Chance a transfer, decent stats! Need inputs!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>Hi, I’m a graduating senior and currently attending a community college, I’m going to attend my state university during the fall, and thinking about transferring to another school after first semester because my state university is a bad ass. </p>

<p>Here are my stats:
ACT:30
GPA:3.8 (unweighted, top 5%)
Classes: Extremely rigorous, as rigorous as it can get in junior and senior year.
During my freshman and sophomore year, my mind was pretty fobbish, creating a total vacuum in both academics and social life. My latter part of the senior year is quite troubled, haunted by seniorities and depression, I got a D in calculus in the third quarter, and got a B and C in most subjects, got only 4 As, others are all Bs and maybe 1-2 Cs)
SAT I: sucks 1400 something out of 2400, hey, I didn’t even know english grammar when I took this crap.
SATII: Math II:700 U.S his:690 World His:740
ECs:
Student Page to the Maryland General Assembly
Nonviolence Club, founder and president
National Honor Society, 2 years.
Forensics Team
Envirothon Club
Environmental Club
Book Club
and other random stuff.</p>

<p>Went to community college twice, this summer I’m taking Statistics and Intro to Philosophy</p>

<p>Award:
AP Scholar with Distinction (I’m going to get a national AP Scholar this upcoming July, I’m pretty confident, haha)
Student of the Month
Art Award
and other random stuff</p>

<p>Hook:
I’m a poor Chinese immigrant who came to U.S at age fourteen, and basically started English from scratch. After suffering from four years of cultural awkwardness and financial destitution, I was recently once again pimped by my state university’s outrageous generosity for not giving me a single cent in attending their university. They somehow figured out that I had no choice but to attend their university, and after rejecting even to discuss with me about my financial status, poised themselves as financial imperialist, landlord, and Czar, whom present me, a proletariat, with the gift of a capitalist endeavor—20000 loans each year with compounding interest. (They don’t even give me stafford loan, they don’t even give me grant, they don’t give no nothing despite my EFC is 1/3 of the cheap tuition)
Additionally, I’m awesome at Chinese language and culture in every aspects imaginable. </p>

<p>I want to major in philosophy/international studies in BC if I were accepted. My reason for transfer being: the absence of international studies major in my current university, the absence of continental faculties in philosophy in my current university. </p>

<p>Suggest if I get like straight As in the first semester in my state university, do I stand a chance in transferring during the spring?
Please leave some critical comments. Tell me what should I improve and what should I not.
But unfortunately, my scientific prediction methods miserably failed in my application process. I was rejected by JHU, GT, GWU, and NYU because ???</p>

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<p>Dear pharmakeus01 : Some observations based on the information you have provided. First, a 1400 three-way SAT score is about 600 total points from the midpoint of BC's typical entering class.</p>

<p>Your writing style is a mess. Your mind was "fobbish", but your state school was "bad ass"? You were "pimped" by your state school? Your verb tense choices are mostly incorrect and for someone intending to study philosophy and international studies (which will require a huge volume of writing), this will be a major hurdle. Have someone you trust who is well versed with the language review what you have written here on college confidential as a starting point.</p>

<p>You were rejected by Johns-Hopkins, George Washington, and New York University because your application "hook" shows a lack of cohesive, reasoned prose, your high school senior year shows a lack of commitment to study, and your ACT score (the best of your board scores) is marginal at all of these fine universities. Your resume does not include any school sports teams, club sports, music, detailed information in the arts, volunteerism, or work experience.</p>

<p>Boston College gets 31,000 applications for 2,250 freshman spots. You need to be in the top 20-25% of the applicant pool to get an offer to attend. </p>

<p>The view is that your background is significantly short of the mark for BC. The college confidential readers should use this thread as a great example that AP courses are not enough for an admissions counselor to love your application.</p>

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<p>I applied as a transfer with a 3.4 HS GPA, 3.94 college GPA and a 2110 SAT and I got waitlisted. </p>

<p>First off, BC doesn't even take freshman spring transfers...you have to wait and spend two semesters at your current school. The earliest you can apply is for Fall 2009. That said, I think the chances of you getting in as a sophmore applicant are pretty slim. If you really want to go to BC, retake your SATs now and then spend two years improving your record at your state school. </p>

<p>Your hook may actually work against you...international applicants are often at a statistical disadvantage when applying as transfers. </p>

<p>Finally, you have to work on your writing...I really couldn't understand much of what you were trying to say in your post.</p>

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<p>yep, I need to work on my writing, I didn't know that my score in SAT totally ruined my admission, I shouldn't submit my SAT score.
Thanks for the inputs!</p>

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<p>His ACT overrides his SAT.</p>

<p>BC gives terrible aid. My EFC was $12K and they expected me to pay $29K a year, and the aid they gave me included $2.5K in work study and $4.5K in loans. If you can't afford $20K at a state school, don't even apply to BC.</p>

<p>I was accepted with a HS GPA of 3.2 UW, 30 ACT, and a College GPA of 3.65 at Bard College. I did research and played rugby, among other things.</p>

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<p>I don't know, I would make sure to cover my bases with some safety schools for sure.
BC had a 4% transfer rate this year 75/1850</p>