<p>BU was my "safety"ish school. I’ve gotten into NYU (unoffically, got a “likely letter” type thing), McGill, and some top colleges in the UK so far.</p>
<p>I have a 1450 sat (750v), 780 writing, 750 literature, and 680 math ic. i’m not sure of my exact gpa, but it’s near 4.0. i lived in hong kong for my freshman year which is a “hook,” I guess. I’m graduating high school a year early (they said that wouldn’t be a problem, when I called), and I haven’t taken pre-calculus but I’ve met all their other requirements. My essays and recs were good. ECs sort of eh.</p>
<p>I wasn’t planning on attending so it’s no big deal, but I’m just wondering what might be the reason? My guidance counselor said I’d almost “definitely” get in. Is it because I haven’t taken pre-calculus? I don’t wanna look whiney and annoying, I’m just curious. :)</p>
<p>the reason i can think of is that you didnt fulfill a requirement such as fee or recommendation or something... though i forgot to do recs because im probably not attending and they hunted me down until i did them.</p>
<p>No, I paid the fee and I sent my recs - their website said that my application's been complete for ages, so I'm sure they would've said something if I forgot.. unless they forgot to update their site :\ lol</p>
<p>there are quite a few of us with similar stats that got in, so i really doubt the "safety" idea. in fact, most of us with those stats were offered the university scholarship, so if anything BU tries to attract kids with such grades.</p>
<p>it may be that you're graduating early.. i've read that's a red flag for some schools - they are unsure of how someone graduating early would transition into a college workload. i doubt it's because you haven't taken precalc, unless you didn't substitute it with another math class or AP of some kind.</p>
<p>hey, it sucks but just move on. You obviously can do fine at another college. I don't mean to be noisy but how can you graduate HS without even taking pre-calc??</p>
<p>do you think they'll tell me? i know some schools do, but i don't know about BU in particular.</p>
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<p>you only need three years of math to graduate most high schools (or, at least mine.). at mine we need two years of algebra and one of geometry. i took algebra 1, geometry, algebra 2. i would've taken geometry my freshman year (and thus pre-calc this year) but i came back here from hong kong during the last quarter of that year, so i couldn't have gone into the class right at the end of the year, because the curriculum was different in the school i went to in HK (i explained this in the "supplemental information" section of my app). of course, i could've spent an extra year in high school just to take pre-calc, but that's so not worth it to me! i'm going to be an english major! :) pfffft math. :P</p>
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<p>Morningtheft....if you are NOT planning on attending BU then why are you pursuing this at all. You have gotten accepted at schools that were higher on your list. Let it go!!</p>
<p>I'm sure it was the whole BU not being a reach for you thing that got you rejected. They probably realized that kids with scores as high as yours will get into other schools.</p>
<p>I doubt that - there are loads of kids in the other thread with SAT scores in the 1500s who got in, and I'm sure they got into schools a lot better than BU.</p>