Teacher Recommendation Qustion? (BC/CSOM)

My AP Macroeconomics teacher has the highest passing rate in the world. Even though he is a senior year teacher, would it be bad to ask him for a letter of rec? At open house he told my mother I ask good critical thinking questions and that I am smart. He also told the Vice Principal that I was brilliant and that I will get a 5 on the exam with no problem. Even though I would have him for a couple months, would it be a bad move to ask? He is an excellent teacher. It is relevant to the major of finance. My other recommendation letter was written by my precalculus teacher. He and I had a good relationship.

Your recommendations sound good. As long as you have a great relationship with your teachers, it will come through on the letters. Also, I’m not sure how important the relevancy of the classes that your teachers have taught you is to BC. I used my English teacher from sophomore and junior year and my English teacher from freshman year who also was my religion teacher for senior year. I was accepted to CSOM Honors Program and my major is Finance.

BC takes a more holistic approach to admissions than most other universities.

@crazylegs12 I know you are not an admissions officer, but do you think it would be impossible to get into CSOM with a lower ACT score? I have a 28 superscored. However, I have a 4.935 weighted GPA with rigorous classes. I also have good extracurriculars and my essay if very well written.

I think you’d be very competitive for RD but it might be more of a stretch for EA. it’s not impossible if you have other aspects to enhance your academic career.

I would be wary of calling anyone “very competitive” unless their ACT scores were above the 75th percentile (and even then, BC is a lock for very few students). With that ACT BC is not out of the question, but it is a big reach. Is there any way you can retake? That said, that is a great recommendation from your teacher – congrats! :slight_smile:

@ngiord13


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I have a 28 superscored.

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Take a look at the BC Factbook. Somewhere around pg 32 you’ll find the academic profile for the admitted students for last year’s class. They list the middle 50% range for SAT scores.

If you run your 28 ACT score through various ACT->SAT converters, you’ll find what the equivalent SAT score is for it. That that SAT score and see if you’re in the middle 50% range for BC’s admitted students, or if you’re down in the 0-25th percentile, (or way down in that lower percentile.)

No need to convert. The 25th-to-75th percentile range on the ACT is 32-34 with a mean of 33 for admitted students and 31-33 with a median of 32 for enrolled students.

http://bcheights.com/2017/03/20/9200-admitted-class-2021/
http://www.bc.edu/admission/undergrad/process/freshman.html

It would be interesting to see more information on CSOM scores in particular though I’m not aware of any sources.