Chances at BU and GWU?

shortnblonde236
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:58:07 +0000

GPA- 3.2 unweighted, 3.8 weighted
SAT- 1900 (retaking)
Class Rank- Top 35% (extremely competitive class)

All seminar and honors classes freshman and sophomore year (seminar is a level above honors at my school).

Junior year classes:
Physics 1 Seminar
English 11 Honors (couldn’t fit the AP class into my schedule)
German 5 AP
AP US History
Pre-Calculus Honors
Marketing

Senior year classes:
Physics 2 AP
Calculus AB AP
AP Government and Politics
AP English 12
Intro to Ethics (will be taken at a local University)

In-school extra-curricular activities:
Model UN- President
Mock Trial- President
German Club- President
National Honors Society
German National Honors Society
Community Service Club
Amnesty International
Young Democrats

Over 300 hours of volunteer work outside of school

Also, I have a medical disorder (chronic pain disorder) that forced me to miss a lot of school freshman, sophomore, and junior year. It is now under control and being treated. My GPA is pretty bad because I was/am constantly trying to catch up. I’m planning to include a personal statement to explain my low grades.

My top 2 colleges are Boston University and George Washington University.
I live in PA so I’m also going to apply to Pitt and Penn State. Other colleges I am looking at include: Fordham, NYU, JMU, American, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, and Northeastern (most of these are reaches, I know).
I’m planning to major in international relations.

Any comments are appreciated :).