Low gpa. CHANCES!

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<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>I am a senior and am thrust into the college process already. I have become increasingly stressed out about not getting into a decent college because of my poor grades.</p>

<p>DO I HAVE ANY CHANCES AT BOSTON. </p>

<p>Asian
Connecticut
Very Competitive Public High School</p>

<p>GPA: 2.9 not include senior year. senior year gpa should be 3.5ish</p>

<p>Honors/ AP Classes: Honors English II, Honors English III, Honors U.S History, AP U.S History, AP Comparative Politics, Honors Economics, AP Economics, Honors Civic … as you can see, my strengths are in English and history and i challenge myself in these areas. I have friends who have perfect A’s but taking regular classes and here i am working my butt off in advance classes!</p>

<p>Total AP classes: 3
APUSH (3 in AP exam)
AP Economics (taking in june)
APCP (taking in june)</p>

<p>SATI: 1610 I AM TAKING THEM AGAIN!</p>

<p>EC’s:
School newspaper: reporter, editor
Student government: senator/rep
Best buddies: Treasurer</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Jr. Camp counselor (60 hours)
City wide events volunteer
Annual campus cleanup
Library advisory board</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
This summer I went to the UCONN Mentor Connection Program in Storr for 3 weeks. I did very well in the program and am getting awarded 3 credits! =)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
I work a lot. 45+ hours a week for the past 4 years. thats my main EC.</p>

<p>Essay:
Pretty good.</p>

<p>Recommendation:
Excellent.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Undecided but perhaps international relations or political science or economics.</p>

<p>Schools that i look into: UCONN, UMASS-AMHERST, SYRACUSE, AMERICAN U</p>

<p>What other schools should i appy to? I am open to suggestions.</p>

<p>Thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Its legal for you to work 45+ hours a week in highschool?!</p>

<p>But I think people would reccomend taking the SAT again.</p>

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<p>Is this a W or UW GPA?</p>

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<p>No shot at Cuse. Unless your SATs rise to over 1800+, you have zero chance.</p>

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<p>How the hell do you work 45 hours a week? Um.. you get home at 3 lets say. Work to 9 for five days so that's 30 hours. 8 hours a day saturday and sunday? Wow..</p>

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<p>I work at my parent's restaurant and it requires much time, effort, and dedication.</p>

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<p>And happens to be illegal. Yay!</p>

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<p>ummm honestly BU will be a definite reach........ UConn or somewhere less selective might be a better fit for now... then consider transfering after youve proven yourself in college.... gl tho.. theres always a shot.. you do seem like an interesting individual...</p>

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<p>Still need to know if thats a W or UW GPA. </p>

<p>Your final GPA and course rigor will help but your SATs would have to be brought up considerably. When do you take your next SAT? Are you prepping? Look into BU's College of General Studies. CGS. You still would have a low stats for that program but if you can those grades working so hard you should point that out. After two yrs at CGS you transfer into the regular 4 yr BU colleges. Look at the BU web site for details.</p>

<p>Frankly, I think many students with higher GPAs would not be able to have them if they worked your schedule. So point all of this out in your application or have your GC highlight in his/her counselor rec.</p>

<p>URM status as an Asian would help if you are from underrepresented Asian ethnicity.</p>

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<p>I'm sure you realize that SU, American and BU are reaches but the other two seem realistic and if you do well the first yr you can try and transfer in.</p>

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<p>i am not sure if my gpa is weight or not. but working so much def. brings my grades down and i am not able to achieve as well i can because of my limited time.</p>

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<p>I think BU will admit you to the College of General Studies. But do you really want to pay six years worth of tuition?</p>

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<p>how do u know if the gpa is weight or not?</p>

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<p>Six years worth of tuition? CGS is a four year program.</p>

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<p>college board BC search: 9% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99</p>

<p>does it mean i have a shot?</p>

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<p>CGS is a 2 year program after which you enter one of the other BU Colleges.</p>

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<p>Your credits from CGS might or might not transfer to the BU undergraduate college. So you could potentially have to start over as a Freshman in one of the college (hence the six years.) Most, I believe, finished their degree in four-half to five years.</p>

<p>P.S.
Don't expect financial aid from CGS. It's BU's milking cow. BU offers FA base on merit, and if you could only get in to CGS, then there isn't alot of merit that BU could consider to give you money.</p>

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<p>Ummm i'm like 99% sure you wont have a problem getting the credits from CGS when you transfer to the Undergrad college...</p>

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<p>jPod is correct. CGS is a two year program and then you transfer into the regular BU colleges upon Junior year, thats how its set up. Depending on the major it is always possible that any student, CGS or not, will need to ad additional classes that might require a summer semester or additional time in school but it is not set up with that expectation. The same holds for many colleges. For instance, if you take a ton of sciences for pre-med then decide you want to go into teaching you'll need to capture some classes that might have been missed or work closely with your advisor in choosing classes. Many students come in with AP credits and that allows a litttle wiggle room.
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bu.edu/admissions/apply/class.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>This link shows the difference in entrance requirements for regular 4 yr BU colleges vs. CGS. It reflects enrolled students not just those offered admssions which is always higher. Stats for UNI kids and SMG and a few other BU colleges are on the higher end.</p>

<p>There are other schools with similar programs such as Penn State where the top 60% get into the main campus Freshman year while the others attend a branch for the first two ys. then transfer to the main campus.</p>

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<p>Many state schools have a way to feed kids from their commuter campuses into the main school. NYU has a program more like CGS, called General Studies, where you're admitted and go through a specific program designed to bring you into the rest of the school when you really start concentrating on a major.</p>