<p>Hey, I'm a second semester freshman at Binghamton University, I know all the schools I mentioned above are probably reaches for me, but I was wondering what my chances are..</p>
<p>HS: 3.5 GPA
EC: Track and Field, Freshman Focus (helping Freshman adjust to HS), PR Officer of the MSA, DECA, 75 Hospital Volunteer Hours, 75 Doctors Office Volunteer hours.</p>
<p>SAT:
1st Attempt:
Math: 780
Reading: 640
Writing: 610</p>
<p>2nd Attempt:
Math: 670
Reading: 600
Writing 730</p>
<p>(wish i never took it again)</p>
<p>1st Semester:
GPA: 3.925
Calc I: A
Gen Chem I: A
Middle Eastern History: A
Arabic 101 : A-</p>
<p>Im taking Gen Chem II, Calc II, Writ 111, and Arabic 102 this semester.</p>
<p>My plan is to stay another two semesters and try to keep my GPA as high as possible, and then apply for Spring '11. Some of my friends told me to apply for fall but I think two semesters with a decently high GPA will be better than applying now with just one. What do you guys think? Thanks.</p>
<p>Edit: I am a Biochem major, going for Pre-Med</p>
<p>If you do not need financial aid, then NYU is a strong possibility. Columbia is unlikely. Difficult to guess at your chances for admission to Boston College or Rice without reading your entire app & recs.
Your SAT scores are interesting, particularly the writing score. I have noticed that the most talented writers tend to do poorly on this section while many only above average students do quite well. Your second SAT test really harmed you because, in addition to the much lower math & verbal scores, the writing score soared indicating that you did not have a bad testing day–or, at least, it would be difficult for you to argue this as a reason for your significant downturn.</p>
<p>Can I know what you don’t like about Binghamton and made you decide to transfer out?</p>
<p>Well, honestly, Binghamton doesn’t have much to do. I don’t drink, and thats cuts me out of a lot of things. I mean sure there are a lot of on campus activities, I’ll give Bing that, but I’m from Queens myself, and I miss the atmosphere of being in a big city with things to do no matter what time of day. Making things worse, if its cold, you don’t do much besides staying in your dorm all day. Bigger cities are also more diverse. Academically, I want to go to Med School, and I think that going to a better school might improve my chances of getting into a better school if you know what i mean. I’ve matured since HS, and am willing to put in the work, so I feel like if I can go to a better school then why not? Plus, having smaller class sizes would REALLY help me learn a lot better. And yea… i really really regret taking the SAT’s that second time around.</p>
<p>I was considering transferring to Bing myself one day. How specifically large are the classes at the school? Cause I thought that if you’re in the honors program, classes are much smaller than usual.
Isn’t there a transportation to take you to a big city?</p>
<p>Also, Binghamton is a RESPECTED SUNY, so if you do well… grad schools will place emphasis heavily weighed out on your college work.</p>
<p>As you get to higher level classes, the classes do get smaller, but for example, my chem 107 (gen chem 1) lecture was 300 people. I would just sit in class, watching the professor read the slides, and that i really hated it. im not sure about the honors program, you’d have to look it up. in terms of transportation, yea there is, but binghamton isn’t much of a city.</p>
<p>^ Transportations are suppose to take you to a bigger city than Binghamton itself.</p>
<p>Also, I’m pretty sure there are people at binghamton who don’t drink. why don’t you hang wit them?</p>
<p>dont get me wrong, i have a lot of friends who dont drink, but another reason i forgot to mention is that say i do get accepted to NYU, with a decent aid package, im paying around 16000 here in bing with dorming. I wont be dorming if i stay in the city, ill be at home, so if its even around the same, i would rather go for NYU. Plus i NYC is the greatest city in the world :D.</p>
<p>and bigger city than binghamton? which did you have in mind? binghamton is the biggest city in the area.</p>
<p>Up to you, my friend.</p>
<p>But just be aware that NYU is BIGGER and costs MORE than Harvard and Boston College.</p>
<p>NYU has about 10,000-20,000 kids while Binghamton only has like 9,500-10,110.</p>