<p>Dear dznyubj : Reviewing a profile for either NYU Stern or BC CSOM will be remarkably similar, so the differentiation will be defined by the type of undergraduate experience you personally would enjoy; we will hold that discussion to the side for now as there has already been many threads discussing NYU vs. BC on the undergraduate business school level.</p>
<p>Take a few moments and review - really review - the acceptance/rejection threads for both Boston College and NYU from the past year or two here on College Confidential. Realize that the competition for both Carroll and Stern remains incredibly strong across the entire applicant pool at both universities. </p>
<p>Next, consider your SAT three-way score against the median profile - effectively, you are around the 30th percentile for both institutions as quoted from College Board. Your GPA at a 3.4 is unlikely to be in the top decile of your graduating high school class. This now creates two major strikes in terms of standards against your application. </p>
<p>Hopefully, your more recent 3.89 average is more in-line with your current work and grading at your current high school.</p>
<p>Next, let’s remove the native language advantage and the scoring associated with the Chinese SAT II and Chinese AP exam. Your resume does not present any standardized results where the playing field might be more level. Now, AP exam scores do not count in BC’s application process (only used for placement), but the rigor of your high school curriculum will be a major factor. Without seeing the four AP exams you anticipate in your senior year, it is very difficult to make an assessment of your competitive level against your graduating peers.</p>
<p>Expecting a 700+ on the SAT II Math II exam would imply that based on your SAT I three-way score, you are in the 1220 range for English-Writing or about 600 in each section, a bottom quartile score for both schools.</p>
<p>There is not much in your resume regarding school engagement : sports (crew details are needed), arts/music, clubs (only one?), leadership skills? Perhaps this is related to the profile itself or due to these items missing given other family and/or language pressures.</p>
<p>To be honest, both New York University and Boston College will be major stretch schools for your application. You are recommended to apply in the regular decision round as opposed to early decision; your profile borders on the range of immediate rejection in the early decision pools for both schools as opposed to getting onto the wait-list.</p>
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