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<p>Regular Decision 2014
White Female
Roman Catholic
Very competitive school in NW Florida
Unweighted GPA 3.7, weighted 4.4 (lots of honors and ap lol)
ACT 33
very good recs, good senior grades</p>

<p>senior schedule:
Latin IV
AP Chemestry
AP Calculus BC (independent study, not offered at my school)
AP Literature
Psychology (independent study AP, not offered at my school)
AP Micro/Macro Economics
First quarter grades are all a’s.</p>

<p>Past AP Classes:
AP Government (3) - soph year
AP Biology (2) - soph year (bad i know, ha)
AP US History (3) - jr year
AP Language (4) - jr year
AP Calculus AB (5) - jr year
Plan on taking AP exams for Chem, Calc, Lit, Psych, Micro and Macro this year.</p>

<p>Took all honors freshman year, maxed out all classes.</p>

<p>Resume:
Academic Extras
• 2 years of FL Virtual School Spanish
• AP Calculus BC (FL Virtual School) – not offered at GBHS
• AP Psychology (independent study) – not offered at GBHS
• Immediate Scholarship Reserve for Navy ROTC. Scholarship awarded pending medical/physical examination.
• AP Scholar (Score a 3 or higher on 3 or more AP exams)
• History Fair (school and county): 1st place at school History Fair, Honorable Mention at County History Fair(11th)</p>

<p>Sports
• Competitive Equestrian: three day eventing (all 4 years)
• JV Basketball (11th grade)</p>

<p>Clubs
• Latin Club: member (all 4 years)
• ABC Club: founder/president (11th and 12th)
• Swing Dancing Club: member (10th)
• Student Government: Senator/class representative (11th and 12th)</p>

<p>Academics
• Latin Competition (9th)
• Calculus Team (11th, intend to participate 12th grade year)
• Math Competition (11th)</p>

<p>Volunteering
• Office Aid at school (11th and 12th)
• Over 100 hours with ABC Club (11th, intend to participate the same amount 12th grade year)
• Math and Chemistry tutoring (11th and 12th)</p>

<p>Jobs
• TCBY (03/08-07/08); approximately 20 hours a week.
• Babysitting (all 4 years); approximately 5 hours a week.
• Nanny (06/09-08/09); approximately 35 hours a week.</p>

<p>Honor Societies
• Spanish Honor Society: Member (10th-12th)
• Latin Honor Society: Member (11th and 12th)
• National Honor Society: Member (11th and 12th)
• Rho Kappa- History Honor Society: Founding year member (12th)</p>

<p>Miscellaneous
• National Leadership Forum – Harding University: Scholarship from Civitan Club of Pensacola (11th summer)
• Nominated for National Forum on Medicine (all 4 years)</p>

<p>Elaboration on Important Events
• Equestrian: Three day eventing all four years; Participated in 3 major rated events at nationally renowned facilities such as Poplar Place (GA), River Glen (TN) and Rocking Horse (FL); participated in schooling events in three day eventing, hunter/jumper and stadium jumping; was a working student for Angela Gotler in 11th grade; invested 10-15 hours a week in the sport.
• ABC Club: founded in 11th grade year; president both 11th and 12th grade; raised $2000 for American Cancer Society; organized Guitar Hero Tournament; collected over 200 bags of necessities for patients families at the Ronald McDonald House.
• Student Government: served on homecoming court committee; served on prom court committee; served on member motivation committee.</p>

<p>Essay was very good (reviewed by many people), on losing a house to a hurricane, and how to overcome such a tragedy.</p>

<p>Anything else? Thanks so much, honest opinions please (=</p>

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<p>Dear yellowbird : Outstanding qualifications across the board. Certainly, you would be a fine addition to the Boston College academic community based on this profile. Please note our post in your other thread regarding NROTC participation. That seems to be a huge decision point for you at this point and our recommendation is to do some serious soul searching on that subject.</p>

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<p>I was just deferred from Duke Early Decision (the reason i didn’t apply EA to BC), so BC is now higher up on my list, as it was my second choice after Duke! The NROTC thing is fine with me, i am the type of person to get what i want, and if getting up at 530 a few times a week gives me the opportunity to go to the school i want to go to, its not a big deal to me. (sorry if that came off as snide or rude, it wasn’t meant to be :P) I’m hoping i have a shot at BC, i really am still puzzling over my deferral at duke, and hoping i dont get a negative response from BC as well.</p>

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<p>hey yellowbird,
I’m new to all of this, but I think you have a really good chance at getting in. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>I would be very surprised if you don’t get admitted to BC.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Scottj, thanks so much for giving me the info about ROTC, thought i would come back and thank you about that, it gave me a lot to think about, and while i still plan on attending BC if i get in, i doubt heavily that i will be part of the ROTC division.</p>

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<p>Yellowbird:</p>

<p>I hope BC works out for you. But since you asked for “honest opinions” I thought I’d throw out mine. While your ACT is great, your AP scores are not-as hot, particularly since you attend a “very competitive” school. (“Very competitive” schools tend to yield high testers, on subject tests and on AP tests.) Indeed, your AP scores are probably what got you deferred at Duke.</p>

<p>Since its too late to add subject tests, I would suggest you send each college a ‘Why College’ essay (if you didn’t already for Durham) to show the adcoms your fit for thier august institution. Unfortunately, your RD compeition is plenty of 3.7s at competitive schools that have 4’s and 5’s on their AP records (or 700+s in subject tests).</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your opinion, and yes, i agree my testing in biology and history are not hot. My school is very competitive in my area in Florida, but i do not live in Miami, Tampa or Orlando, and live in a place where education is not so hot, a big fish in a small pond one might say. I did send Duke a “why Duke” essay, and intend to send a letter closer to decision time. Your response gives me an idea as to why i was deferred at duke, but isn’t clear as to whether I have a good shot at BC or if my AP scores will hurt me too much there as well.
Thanks.</p>

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<p>^^Yes, and yes. I think your scores will hurt you slightly but I also think you have a good shot since the rest of the app appears very strong.</p>

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<p>Thank you.</p>