<p>doing this for a friend</p>
<p>Gpa: UW 3.8, W 4.25
Sat: 2100
Act: 32
Sat 2: History 800, Math 2 750, Bio 730</p>
<p>AP: calc AB 4, APUSH 5, Bio 4
Taking Gov and Calc BC</p>
<p>EC’s:</p>
<p>President CSF
Swim teacher
Flute (in outside of school band)
Did swimming freshman/soph year</p>
<p>Any chance for any money?</p>
<p>Come on guys…bump</p>
<p>My d had similar stats</p>
<p>ACT 33
GPA 3.97 UW</p>
<p>Got in early I’d say your friend has a great chance</p>
<p>thank you. Does BC give out decent scholarships?</p>
<p>All of BC’s financial aid is need-based. It is a “100% of needs met” school, but the financial aid package can contain a significant amount of loans. The lower your EFC, the better you will be treated by BC. </p>
<p>BC does not give out any merit scholarships except the full-tuition Presidential Scholarships. These go to just 15 - 20 students out of the EA pool each year.</p>
<p>""It is a “100% of needs met” school, but the financial aid package can contain a significant amount of loans. "'</p>
<p>I think BC is more like 95% of needs met. There are a number of threads on here from students stating that BC is a “gap school” that <em>almost</em> meets need, but leaves a gap for the student or parent to scramble to fill. BC is also one of the schools that expects parents to take equity loans on their home and/or reduce their 401k contributions in order to meet your college expenses. If you are in the upper middle class (i.e., your parents make more than $100k or so) and have not a lot saved in a college fund (or your fund is now only 1/3 or 1/2 what it was before the market crash) then you will likely be a gap admission and your out-of-pocket will exceed your EFC at BC.</p>
<p>worried_mom is correct in that my understanding from personal experience and from eading here and elsewhere is that BC gives loans more often than it gives grants, even to those in need.</p>
<p>BC is one of the thirty or so colleges in the US that claim to be “100% of needs met.” Remember that a family’s “need” is defined by the school, not the family, so there can indeed be a “gap” from the family’s perspective, as umboFever suggests. The difference in EFC usually comes from BC’s definitions of income/assets and what % they expect a family to have available from past and/or future earnings.</p>