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Dylan_
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i know i wont being going to a school such as harvard, yale ect.

but i was curious, with a 3.4 GPA does that look decent to good school's such as boston university ? i have taken the psat's and in the 80th percentile or something like that i don't rember. but i have just been thinking about this tonight. oh yeah i'm also in key club, do i have potential to no be a blow out ? haha and go to a decent school
Feb 25 2009 9:42PM
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crooks
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BU is hard as fuck to get into.. bc / bu/ northeastern are getting ridiculously hard to get into.. but 3.4 gpa and 80th percentile isn't bad.. just make sure you have some strong extra curricular shit too.
Feb 25 2009 9:43PM
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emopoppins
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its all about how much money you want to spend. you can get into most any school in the country with credentials like that, as long as your ready to pay out the ass later.
Feb 25 2009 9:44PM
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Dr_Feelgood
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fuck yea dude, you should be able to get into bu with a 3.4. bc... maybe not. two completely different schools. and a rich resume wont hurt
Feb 25 2009 9:44PM
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Dylan_
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i'm looking to go to school for sports medicine or somehting around that area. forgot to mention that
Feb 25 2009 9:46PM
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poiuytrewq
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lol a diverse collection of activities i see...key club ftw
Feb 25 2009 9:47PM
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Dylan_
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hey keyclub looks good, i don;t go to the meetings really haha
Feb 25 2009 9:50PM
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JNix.
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BU will be a toss up but most state schools you will get in no problem. With the economic situation if you are willing to pay they are willing to take your money.
Feb 25 2009 10:15PM
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ATLskier
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get a 1300 on the sat and youd prob get into georgia tech, 1200 or lower if youre a girl cause we dont have any.
Feb 25 2009 10:16PM
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Hannah.
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i went to BU for two years with a 3.85 gpa in highschool and 1350 on my SATs (the 1600 one). BU is super competitive and if you are applying for financial aid they prefer out of state student and student who don't need aid and it gets more so each year.
Feb 25 2009 10:53PM
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Mike34113
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Dylan i applied to Boston College and Northeastern. I went and visited Boston University also but didn't care for it so i didn't apply. I have like a 3.7 GPA with 4 AP and Honors classes. I got accepted to Northeastern and am still waiting to hear from BC. They want the all around student. BC's acceptance rate is 28% Northeastern is 35% and BU is 57%. It all depends on what the college is looking for.

I also was an officer in Key Club for 2 years. Advisor for French Club. Got a 1210 on my SAT (Out of 1600). A 26 on my ACT. I also was a delegate for The American Legion's Boys State, I would check out collegeboard.com for some good information on some of the specific information on the colleges. Hope that helped a little.
Mar 7 2009 11:08PM
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lineskier10
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i had the same GPA as you and a 1300/1600 on the SATs and i got into boulder and u of utah, but thats all I applied to, you can get into those two for sure
Mar 7 2009 11:10PM
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Golden.
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well if you've done any service hours for it, you can list those as community service hours, along with being key club hours. so just a tip for you. colleges love stuff like that.
Mar 7 2009 11:12PM
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g.rich
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I'd say you've got the best chance with Northeastern which is fine because as they say, "it sucks to BU" Boston is a sick city, I go to school here.
Mar 7 2009 11:17PM
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naw
Mar 7 2009 11:20PM
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