What are my chances? I will chance back!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston University
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<p>Alright, so I would dearly appreciate anyone who could offer advice, opinions, and/or their just overall thoughts on my chance at Boston University! I am a 17 year old Senior who lives in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. Here’s my stuff… </p>

<p>Academics:
Class Rank: 13 out of 430(top 5%) </p>

<p>GPA: unweighted 3.8699 out of 4.0 Weighted 4.18 out of 5.0 4 years </p>

<p>math (1 college level course)
4 years science (2 years advanced) 4 years history (2 years advanced,2 years IB)
4 years English (2 years advanced, 2 years IB)
3 years of Spanish (2 years advanced)
3 years of Debate (2 tears of advanced)
4 other various credits </p>

<p>Test Scores:
ACT:
Composite:27
English:29
Math:27
Reading:32
Science:27
Writing:9 </p>

<p>SAT: Taking it October </p>

<p>EC’s:
Debate for 3 years (officer one year, president one year) </p>

<p>NHS for 2 years</p>

<p>B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) for 2 years </p>

<p>B’nai Tzedek Youth Council 2 years- philanthropic organization </p>

<p>Two BBYO Sponsored Leadership Programs- one in D.C. at GWU, one in Boston at Brandeis </p>

<p>Missouri Boys State-summer before senior year </p>

<p>Over 100 hours of community service </p>

<p>Club Rugby for 2 years (co-founder and co-captain, leading scorer helped start first team in city) </p>

<p>Football freshman and sophomore year (freshman and JV team) </p>

<p>work experience:
Worked at Papa Murphy’s Pizza for 7 months (not fired lol) </p>

<p>Awards/honors:
Congressional award for visual arts </p>

<p>Principal’s honor roll 3 years
3 academic letters
3 letters in debate
Numerous placings at tournaments in debate and forensics </p>

<p>I am in love with the city of Boston. I am very interested in BU. </p>

<p>I should also mention my strong desire to enter the field of politics and government. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!</p>

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<p>GPA is good, but ACT is a little low. The range for BU 26-30. So raise the score to a 29+ and you will be a solid match.</p>

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<p>Bump ump ump</p>

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<p>You’re solid. GPA’s excellent, you’ve taken challenging courses and you have a variety of ECs. Your ACT may possibly be low, but even I got in and I had a lower score than you.</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’ll be taking the ACT for the last time in Sep so hopefully I can improve. I’ll also be taking the SAT October so maybe I’ll do better on that. Thanks again for the opinions.</p>

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<p>You look pretty solid. I have a 26 ACT and have similar grades and ranking, and people are telling me I should be fine.</p>

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<p>Bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>You have a 27 composite with a 27, 27, 32, and a 29? I am confused! Other than that, even with a 27, you should be fine! Make sure to emphasize your clear interest! </p>

<p>Chance me back!!!</p>

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<p>Those were just the highest scores I’ve gotten on different test dates. My superscored ACT is a 29.</p>

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<p>BU doesn’t superstore but you look fine. Chance me back?</p>

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<p>I know. However, I asked admissions and they told me they consider your top scores in on the sub categories</p>

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<p>Oh okay well it’s along the same lines. Are you interested in poli sci?</p>

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<p>Yes I am!!!</p>

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<p>Same here. Also history and or IR. Hope we both get in and I’d appreciate if you look at my thread too!</p>

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<p>I’m also thinking about philosophy. That’d be great if we both got in. If I get in I’ll try to tell you haha. And sure, I’ll look at your thread.</p>

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<p>Yeah that’s a nice idea. It’s weird how similar our stats are.</p>

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<p>Im still nervous about being accepted though…is BU your first choice?</p>

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<p>Yeah pretty much. Penn state is close but I love BU. I’m nervous too. I want o apply ED but the cost could be too much.</p>

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<p>Yea I really would like to go to. I’ve been to Boston but didn’t get the chance to visit the actual campus so I wouldn’t want to do ED incase there’s some hidden reason why I wouldn’t like it.</p>

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<p>Just visited last Friday. I really enjoyed it.</p>