Chances?

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<p>SAT: 1900 (570 CR 660 M 670 W)
GPA: 93 out of 100
Rank: School Does Not Rank
Other stats: 2 AP’s , 9 Honors Classes
Essays: Pretty Good
Teacher Recs: Pre Calc Honors Teacher, Italian Honors 1-4 Teacher
Counselor Rec: Probably Pretty Good
Hook (if any): Aunt, Uncle and Cousin Attended, Aunt wrote a letter and called
over 100 volunteer hours
Location/Person: US
State or Country: NJ
School Type: Catholic Private
Ethnicity/Race: European
Gender: Male
Other Factors: A’s and B’s.
• Football Team 9-12 Grade
• Yearbook Club (10-12 Grade) President in 12th Grade
• National Italian Honors Society (12th grade)
• National English Honors Society (11th and 12th grade)
• National Honors Society (11th and 12th grade)
• Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honors Society (12th grade)
• Eucharistic Minister (12th Grade)
• Rec Basketball (11th and 12th Grade)
• Italian Tutor and Teacher’s Assistant (12th Grade)</p>

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<p>Applying to CSOM</p>

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<p>SATs: Just above the 25th%-tile (with CR is well below)
GPA: ~3.8 UW? At or maybe slightly above the overall BC average.
Recs: “pretty good” and “probably pretty good”
ECs:Only long term commitment football and yearbook. Minimal Community service</p>

<p>Your GPA is in range and your Aunt’s BC volunteering may have some impact though I suspect it’s pretty minimal. Your SATs are a big hurdle. CSOM is rumored to have a tougher admit standard than the general BC population and I suspect that the average CSOMer had a 700+ Math SAT. A 570 CR also raises concerns about your ability to handle the reading workload though that is somewhat offset by the National English Honor Society Award.</p>

<p>Your essays need to be spectacular and hopefully your recommendations are beyond “probably pretty good”.</p>

<p>To me BC CSOM is a reach.</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>

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<p>xman2912:
The input that vinceh provided you was on the money. </p>

<p>Look at the BC factbook, around pg 31:
<a href=“http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/publications/factbook/pdf/10_11/10-11_fact_book.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/publications/factbook/pdf/10_11/10-11_fact_book.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
You’ll see profile ranges for admitted students.</p>

<p>No one is telling you to not apply, but rather to be realistic and to understand the elements that make it a reach school.</p>

<p>As for your Aunt calling and writing a letter to BC, I talked to an admissions counselor once who said letters like that can often hurt more than they can help. Perhaps not universally true, but be careful.</p>