Help a Junior out wiht chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>Hey guys (and gals). I am a (white) junior from northern Mass and I attend a catholic school that consistently sends around 8 people a year to the Ivy league and more to other top 20 schools.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.6 weighted (lowest grade on transcript is A)
Rank: 2-3 / 370
Sats: (2230)
Math- 740
Critical Reading- 740
Writing-750</p>

<p>SAT subject tests:</p>

<p>760 Spanish (not native)
740 Physics</p>

<p>Toughest Courseload- Honors classes and 9 APs , including:
Biology
Physics
Calc AB
Calc BC
US History 1 and 2
Spanish Language
English Language
English Literature</p>

<p>Extra Curricular activities:</p>

<p>-Freshman/JV division 1 soccer
-Varsity division 1 soccer (Junior/ Senior years)
-Student Leader of “Beverly House” (Community service program) and person who strengthened/widened the scope of the program
-Newspaper (4 years)
-Spanish club (4 years)
-Sophomore Retreat coordinator/ leader
-Eagles Wings Freshman Orientation co-leader
-XBSS (one of six students chosen from grade to meet multiple times a week to plan new activities for to the school that will honor its charisms)
-Co-Leader of School-wide Immigration Initiative
-Ecuador service trip
-Spanish exchange program
-7 years of drum lessons- 3 years of African Hand drumming (studying specifically the djembe), with multiple ensembles
-100 hours of community service for/with NHS
-Little jobs around campus- i.e. filming videos for the admissions office, going to prospective student meetings at houses, blogging, etc.</p>

<p>Jobs:
Summer day camp counselor, in charge of recreational activities at Camp (3 years)
Soccer referee</p>

<p>Awards/Recognition:</p>

<p>Harvard Book Award
XBSS nomination (one of six students chosen from 370 kids)
Headmasters list three years (a- average or above)
Campus Ministry Award
National Merit Commendation
National Spanish Exam Gold Medals: 2009, 2010
Academic Excellence Awards:
2008: Religious studies, English and history
2009: Religious studies, English, history, chemistry, mathematics
2010: Overall Academic Excellence (English, religion, Calculus)
National Honors Society (3 years)
Foreign Language National Honors Society (3 years)</p>

<p>Recommendations:</p>

<p>2 glowing
counselor rec I assume will be OK.</p>

<p>essays will hopefully be good</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>you can obviously go wherever you want</p>

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<p>i agree with redskins. how the hell can you do all of that, i would have no life. but anyway yeah ur basically guaranteed anywhere.</p>

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<p>Dawoo1:
What you’ve listed is impressive. </p>

<p>I’m not an adcom, but when I read your post, similar to Nyj3tsfan, my first reaction is “how are you able to do all that?”</p>

<p>When I read your post and your numerous activities, I’m left wondering:</p>

<p>1: Who were you and what was your involvement in those activities?</p>

<p>2: Do the other parts of your application support you being actively involved in all the ECs you list? Or is there some padding going on - where you threw your name into all these ECs, went to one or two meetings, and now can list them on your college apps.</p>

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<p>Uh yeah…you should get in</p>

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<p>BC should certainly be an easy admit, and you’re competitive for top schools.</p>

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<p>@jpm: I’m not exactly sure how to respond. In Spanish club and Newspaper I have “vice president roles.” For the retreats, we went through training months and volunteered weekends to do them. I didn’t mean to come off as deceptive on my list and I’m sorry if I did.</p>

<p>Edit**</p>

<p>Thanks for the comments!</p>

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<p>

Dawoo1:
No problem. I’ve seen enough “fluffy” resumes to always have a trust-but-verify outlook.</p>

<p>You have an impressive profile, and based on your reply, sounds like it’s representative of who you are. It should serve you well on your college apps.</p>

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<p>OP…D had VERY similar stats/profile (4.0 UW, 2250 SAT, 790/770 SAT II, 12 APs – all 5s). She applied EA and was invited into the honors program. Good luck!</p>