Help me, please

Colleges and Universities A-Z Boston College
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I know you’re all going to hate me for this, but feedback would be appreciated:</p>

<p>White middle-class male from Massachusetts
Intended Major: Political Science
Intending to Apply Early Action
SAT: 730V, 700M, 680W
SATII: 720 US Hist
Class Rank: top 12%
GPA: weighted 4.0 (from a very competitve public high school)
AP’s to be taken: US Hist, Government, English, Calculus, Economics, Physics</p>

<p>Activities:
Mock Trial-- Officer (11,12)
Political Action Club-- Treas.(11), Pres.(12)
International Relations Club-- Jr. VP(11), VP(12)
Student Council-- Class Rep(10), School Treas(11), School VP(12)
Peer Mediation
French Club-- Officer(11)
Peer Mentor
Golf Team-- Varsity
Youth Ministry
School Cmte.-- Student Rep (11,12)</p>

<p>Awards:
School Award - Political Activist Award (10, 11)
School Award - Harvard Model Congress Excellence Award (10,11)
Harvard Model Congress - Award of Excellence (11)
National Honor Roll (10,11)
Who’s Who of High School Students (11)</p>

<p>Conferences:
Harvard Model Congress (10,11,12)
Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (10,11,12)
Student Leadership Training Program (10)
Youth Rotary Leadership Program (10,11)
League of Women Voters - Day on the Hill (11)</p>

<p>Employment:
CVS, Cashier (since 8/2004)
Summer Intern, State Senator (since 7/2003)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Youth Ministry - 75 Hours
Internship - 60 Hours (3 Summers, once a week, 5 hours a day)
Liturgy Committee (for Church)
Spearheaded and ran student movement at school for a budget override for school budget in town—lots of work (saved 39 teachers’ jobs)</p>

<p>Other:
Private Pilot
Task Force - Grading Cmte
Superintendent Search Cmte</p>

<p><strong>To-be Senior!</strong></p>

<p>That’s all that comes to mind at the time being. Thanks for the help guys!!</p>

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<p>Have you taken any APs before senior year?
Otherwise everything looks pretty good.</p>

<p>Your stats are pretty similar to mine, but I'm from Maryland, so I'm not sure if BC looks for anything higher from MA applicants since that comprises about half of each incoming class.
Otherwise, I've heard early action tends to be more difficult, but I wouldn't know firsthand.</p>

<p>Actually, looking over everything again, I'd say you've got excellent chances. :)</p>

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<p>Actually only about 20% of each incoming class is from Mass. My guess is that a lot more than 20% of BC's applicants are from Mass so that might mean that its harder to for "M*******s" (for lack of a better term for natives of the fair Commonwealth!) to get into BC. Don't take my word on this though--its just my reasoning and I could be off ... (rare but still). Regardless, I'd obviously try to pull up the grades next year and shoot for top the 10% of your class for a better chance at BC. Your list of ec's is impressive, but I'd try to distill it down to what you think will make you stand out (private pilot ... sounds interesting!) Also - politics seems like a theme in your interests so you might want to focus on that. Looks like you're a democrat too so you could easily tie that in with BC's long history of prominent democrat alums/Jesuit commitment to social justice/etc ...</p>

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<p>Well I guess cc censors holes from Mass ... anyway I looked it up and apparently people from Massachusetts are called "Bay Staters" ... I wonder how the folks out in the Berkshires feel about that??</p>

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<p>Thanks guys.</p>

<p>Great idea on tieing my love of the Dem. Party to BC's Jesuit identity and tradition.... very nice.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>