BC as target school?

Colleges & Universities Boston College
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<p>I am a Junior.
I have just under a 94 unweighted gpa (96 weighted) in a competetive, upper-middle class, suburban public highschool in New York.
My father was born in Argentina and moved to the United States as a teenager, which means that I am hispanic.
I took the SATs for the first time recently and got 2250: 710 Critical Reading, 790 Math, 750 Writing (essay score of 8). I think it is reasonable to believe I could improve my essay score and my critical reading for a superscore of +2300.
When I graduate from highschool I will have taken AP: Chemistry, US history, Physchology, BC Calculus, Spanish, and English.
I am the President of my class and have been since sophomore year.
I have also played varsity lacrosse since sophomore year. I also tutor a learning and socially disabled classmate in geometry once a week. He had a 70 in geometry for the second quarter when I was asked to help him. He now has an 87, and is hoping for a 90+ for the fourth quarter.
My other extracurriculars include: Soccer and Basketball (I’ve played a sport every season each year of high school). Math, Science, and Foreign Language Honors Societies, National Honors society.
During the summers I work as a custodian for 40 hours a week in my towns school system. It is a full time job for the entire summer.</p>

<p>In short, and I think it sounds better like this, I am a hispanic class president and three sport varsity athlete with around 2300 SAT scores. I only say it like that because thats what I hope schools will see.</p>

<p>Is it safe to be confident in BC?</p>

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<p>Surely you are qualified for BC; however, you cannot consider it a “safety” if that is what you are asking. If you look at the recent admissions, there’s just no way to be certain who will be accepted and who will not. This goes for a lot of schools now; there’s just a whole lot of uncertainty.</p>

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<p>yea i didnt mean saftey sorry. I mean as a target school. I will apply to schools above and below BC in selectivity</p>

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<p>URM with your numbers = safety.</p>

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<p>You shouldn’t consider BC as a safety but you should be really surprised if you get a rejection from BC. You will be a very strong applicant if you apply, and you might be(quite certain) invited to Honor’s Program.
Aim high and you will do great, considering you are an URN with stellar scores and GPA.</p>