Colorado Technical University

Chances at Boston University?

Ok so I am a Junior right now in Maryland and I am just trying to see if i can get into the colleges of my choice or not. What do you guys think? Here is my background: -International Baccalaureate Candidate: That means: 6 IB Courses, 4 Higher Level (2 years) 2 Standard Level (1 year) -I have taken all of the hardest courses throughout high school including Spanish 1-IB(basically 5/AP) -AP European History -AP Physics -AP Statistics -Expected GPA 3.3-3.4 Unweighted. 4.1 weighted -SAT Score: 1920 -Internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center(Biomedical Research with Malaria) -President of Future Business Leaders of America(4 years) -Model United Nations (4 years) -National Technical Honor Society -Varsity Letter 4 years Swim Team -Swim Team Captain -Swam both Club and High School Swimming 9 times a week all throughout high school. -Excellent Recommendations from the IB teachers(1 went to Brown, 1 went to Syracuse) -200+ Hours of Community Service -School Representative for County Government So all this being said here is my college list: Boston University University of Maryland-College Park University of Rochester Virginia Tech Penn State University of Colorado-Boulder University of Maryland-Baltimore County(Fallback) George Washington University

Public Comments

1. It is certainly nice to have all those things on your resume. All that will get your foot in the door, so to speak. That is to say, you'll get an interview. But the key to getting accepted at a good school is really NOT grades or lots of "resume building-blocks." Many people are somewhat surprised to hear this at first, but the key to getting accepted at a good school is impressing us with what kind of a human being you are. There are many folks who will get accepted at the schools on your list based on the strengths of: the essay they write, the recommendations they receive, and the interviews they give. And lots of folks with stellar GPA's get rejected because of weaknesses in those same areas. I have interviewed a number of applicants for a variety of different schools, and the Admissions Offices always ask me one question *first* : "What unique contributions will this person make to our campus?" Unfortunately, I am sometimes forced to say, "none." Not because the young man/woman isn't somewhat intelligent or well-intentioned. But because s/he simply has no passion for anything or anyone that doesn't ultimately serve her own vision or ends. . . . . nor does s/he seem to posses the critical self-awareness that would make it possible to question that vision, those ends. What am I saying here? To be admitted to one these top schools, you must demonstrate that you posses the drive to go beyond yourself--both in the moral sense of truly serving others in a deeply committed way.....and in the cognitive sense of continuously challenging and re-examining your notions about what is real, true, right and good.
2. oevrall there's a 6 out of 10 chance that people will get in and according to what I'm seeing u'll be the first one they'll accept..good luck..please rate me thank u..
3. I was in IB too! Year II absolutely sucks. Just some advice: finish your EE during the summer (and maybe your CAS portfolio too) I would say you have a pretty good chance of getting in, Goodluck!
4. You have a shot at this list of schools. Also look at Norttheastern.