Chance Me (My EC game is real)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>Hello</p>

<p>White Male - New York - Applying Early Action</p>

<p>SAT - 700 Reading 690 Math 650 CR</p>

<p>GPA - 3.6 UW 3.9 Weighted (Got a C in pre calc Junior Year :frowning: ) </p>

<p>Course load - Most Rigerous
Sophomore - A.P. World
Junior - A.P.U.S.H., A.P. Biology, A.P. English, Self Study A.P. Compsci
Senior - A.P. English A.P. Enviro. A.P. Calc AB,</p>

<p>Extra Curricular -</p>

<p>-3 Year Internship/ Research partnership at Columbia University (Probably get one of my letters of rec from here)
-Winner of Intel Excellence in Computer Science award for research
-Founder and President of Computer Science Club - 3 years</p>

<p>-Manager of small local business (Scheduling hiring training etc.)
-Waiter at restaurant on weekends
-Total work time ~12 hours / week</p>

<p>-NHS - 100+ hours of volunteer work.
-2 Varsity Sports for 3 years each</p>

<p>More Misc extras (Piano member of multiple clubs etc.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I don’t think so
sorry.</p>

<p>Haha just kidding. You have a good chance, but again, it is all a crap-shoot once you start applying to top schools. </p>

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<p>My heart sank for a second haha</p>

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<p>Please reply</p>

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<p>I’d say it’s a pretty good chance but don’t limit options</p>

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<p>Don’t get a letter of rec from someone at your lab. Get it from a classroom teacher. If you do want a rec from the lab, it should be supplemental. You don’t want to upset admissions officers by giving them more work.</p>

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<p>Also, you asked for a chance me, but never gave any schools
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<p>@AnnieBeats Haha sorry I posted it in the Boston College sub forum I thought that was enough. But yeah Boston College. Thanks for replying I appreciate it. How does the whole supplemental thing work
?</p>

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<p>Oh sorry, I didn’t pay attention. Supplements are basically something that gives a college a better image of who you are as a person. You should only include an additional rec if it shows a dimension of you that the college doesn’t see see from the two initial letters</p>

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<p>@jpm50 hey you replied in my other thread. Could I have your opinion here? My SAT is 2050 now and i’m taking it next week so it will probably be around 2100 by the time I apply. Thanks!</p>

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<p>@JellyFishh:
It appears you have a profile that should be “considered”, but understand that we can only see part of your application. Even if we could see the whole application, no one, not even the adcoms, can tell you if you’ll be admitted or not.</p>

<p>We do not get to see your essay, your teacher evaluations, some understanding of who you were in those ECs, the hardships you may have had in your personal life (like work to keep food on the family table), or BC’s track record with applicants from your high school.</p>

<p>How badly do you want to get accepted to BC?<br>
From the moment you knew you were going to retake the SATs, did you spend all your waking hours studying for them (either via paid SAT prep courses or via all the free material available)?<br>
What are you doing to get straight A’s in your classes this semester? </p>

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<p>Update - SATs now 2100 (720M 700CR 680W)</p>