<p>OK, here it goes. I will try not to make this too long.</p>
<p>Applying EA</p>
<p>GPA - 94 out of 100
Weighted GPA - 96 out of 100
(don’t know how to convert that to 4.0 Scale)</p>
<p>Ranked 31 out of 332 (talk about making the 10% mark)</p>
<p>Majority of classes were AP and Honors</p>
<p>SAT I - 2080 or 1360 (CR and Math)
ACT - 30 (might not send this in, I don’t know what it buys me)
SAT II in Math 1 and History - both in the high 600’s</p>
<p>NCTE winner plus a few other local and regional awards I won’t bore you with here.</p>
<p>Editor in Chief of the Newspaper
Lead Attorny - Mock Trial
Student Leadership Council
Peer Tutoring
Habitat for Humanity
Varsity Wrestling
Varsity Golf</p>
<p>Attended National Student Leadership Council one summer, as well as other college run summer programs throughout high school.</p>
<p>Part time job for the past 2 years</p>
<p>Essay and recommendations should be very strong.</p>
<p>Dear lottastrikes : Something that always intrigues us in these posts is that the essay and recommendation letter are always "very strong". When folks post asking about their chances, how would they know that their essays are "strong" unless they have seen many other essays competing in the same space? But we digress.</p>
<p>You have obviously seen other threads that read like yours. Top ten percent, check (barely!). SAT I scores acceptable at the midpoint, check. ACT score, somewhat more marginal, but check. SAT II scores, slightly below marginal in the 600s for BC. Sports, check (although not much detail). Activities, some, check. Music and arts, missing. Honor societies and academic awards, missing.</p>
<p>Seems that you are right on the midpoint for BC overall - based on the scores for last year's class. Therefore, I am not sure that BC would be able to give you an immediate thumbs-up for an early application. Would be interested in hearing from others if they believe that an application nearly matching the overall midpoint has a better chance in EA or RD. (My guess would have been RD, but I want to hear other views.)</p>
<p>Again, some of this might actually depend on the possible depressed number of applications this year given the financial crisis which many folks might not be fully factoring into collegiate plans.</p>
<p>Thanks scottj, and I appreciate your input. I agree with the scores being mid-point, thus the reason for this thread. As far as the honors go, I guess I could mention National Honor Society, Italian Honor Society, and English Honor Society. I have also won a regional math fair award (at Hofstra), and other regional and local writing and poetry contests but did not want to bore you with those. I believe that the NCTE award is a huge plus, do you agree? This is a national award. I mention my essays as being very good, becuase writing is my strong suit (thus the NCTE award) and I believe that will come through in my essay.</p>
<p>i agree, you have just as much as a shot as all the other very qualified applicants like yourself. a very good match school and i would not be surprised at all if you were accepted. i would expect a waitlist at the least</p>