Asked by John
I am currently a Junior in High School and I am starting to look for Colleges/Universities that I really want to go to. I recently went to my School Guidance Counselor to check on how I was doing as of now. She told me that I have a 3.4 Grade Point Average (GPA). At that point I was somewhat concerned because of how low my GPA was. My school's grading scale is very different. It goes up to a 5.3, which is an A+. So, a 3.4 in my school isnt great because of how the system works. But when i transferd it go the standerd College scale it turned out to be a "B" as opposed to a "D", in my school. Do colleges convert your High School GPA to there scale? or do they use the High School's one? The colleges that I am looking at are: 1. Boston University 2. Northeastern University 3. Clark University 4. Suffolk University 5. Emerson College 6. Emmanuel College 7. Becker College Could I get into any of these Colleges? or are they all out of reach? are any "safety" schools for me? I am not looking or even considering going to a Community college/State College or anything along those lines. I want to go to a 4 year, private, College/U/ in Massachusetts. If anyone has any suggestions of colleges in MA that would be a better fit for me, let me know!. I am planning on going to Medical School after college and I am really intrested in Science Major/Premed. If you have any colleges with good science courses or even a premed, that would be helpful also. Does it matter what college you go to in order to go to medical school? or do you just have to take the prereq classes and your all set, either way?