<p>I really like wake forest, richmond, and boston college… what are my chances at each??</p>
<p>GPA 3.46 weight 4.1
AP classes since sophomore year and the majority rest are honors
AP: econ, us history, euro history, environmental science, english lit and psych
SAT scores: 1960 (570 CR/650 Math/700 Writing)
ACT scores: 29 (32 reading/30 math)
SAT2’s chem 600 math 1 740 us hist 670</p>
<p>I am applying to the business school</p>
<p>I am very involved in community service: went to abroad/church volunteer/help at inner-city programs</p>
<p>I am in NHS, received honor roll/high honors every quarter/president comm serve award/ap scholar with honor award</p>
<p>I am a strong writer and I believe my essays were good.</p>
<p>first quarter senior grades all As GPA 3.9</p>
<p>both my parents went to bc and are pretty involved. we know staff there and donate money. i dont know if this helps but some people say that it does?</p>
<p>While those scores may be slightly low, I’ve seen people with these stats get in REA. You’re a double legacy, which definitely helps…can you think of any leadership things you may have put on your app?</p>
<p>Dear whatcollege2015 : At a 3.46 unweighted GPA, you are likely not among the Top 10% at your High School. One could question whether this is a Top 25% performance although given your AP placement, you are likely between the 10th and 25th percentile. In short, this is not the range that will typically meet with success in the EA round.</p>
<p>On your SAT I scores, you have a two-way score of 1220. This is on the bottom quartile break point. Your ACT composite at 29 is in the bottom quartile based on the latest numbers from BC. Now, when we say bottom quartile, we are talking about the entire applicant pool. Typically, EA is stronger than the full RD pool which makes these types of scores even less likely for consideration.</p>
<p>Applying to CSOM where EA competition can be fierce at the top end only adds another hurdle.</p>
<p>On the surface, honestly, Boston College is a reach school in the regular decision pool for you. I will not even try to weigh your legacy/donation concept here. Since you raised these variables, you must yourself suspect the reach nature of your application. </p>
<p>For the early acceptance round, we wish you the best, but our expected outcome for you will be a deferral. On pure numbers, unless your essay shined, an outright rejection is not off the table based on what we have in this profile. Our point is that there are thousands, literally thousands, of applications that hope to grab the brass ring with a 1300 SAT/30 ACT profile. What was it that made your application special - and a double legacy is not the answer?</p>
<p>oops i mess up with my SAT scores (not by much) but my math was actually a 690 not 650! and i retook both ACT and SAT but am waiting for the scores. i have a lot of EC’s through my community and school and leadership with my church. I am in about five clubs at school and 2 athletics. I know that it is more of a reach for me but I try hard in all of my classes and my GPA is being brought down because of sophomore year. my freshman GPA was a 3.7 and junior year was 3.5. I definitely think my essay is strong but I am not sure how “strong” because I am biased but I think my strongest aspect is my amount of community service and activities. thank you for your feedback though!</p>
<p>Dear whatcollege2015 : Best of luck going forward following your acceptance.</p>
<p>Dear antiivy : When we execute a chance-me review, our goal is to point out soft areas in an applicant’s profile. This provides a view to areas which could be bolstered during the application or follow-up process. Now, a 3.46/1220 is not the typical EA “accepted profile” yet clearly whatcollege2015 had that special “je ne sais quoi” that appealed to the readers. For that, my review should not be cast in a negative light; similar, neither should whatcollege2015’s profile.</p>
<p>Yeah honestly, ive seen kids on here who have higher scores than I do get deferred EA from Boston college. It really depends on the applicant pool, how unique you are, your essay, etc etc. It’s unfortunate, but every smart kid in the world looks the same on paper (my friends And I were discussing this yesterday and how much it sucks!)</p>
(my friends And I were discussing this yesterday and how much it sucks!)</p>
hehe</p>