<p>When I visited BU’s website, it seems like they make a great deal over the essay.
So I’m wondering … how much does it weigh into consideration when making a decision?
I applied regular and although my test score sucks, my GPA is pretty good, I have a variety of ECs, and I personally thought my essay was well written. I had others close to me and people in the CC Community take a look and I received some overall good feedback. I was hoping my essay would make up for my low test score.</p>
<p>i think that essay is actually a make or break thing. some admissions officers like to read your essay first so if you write something really well, it could have a lasting effect whilst they review your application and other materials. I personally thought i wrote a terrible essay which led to me not getting much financial aid/scholarship money even though my grades were up. it really depends on the person! however, writing a good essay will never hurt you</p>
<p>Essay matters a lot here at BU. My grades were purely average (I took AP’s though) and so were my scores (high for math, but my writing was hilariously horrible). In my essay I just wrote everything I could about how much I loved what I do (I’m a biomedical engineer) and I can tell that that made a big difference in their decision. I love engineering, I did robotics, stage crew, anything that was technical, but I was never good at high school style classes because I thought they were all boring. So basically, get your essay top notch, make it inspirational, make it bleed out who you are, and you’ll be surprised how much of a difference it can make.</p>
<p>Wow, really? Thanks! I knew it mattered, but never thought it could really mean so much 
Which I hope it does because my ACT score is very bad 
And my GPA isn’t exactly great, but it’s not too low either. </p>
<p>Just curious, and you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to, but what was your GPA and SAT score?</p>
<p>gpa ~ 3.8 weighted and sat ~ 2000 </p>
<p>I was waitlisted but I messed up bad in high school and didnt explain why. My essay was also terrible. Im sure you have a MUCH better chance than i did lol fyi, I currently attend bu</p>
<p>We are talking about the common app essay and not the supplement essay, right? Both my essays were above-average, nothing extraordinary.</p>
<p>Alectricity - Lol, nooooooo. I would be incredibly lucky to even get accepted. My GPA is around ~3.8 too, but my score is terribly embarassing compared to yours -_- so I’m sure my chance is very slim. No harm in applying I guess, right?</p>
<p>Raed247 - Yes, we are talking about the common app essay But for the supplement, I think mine were blahh, nothing special.</p>
<p>my best wishes to you jenonymous :] when i say i messed up, i mean i messed up haha If you have any more questions about bu, feel free to pm me!</p>
<p>COPIED from another thread I responded to:
“Wow, I can’t even remember my stats anymore. I would have to say somewhere in the mid 600’s and low 700’s for the SATs. And for the ACT I got a 29. My grades were average (mostly B’s and some A’s if I liked the class and then one C every year in something) but I took AP Physics, AP Bio, and AP History (And AP Spanish for one year but I dropped that my senior year.”</p>
<p>Arieapple, pshtttt, those are excellent SAT/ACT scores to me! Puts my scores to shame lol.</p>