Chance me? (Tremendously LOW SAT scores)

Colleges & Universities Boston University
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<p>So, my SAT scores are embarrassingly low, possibly lower than the usual range for BU.</p>

<p>1760(superscored) - CR610 M590 W560
1st time - 1700 / CR610 M590 W500, essay 6 (Came unprepared, as a try out.)
2nd time - 1700 / CR590 M550 W560, essay 8 (Came a little more prepared, but I was unfortunately terribly, terribly ill, down with a whooping cough which heavily impacted my performance. I was BARELY able to concentrate due to it. Just my luck. Looking back, it still frustrates me to this day. Sigh.)</p>

<p>Honestly, BU’s my top choice. Somewhat I’m disheartened, but I’m aware there is nothing else I can do. I’m unable to retake it as I’ve signed up for subject tests in Dec. For now I’m working my way to do better on those. Will be taking Lit and Math level 2.</p>

<p>I’m Asian(Malay), and female. Currently, I’m an international A level student, from Malaysia. Subjects I’ve taken up are Lit, Math, Econ, and History. Not particularly sure how GPA works, as we don’t use it here in my school, but out of estimation, perhaps I’d be around 3.5-3.7? </p>

<p>I’m really interested in the COM school, intending to major in either communication or journalism, preferably the latter.</p>

<p>Here are a few of my EC’s, listed according to importance.

  • Editor-in-chief of yearbook
  • Design editor of school magazine
  • Interact club (publicity director for an environmental campaign within the club)
  • participated in a regional public speaking competition
  • a few more but i don’t think it’s worth listing it all down here…</p>

<p>Being realistic here, is there a chance for me at all at BU?</p>

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<p>Honestly your gpa is good and so are your ecs. but your sat scores are very low. perchance if you do extremely well on the subject tests, you might have a better chance. why not retake the SATs?</p>

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<p>I suppose my chances would be really slim due to the low SAT scores. I can’t retake it. I’ll be taking subjects tests on the final date available before the RD deadline, Dec 3rd. Oh well! I really hope I would perform better on them.</p>

<p>How about my chances in getting placed into CGS at BU?</p>

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<p>Hey I’m also asian (only part though), and have the same stats as you pretty much about ECs, school, grades, etc. Except I’m looking into Classics and some other things…I’m also doing a lot of scholarships (I did the Latin Exam one and am doing the MLK one) in hopes that it will deter away from my horrible scores.</p>

<p>You think your scores are bad? LOL mine are worse. But I’m retaking them in December and really for REAL trying hard this time because it’s mostly math that’s killing me. So I think you have a better chance than I do based on your math score, but we have the same CR score too lol…</p>

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<p>I hate threadjacking, but can anyone tell me if they factor in SAT scores and HS gpa if you’re a transfer student?</p>