Thought i'd never do this, but... chances please

irishforever
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:28:34 +0000

You certainly have a chance RD, especially with your legacy status. Your scores and grades were not high enough for EA–they like the hard stats to be much higher for that more selective round–but they may not be high enough for RD, so you are not a lock. Unfortunately, being from Massachussetts will actually hurt your chances. BC was largely a commuter school for many years, but they have changed that dramatically over the last 20 years. BC wants to have a national reputation and appeal, thus they are taking fewer students from Massachussetts in their quest to have kids from all over the country. They get large numbers of applicants from MA, so inevitably it then becomes one of the most competitive pools of students. They want the best kids they can get from MA. Students from New York, CT and NJ have similar problems since they also have large applicant pools from those states.

Your sports and ECs are solid, but may not be enough to outweigh the academic stats. You still have a shot, though it may depend on how many have appllied from your school, and how you compare to them and the others applying from MA.

Good luck!!