Advice to help me get accepted? Chances as well (:

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>I plan on achieving a master’s degree in Business Management at Boston. I am also planning to apply Early Decision within the next month so I would appreciate as much feedback as possible please! I attend a very competitive school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It is in the top 50 rankings of public schools in Pennsylvania. </p>

<p>Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (Polish and 15% Jamaican)</p>

<p>SAT I Score: 2030
ACT: 31
Subject Tests: I did good on both Math I and Math II
WGPA: 4.05 (Freshman-Junior Cumulative)
GPA: N/A
AP Tests:
AP Calc AB - 4
AP Environment Science - 3</p>

<p>High School Classes:</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
English 10
Accelerated Pre-Calculus
+American History
+Spanish 3
+Biology
+Chemistry
Marketing
Business Today</p>

<p>Junior Year:
AP Environmental Science
AP Calculus AB
+English
+American Gov/Econ Sys
+Spanish 4
Business Administration
Fiction: Film</p>

<p>Senior Year (Expecting to Rise GPA to around a final 4.15):
AP Statistics
AP Calculus BC
AP Macroeconomics
+English 12
+Physics (Last of 3 Major Sciences)
Spanish 5 (5 years of Spanish)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Yearbook Production
Key Club (10-12)
Other Community Service Projects outside of school
National Junior Honors Society (9)
National Honors Society (12)
Environmental Club (11-12)
Built an environmentally efficient house as a group
Mathletes Club Officer (11-12)
Future Business Leaders of America (10-12)
Future Doctors of America (11-12)
Student Government Representative (11-12)
Varsity Lacrosse (11-12)
Varsity Ice Hockey (9-12):
Captain Junior and Senior Year
Led my team in points Sophomore Year
Travel Club Ice Hockey Since 4 years old</p>

<p>How can I better my chances? Thank you (:</p>

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<p>UniversityTalk:
Last October, you posted many chance-me entries, and they all had the wording:</p>

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<p>Then in all of them you went on to describe the activities you were engaged in during your 12th grade.</p>

<p>Now you’re posting nearly a cut-n-paste of all those year old posts.</p>

<p>My questions are:</p>

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<li><p>Did you graduate HS already and are now taking a year off?</p></li>
<li><p>Or are you now a HS senior, and you were less than truthful last in your posts last year?</p></li>
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<p>Despite your shady past I don’t see you getting in. Tests scores are low, not that many difficult courses, nothing great about your ECs either.</p>

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<p>Dear UniversityTalk : First, we are glad that you did “good” on the Math I and Math II exams, but we would have preferred that you did “well” on the English exams. Be sure to consider your usage since an error such as this in the essay section is considered to be a major faux-pas.</p>

<p>Your weighted GPA at 4.05 feels like it might be outside of the Top 10% in your current class - which will in turn be an issue on the numbers. From a curriculum strength perspective, we are missing advanced sciences, history, English, and foreign language (advanced = advanced placement or college level courses). If your school is as competitive as you suggest, this will imply that your course selection is even further behind the top course offerings at your High School.</p>

<p>The ice hockey could be a hook if you are a top level player being recruited for an NCAA Division I Collegiate Hockey program.</p>

<p>Your extra curricular activities are complete - and we would normally ask questions on leadership and community impact at this point. However, we are sufficiently concerned on your academic rigor that we do not believe that the other elements will matter at this point. Overall, we fear that the academic rigor and performance could well be short of the mark.</p>