My regular decision chances?

Colleges & Universities Boston College
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<p>Okay so i just got rejected from Vanderbilt on EDII and BC is my 2nd choice. I MUST get in here. What do you all think?</p>

<p>[<em>)Stats:
[</em>]SAT: 1910
[<em>]SAT IIs: 720-math1. 640-math2
[</em>]ACT: 28, 29 superscored
[<em>]GPA: W-5.6 (Miami weights GPAs differently. UW i have a 3.5)
[</em>]Rank: somewhere in top 20-25? Top 6%
[<em>]AP: APCalc- 5, APPhysicsB-4, AP Statistics-4, APEnglishLanguage-4, APush and APworldhistory-2. Currently taking AP: CalcBC, Bio, Government, Lit, and Psych. And Dual Enrollment economics.
Received AP Scholar with Honor award from Collegeboard.
Has received superior honor roll from 11th grade until present.
[</em>]EC: Piano (Played for 10 years, won a few local competitions, evaluated at a national level and has passed each evaluation, Jazz band for 3 yrs, Schools Rock band for 1 yr). I submitted an art supplement with a video of me playing the piano.
Varsity Soccer player for 3 years.
Current JSA Vice President, former Secretary.
Current Speech+Debate Treasurer
Student council governor in 11th grade
Member of ALL honor societies.
Math tutor.
79 community service hours from tutoring in math for the school, interning at a law office, and playing piano at charity events.
[<em>] Essays: Well written. Edited well over 20 times.
[</em>] Recs: My teachers love me. My recs were great. My counselor wrote a great one as well</p>

<p>[<em>) Location/Person:
[</em>] State or Country: Miami Beach, FL
[<em>] School Type: Large public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Half asian, half white
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Piano and rigor of classes. Weakness-SAT reading score :(</p>

<p>My dad is a BC alumni… hopefully that will help (does it?). He graduated at the top of the Business school and finished 3rd in the nation on the CPA exam (if BC will look back at his records…if they still exist…and take his success there into account)</p>

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<p>Small chance I’m sorry GPA and SAT are too weak.</p>

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<p>You have a decent chance with the legacy and good AP scores.</p>

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<p>OP:
How about if you take a look at the BC factbook (around page 32)
<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/publications/factbook/meta-elements/pdf/08-09/08-09_fact_book.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/publications/factbook/meta-elements/pdf/08-09/08-09_fact_book.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
to see where you think your application stands. </p>

<p>Raw SAT and ACT scores aren’t everything, but at least you’ll be able to see where your stats fall and the percentage of students accepted with similar stats.</p>

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<p>SATs: 25th%-tile (bad)
GPA: 3.5 UW - BC doesn’t list GPA breakdown but I’d guess you are <=50th%-tile (fair)
Rank: Top 25% = Good
ECs: Average (fair)
Community Service: Low for BC (bad)
Other: Strong APs (good)
Other: Legacy - Though your father’s performance is irrelevant, unless it’s translated into substantial giving to BC (good)</p>

<p>Summary: A reach. Legacy may help, but its “power” is typically highest if you apply EA.</p>