Chances for a student who would love to go to BC

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<p>User Name: jorr08
Gender: M
Location: Hawaii
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Private
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.50 (Upward trend)
Class Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>My courseload is the most difficult in my class. Class list at bottom</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 31
SAT II U.S. History: 680
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 710
SAT II Chemistry: 740</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Religious Education, Humanitarian Aid, Independent Science Research Projects, Math Team, Model United Nations, Science and Robotics Club,
Leadership positions: Catholic Church Youth Leader, Model United Nations State Security Council.
Volunteer/Service Work: Many hours volunteering, with a Presidential Volunteer Service Award given in senior year.
Honors and Awards: Dean’s List, 2nd Place in Chemistry Hawaii State Science Engineering Fair, 1st Place in Sustainablity Hawaii State Science and Engineering fair, Presidential Volunteer Service Award.</p>

<p>Class List</p>

<p>Freshman
Bio Honos
Geometry Honors
Into to western history
French 1
English 1
Intro to art
(PE)</p>

<p>Soph
Alg 2 Trig Honors
Chemistry Honors
Asian History Year
French 2
English 2
Drawing 1
(PE)</p>

<p>Junior
Adv. Pre-calc Honors
AP Chemistry
AP US history
American Lit Honors
French 3
Plato’s Republic
Ind Research Project In Science
Physics Honors</p>

<p>Senior
AP Calc BC
AP Bio
AP Physics C
Senior English Honors
British Literature
French 4
Economics
European History</p>

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<p>bump bump…</p>

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<p>How did you do on your AP exams?
I think you’d be competitive.</p>

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<p>4 on ap courses</p>

<p>(A- in them)</p>

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<p>you’ll probably get accepted into BC because you’re from hawaii, but your stats are right around the level for accepted BC students. Oh, AP scores don’t affect the admissions process. AP scores are only used to place students out of certain core classes</p>

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<p>yah id love to go to BC. Chesnut Hill in larger Boston is perfect</p>

<p>any other thoughts?</p>

<p>bump bump lol</p>

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<p>yeah i think the same, you are competitive for admission to BC. location will help you and your courses seem challenging and rank is great. i think? the ACT score you have is right in the high end of the range for BC. write a good essay and get great recs and youll have a good chance of being admitted</p>

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<p>I think you stand a good shot. A good essay is necessary and your location does help. One bit of advice however, make sure your teachers or recommenders spell Boston College with the word “College,” and not “University.” I worked in BC admission office and had seen many letters saying, “I whole heartedly recommend _____ for admission at Boston University.” It irks us to no end.</p>

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<p>o dear god i can see that being a def problem lol</p>

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<p>Correction to something miragemage posted earlier:</p>

<p>AP scores ARE considered during the admissions process. Applicants are asked to self-report their AP scores on the school’s Common App Supplement and good AP scores are a plus during the app review. (This was confirmed by a BC rep at a recent college night presentation.)</p>

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<p>yes</p>

<p>so are my ap scores fine for admission?</p>

<p>bump bump, can i get in lol?</p>

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<p>Fours are pretty good. Apply and see.</p>

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<p>So would bad AP scores affect admissions?</p>

<p>BTW OP, I think you’re a competitive applicant. 3.5 with a heavy courseload sounds fine.</p>

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<p>thanks !</p>

<p>im not sure about the ap scores</p>

<p>i could see a 1 or 2 or 3 being an eyesore</p>

<p>but 4’s and 5’s are good arent they?</p>

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<p>also i didnt mention, but im also Hispanic, and just received the national merit hispanic honorable mention award.</p>

<p>(only 3300 hispanics in the US are recognized per year)</p>

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<p>that actually does make a very big difference… i am hispanic too and was an nation hispanic merit finalist. if it helps you at all to know, i had a 3.8 weighted… pro 3.5 unweighted GPA and an SAT of 2110. my 5 on apush was the only ap i submitted while applying. i was admitted early and now am i freshman. you should apply early action if you are serious about the school so you know sooner and have more time to scope it out. </p>

<p>good luck! you can pm me with any questions you might have</p>

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<p>I just transferred to BC and I love it so much! Work really hard on your college application - it’ll be worth it! :slight_smile: Let me know if you have any questions.</p>

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<p>thank you everybody, and thanks raspberrywmocha, BC sounds like an amazing school</p>

<p>i was scared to apply EA because i dont want to be denied straight off the waitlist, although i heard that BC only defers?</p>

<p>also, i did the first year supplement, and already marked down i would apply regular decision, can i chance that if i want to?</p>

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<p>The best thing you can do is call the admission counselors with your questions - that’s what they’re there for. :)</p>

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<p>lol
ill ask them :)</p>

<p>so good chance of getting in? any more ops?
bump bump</p>

<p>thank you every1 btw!</p>