Chances for BC

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>Southern California, large competitive public high school
Asian Female</p>

<p>-Will get recommendations from two (maybe three) teachers and my counselor.</p>

<p>Rank (based on UW GPA): top 20%
UW GPA: 3.7
SAT: 1980 (retook the SAT’s yesterday, hopefully 2000+)
SAT II: US History: 690, Biology: 680
AP’s: Human Geography (5), English Lang (4), Biology (4), US History (4)
-Currently taking: AP Eng Lit, Stats, and Environmental Science
-Besides AP’s, mostly honors courses since freshman year</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
-Marching Band: 2 years (flute)
-Concert Band/ Wind Ensemble- 4 years (flute)</p>

<p>-FBLA (9, 10, 11, 12) Officer and Historian
-American Cancer Society Youth Club (9, 10, 11, 12) Cabinet, Head of Public Relations
-Culinary Arts Club (11-12) Co-President
-Link Crew Leader (11,12)
-National Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
-California Scholarship Federation (10, 11, 12)
-Key Club (9, 10)</p>

<p>-ACS Relay for Life Committee: Team Development (Team Retention Chair)
-Dragon Boat (for 2 summers 2010, 2011)
-Voluntarily tutored biology student last summer
-Volunteer hours from NHS, Key Club, ACS, etc.</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar with honors, placed 1st place two years in a row for Dragon Boat (don’t know if this counts in awards…), FBLA awards at local level, award from CA. state senator</p>

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<p>What is your major?
What is your weighted GPA? (To get a sense of your course rigor)
Are you applying EA?</p>

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<p>Regular decision
I’m planning to major in communications and double in marketing. Maybe minor in art.</p>

<p>weighted gpa: 4.2 ?(not sure if I calculated it correctly)</p>

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<p>only thing thats low is the SAT score, if you broke 2050 then id say you have a pretty good chance. good luck!</p>

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<p>Actually, your decile would be considered a little low as well for BC at top 20%. As it stands now, I’d have to say you are a very high match or even a low reach.</p>