Chance me please. Applying EA tomorrow

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<p>Male
White
Elite Private High School
Class size 47
School does not rank</p>

<p>SAT
M 690
V 680
W 650
Taking the test again in Nov</p>

<p>SAT subject tests
Math 2 650
Literature- will receive scores on Thursday</p>

<p>GPA 92.46 on a 100 pt scale</p>

<p>AP Exam Scores
Biology-4
English Comp-4
U.S. History-5
Calculus AB-4
Chemistry-3</p>

<p>I have taken all the Ap classes my school has to offer (8 of them) and will take the AP exams for the last 3 at the end of this year when i finish those courses, i have recieved As in 4 of my AP classes and a B+ in the other. I have not gotten my first term grades back yet</p>

<p>Volunteer work
2005-2007 Volunteer WPS Volunteers (various)
July 2006 Volunteer Apalachian Service Project (tenessee)
Apalachian service project, building houses in tennessee for underprivileged families.
Avg. Hours: 40
2007 Volunteer Ocean City Democratic Club (Various)
Volunteering with the Ocean City/Assateague Democrats, giving out pamphlets and hanging up doorknob signs
2006/07 volutneer WPS Volunteer (WPS School)
Once a week traveling to various classrooms and taking out recycalables
Avg. Hours: 1</p>

<p>Employment History
summer 2005 Runner Castle In the Sand hotel (Ocean City, MD)
Avg. Hours: 30
summer 2006 Front Desk Clerk Castle In the Sand Hotel (Ocean City, MD)
Avg. Hours: 40
summer 2007 Front Desk Clerk Castle in the sand hotel (Ocean City, MD)
Avg. Hours: 40
summer 2004 Concession Stand Worker Planet Maze (Ocean City MD)
selling food products
Avg. Hours: 20</p>

<p>Honors & Awards
2005 Oratory Contest, zone winner Optimists club
advanced to fourth level in competition
2005 Academic Convacation Speech
Highest Academic Average
2006 Academic Convocation
Art Appreciation
2006 Earned membership to the National Honor Society
2007 Academic Covocation
Chorus
2007 Academic Convocation
For excellence in the Maryland Math League
2007 National Merit Scholarship Contestant
considered for the National Merit Scholarship for outstanding preformance on the PSAT
2007 AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>Activities & Interests
2006 National Youth Leadership Forum on Law NYLF
A week of learning how our legal system is run. Included seminars, mock trials, and mock supreme court cases
2005, 2006, and 2007 Upper School Musicals
The Pyjama Game, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, The Wiz
Fall 2005 and 2006 Golf, practice squad
2005 and 2006 Botball WPS
engineering program, working with physichal engineering in combonation with computer programing
Avg. Hours: 8
2005 Jv Basketball Manager
Managed Jv basketball team
2005-2007 Beak Speaks Newspaper
Staff
2006-07 SGA Representitive
a represetitive of the junior class in the Student Government Association
2005-06-07 Upper School Ensemble
An elite member of the upper school chorus
June 2007 Anti-Smoking Musical
writing and acting in a musical which is directed to show the consequences of smoking.
Contact: Colleen Mcguire
Avg. Hours: 6
2005/2006/2007 Upper School Chorus
A member of the upper school choral society
2006/2007 Drama Elective
A group dedicated to the dramatic arts
200/2008 beak speaks newspaper
Editor
2007/08 WPS Drama club (starting late october)</p>

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<p>probably get deferred to regular decision</p>

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<p>About one month ago, we posted some information from the Class of 2011 thread covering acceptances (honors/regular decision) and waitlist data taken from this site. This information is reproduced below.</p>

<p>Your three part SAT (2020) was exactly the score mentioned regarding waitlisting. You will likely get deferred to the regular decision pool ALTHOUGH .... your Apalachian service project in Tennessee is very interesting and a program in which BC itself is involved.</p>

<p>"Elite" High School means nothing in this context and a class size of 47 makes it tough to draw conclusions from your grades. Your AP scores, although all credit worthy, seem centered in the 4 range. "Elite" performance does not usually yield scores of 4.</p>

<p>After last year's Ivy League application debacle, it will be interesting to see if MORE students apply to the next set of schools, including BC, on an early action/decision basis. In fact, this could also make the BC early program tougher. Expect upwards of last year's nearly 30,000 applications for 2,250 spots in the freshman class.</p>

<h1>All of this said, best of luck.</h1>

<p>Posted these stats from the Class of 2011 discussion in another thread:</p>

<p>Accepted Honors, SAT/ACT Scores : 2290/33 (Honors), 2200 (Honors), 2210 (Honors), 2290/34 (Honors)</p>

<p>Accepted, SAT/ACT Scores : 1910, 2010, 34, 2180, 33, 2230/33, 2190/32, 1900, 2110, 2310/34, 2060, 2090, 2120, 1900, 2180</p>

<p>Waitlisted, SAT/ACT Scores : 2030, 2040/31, 2090, 2010, 1930, 2260, 1990, 2060, 1710, 27, 2070, 1990</p>

<p>From these scores, the average accepted application was around 2090 and waitlisted application was around 2020. If you remove the one 1710 score from the waitlist, the average is around 2050. You can see that BC is really looking for that 2100 mark and the 2050-2100 range is really where your essay and other application qualifications can make a big difference.</p>

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<p>True, but I don't think it's fair to draw conclusions from a handful of people on CC. BC themselves has said that their avg. admitted freshmen have an avg. SAT of 2020. Remember, CCers tend to be "above the curve" in most or all categories (scores, essays, ECs, etc.). Still, interesting data, thanks for posting it.</p>

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<p>You would probably get defer to regular decision. But a word of caution: compact. Don't ever send more than one page worth of resume material unless you have a lot of incredible things. They won't bother look at it--either out of sheer exhaustion or annoyance--and this is not just not BC alone, many colleges don't like 3-page resume that says nothing. Make your resume compact, tight, and still carries what you want it to carry. I don't know if you plan to list all of the posted, but I don't see anything worthwhile enough to make it so dam long.</p>

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<p>I agree with Reddune: if you are just going to list, pick a few things. OR, pick 5-6 things in leadership, volunteer, etc, and spend a FEW (like 2-3) sentences explaining them. Don't get too wordy.</p>