<p>Dear youngm2194 : You’ve likely read many of the statistics since you have specifically “named me” to review this profile, but let’s underscore the facts. With a Top 20% High School performance, you are among the 96% of students that are accepted at Boston College. However, 85% of the class of 2,250 is filled from the Top 10% of High School GPAs, so your profile will be challenged there. On the academic side, you will be demonstrating AP course proficiency, but will not have AP English, AP European/World, AP Calculus (as opposed to AP Statistics), or AP Spanish/French (language). If your school offered these options, your lack of participation will be seen as your not having taken the most aggressive curriculum possible which could be seen as a negative despite your honors course work.</p>
<p>In your extra curricular section, you have an eclectic listing of point elements without any real themes emerging. Sports are limited to the Spring season (baseball/golf), service work seems to be measured in “days and hours” rather than “months and weeks”, and there are no leadership roles against which we can say that you have led specific initiatives.</p>
<p>As for your board scores, an ACT 31 is fine - midpoint range (30-33 is middle 50% at Boston College). We have seen 30/31 scores deferred often in the EA round here on College Confidential; it truly is the fence score for the EA round. Our assumption is that your SAT three-way score was in the 2000 range given your SAT II scores being listed, but that is an assumption of our part.</p>
<p>Personally, I am at a loss to determine what your personal essay might have discussed as this profile is so plain vanilla. For an EA round application, you run the risk of falling between the cracks because there is nothing in this entire listing that says to the reader “Wow, I need to know more about this person”. Perhaps there is more in your portfolio than what you have shown us? </p>
<p>Harsh words? Perhaps. Honest? Certainly. My fear is that whether EA or RD, there was just nothing in this brief insight into your four years of High School activity that convinced me that you make Boston College better by your attending. Now, I am sure that there are elements in your background that could well change that persepctive; can you spend some time to pull those traits into your profile?</p>
<p>For your regular decision round applications, you really need to step up your game on how you are presenting your all-around material. You should also give thought to make sure that your stretch and match school selections align with your profile.</p>
