Chances for an rising sophomore

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<p>Greetings everyone,</p>

<p>I live in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. I currently attend one of the top JESUIT high schools in the country. VERY competitive, although we do not rank. white male-middle class</p>

<p>Intended Major: Education ( i dont know if that helps or not)</p>

<p>Stats:
Freshman year GPA-3.6 (low i know) didn’t exactly try my hardest.
Have not yet taken the ACTor SAT. Expect to do well. Pretty good history of doing well on standardized test.</p>

<p>Sophomore year-Expecting at least a 4.1. I’m done messing around. Going all out in effort
Taking the hardest course load my school has to offer including the only AP possible sophomore year (APUSH)</p>

<p>We are only permitted to take 2APS junior year and 3 senior year. Expect to have a 5 or 6 AP’s by the time i graduate, and the rest honors. .5 for Ap .25 for honors</p>

<p>(putting 4 next to those I know for sure I will be involved with all 4 years)
EC’s: (arguably my strong point)
4 years of Basketball (at least 2 varsityletters) Captain -Freshman year and will be sophomore year.
4 years of football (most likely 3 varsity letters) (state powerhouse)
4 years of Pole vaulting (3 years varsityletters)
4 years of Student Senate-Was elected to one of four representatives positions my freshman year out of a class of 400. elected to one of two senator positions for my sophmore year. Hopefully will be elected president of junior class and then student body my senior year. Very involved with this.
4 years of Ignatians for life- meet weekly to discuss pro-life issues (highlight is the March for Life in DC. ( will hold leadership positions sophomore junior and senior year)
4 years of Christian Action Team. (organize many of the service projects around Cleveland. will hold leadership position senior year)
4 years of Latin club (organize many events from chariot races to gladiator games) will be officer senior year.
4 years of writing for school newspaper (will attempt to be editor senior year)
4 years of Labre ministry- deliver food and friendship to homeless people in streets of Cleveland every Sunday night.
2 years of Palllbearers society- carry the casket of those who have no one living to do the favor.
4 years of Arrupe-Do numerous activities helping the kids from the neighborhood which includes helping them with homework and coaching them in sports.
3 years of helping with Grade school latin program-Help kids in grade school learn the latin language on saturday afternoons at my school
2 years of tutoring peers the Latin language
3 years of being a counselor at a day camopat my church
was a counselor at a day camp sortof thing at my school this summer
4 years of Lectoring at church
1 year if being Eucharistic minister
Will do mission trip to third world country between my junior and senior yearin summer
Will also do a month long mission trip to northern Ireland and Ireland to help resolve the conflicts between Catholics and Protestants between junior and senior year summer
Will be doing numerous retreats in coordination with my church</p>

<p>Recs and Essays-
Will be written by a Jesuit who is well known around the country and teacher who is known for writing excellent essays.
Counselor-i have no idea yet because i do not know my college counselor yet.
I am also getting two written by two alumni.
Essays- will be very good hopefully</p>

<p>Legacy- I haveone brother who just graduted in 2008from BC and another who is a rising junior there.</p>

<p>Hook (if any):
Education major and BC is ultimate dream school. I am going to work my butt off these next 3 years in order to get in.</p>

<p>Thank you for reading. Any opinions on my chances would be tremendous.
I know it may be early, but I am just looking for input.</p>

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<p>Dear iggycats2012 : It is inspiring to see that a rising High School sophomore is articulately depicting a passion for Boston College. You should well continue your pursuit of excellence to gain admission. However, you first have another two-and-a-half years of academic performance in High School before application time, board examinations, and a million other events. Enjoy those pursuits along the path towards exploring Boston College.</p>

<p>Also, with so much time in front of you, spend time exploring other options (schools/passions) that might interest you. Do not limit your search to BC due to legacy or other reasons - cast a broad net to see if BC is actually the right place for you in several year’s time.</p>

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<p>Post again in two years. Let’s see how that 4.1 works out for you.</p>

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<p>Nice to see another wildcat on these boards, but don’t be expect to do all these clubs and maintain such a high gpa Ignatius isn’t a cake walk (were not St. eds =P). Btw labre is only open to upperclassmen idk how you can four years of that. Both those trips (Ireland and Latin America) are usually conflicting times and will cost you around 3k to do both. I don’t know you can expect to be 4 years on all these things and expect leadership positions in some of them. If you want that 4.1 (seems a tad bit arbitrary) pick some clubs you are passionate about, concentrate in school, and chill out for a year and half.</p>

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<p>The best advice you’ve received thus far is to chill out and explore your passions in high school.</p>

<p>You don’t want to be spending all your high school years trying to do everything that’s “required” for the perfect college application. It risks coming across with a “check off the box” view. Taking time to pursue your passions will enable you to produce a richer application with increased depth of character.</p>

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<p>redsoxx, what year did you graduate in? the demand to go on labre declined this year. I went to a lot of the CAT meetings, and there were openings almost every time. As for the 4.1, I have a fairly easy schedule except for Joe Popelka. I have O’Rourke, Johnson, Strauss, eynon, Prokop, and Pecot. Thanks for the advice on the mission trips. Do you think campus ministry would be open to a trip to Appalachia during spring break or in the summer?</p>

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<p>I still go here im going to be a senior. Popelka is going to be ridiculous, its basically a AP class. O’Rourke should be a A+, johnson and the rest should be easy(minus prokop hardest theo teacher) pecots nothing compared to corrigan. You pretty much have the same exact schedule as i did sophomore year. there all ready is a trip to Appalachia i think, im pretty sure mr evans goes there with some students </p>

<p>btw would your last name happen to start with s and end with n</p>

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<p>it’s one thing to say you will have a 4.1, it’s another to actually do it</p>

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<p>mcgraw???</p>

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<p>“mcgraw???”</p>

<p>don’t insult me like that</p>

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<p>do i know you??</p>

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<p>LOL^^^^
wow</p>

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<p>no but i knew your brother</p>

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<p>what are the first and last letters of your last name?</p>