chances??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>am a caucasian male from new jersey applying regular decision for fall 08
i come from a fairly large public high school</p>

<p>GPA: (low, probably the weakest part of my resume) 3.69
School doesn’t rank but i would assume i am in at least the top 15%, most likely top 10%, ill have to ask my guidance counselor
SAT I: 2290 (780 CR, 710 Math, 800 writing; 12 essay)
SAT II: 800 Lit, 760 USH, 700 Math 2 (plan to retake math 2 and take french in october)</p>

<p>APs: Junior Year: 5 USH, 4 Statistics
Senior Year: Lit, French, Psychology, Biology, Calculus AB, European Hist</p>

<p>The rest of my courses are and have been honors courses (excluding gym, which is mandatory)</p>

<p>ECs:
4 years of soccer (3 on varsity) I also play for a club team that is one of the best in the state and goes to a ton of national tournaments</p>

<p>Interact Club- 4 yrs, VP
Academic Decathlon- 3 yrs; alternate in competition soph year, regular junior yr.
Mock Trial-2 yrs, Co-pres (my friend and i started the club in our school)</p>

<p>State Finalist for Gov. School in International Studies</p>

<p>Volunteer at blind center in my town
Volunteer soccer coach 2006-07, about 250+ hrs in total
Tutored my neighbor’s son in english</p>

<p>Math honor society
French honor society
Soc Studies honor society</p>

<p>(There are a few other small academic awards that i won but they are probably irrelevant)</p>

<p>I have always been an excellent writer (not to sound arrogant) so i think my application essays will be beast</p>

<p>Some other big name schools i am applying to are: Wash U in St. Louis, UPenn, Georgetown, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest (these are my reach schools)</p>

<p>I was hoping to explain my low GPA and admit that i havent worked as hard as i could have in the past. I also plan to try to work my ass off and get all As senior year to prove that when i put my mind to something i can do it (usually)</p>

<p>I would appreciate any insight. (Btw i am not applying for fin. aid, if that improves my chances)</p>

<p>Thanks
abgunner5 is offline</p>

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<p>awww come onnnnnn someone help a desperate kid out</p>

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<p>you do have a (good) chance of being accepted to BC. like you said, your gpa is lower than it should be but so was mine and i improved greatly my jr/sr years to make up for it. SATs are above average so thats always good and ECs seem good too. the only things that hurt are that you are caucasian and from nj because they have alot of applicants in those two areas.</p>

<p>maybe you should even apply EA, unless youre applying ED somewhere. that way youll know sooner and if youre not accepted right away you would be deffered and then have another shot in the RD pool.</p>

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<p>thanks for the feedback. i plan to apply EA b/c i would really like to go to BC but idk if i am applying ED anywhere else. does BC allow you to apply EA if you apply EA to other schools, not ED?</p>

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<p>yeah you can apply to as many other EA schools as you want, just not ED. if you have any other questions feel free to ask!</p>