ScottJ - Please chance Jersey Girl ;)

scottj
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:53:36 +0000

Dear tribegirl09 : Your academic scores are certainly acceptable, your class rank is outstanding, and your ACT (superscored) is a possible cause of concern for the EA round (based on the view of your sectional scores if not superscored). You have not provided details on the sectional material here.

Your school service roles map well onto the service concepts at Boston College; lack of all sports and all music/arts represents a gap in the portfolio. (Basically, one is left to question what you would do for two or three hours each afternoon in High School. How did you fill the time and what would that gap be like if you were on your own at BC? Would you find social activities at BC or find boredom?)

One might have expected more subject honor societies in your academic awards but that might be tied to your school structure (but a top NJ school typically has subject area honor societies).

Your AP details are missing - your honors/AP count should have many AP courses in light of your weighted average and while AP scores are not used at Boston College for acceptance (only placement), AP course work is used to determine candidate acceptance criteria. A distribution in math, science, english, history, and foreign language would help our understanding.

As I read your profile, there is nothing that really stands out as your passion, the one area inside or outside of school that really ignites your interests. Perhaps this was explored in your essay? I hope your “really, really, really” want to go to BC came out in your application - not only why you want to attend, but what you expect to be able to contribute to the campus fabric.

In closing, you appear to be an academic fit. There are many intangibles not discussed in your profile that we have highlighted, however there is nothing here that disqualifies your application for sure.