<p>Hi to any and all current BC students, who were borderline candidates but got in, I have a few questions that i am hoping you can answer or help me out with. Would you kindly pm me and I will explain, I promise it will only take a short while of your time. Thank you~</p>
<p>you probably wont get too many reponders when you say "borderline candidates" since it is "borderline" insulting to those who barely made it into BC</p>
<p>Look, just ask your question(s). Even if we are not borderline, we might know someone who was and might be able to answer your question(s).</p>
<p>ok here it goes...without getting into much detail, bottom line is i am a student who has been on a study incline since my disastrous 9th grade, since then I have continued to improve, my grades have gone up and i am in a full IB program taking a rigorous course load right now. I got a 1300 combined math/reading on my first sat and am taking again in Oct. My parents did not attend college.....BC is totally my first choice. When I visited I fell in love with the school.....I recognize that i am not perhaps the middle of the pack though i think i could stand a chance, question is what can i do to improve my chances? should i continue to call and make inquiries to the admissions office to let them know this is my first choice? I wish I could apply ed but everyone agrees its best to show as much as i can of my senior year grades so applying early would not be advantagous to someone like me. if you have any advice, i am open to hearing it. Thank you!</p>
<p>"should i continue to call and make inquiries to the admissions office to let them know this is my first choice?"</p>
<p>Absolutely useless. BC is not a demonstrated-interest school meaning it does not care how many time you contact and how loudly you declare that it's your first choice, it just does not consider it. As one college counselor put it:
"You can call me all you want, and we might become such good friend that I'll name my first born after you, but you're not getting just because you show interest."</p>
<p>Second, don't apply EA (early action) because it's slightly more competitive then. My advice to you is nothing profound:
a) raise your gpa/SAT
b) write an essay explaining your earlier struggle and what you learned from it and what you do to make yourself better--the IB curriculum does go a long way showing that you are challenging yourself.
c) have letters of recommendation that praise how much you've improved and what an amazing student you have been.</p>
<p>you better have lots of community service and EC's. BC weighs community service heavily in their admissions</p>
<p>mirage, that's one thing I do have, relatively speaking. I have done comm. service for three years straight and continue to tutor underpriveldged kids...i also hear they weigh in heavily on the IB curriculum. Is that true? If so I think that will help me too. Thanks.</p>