Chance me for Babson class of 2030

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I think that it is next to impossible to chance you for Babson right now.

  1. It is impossible to convert your high school grades to a letter based gpa, based on your overall average of number based grades. For example, your junior year gpa could be a 4.0 if all courses had a number grade of at least 90%. Or it could be lower. You can do the conversion course by course with 90+% = A, 80+% = B, 70+% = C, etc.
  2. We don’t know anything about your class rank.
  3. We don’t know anything about your school, what kinds of colleges the graduates attend, or what the grade distribution looks like. College admissions officer care about this context.
  4. Babson indicates that standardized test scores are as important as grades, class rank, and rigor. Your SAT falls within the mid 50% of this year’s freshman class, BUT only 25% of this year’s freshman class submitted any test scores. The assumption is that the 75% who did not submit test scores would be considered lower than the 25th %ile of those who did submit, which would elevate your 1410 to the top 25% of the entire freshman class, not just test submitters. We don’t know how Babson balances all of this information, but it’s certainly possible that your SAT will give your application a big boost.

You offer some personal qualities which Babson values a lot:

  1. Entrepreneurial initiative;
  2. Entrepreneurial success;
  3. International experience.

I think that your upward trend in grades - especially if they continue this year - combined with your high SAT score and in combination with your other personal qualities may make you a more appealing candidate than might appear to be the case at first glance, but we just don’t know enough to say for sure one way or another. Perhaps your high school guidance counselor can offer you more insight based on the success of past applicants from your school.

My opinion is that you have a chance, so give it your best shot.

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