Hi!! I am a junior in high school wondering if I could get into BC next year.
Freshman yr classes:
Honors US history (A)
Honors English (A)
Geometry (A+)
Honors biology (B+)
Spanish 2 (A)
Health
Gym
Art 1
Sophomore year:
AP european history (A-/B+) got a 4 on exam
honors algebra 2 (B+)
Honors English (A)
Spanish 3 (A)
Honors chemistry (A)
Gym
Art 2
Junior year:
Honors trig/precalc (B)
AP government (A)
Honors Spanish 4 (A)
AP psychology (A)
AP chemistry (B)
Senior year classes I’m planning to take:
AP Calc AB
AP US history
IB economics
AP Spanish
AP biology
GPA - 4.0 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
ACT - 31, retaking and hoping for a 32/33
My school doesn’t rank, but I am in the top decile.
I’ve played a varsity sport for all 4 years of high school. I worked a resteraunt job my sophomore year. I am currently working (jr year and sr year) at a retirement home 3x a week. I also volunteer at the emergency room 3x a week. I will have over 100 volunteer hours just from this when I apply. Between my job and volunteering I spend around 25 hours a week helping others. I am a member of Key club and NHS.
I moved in March of my junior year, which explains why I have no leadership positions, along with why I was not tennis captain. I arrived after elections had already occurred, so I I am planning on addressing this on my application. This also explains why my junior year grades were not great - lots of stress!!
I think you have a good chance. My nephew got in with a 4.24 W GPA and a 1310 SAT. He also did sports and had a job. Try to get the ACT up–studying really helps. My daughter’s score jumped 6 points after twice a week tutoring and studying over the summer between her junior and senior years in high school.
It also depends on which program you want to attend. Apparently, business is harder to get into and almost impossible to transfer into once you’ve been accepted as another major.
For Boston College, you have a good ACT, but I would try to raise it! I honestly think you have a great shot!
Having just finished the process with my daughter, my opinion is a lot is just a crap shoot.
That being said, her scores were SAT 1440 and GPA 3.8 (unweighted…her school doesn’t weight GPA or rank)
She took all Honors and only 2 APs this year (Bio and AB Calc)
She was in one social justice type club at school for 4 years and a member of NHS.
She is a club athlete practicing 25 hours a week and has done this all through HS (and before). This, I believe, shows colleges depth of commitment.
Presumably she had good recs from her HS teachers (went with a Sci (or Math?) teacher, as she wants to major in Bio and her English teacher, not her ‘strength’ but she wanted a teacher who could speak to her persistence and growth over time.
So, I guess what I’m saying is it’s not necessarily all about ‘all APs’ and lots of extra curricular/volunteer etc.
She got in so they must have seen something in her without tons of clubs etc.
Good luck!!