Can I get in to Boston College?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I really love BC -- but want to know if it is a stretch and if it is what to do for the application process to make it possible for me. If you know the school well I would appreciate any advice or recommendations.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>3.8 GPA - AP curriculum
9th in class (small rural school -- graduates 150)
1410 SAT's </p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>2 sports...captain in one
Editor school newspaper
community service -- average stuff
mutiple school clubs and organizations...but didn't start any
play instrument in band (badly)</p>

<p>As you can see I have solid grades and SAT's (but not off the charts). My EC's are average. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>Just one thing, is this 1410/2400 or 1410/1600? o_O</p>

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<p>Sorry - 1410 out 1600. 2100 total.</p>

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<p>You’ve done all that you can do at this point. Your numbers are competitive. Write awesome essays and apply EA.</p>

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<p>agree write great essays and you have good chances :)</p>

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<p>Are you going to test again? Will you take the ACT as well?</p>

<p>Can you AFFORD BC? How much will your parents pay each year? Is it likely/possible that BC might expect your parents to pay more than they can afford?</p>

<p>What are your other schools? What are your financial safety schools?</p>

<p>With your stats, some schools will offer you big merit scholarships (like full tuition scholarships). Have you considered applying to a couple as financial safety schools?</p>

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<p>I am fortunate in the my parents tell me that they can and will pay for any school I can get in to (undergraduate only). However, certainly paying less for a good education is always a good thing. I have been told I need to seek merit scholarships.</p>

<p>I am applying to Maryland, Pitt, Villanova, Syracuse, and potentially Georgetown. I want a big school near a city with good education and spirited athletics.</p>

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<p>Also try Vanderbilt, Miami, Wake Forest, and Georgia.</p>

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<p>You’re stats are competitive, but BC is notoriously hard to get into, even for its ranking. You may want to throw in some safeties just in case.</p>

<p>Miami (not a great sports atmosphere, but a great teams and in a great city)
Maryland (not far from DC/Bmore, good sports atmosphere, mediocre teams)
Pitt (Not the greatest city, but good sports atmosphere; Penn State has better sports)
Villanova (great sports, great city, good academics)
Syracuse (far from a city but good sports atmosphere)
UNC (Raleigh is small, but still a city; good sports)
GTech (Atlanta, good sports)
UCLA/USC (good sports, big city)
Colorado (good sports atmoshpere and Denver near by)</p>

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<p>Your school sounds similar to my daughter’s but I would guess our school offers fewer APs (no one here would ever say they had an “AP curriculum.” We have had quite a few kids with your general profile apply to BC in recent years and many of them have been successful. However, I recall that a friend of my daughter who eventually accepted an offer of admission to Wellesley was waitlisted in the Early Action round and was denied admission RD. She was ranked higher than you were but had slightly lower standardized test scores. She was also captain of a sports team, newspaper editor and a member of many clubs.</p>

<p>Just make sure you don’t put all your eggs in the BC basket and I’m sure you’ll do fine come April 1.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-great school spirit and tremendous alumni network.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross is a good safety school for BC. It is like BC-light.</p>

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Having lived more than five years each in Miami, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, I’d easily chose Pittsburgh as the nicest of the three, all things considered, although Miami gets “best weather” (duh). Pittsburgh’s biggest disadvantage is that it is sort of geographically isolated from the northeast corridor. This isn’t surprising though considering it has been ranked as America’s most livable city multiple times by multiple publications (see [here[/url</a>], [url=<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09161/976252-53.stm]here[/url”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09161/976252-53.stm]here[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/29/cities-livable-pittsburgh-lifestyle-real-estate-top-ten-jobs-crime-income.html]here[/url]”>America's Most Livable Cities]here](<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07116/781162-53.stm]here[/url”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07116/781162-53.stm)</a>). Although, IMO, San Fran is the nicest all-around that I’ve lived in, despite the eternal fog. Penn State has a horrible basketball program and is not located anywhere near a city, so I’m not sure why they were brought up. BTW, Pitt = one of the best football/basketball sports combos (independent opinions to that regard [here](<a href=“http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13660952/top-footballbasketball-schools-resurgent-pitt-football-doing-its-part?tag=coverlist_active;coverlist_photo”>http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/13660952/top-footballbasketball-schools-resurgent-pitt-football-doing-its-part?tag=coverlist_active;coverlist_photo&lt;/a&gt;), [here[/url</a>] and [url=<a href=“http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1090378]here[/url]”>http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1090378]here](<a href=“http://cfn.scout.com/2/954366.html]here[/url”>http://cfn.scout.com/2/954366.html)</a>).</p>