Is this a right fit?

Colleges & Universities Boston College
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<p>Boston College was recommended to me by a friend’s mom. I’m looking for a school thats serious about academics, but also is filled with fun things to do.</p>

<p>White female from Tennessee</p>

<p>I attend one of the top public schools in the south…regularly sends students to top universities(Harvard, Emory, WashU, public ivies, in fact someone from last year’s graduating class is attending Boston College)</p>

<p>possible majors:History, English, or Political Science
possible minors:Spanish, Latin American Studies, Economics
(don’t worry, I’m not going to try to do all of them)
after college: either law school,grad school, or business school</p>

<p>GPA: 3.73 (unweighted)/4.1 (weighted)
class rank:top 10%
I will have taken 9 AP classes, 6 honors classes, and 4 years of foreign language.</p>

<p>ACT: 30 (33 reading/30 math/29 english/26 science)
Does Boston College require SAT II’s?</p>

<p>high school schedule:
freshman
Orchestra-A
Geometry Honors-B
English Honors-A
Health Class-A
Biology-A
Spanish 1-A</p>

<p>sophomore (definately weakest part of my application)
Spanish 2-B
Alg 2/Trig-A
Orchestra Honors-A
English Honors-A
World History honors-B
Chemistry-B
english/history is a team-taught class that is arguably the hardest at my
high school including AP classes</p>

<p>junior year
AP US History-A
AP Physics B-B
Pre-Calculus-A
AP Junior English-A
US Government-A
AP Micro Economics-A
Spanish 3-A</p>

<p>senior year schedule
AP Senior English
AP Calculus AB
Gym(required to graduate)
AP Macro Economics
AP Environmental Science
AP Modern European History
Spanish 4, Honors</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Karate (1996-present)
training for 12 years
Second degree black belt:10/06
Nationally Certified Assistant Instructor Certification: 12/04
I teach both children/adults every week
Presidents Vision Tour Committee senior member
Head of 117th Regional Black Belt testing committee
2006 National Championship:
2nd place in two divisions
scoring/timekeeping committee
2005 Regional Championships:
3rd place in one division
Judging committee
Rotaract (2004-present)
Treasurer-2007
Head of Habitat for Humanity project chair-2006/2007
Relay for Life project chair-2006
RYLA nominated leadership conference participant-2006
Project Committee member-2005
various other projects I’ve been apart of
Student Council(2005-present)
Head of a committee, member of another committee
Homeroom Representative
Orientation tour guide since sophomore year
School Newspaper(2004-2005)-it was a class, could only fit it in one year
Sports Editor
TN HS Press Association award for feature article
National Honor Society member & tutoring/speaker committee member
400+ hours of volunter work by time of graduate (Presidents Gold Award)
Girls Club for two summers,then Animal Shelter,then juvy law group
Distinguished Spanish 1 Student award</p>

<p>The teachers doing my recommendations know me very well(one teacher I had freshman/junior year, the other I had sophomore/junior year) so I’m sure they’ll be excellent.</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I think BC should be a good fit for you, and yes it is my understanding that you now need to submit the SAT2’s, I had taken several and added them as part of my application last year because I scored quite well, but they weren’t required. You have strong academics and I think the admissions does pay attention to how competitive your HS is. If you want to be really confident of admission, I’d try to improve on your 30 ACT - the median score from last year was 28-31 - but 30 of course is good. BC is very strong in all of your possible majors. </p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Copied from the website</p>

<p>STANDARDIZED TESTING
Students have two options through which to complete the standardized testing requirement for admission to Boston College. </p>

<p>The first option is for the applicant to complete the SAT I test and two SAT Subject Tests of the student’s choice, both administered by the College Entrance Examination Board. For the SAT Subject Tests, students are encouraged to choose two exams in subjects they have enjoyed and highlight their particular academic strengths. Students who have previously taken the old examination must also take the new exam, although we will combine your best individual section scores, regardless of when you sat for the exam.
As a second option, in place of both the SAT I and SAT Subject Tests, applicants may take the American College Test (ACT). Students who choose this option MUST also take the optional ACT Writing examination.
ACT results from the September administration, and SAT results from the October administration will be considered for the Early Action program. While Early Action candidates must submit either the SAT I or the ACT with writing by November 1st, they need not have completed the two SAT Subject tests. However, Early Action and Regular Decision candidates must complete all required testing by the December administration date of their senior year. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that the Office of Undergraduate Admission receives all standardized test scores by January 1, 2008. Test scores must be sent directly to Boston College from the College Entrance Examination Board or the American College Testing Program. All standardized tests are used for evaluation in the admission process.</p>