<p>BU is my first choice school and I want to know if I still have a chance. I see posts on the College Confidential Forum with people having 1400+ SATs, extremely high GPAs [in the 3.8-4.0+ range], massive EC’s and leadership positions [atleast 10?], and VERY high SATII scores. And yet, they are asking what their chances are at BU?!?!?!</p>
<p>OK. Back to my question. I will be in my Junior Year this September. I plan to major in mathematics/actuarial science after High School. I am really a math person. If I receive extremely high grades in all my math courses [96-100 range], get 750+ SAT math, 750+ SAT 1C, 750+ SAT 2C, will this make up for my extremely LOW SAT critical reading score [possibly in the high 400s and low 500s] and a downward trend in my english classes [90,87,83,70]. But I plan to get the english grade up into the 90’s my Junior Year. So am I screwed?</p>
<p>I’m part of my schools math team. I rank in top 15% if not 10%. My unweighted GPA so far is 3.8 and weighted GPA so far is 4.0. I did some volunteering at a public middle school through an internship in my school. I also worked over the summer at a small public elementary school. I don’t like to read and my vocabulary is very low. So do I still have a chance? Is there anything I can possibly do to make up for those low grades in english and SAT critical reading scores? Please help. Thanks.</p>
<p>Don't count your SATs before they're hatched... you have plenty of time to bring up the verbal. And yes, you'd still have a chance, especially if the verbal is at least a 500. You might be relegated to CGS, though, which to my mind is not worth the money.</p>
<p>No the whole point of it is to make sure you DO graduate on time... well I guess thats not the POINT of it but thats the goal. If you look deep into the requirements for your major, you will see that only some of your classes are actually in your major. A lot of them are english classes and stuff like that to fulfil your liberal arts requirement. So what CGS does is make you do all those classes FIRST... then the second two years you focus on your major. Its not that bad I guess...lol. A lot of people do it. Ask someone in it how they like it... well I guess its not important now cuz its so early in the game but just apply and see what happens.</p>
<p>I don't know, Chrisso620. I've heard consistently that CGS is a really bad deal-- that you have little to no freedom in choosing your classes, that the professors don't take the students seriously, that the classes aren't very rigorous, that students can't really do a major that requires cumulative work (ie a foreign language) because upper-level courses in CAS aren't available to the CGS, that it's way too expensive for the quality of education, and that CGS students are detached from the rest of the university. Of course, I don't know many CGS students, but I've not ever really heard anything good about it, unless you count people saying that it's a good back door into COM or SAR.</p>
<p>I pretty much agree with everything youre saying. I personally would not do CGS because I wouldnt want to pay all that money and not be able to choose good classes. BUT... if people are in love with BU, they can still come here, and for a lot of those kids, money is no object. CGS kids definitely have a stereotype around the school... that theyre dumber and stuff... idk if thats true lol. You pretty much get assigned classes for the first 2 years, and then you go into whichever school u want. This girl I know went from CGS to COM. And her diploma is exactly the same as someone who was in COM all 4 years. If people want BU THAT bad to pay the money and make the sacrifices, then its still a way to get a BU diploma. But I know I wouldnt want people to think I'm stupid or something just because I was in CGS.</p>
<p>But ANYWAY... this kid didnt apply yet lol. Don't worry about the whole CGS thing unless you get referred to it. You might just get into the school you want, or just get rejected. You gotta worry about it then lol. Good luck!</p>