<p>I was kind of a slacker even though I took the most advanced classes. I took the most advanced classes available with the exception of Spanish (I took Spanish IV Honors instead of AP Spanish in Junior year). I will have a 3.6 GPA by the end of junior year. </p>
<p>No way (edit: in response to the thread title, not your last sentence), stop worrying! That’s very much like me. I had a 3.2 exactly sophomore year (freshman didn’t count), I took Spanish 4H junior year as well as other tough classes junior year and this year, and I had a big upward trend. Still, my final GPA is only 3.42 UW (4.28 W), and I have decent/few ECs, and my SAT was 2270. I got in EA.</p>
<p>Don’t ever count yourself out, especially with your resume. You can get in anywhere, trust me. Just keep working hard and doing well.</p>
<p>It really depends. If your school has Naviance, check out the average stats (check graph not average GPA; people use BC as a “safety/target” many times).</p>
<p>Also try not to look at people’s GPA’s on the CC Acceptance thread. Many times these kids with 3.9 UW are from mediocre schools which inflate GPA’s. In my school, a 3.6 will basically guaranty you a spot in BC with a 2100+ on the SAT (with few exceptions that are WL’d or rejected). That 2200 with a 3.6 GPA should be good enough in my opinion. BC is not that hard of a school; however, there are always those kids with 4.0’s who get waitlisted once in a while.</p>
<p>Obutto is right. I know a young man with a 3.48 who was rejected from UVA and the reason given was he did not have a 3.5 (he was legacy) but was accepted to BC. Test scores were very high, however. and he was going to a very rigorous private school.</p>
<p>Right – nothing is ever a guarantee either way. There are seemingly infinite known/unknown variables that go into decisions – some quantifiable, some not – so that it’s impossible to accurately predict a decision on a case-by-case basis. So in response to “Is a X.XX GPA too low for college Y?”, well, the answer can’t <em>ever</em> really be a concrete “yes.” In this case I think it’s right around BC’s wheelhouse, but then again I don’t know about the inflation/deflation/course selection at this particular school.</p>