<p>Dear chachacha : When did schools in the Top 30 of US News and World Reports gain safety school status? Honestly, the definition of safety school has certainly changed over the last 24 hours if that is the case! Clearly from your college board scores you have the numbers that would be competitive during the Boston College regular decision round. Your GPA at a 3.6 is not one that appeals to BC Readers as this is below an A-, but your class rank somewhat counteracts that number and your performance is supported by your AP Scores (although AP scores are used for placement, not pure acceptance).</p>
<p>Your international experience should cause your application to stand out as different, however your profile is not polished to showcase those advantages. Effectively, there seems to be a lack of school involvement and leadership that made a difference to your current student body. Arts/music is not present and sports (swimming) is limited, but present. Not everyone is musically or athletically gifted so you are somewhat excused on those points - although your competition will be well-established in these areas.</p>
<p>Your essays feel like a point-in-time observation (orphanage visit) as opposed to a summary of your High School career and why you add to the Boston College fabric. Perhaps your summary is not doing the topic justice, but it is unclear how your having family in Haiti after traveling the globe should be a hook for a Boston College application reader.</p>
<p>Finally, if your goal is a UN/Diplomatic position, somehow it would seem that other collegiate choices with noted political science leadership might be more fitting. I am not sure that BC would see itself as a hotbed of diplomatic growth (as opposed to say, Georgetown, NYU or even Tufts to name a couple).</p>
<p>Here is my fear : yours is a profile certainly deserving admission - and you believe that it is worthy of a spot in the Class of 2015. The problem for me is whether you have really tied your essays to the BC environment. This might not disqualify your application, but we have seen top flight academics fall by the roadside for similar missteps.</p>