<p>Hey guys! I am a senior right now and I've been looking through colleges now but still have no idea where to go.</p>
<p>My first choice is tufts but my guidance counselor told me it was quite a reach.. :-(</p>
<p>I am thinking about applying to Tufts, BU, BC, Brandeis, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Brown, and Carnegie Mellon. (or anyother suggestionss??)</p>
<p>My GPA - 3.35 [took 2 honors and 1 AP previously and taking 4 APs and 1 honors now]</p>
<p>(I know my GPA is kinda low for these schools, but its because my freshman year grades were horrible. I have been getting straight A's since freshman year except for English classes)</p>
<p>SAT
CR - 610
M - 760
W - 690</p>
<p>SAT II
Bio -710
Chem - 790
Korean - 800
Math IIC - 690
(thinking about not sending math 2c)</p>
<p>AP
- Chem 4
and taking Physics B, Psychology, Economics, and Calculus right now</p>
<p>EC
-volunteered at a hospital over the summer (10)
-volunteered to teach at New England Korean School (9-11)
-volunteered to work on translating for local Korean American News paper (11-12)
-involved in translating RMV booklet into offical korean one (11)
-drug prevention programs (10-12)
-member of operation smile club (11-12)
-worked at a hospital over the summer (12)
-involved in outreach program from church (9-10)</p>
<p>Awards
-St. Lawrence University Book Award
-3rd place at school's Mandarin speech contest
-2nd place at school's Mandarin writing contest
-The Stanley Z. Koplik Certificate of Mastery</p>
<p>i hope your applying to more safety schools because like said before, all of those schools are reaches for you. Maybe BU a match. Your scores/GPA are on the lower end for these schools but i think the Korean stuff help set you apart from others. Even though you do have a shot at some of these, try to eliminate the ones you least like and add more safety schools to your list. hope this helps</p>
<p>Your counselor probably knows best if he/she has been there for awhile and knows who got in where. Where Tufts is quite a reach, so is JHU, UCLA and BC… Brown is a non starter and CMU will be tough too.</p>
<p>“Tufts, BU, BC, Brandeis, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Brown, and Carnegie Mellon are all going to be reaches for you with such low GPA and SAT scores.”</p>
<p>BU is a reach? such “low GPA and SAT scores” ? a 3.35 with 5 APs and 3? honors is fine. A 2090 SATs and stellar SAT II is really good. People with 3.3 and 1650 SATs get into BU, so how is BU a reach for him? Stop putting people down without any basis. He’s in for sure at BU, possibly BC and Brandeis. Tufts along with the others have no grade cut offs, he can get in and a 2400 SATs person would get rejected, for example. It’s really about the rest of the application, who you are, and what difference can you make. </p>
<p>But take a word, you’re 100% in for BU.</p>
<p>ps- sorry for the late response, just came across it!</p>
<p>BU, BC, and Brandeis are all matches/low reaches for you, I think. I would definatly say that BU is your lowest though, you might even be in for sure :)</p>
<p>The others are mid/high reaches though, I’m afraid to say. Good luck.</p>