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<p>Im about to submit my app, what do you guys think of my actual chances for BC?</p>

<p>chances???
Prelaw route…</p>

<p>Freshman year
Spanish I Hon-A
English I Hon-A
Algebra I Hon-B
Crit Think Hon-A
Spanish 2 Hon-A
Gym-A
Health -A</p>

<p>Sophmore year
AP World History,-A (3 on Ap test-i know sucks)
Ap Biology-A(3 again-i had a really bad fever and missed like the last two weeks of school so this was expected)
Spanish 3 Honors-A
Geometry Honors,-B
English 2 Honors -B
Drafting 2. -A</p>

<p>Junior Year (so far/ projected)
AP Chemistry-C/C (2)----------i hate chemistry
AP English Comp -A/B (4)
AP American History -A/A (4)
AP Government (TOOk ONLINE)-B (4)
Spanish IV Honors -A
Algebra II Honors(TOOK ONLINE)-B/B
Latin I (TOOK ONLINE)-A</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule
Ap MacroEconomics ONLINE
Ap English Lit
Ap Statists
Ap Psycology
Ap Physics
Precalc
Debate 1
My midyear grades will be all A’s and one B(math)
STATS</p>

<p>ACT-27 (29 superscored, i dunno if they do this though) will retake this saturday, im sure itll get a little higher
Wont send in SATs (610v 640m 650 w) SAT II-US History-740, and two other bad ones
W.GPA 4.9
UW GPA 3.65
Class Rank= 19/487, top 4%</p>

<p>ECs(by the end of high school)
4 years of Track (Captain Jr and Sr years, 3 varsity letters, 3 school records, made the state championships, all that good stuff)</p>

<p>3 years varisty Cross Country (Captain Jr and Senior year) , qualified for the state championships, named MVP for my senior year</p>

<p>2 years of being a Cross Country mentor to a local Middle School team (set up races, practices, etc.)</p>

<p>Finished 4th in my age group in the Naples Half Marathon (1:31:00)
Running 2008 Naples Half Marathon this december…
Founder of high school running club (VP Junior year, President Senior year)</p>

<p>2 years of jv/v school soccer
Competed in Spanish Mens Socceer league inbetween seasons
volunteer coach/CIT at county youth sportscamp
City basketball runner ups sophmore year
coached a youth basketball county team
Job at Country Club (18 hours a week)
Teen Court Volunteer
Mock Trial
189 hours of community service
3 years of FCA
2 years of NHS
2 years of History Honors Society</p>

<p>National Honor Roll
AP scholar with honor
Canidate for Lauerate Diploma (3 APs in 3 different subjects, 3.0 gpa, and you have to write a 5000 essay and present it to a panel)
11 AP classes by the end of graduation
Have taken 4 Online classes (2 AP)</p>

<p>I have been writing my essays for the better part of four months and i am confident that they are the best part of my application. If you’d like to read them, PM me. My recs are all great too…</p>

<p>Thanks,
CJ</p>

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<p>Why won't you send in SAT's? Your ACT conversion is at 1210-1230 where your SAT combined (cr and v) are 1250. I would reconsider if you don't get a higher score on your ACT's.</p>

<p>Aside from the lower SAT/ACT, I believe you are a good candidate. Your gpa and class rank are good and EC's are great.</p>

<p>I would say realistic reach....Good luck!</p>

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<p>i dont want to send in my SATs because i got two embaressing scores on the subject tests (540 math, 500 lit)...what happened? i have no idea, i had no idea what i was gettting myself into. =(</p>

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<p>Don't you need SATII's for BC?</p>

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<p>not if you send in an ACT w/ writing</p>

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<p>Send in the ACT with writing. I don't know if BC superscores, but if you search this site or call BC, you can find out. You for sure want to get it to 29, 30 if possible. Also I would think twice about submitting your AP test 2's and 3's, just send in the 4' and 5's. And I agree your SAT's aren't that bad, but you will need to submit the SAT 2's then.</p>

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<p>you can't only submit certain AP scores, they are all on one sheet. Unless you have them canceled, in which case they will assume you did poorly on them anyway.</p>

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<p>anyone else have an opinion on whether i ll get in?</p>

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<p>bumping this up</p>

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<p>just took the act last saturday and am expecting a 28-29...</p>

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<p>what is superscoring?</p>

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<p>BC is a bit of a reach for you.</p>

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<p>where are you from and what type of school do you go to?</p>

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<p>florida public school</p>

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<p>BC is a reach for you. GPA is your saving grace. ECs are solid all around. But the standardized scores are too low.</p>

<p>A 27 in ACT is way below BC 25th percentile (29 points). While the the 1900 SAT1 is still 10 points below the 25th percentile (1910 points).</p>

<p>Anything below 25th percentile is considered a reach. Maybe regular acceptance, but definitely not EA.</p>

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<p>Reddune is correct statistically speaking but BC does seem to really consider other subjective factors-ec activities, etc.</p>

<p>My D is a freshman at BC-after meeting her roommates and countless other freshman at BC (we always take large groups of her friends out to dinner when we visit) I have found the common factor for BC students...</p>

<p>BC students are really interesting young adults. Each and every one of them seems to have a "hook" in their background that is not just a resume builder but a basis for a true passion that they have. As a parent, when I meet these kids, I like them. Yes, most students like my daughter are financially well off but are still very well grounded, already signing up for mission trips, etc.</p>

<p>If you visit campus, love the school, and are a passionate person, let your essays reflect that.</p>

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<p>well i just got my december act results back and i got a 29 composite. does that change my outlook any? or is this still a considerable reach?</p>

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<p>yah, BC is kind of a big reach if ur test scores stay the same.
If you look at the EA applicant pool, imagine that the RD pool should just be a bit lower than that</p>

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<p>my new Composite is a 29</p>

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<p>Dear cj1212 : Let's look at things realistically. </p>

<p>Your Board scores are right around the bottom quartile of the applicant pool based on last years statistics. It is reasonable to think that BC's pool got larger this year for a number of reasons which would include more top end applications. </p>

<p>While your AP curriculum is present, your scores (2s/3s/4s) are echoing average performance. Your mathematics curriculum is a year behind many of those applying EA/RD as you have not seen a college calculus course of any type.</p>

<p>Your GPA at 3.65 unweighted and ranking are fine, but not the quality of some of the already accepted applications from EA ... and on the border of the RD pool. There is no music/arts present here and limited community based volunteerism (although 189 hours is mentioned, there are no details). Sports and commitment associated with that area is a plus.</p>

<p>Honestly, this profile as it stands looks like too many others and the bottom quartile of test scores will be the clincher. Sincerely, I hope I am wrong provided that BC is a school for which you have a passion - but you will need to demonstrate it in other ways as the profile just is not at the right level.</p>