<p>i am a senior at a very prestigious hs in pa
Hispanic male first generation with about a 3.2-3.3 gpa with 7 honors courses and 3aps
and one dual enrollment
150 hours volunteer work
varsity golf
school news papers
several clubs
overall hardworking and will get good recs and write amazing essays
i am a bilingual and have had a job outside of school during the summer
1810 sat I
what do you think early action?</p>
<p>roman catholic as well and i had a cousin go there and graduate</p>
<p>going to major in religious studies btww</p>
<p>80% of BC students were in the top 10% of their high school classes, I suspect that with a 3.2-3.3 that you are outside that level. Your SAT Is are slightly below the 25th%-tile for BC. In your favor you are a URM.</p>
<p>EA is often believed to be tougher than RD. I think the best you can hope for EA is a deferral to the regular decision pool. I just don’t know if your URM status will be enough to overcome your low stats. If you have held leadership positions on your teams, clubs or at work that will help, but in all honesty BC is a reach for you.</p>
<p>i know that but i have a lot of solid ecs and recs from priests and im going into theology so i mean idk and we dont rank either</p>
<p>The risk is that you are getting your hopes up too high for BC and aren’t exploring other options that will provide you with the education that you want while also being a more likely admit. First and foremost BC is a highly competitive educational institution. BC looks for and chooses students who they believe will be successful in their demanding academic environment. Solid ECs and recommendations aren’t substitutes for a high GPA and strong test scores.</p>
<p>There are many other fine Jesuit institutions where you can get an equally strong education in religion/theology while having a much higher chance of admittance. You have probably already looked at the list, but here is a link showing the 28 Jesuit colleges sorted by geographic region. For example, your GPA would be roughly 50th%-tile and your SATs 75th%-tile at Xavier in Cincinnati and St. Joe’s in Philadelphia. A possible safety might be Le Moyne in Syracuse. I just think your chances are very thin at BC and you should be preparing an alternate plan.</p>
<p>[Jesuit</a> Colleges and Universities](<a href=“Jesuits Homepage - Jesuits.org”>Jesuits Homepage - Jesuits.org)</p>
<p>Dear hawkman7777 : At the risk of beating a dead issue, vinceh points to a very appropriate issue. Getting your hopes too set on what is clearly a significant stretch school for your academic numbers is distracting you from identifying an appropriate fit (both safety and slight strech schools) for your background and field of study. We have seen a rash of chance-me threads recently where the posting candidates are clearly not doing some elementary research as to what BC expected as of two years back (college board), what other candidates experienced from the Class of 2013 (applicant stats on the top of this board), and some comparisons with their cohorts (other chance-me threads on this board). In short, focusing on BC as an “expected acceptance” with bottom quartile stats across the board is a recipe for disappointment.</p>
<p>Your GPA (slightly above a “B”), your board scores (1810) are bottom quartile performances as indicated. To overcome that obstacle you have to have some amazing unique attribute that you possibly bring to the BC student body. Right now, that is not obvious in your profile. Good luck with your college search for schools more in line with your profile. If we can help, please ask.</p>