<p>hi, my GPA is a 3.58 UW and 4.0ish W but my SAT score is 2400. I also took a bunch of AP’s and SAT II’s and did well on those. i took all the hardest classes possible. </p>
<p>my EC’s are average.</p>
<p>If you are asking for a chance me at BC, I thin you stand a good chance because a perfect SAT score would be kind of tough for BC to pass up. And your GPA isn’t that bad.</p>
<p>Please clarify something.<br>
For many months, you stated in your previous threads that you were a sophomore with a 2200 SAT score. Now all of a sudden you state your SAT score is 2400. Is that a real score or something you’re speculating about?</p>
<p>Nope, I took the June SAT and it’s a 2400 :)</p>
<p>I think BC would surely pass up a perfect SAT score, as most schools would, if they thought the student wasn’t working to his ot her fullest potential. If you have the capability, why aren’t you using it? That looks bad. I’m nit saying you definitely won’t get in to BC though.</p>
<p>Dear purplepoppy07 : Ignore the SAT score for a moment despite its impressive nature. Remember that 80-85% of BC accepted students are in the Top 10% of their High School graduation class. Further, 96% are in the Top 25% of their scholastic classes.</p>
<p>With a 3.58 UW/GPA, you are likely in this second (Top 25%) grouping. Our point is that the competition and difficulty of course work will be targetted at that 80% community and as such, the work might require more academic ability than you have demonstrated in High School. </p>
<p>You will have a challenge to demonstrate that you have both improved your academic performance as you have progressed through High School and that your coursework is among the most rigorous offered at your school.</p>
<p>Even with both of those pieces in place, you are still by no means an auto-accept with a perfect SAT performance.</p>
<p>and yes, you’re right. i was honestly very lazy and didn’t care about grades or academics. definitely didn’t try as hard as i could have (and should have). i’m hoping the upward trend will mitigate the lowness of gpa. </p>
<p>very good points, thanks! i have never assumed that my SAT score would get me into BC automatically… actually it’s one of my “reach” schools.</p>
<p>i think a perfect SAT score shows you have an interest in academics to some extent.</p>
<p>An interest, perhaps, but college assignments and exams are far from being like the SAT (while assignments and exams in high school are naturally more similar…)</p>
<p>OP:</p>
<p>cannot comment on chances – since I have no idea – but suggest you also consider any and all colleges that offer NM scholarships. Schools like USC, for example, are aggressively playing the ratings game and would pay you to attend.</p>
<p>I don’t see how your resume look like a 50/50. I myself had a 4 UW GPA with probably a 3.6 W GPA and a 2020 SAT/ 30 ACT and I was admitted to Carroll last year. I’m not saying that I set the curve, but to say that those two credentials, when taken holistically, are not impressive enough for BC seems to be a bit misleading.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks! this gives me hope.</p>
<p>Trizz how could your UW GPA be higher than your W GPA?</p>
<p>probably a typo</p>
<p>Yes typo my apologies.</p>
<p>I would honestly say you are in, because you took the hardest classes. I had a 3.6 UW (4.1 W), 2320 SAT, and got into BC Honors. Don’t stress, kid, you have a lot of hope.</p>
<p>Purplepoppy… how did you get a 2400? What did you use to study, how much time did you study, any tips? I’m doing Kaplan right now because my highest score so far is a 1780, superscored 1830… I know it’s really bad, but what did you do to make that kind of score. I’m taking my next SAT in October, and I’m a rising senior. Thanks alot.</p>
<p>I didn’t take any classes but I went through so many practice tests. Just take a practice test, identify what you have trouble with. For me, it was mainly the CR section. </p>
<p>Read this, it really REALLY kept me from making stupid mistakes in the CR section.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/750399-how-attack-sat-critical-reading-section-effectively.html</a> </p>
<p>For math, I just stopped caring whether or not I was doing a problem the conventional way. If it’s quicker to plug in the answer choices than to do algebra, then by all means plug them in. You don’t have to show any work so use that to your advantage. </p>
<p>For the writing section, it’s all about the grammar. They really like using agreement (is vs are) and a lot of the questions test the same concepts. Even if you know grammar, never assume an answer is correct just because it sounds correct… the test makers use that to trick you. Also, for the “which version of this sentence is the best”, try not to read through every answer choice. Be brutal and eliminate an answer once you spot an error in it.</p>