Chances at Boston College, Tufts, and Holy Cross?!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>What are my chances so far as a pre-med student, and does anyone have any suggestions for increasing my chances? I think I could get pretty good recommendations and am considering applying ED. </p>

<p>Female
25% Asian
Upcoming junior </p>

<p>I know I don't have any ACT or SAT scores yet, but I scored a 28 on and ACT practice as a soph with no preparation and plan on raising it. </p>

<p>9th:
All advanced classes and required electives (As in everything, except A- in geometry)</p>

<p>10th:
Acc. Pre-calc, honors English, honors Spanish 4, honors bio, honors chemistry, honors mw history, photo 2 and other required electives (all As besides A- in precalc)</p>

<p>Upcoming 11th classes:
Ap bio, ap physics, ap lang, honors gov, honors Spanish 4, calc 1, photo 3, and yearbook</p>

<p>Likely 12th classes:
Ap Spanish, ap stat, ap chem or ap physics 2, ap macro, honors lit, anatomy</p>

<p>Current GPA (w): 4.03 (planning on raising it with this years aps)</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-HS field hockey all four years (varsity 11th and 12th)</p>

<p>-indoor field hockey club team 10th-12th</p>

<p>-clubs national festival team member 10th-12th</p>

<p>-science research club 11th-12th</p>

<p>-key club 10th-12th</p>

<p>-Special Equestrians volunteer summer before 11th-12th</p>

<p>-hockey coach volunteer (1st graders)</p>

<p>-horseback riding: two different state memberships</p>

<p>-NJHS president in 9th</p>

<p>-NHS member if accepted this fall (possibly running for leadership role)</p>

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<p>You have pretty good ECs, but your ACT score is low and your weighted GPA seems a little low (though knowing your UW GPA would help). Have you considered trying the SAT?</p>

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<p>Holy Cross: Match/High match (please refrain from sending ACT score)</p>

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<p>Tufts: reach
Boston College: low reach (unless you raise your ACT)
Holy Cross: High match</p>

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<p>Tufts: Slight Reach
HC/BC: High match</p>

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<p>GPA: 3.4</p>

<p>Class rigor: 11 AP’s, 2 Post AP’s, rest of them are all gifted/Honors - School is ranked 3rd in nation by USNEWS</p>

<p>SAT: 2010
ACT: 30</p>

<p>EC’s: Captain of debate team, StuCo for 6 years + Class President (but at religious education center), 300+ community service hours (I LOVE SERVICE!), started my own non-profit to send backpacks with supplies to students in Africa. Also have leadership positions in my mosque. </p>

<p>Internships/Work Experience:
Summer before junior year I interned as a development intern in Kenya at a rural school
All of senior year I’m interning at a local law firm </p>

<p>I’ve had awards for debate and community service, 3 service award from POTUS. </p>

<p>Demographic: Indian/Asian</p>

<p>field of Interest: PoliSci or International Affairs.</p>

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<p>They’re both reaches for you.</p>

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<p>mcgillkid: Please don’t post “chance me” posts on others’ threads if they don’t request it. Just CC forum etiquette :)</p>

<p>ave02c: It’s hard to chance you without test scores or junior year grades, but right now it looks like Tufts would be quite a reach, BC would be a low reach, and HC would be a high match. You really should try to get 31-32+ on the ACT to have a good chance for Tufts. </p>

<p>Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>Holy Cross has great pre-med program and fantastic alumni network.</p>