GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
Unweighted HS GPA currently 2.85
Weighted HS GPA currently 2.89 on 4 scale
(will most likely have about a 3.4 UW by the time I apply)
College GPA N/A
Class Rank: ?
ACT/SAT Scores: N/A
Coursework AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Lit, N/A (still taking), Advanced Digital Music Production
Awards
Won a competitive school-wide writing contest and read/published the piece at a winners banquet
Gold Standard of Excellence Award (x2)
Extracurriculars
multiple passion projects
4 years of French (in school)
self taught in German and Korean
UC BerkeleyX Psychedelics and the Mind Course (edX, certificate)
HarvardX Fundamentals of Neuroscience Course (edX, certificate)
HarvardX Building Personal Resilience: Managing Anxiety and Mental Health (edX, certificate)
Girls Go STEM program (attended two years in 6th and 7th grade)
U of I performing arts summer program
student government (x2) in elementary school
played competitive/academy tennis for 5+ years and was a featured player
volunteered as an instructor at my high school’s summer tennis camp
competitive swimming, 2 years
running club & XC in junior high, 1 yr
part-time job on weekends, 6hr shift
catholic religious ed program
played clarinet for 4 years in school band
self taught in piano
(will be doing an immense amount of catching up this summer in terms of more community service, internships, college programs and activities)
This is going to be an issue with BU where the acceptance rate is very low.
Do you plan to take the SAT or ACT?
No you won’t be applying EA. unless something changed this year, BU doesn’t have early action. They only have binding early decision 1 and 2.
From the BU website:
Early Decision and Early Decision 2 are application options available at Boston University by which students apply and receive an admission decision early (see deadlines), and, if admitted, commit to attend BU by withdrawing applications to all other schools.
I will add, with your current grades, I would not suggest an early application anywhere. You want the schools to see your (hopefully) strong first semester senior year grades.
The only chance I see here is in the College of General Studies, which is a spring start, with summer session to complete a year’s worth of coursework before sophomore fall. Would you be open to CGS? I agree that an early application would work against you, since you need colleges to see consistency in your improved level of performance. ED2 to CGS would be your best chance. Would a gap semester and a spring start be acceptable to you? General Studies
Most students who think Holy Cross would be their happy place don’t feel the same way about BU. Very different environment. But CGS is at least a more intimate experience, with more support, for the first two years.
That’s sufficiently embarrassing lol, I really thought that BU had an EA option. My top choice is Holy Cross which I’m applying ED1 to. If I get rejected from HC I’ll have to apply regular decision to BU which I probably have no chance at so I’ll definitely be taking BU off my list.