please chance me for BU ED1!

Hooks: gay? 😭 writing about this in my essay

3.65 UW | 4.33 W | (Extreme upward trend! Had a 3.2 in freshmen year and a 4.0 in junior year)

- SAT: 1420 (700 English, 720 Math)

- Applying for Environmental Science Major!

-Rigor:

(School doesn't allow AP classes until Junior year) and DE classes are at a local community college

Sophomore+Freshmen Year: Honors English + Honors Spanish

Junior Year: APES (4), Statistics DE, English DE, Honors Spanish + English

Senior Year: AP Splang, APLit, APHug, General Biology DE, Psychology DE, Honors Physics

ECs:

-Passion project on environmental air quality in Guatemala (visited there for mission trip and did research field work)

-President of Environmental Club

-Part of a youth board for my local nature conservatory

-Environmental DNA+Biotech Summer Program

-Played an instrument for 8 years and in band every year in highschool except junior year (no room in schedule)

-Got a school awarded Global Diploma

-Cards for Hospitalized Kids club 2 years

-150+ hours of community service

-Developed my own music independently for about a year? (I wanna include this as its a hobby of mine but if y'all think I shouldn't then I will avoid bringing it up)

BU is my dream school and I really wanna get in, but I wanna make sure I am not being too delusional. My school luckily is a MA BU feeder school so they let a ton of people in, but I don't feel too good regardless.

- Advice is also appreciated if possible!!!

Posted Sep 29, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC

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