<p>what do you think my chances are of receiving a merit-based grant with these stats:?</p>
<p>2040 on SATs (720 W, 600 M, 720 CR)
29 ACTs
-630 on Bio SAT II (taking US History and Lit this year)</p>
<p>Classes–By the time I graduate:
4 APs
6 Honors</p>
<p>Overall GPA: 4.4 (5.0 weight for AP, 4.5 weight for honors)
Honor Roll 5 Semesters so far</p>
<p>ECs
4 Years Varsity Soccer (Senior Captain, Most Improved Player, 2 yrs All-League Academic Team)
4 Years Club Soccer (Captain)
4 Years California Scholarship Federation
4 Years Red Cross Club
2 Years High School Volleyball (Defensive Player of the Year)</p>
<p>very low. bc only gives out ten merit scholarships a year, and theyre full rides. there's a thread in here somewhere about the kids who get them and theyre absolutely ridiculous. like, 2400 sat's, 3 sport varsity athletes, won state music competitions, and found some new anti oxidant in grapefruit. basically theyre impossible to get.</p>
<p>They are very, very difficult to get. But you are from California? That can make a difference. Bring up that SAT. From the NE, not a chance without some huge hook; from CA, just maybe.</p>
<p>The merit scholarships are the presidential scholarships only awarded to 15 students. Along with high SAT scores and outstanding extracurricular activities, the student must apply EA and must also have attained nationally recognized awards. Unfortunately, it looks liike you have no chance on getting the scholarship.</p>
<p>As indicated by others, there are only a very limited number of full-tuition Presidential Scholarships and these are the ONLY merit scholarships BC gives out. (All other financial aid is need-based.) So the competition is really, really fierce and you do need to be in the top 1 - 2% of the applicant pool to receive one. Unfortunately, your statistics are about average for BC and you need to be realistic that the chances for getting merit money here are very, very slim -- whether or not you are from California.</p>
<p>Dear tmc09 : Chances for a presidential scholarship? Zero. As a matter of fact, you are probably no better than 60/40 to actually be accepted during the regular decision pool. Your SATs are at the midpoint and your ACTs are well below the midpoint. Many students with a 29 ACT have reported rejections with a 30 being the real baseline on that exam. </p>
<p>Four AP courses (not named) is below many of the stronger applications that show six to twelve AP exams during their high school years. (Are your AP exams in the sciences/calculus sequence, english/social studies, social sciences, or languages?)</p>
<p>For voluneerism, you might want to expand on the Red Cross club and what you have done to help the community.</p>
<p>It is unclear whether you are in the top 10% of your class which was a very big measuring stick on this year's acceptance thread here on college confidential.</p>
<p>Very, very poor. I'm not trying to be a douche bag here, but PSP usually invites a hundred students who score 2300+ SAT or 34+ ACT who also have exceptional ECs for the preliminary round. You'll have to attend a weekend trip and then they weed out 3/4 of the students there and give the scholarship to 25 or so hoping at least 15 will take the scholarships. I have two friends a year before who got into Harvard and didn't even get invited to attend the PSP first round.</p>
<p>However, if you are from a low-income family, you might get a full-tuition grant to attend BC. My freshman year roommate received a $31k grant only financial aid in addition with federal grants. When I saw his FA letter and my eyes nearly popped out!</p>
<p>yeah i wasnt expecting anything like full-ride.. just wondering if they gave out partials... my sis got like 5,000/yr. at the college she went to..jw :)</p>