stand is a really great idea. It's definitely there for people who want it, but it's not the only option. It's totally normal for me to spend weekends going out for coffee with friends, going bowling, going to a hooka bar, playing kickball, sitting around. Not to say drinking isn't sometimes (or often) involved, but it's so casual, it's laid back. So I feel like there are more options, I can go out and party if I want, but there's plenty of other things to do.</p>

<p>That's just my 2 cents (and an excessively long post)... definitely get the facts from an actual DU student if you're really considering the school. I can fill you in on what I know, but I'm just basing this all on my experience (partially) growing up in denver and also going back for an occasional winter/spring/summer break.</p>