<p>SAT:
CR-730
M-650
W-640
total: 2020
(Just took the SAT again and felt pretty good about it; should be around 2150 this time)</p>
<p>Rank: Top 10% (37 out of 478)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.45 unweighted (upward trend)</p>
<p>APs:
AP World History (5)
AP US History (5)
AP English Language (5)
AP Biology
AP English Literature
AP Psychology
AP Statistics
AP French V</p>
<p>the rest of my classes have been honors/GT level with 1-2 standard level classes here and there</p>
<p>ECs:
All County Band - 6 years; 1st chair clarinet for 2 years
All State Band
County Solo & Ensemble - 6 years; superior rating for 6 years
State Solo & Ensemble - 6 years; superior rating for 6 years
Civil Air Patrol - 2 years; Flight Sergeant; Wright brothers award
NHS
Key Club
Model UN - 2 years
Math Club
Varsity Badminton team - 3 years
Marching band
UMD Young Scholars Program 2011</p>
<p>Your GPA is low, higher test scores can help balance this out a bit though. Your ECs show a demonstrated interest/commitment to key activities, which is good. I can’t say much more, other that at this point it could probably go either way. I’m sure ScottJ will chime in with some good advice though. If not, private message him. He’s usually a big help in these kinds of threads on the BC board.</p>
<p>Dear haclyon : At a 2020 total, your SAT I scores are average - if you can pick up that 80-100 points, particularly with those 600-range scores, you will become more attractive as an applicant on the numbers.</p>
<p>Why do we say that? Simple : Are you absolutely sure about your class rank?</p>
<p>A 3.45 unweighted average (somewhere slightly above a B+) does not feel like a Top 10% ranking. The overall profile of your current high school’s Top 10% would be an interesting statistical review.</p>
<p>Your AP curriculum reads well (as do your scores) and will clear some mandatory requirements at BC. Certainly an AP Calculus class would be preferred to the AP Statistics and another science would be welcomed, but compared to the overall profile, these are minor points.</p>
<p>How important is your clarinet playing? Hopefully you will continue your playing as certainly Boston College has some wonderful ensembles and I would highly recommend reaching out to the University Wind Ensemble as your County/State level experience would be important to this quality organization.</p>
<p>In your extra curriculars, you are missing any positions (leadership skills) or decision making responsibilities. Being able to highlight your impact in your clubs and activities will be important in your application. What do you have in terms of community volunteerism perhaps with NHS that might help bolster your community impact story?</p>
<p>In closing, what are you thinking about discussing in your essay? Remember that you have to convince the readers that you make Boston College a better community with you than without you - hence, one reason why I thought underscoring your arts experience might be a great value to your application.</p>
<p>Wow thanks scottj! A lot of good info and suggestions </p>
<p>My school’s GPA is weighted, so since I took almost all GT/AP classes since freshman year along with the fact that a B in GT/AP equals an A in honors or standard, my rank is relatively high. I just checked again today and found that my GPA is 3.49 and my class rank is now 29 out of 460 (top 10%)</p>
<p>Playing clarinet is one of the extracurriculars that I focused on the most, so it’s pretty important. Would contacting the University Wind Ensemble have an impact on admissions if my intended major is something other than music?</p>
<p>I made sure to emphasize my leadership position (Flight Sergeant) in Civil Air Patrol by writing about it in the short answer section, so hopefully that’ll help as well. Besides that I don’t really have that many leadership positions.</p>
<p>For my essay I wrote about conquering my fear of heights on a rappel tower. It’s more of a story with a moral/lesson at the end. Would that be too generic?</p>