<p>Dear yaomingho : In order to understand the role of the SAT I/SAT II exams in the evaluation process of your application, take a few minutes to review either the full text available at the Boston College web site on the admissions process … </p>
<p>[The</a> Admission Process - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process.html]The”>http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process.html)</p>
<p>… or the standardized testing requirements available on-line …</p>
<p>[Requirements</a> - Boston College](<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/requirements.html#Standardized%20Testing]Requirements”>http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/requirements.html#Standardized%20Testing)</p>
<p>… or the summary picture available through the college board web site …</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Boston College - BC - SAT®, AP®, CLEP®](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>Now, some thoughts about your credentials as expressed in your summary profile. First and foremost, concern should be flagged about the critical reading score of 630 (low end score) and the view that your essays were great. Without reviewing the essay personally, we will have to accept your evaluation of great, but the critical reading score might imply that your connective thoughts in your free form writing might be somewhat disjointed for some readers. Have you had your essay reviewed by a trusted teacher?</p>
<p>A weak counselor recommendation, due to the fact that your counselor does not know you well, could also represent a gap in your profile. Hopefully, your counselor was able to share more than a bullet list of activities and could actually explain your involvement with your High School.</p>
<p>Obviously, chemistry is not your passion.</p>
<p>Your unweighted GPA at 3.5 is low and usually not a top 10% figure. (As a general point, there are numerous students on college confidential who post that their schools do not rank the graduating class. While you might not personally get a numerical ordering handed to you, be aware that such a ranking does always exist. Your High School, as part of their academic profile forwarded with your transcript, will typically send data like the “Top 5% had averages above X”, the “Top 10% had averages above Y” and so forth. It is in your best interest to be aware of this data. All too often, students believe that they are in the top of their class or that such data does not matter but when highly selective schools review their application, the candidate turns out to be only first or second quartile, not Top 5-10%.)</p>
<p>Based on your data, BC does feel like a stretch school for your application - your class average, rank, and standardized test scores in spots are average. You would be well placed to look for a couple of safer options to back up your bid for Boston College.</p>