Chance me for BC Business

<p>Schools I am applying for at Boston College:

  1. Business
  2. Liberal Arts
  3. Undergrad
    I would like to know my chances of getting into each of these schools, and any recommendations for improving these chances are greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.734 UW / 4.009 Weighted (We are on a college grading scale that receives +/- 0.33 for grades like A- or B+)</p>

<p>Rank: Our school is an extremely competitive all-boys school, and we do not release rank.</p>

<p>SAT: 660 M / 600 W / 600 CR</p>

<p>ACT: 27</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>-Over 100 hours of community service, done at various locations, such as Feeding the Homeless and working at a daycare center.

  • 4 Years on the wrestling team (3 on Varsity)
  • Member of various clubs for 2-3 years
  • Currently holding a job at Pac Sun that I have had since March (Hoping this helps as I am applying to business school and holding a retail position)
  • I am starting a club this year called the Feed the Homeless club, and while I realize it is a little late to be doing so, I still think it should help me.</p>

<p>Other Info:
-I can write stellar essays, as writing is my strong point
-I plan on raising my scores as I realize they are a weak point in my application.</p>

<p>BC is a reach for you. Work on getting those SATs to a 2000+ type score.</p>

<p>I agree, its a reach. Raise the sat to 2100+ and the act to 30+. also try to raise your gpa since it is not outstanding. Ec’s are alright, but be sure that you highlight some kind of leadership roles. And how many ap classes did you take? Scores? If you raise testing scores and gpa then bc wont be as much of a reach.</p>

<p>I Took 1 AP (Language) and scored a four on the exam along with three honors (Physics, Algebra II, Spanish III). Next year I am taking 2 APs (Lit and Environmental Science) and two more honors (Spanish IV and Pre-Calc). I total out to twelve honors and 3 APs. I plan on raising my test scores as you said, but why would I need to raise both? I will also be able to highlight a couple leadership positions within my ECs, such as captain of the Varsity Wrestling team and club president.</p>

<p>Any other recommendations?</p>

<p>okay the ap’s seem pretty good and i was just saying to raise both because i dont know which of the two you are submitting</p>

<p>I would definitely recommend taking the act multiple times, because Boston College is one of the few universities that will superscore the act. being from the midwest, the act is more prevalent, but you just have to figure out which test suits you better, because they do test different parts of your intelligence.</p>

<p>Yeah, I am planning on taking all three ACT tests this fall, as overkill-ish as that sounds. I also understand that schools do not like a high number of test attempts, but in my opinion, it reflects tenacity and willingness to succeed.</p>

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Are you sure it will help?</p>

<p>Does the rest of your application support that it’s part of your nature to start such a club, especially just before you’re applying to schools. Colleges are quite experienced at seeing through this if it isn’t the real you.</p>

<p>Retake is not overkill. YOu will need a higher number</p>

<p>Dear JTaylor12 : First, it is unclear whether your application is destined for CSOM (business) or CAS (arts and sciences). In either case, your board scores are a major initial hurdle. With an ACT middle 50% range of 30-33, your 27 might well be below the bottom quartile. While I have yet to validate this next data point, I have heard that the Boston College middle 50% range was statistically huge this year (Class of 2015) with the range from 1950 to 2220. Your 1860 is roughly 100 points below the 25th percentile level.</p>

<p>Second, on the academics front, an A- GPA (3.7) will not be a selling point against those board scores. While weighted to a 4.0, three advanced placement exams (mentioned later in this thread) will not stand out compared to the competition. Your courses were language, literature, and environmental science (a so-called AP Lite course). You are missing Calculus AB/BC, Core Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), and History (American, European, World). In short, it is likely that your coursework is short of the most difficult offered at your High School and that will be seen with a very critical eye by the admissions team at Boston College. This might well be a more significant issue than your test scores.</p>

<p>Reading your extra curriculars left many gaps in time over the academic year. While an active participant in wrestling, that would still leave the Fall and Spring seasons without any sports engagements. The clubs are difficult to evaluate (since you did not name them), however the idea that you are starting a new club feels like you are focusing on a very small point of your profile when in fact there any many much larger gaps. We noted that music and the arts are also missing from your profile. The volunteerism is “nice” but not overwhelming. Are there any honor societies that can be mentioned?</p>

<p>This review might sound tough and unfair. Perhaps it is, but so is the college admissions process and you will be competing against 30,000 others for a spot at Boston College. Approximately 7,000 will be accepted and approximate 2,250 will eventually enroll. To be accepted, you need to identify the aspect of your application that makes you one of the top 7,000. Based on this brief profile, that point has not come shining through as yet.</p>

<p>To be safe, you should also plan to spend some time with your guidance counselor to review your other potential applications and your fit for those institutions. You need to make sure that you have several “expected and match” schools. At this time, Boston College appears to be a huge stretch school for you.</p>

<p>Thanks scottj, I shot you a pm. Any other insights?</p>

<p>jpm50: I have been feeding the homeless since my freshman year with my family, so I don’t feel like it will be seen as a “last minute ditch effort” because I am simply making my service ‘official’, for a lack of a better term.</p>

<p>Bluebayou: Thanks for the insight. I will be retaking the ACT, starting with the September test.</p>