Boston College Chances!!! EA. Will chance back!!

foxysoxy804
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:20:18 +0000

BC is my number one school, and I’m terrified that I’ll be deferred (since only 20% of deferred applicants ultimately get in) or rejected…the reason I applied EA is because it’s my top choice and I don’t think I can wait till the spring for a decision without going insane

(EA is more competitive; “BC aims to fill no more than 30% of its freshman class through EA.” Maybe this doesn’t apply to me quite as much since I’m applying to the nursing school…)

Here are my stats…chance me for EA please

About Me:
-Female, Caucasian, Catholic, IL
-Catholic high school in Chicago suburbs, last year BC accepted 8 of the 12 kids who applied from my school. (Don’t know if they applied EA or RD)
-Applying to the Connell School of Nursing

Academics:
-Weighted GPA over 3 years (excluding senior year): 99.34%; self calculated to be 4.28 weighted average.
-Unweighted GPA over these same 3 years: 3.78
-First quarter GPA of senior year–4.67 (Unfortunately I don’t think these made it on my transcript for BC)
-School does not rank but I know I am in at least the top 10% because of my spot on the highest honor roll (23-25 kids on this, 270-280 kids in my class)
-APs: Calc AB, Bio, English Lit, English Language (4) [Note: the school doesn’t offer nearly as many APs as I’d like it to]
-All honors courses whenever possible with the exception of history

Awards:
NHS, Principal’s Honor Roll (99% and up) sophomore and junior years, High honors (93% and up) freshman year, Italian NHS, Italian Achievement Award (a department award) junior year, published poet

Test Scores:
ACT w/writing Composite 31 (35-28-33-26-10)

Principal ECs:
-Hospital Volunteer (my main activity which I loved, knee injury ended this experience for me, explained in my essay)
-Cancer support organization volunteer (my new activity)
-Italian Club President
-Flute (I play on my own, but I was trained as a child)
-NHS, working on the Induction Committee in the spring
-Park district softball
-At least 130 service hours by the time I graduate

Essays:
I am in love with my essay, as is my best friend who is applying to schools of a higher caliber than I am. It relates my knee injury to my passion in nursing, basically.
I also added a little supplemental essay of my own in the additional info section about how I came to love the city of Boston and how I would stand out at BC (because BC does not have a supplemental essay of its own).

MychancesDOTnet predicted 67% chance of admission.
21 of the site’s members voted and gave me a 75% chance.

I personally think my strengths are my grades and my essays. Also my medicine-related ECs.

I know it’s pretty stupid of me to keep asking for chances since I have pretty good odds, but I think my fellow college-obsessors will understand lol. (I’ve got about 3 weeks till I get my letter, and I can barely wait!)

Ofcourse, I will chance you back! Just post a link! Thanks SO much!!