<p>I'm considering majoring in Biology at Stony Brook...what are my chances???</p>
<p>3.58 weighted gpa
2100 SAT - 750 M, 680 W, 670 CR
31 ACT
AP: Stats, Chem, Bio, Lit, Eng&Comp, US History, Gov't&Politics (7 in all)
9 Honors
Female Asian-American
ECs: Volunteered at a camp for 2 summers, swimming 7 years, 3 yr varsity letter for swimming, spring track in 9th grade, volunteer club for senior citizens, 2 yrs orchestra, national merit commended</p>
<p>I know my gpa is low..TT_TT I was hoping my SAT/ACT + course rigor would make up for it...</p>
<p>you have a pretty good chance.
are those your AP’s now? (i’m guessing you’re a junior) or are those your AP’s including the ones in senior year?</p>
<p>Jr Year I took AP Bio, US History, and English Language
Sr Year I’m taking AP Chem, Stats, Gov’t, and English Literature…</p>
<p>And I’m going to be a sr this September 
Is it harder to get in when out-of-state? I looked it up and 95% of the students are in-state…does this put me at a disadvantage? :(</p>
<p>Also, is being Chinese a disadvantage? I’m 1st generation college student!</p>
<p>Is there anything I should do to improve? I’m retaking SATs Oct to bring it up</p>
<p>My GPA uw is a little low though…I have 3.32 
I know that’s not in the average but will this hurt me very badly?</p>
<p>accepted. most def.</p>
<p>even though i was instate, i had much lower stats and i got in.</p>
<p>I’m actually out-of-state…is it better to be out-of-state or in-state?</p>
<p>ChickenOnRice: so I would be able to get in as a psychology major and possibly either biology or Chinese major?! 
Thank you so much for your response!!! :)</p>
<p>you’re more likely to get in out-of-state because every college loves out-of-state people. but it’ll cost more. there is a great percentage of in-state because it’s so much more cost-efficient to be in-state though.
and your SAT’s are really high i don’t think you should freak out so much. my unweighted GPA was a little higher than your weighted, but i went to a small school and took a lot less AP’s (mainly because my school didn’t offer that many either).</p>
<p>there are a lot of asian people there, but i don’t think it’ll be that much of a disadvantage. it’s probably more about what kind of scholarship you’re going to get.</p>
<p>also, i think SBU takes up to 28 transfer credits from AP Tests and if you do very well on the AP tests, idk how much you could transfer in… i only took 3 AP’s my entire HS career (US, Euro, Latin) and I received 6 credits for each.</p>
<p>Thank you for the reply
Do you know if Stony Brook is good for pre-med? How is their reputation among the medical schools - and what is the rate of acceptance for stony brook students? I know many colleges weed out students as well - how difficult are stony brook’s weed out classes?! do many people end up staying pre-med?
is it easy to get research/volunteer/shadowing in stony brook?</p>
<p>the reason why i want to major in psychology is b/c i want to be a pediatric psychiatrist in the future how hard is the psychology major?</p>
<p>also, you mentioned scholarships - did you receive any? :)</p>
<p>also, how is stony brook for grade inflation? i heard public schools grade harsher - so i’m more hesitant about enrolling in one…
do students generally tend to do well in the science classes?</p>
<p>my mom thinks there is no difference in choosing between rutgers and stony brook for pre-med…however, i’ve heard that stony has a better rep and better science program overall. would going to sbu be better? the money is about the same - it’s just a matter of how close the school is to my house. we live in nj so my mom complains about not being able to visit every weekend if i went to long island -_- mainly b/c of ez-pass lmao.</p>
<p>You should be fine with your GPA and SAT scores alone. Actually, you are in a very similar situation as I was last year. I’m also a NJ native who was accepted into Rutgers and SBU. I ended up choosing SBU. I remember in the fall semester, almost half my dorm were Biology majors (I’m a business major). I’m entering my sophomore year this coming fall, but without a scholarship now. I’m in the process of appealing it back because of a really bad fall semester.</p>
<p>As for visiting family, I usually only visit them on the holidays since taking the train usually takes 4 hours. If you have a car that’s even better as the commute is cut in half. Rutgers is definitely closer depending on where you live.</p>
<p>Drew: thank you for the reply! :)</p>
<p>I’m actually only a 2-hr drive from SBU and 1-hr drive from Rutgers…but crossing the bridges to get to SBU is over $50 - not including gas! And my parents feel safer staying in the NJ area…but I love NY TT_TT It’s where I want to live in the future!</p>
<p>Is there a reason why many SBU students choose to major in Biology? Is it because most are pre-med? I understand they have a good science program, but I heard that SBU is actually strongest in the Physics, Chemistry, and Math departments. Is biology a difficult major at SBU?</p>