<p>I don’t understand the reasoning behind such negative responses. </p>
<p>BC’s website states that students with the best chances for admission “have followed a rigorous academic program and shown stellar classroom performance.” Certainly 5 AP’s and an unweighted GPA of 3.96 would qualify there.</p>
<p>Also, the OP’s test scores are near the high end of the range for the students BC admitted last year. The OP has a combined SAT score of 2090: BC’s mean was 2061 and the middle 50% was 1910-2110. Also, his CR subscore (730) and his math subscore (710) are over/at the top end of BC’s middle 50%: 610-710 for CR and 630-720 for math. And his writing subscore (650) is still in the middle 50%: 620-710.</p>
<p>With good EC’s, essays, and recommendations, I’d say he has a better than 50/50 chance of EA admittance.</p>