Chance please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>Incoming senior, will chance back, thanks guys</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 93.64
Rank: Don’t think my school ranks </p>

<p>SAT I: Superscore - 690 CR, 690 M, 780 W (not sending SAT)
ACT: 34 (Breakdown - 35 English, 33 Math, 36 Reading, 31 Science, 8 Essay)
Subject Tests: USH - 760, Bio - 690 (retaking in October, expecting a 700+) , Math I or II in October, don’t know what I’ll get, hopefully a 700+ </p>

<p>AP Scores: Bio 5, USH 5 (school doesn’t offer many APs, 2-3 per year is the max you can take, can’t take any before junior year</p>

<p>Honors whenever possible except for Trig and Pre Calc in my sophomore and junior years</p>

<p>Took a Geology course in my highschool offered through SUNY Oneonta, earned 3 credits from that school</p>

<p>Taken French all 3 years and will take AP French next year </p>

<p>Fluent in Serbian, parents are immigrants </p>

<p>Extras: </p>

<p>Model UN (9th grade, plan to assume a leadership position in 12th)</p>

<p>Photography Courses (2 years, plan to take some classes in college)</p>

<p>Volunteered at Fordham University once a week in a program where I tutored underprivileged immigrant students in SAT/ACT and helped with their college processes (did last year, will do again this year, received outstanding volunteer award)</p>

<p>Internship at NYU Medical center, assisted in research under mentorship of leading cardiologist</p>

<p>Founder and president of Fitness Club at my high school </p>

<p>Hoping to get into NHS next year (this doesnt really matter, I know)</p>

<p>Grand Concours French Competition 9th and 10th, Honorable Mention in 10th </p>

<p>Will be volunteering at my church to assist with religious education classes once they start in the fall</p>

<p>I feel like I’m forgetting some but whatever, the list looks fine </p>

<p>Race - White/European
Gender - Male
Religion- Catholic (does this help at BC/Georgetown?)
School - very small, public, only 120 kids in my grade
New York State</p>

<p>THANK YOU !!</p>

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<p>bump anything?</p>

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<p>Dear ard1995 : Let’s open by dispelling the following myth - your school will rank you whether or not they tell you. How? They will provide the GPAs at the school by decile which will place you in the Top 10%, Top 20% and so forth. Since BC pulls 80% of the freshman class from the Top 10% of their High School classes (and 96% from the Top 25%), you will want to get a deeper understanding of this data from your guidance counselor.</p>

<p>Your ACT scores will be fine here. You might want to consider a foreign language SAT II exam in an effort to place out (550+) of language requirements.</p>

<p>Your leadership profile seems weak at this point - but perhaps there are some hidden jewels in your volunteerism or NYU internship? </p>

<p>Your lack of sports/music/arts (Fitness Club does not count here) does not augment your chances.</p>

<p>In closing, it does not appear that you are very connected to your High School class. Boston College is looking for students that augment campus life and adhere to the men and women for others Jesuit philosophy. If we are not seeing that in your profile here, how are you going to tease out those attributes in the application phase? There appears to be some work required here over the next three months to augment your profile.</p>