Can any of you fine gentlemen and ladies give me an idea of what my chances are at this university?
INFO:
WANT TO MAJOR: COMPUTER SCIENCE
IN STATE
3.07 WEIGHED GPA
900 (NEW SAT)
50 Hours Community Service
Soccer
Work Experience
Yes I know. My SAT and GPA are well below what some of you may expect around here. I just somewhat struggled in school.
Thanks for all replies!
What is your unweighted GPA?
Also, while UB tends to be a bit more selective than the rest of the SUNY system (at least in my opinion) you have a pretty good chance. In the last senior class in my school, a handful of them applied and were accepted into UB. Soccer is big there (or so I’ve heard) so you should have fun on campus! Good luck!
Hey Marg, thanks for the reply.
My school doesn’t include my unweighed, but I believe it’s about the same. I made some mistakes during my time in high school such as not challenging myself with honors and tougher classes. I know this will effect my chances. I have taken regulars classes yearly but have included the usual Pre-Cal, Physics, Computer Programming, Spanish 4, etc. into my senior class schedule in hopes of improving my chances.
Everyone makes mistakes, but SUNY schools tend to be very forgiving. That being said, your SAT is lower than the average for UB, which is between 1060 and 1260. But admissions aren’t only about SAT scores, thankfully, and UB also looks at your GPA, high school transcript, teacher recommendations, SAT/ACT and TOEFL (I think that’s only a requirement for international students because I’ve never heard of it before I just looked it up haha)
If you feel that even with all those things, you still won’t be the best candidate, you could possibly write your essay about how you’ve changed as a person and in result have begun to challenge yourself in school when you hadn’t in previous years.
thanks marg. can you please send me the source of the SAT averages of Buffalo? I would like to take a look at it with my brother.
Thanks for your reply by the way.