my college safey... international student

Applying to College
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<p>I’m planning to do early action for Boston College music major.
I have 2000 SAT 1
107 toefl
cumulative GPA over 3.9 - it improved from 3.75 freshman year constantly and never dropped
10 full extracurricular activities (4 of them music group like accapella and stuffs)
hmm
oh yes, I’m gonna take sat 2 math 1 and U.S. history this October and right away submit the score before the deadline…</p>

<p>Yes, it’s little bit rough because heard Ivy students consider Boston as safety… :frowning:
Anyway :slight_smile:
for regular action. what should be my safety school???</p>

<p>I am also considering the entire UC system.
thanks!</p>

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<p>If you don’t apply for aid: high match.
I think you have a real shot…</p>

<p>Ace your SAT IIs… You can even have a good chance at Ivies…</p>

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<p>A safety has to be affordable. Will your parents pay all costs for BC or UC’s? If not, they’re not safeties.</p>

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<p>Thanks! Yes they can afford both. But how good my sat2 has to be??</p>

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<p>I would not consider Boston College a safety for you, all the more so because of your question regarding SAT 2 scores.</p>

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<p>You definitely have a shot at BC, but it is not a safety. Look up their 25/75 percentile SAT scores - they are often around 1900/2170, so I would guess a 2000 SAT score is about 40th percentile for BC. Full pay international is a plus, but it matters where you are coming from internationally (do they have a lot or very few applicants from there). You’d look stronger if you took the Math level 2 SAT2 instead of math 1.
Good luck!</p>