Give me some insight into the murkey future about BC!

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<p>I applied REA…oops misspelled murky.</p>

<p>-Medical Academy
-AP Program<br>
-GPA: 4.50/3.83<br>
-Class Rank: 14/447 (Top 3%)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Cashier: September 2006- present
Helped parents from 4-7 everyday without pay.</p>

<p>Research Assistant, Doctor’s Office
June 2009-Present Time.<br>
Worked 40 hour weeks during the summer of 2009. 10-15 hours per week</p>

<p>High School Studies:
Senior Courseload- 7 APs; Most Rigorous
Junior Courseload: 5 APS
Sophomore Courseload: 2 APS</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Tutoring Club: Founder, Co Chair (2008-Present)
HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) (2006-Present)
-2009-2010 Regional Parliamentarian
-2009-2010 Secretary
-2008-2009 Treasurer</p>

<p>National Honor Society (2008-2010)
-2009-2010 Historian<br>
Class Board (2006-2009)
Model United Nations (2009)<br>
Student Council (2006-2010)<br>
Science National Honor Society (2009-2010)
Mu Alpha Theta (2007-2010)<br>
Junior Academy of Science (JAS) (2006-2007)</p>

<p>Volunteer Experiences:
Hospital (2006- Present)
-400 hours of service
Mu Alpha Theta
-Math tutoring after school (2007-Present)
National Honor Society (2008-Present)
-Tutor in math, science and reading
Preschool
-75 hours of service (2006-2007)
Boys and Girls Club
-20 Hours of service (2008)
Tutoring Program</p>

<p>Total hours: 751</p>

<p>Programs:
Stanford Youth Leadership Conference for Asian Public Health
LECOM Science Medical Academy (2008)
Economics for Leaders- University of Illinois, Chicago
Leadership Conference (2009) Representative for National Honor Society
Leadership Program for Local Kids</p>

<p>Awards:
AP Scholars
1st Place Regional’s HOSA Competition (2009)
3rd Place School Science Fair in Botany (2006)
4th Place Regional HOSA Competition (2008)
Academic Letter-(2006, 2007, 2008)
Honor Roll ( 2006-2010)
-Given to students with GPA’s higher than 4.0.</p>

<p>Chances for BC REA please?? I’m so nervous and have no clue. BC is my first choice so please help!</p>

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<p>Oh, also I am a first generation student and English wasn’t my first language. Also, my act score is a 28. Waiting for 10/24’s score</p>

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<p>Lots of interesting stuff in there, ch0iminy. The working for parents’ business while holding down school and ECs, plus the leadership positions, and getting high GPA is all good for you, especially the first-generation and non-English beginnings. The ACT may be a bit low, but I honestly don’t know for sure since I come from the SAT side of the universe and don’t know BC’s ranges for the ACT scores. I wish you the best – I think you have a good shot.</p>

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<p>Only thing missing is some athletics, team sports. If you were a captain of any of the school teams, you’d be a shoe in. Otherwise looks good. I have known some well qualified applicants that surprisingly don’t get accepted, however. So have a backup plan.</p>

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<p>I’m just really worried about my test score. I’m the most uncoordinated person, so playing sports would probably be a hazard to my health along with the teams. lol</p>

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<p>You’re right not to worry about a lack of sports activities on your resume, as that will not count against you. My son has absolutely no interest in sports – either as a participant or as a spectator – and he now attends BC.</p>

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<p>anyone else?!</p>

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<p>Dear ch0iminy : Your class rank and overall GPA performance certainly ranks in the desired sweet spot for Boston College. Based on your advanced placement courseload count, it would lead us to conclude that you are executing on the strongest possible academic path possible in your High School. (Need to confirm that you have English, History, Core Sciences, and Calculus as part of that sequence - would also help to see your AP scores in terms of class placement.)</p>

<p>Your ACT score is your first major stumbling block - particularly if you have applied as an EA student. As this is a bottom quartile score, we would have recommended that you apply into the regular decision pool sporting a cumulative 28 rather than the early pool. (The middle range on ACT scores now appears to be in the 30-32 range.) None the less, what is done is done. You have gone after your first choice school which is exactly how an EA program should be used - you have demonstrated your desire to attend Boston College above and beyond all other options.</p>

<p>We do question your GPA versus your ACT scores and also why a battery of SAT scores have not been made available. In your case, you are apparently going to need one set of improved scores to come from somewhere.</p>

<p>Your work experience is heavy and to some extent overshadows your contributions to your High School environment. Your honor society participation seems strong as do your leadership positions within your class activities. To some extent, your activities do come across as narrow - largely focused around tutoring. Now, this is not a bad thing provided you can articulate how this goes above and beyond just helping students get through their next test.</p>

<p>The next place where I see your resume runs into a problem comes back to some principles expressed by Fr. Michael Himes during his orientation discussion covering the three aspects of a great university : a great library, a great faculty, and a great student body.</p>

<p>[Boston</a> College Front Row - The Last Lecture Series: Fr. Michael Himes](<a href=“http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/himes2/]Boston”>http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/himes2/)</p>

<p>Clearly, you are academically prepared, perhaps gifted, and the university will supply great library and faculty for you. The question is what are you adding to the student body? How do your student council and class board activities translate into something appealing for any university considering your application. We hope that your essay helped to bring to the foreground a human face to your otherwise impressive statistics.</p>

<p>While some will argue that sports, music (ensembles), fine arts, and such experiences do not substantially add to an application’s fabric, we respectfully disagree. Students who understand the team aspect tend to find their niche in university settings more successfully than narrowly focus academic-oriented individuals.</p>

<p>So, where does this leave us? Honestly, your application is no better than 20% chance of EA acceptance. Our expectations is that you will be deferred into the main pool with a slight chance (10%) of rejection at the EA stage - this would depend on the depth of the applicant pool for the Class of 2014. Good luck.</p>

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<p>ch0iminy:</p>

<p>First gen will help. But, I’m not good at chances and can only suggest a retake of the ACT in December on the chance that you get deferred. Given your high class rank and strong schedule, I’m guessing you could get to a 30 with some focused practice, which would help immensely.</p>

<p>Pickup the official ACT guide and practice over the Thanksgiving weekend. I particularly like Barrons for ACT math & science section.</p>

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<p>I just got my act scores back. I received a 29, but superscored to a 32. I dont know if BC superscores, but i really hope they do. My senior schedule has 2 AP science class, AP calc BC, AP Lit, AP Govt and AP Econ. The tutoring club was started because there were so many kids at our school that were extremely bright, but because they did not speak English, they were failing the state’s standardized tests. Our club teaches them skills that go beyond the tests, like speaking English, and learning proper grammar. I took the SATs once during sophomore year, and I failed them like no tomorrow, so I stuck with the ACTs. I’ve received passing scores on the AP’s I’ve taken. </p>

<p>Although I know my ACT scores were a stretch, I really wanted BC, and with my guidance counselor’s approval, I decided to go for it. I really hope I don’t get rejected now. lol</p>

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<p>Scottj: If I were to get deferred to the regular pool, what do you foresee happening?</p>

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<p>So i was deferred, but i’m optimistic. I got my final scores back, a 30 this time…So what do my chances for RD look like. Does it matter that I was a EA candidate to the admission’s rep? Are they going to look at the EA deferrals separate from the RD group? Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>If you were deferred EA, then you will be considered along with the RD applicant pool in tandem.</p>