A girl can dream...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Personally, I think I may be shooting for a star that is beyond my reach...but I can rest assured knowing that I did make a worthy attempt regarding admissions to the college of my dreams: Columbia University. What do you think?</p>

<p>Ranking: 22 out of 756 (above top 5%)
GPA: 4.285
Ethnicity: Korean-American
SAT I: 2080--I'll be retaking this next month.
SAT II: 640--U.S. History; 660--Literature
AP: 3 on European History; 3 on Biology; 4 on Psychology; 4 on English Language; 5 on U.S. History</p>

<p>Yeah, yeah...standardized testing is not one of my strengths.</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
*Member of Key Club
*Vice-President and co-founder of Follow Your Dream
*Member of the California Scholarship Federation
*Volunteer at the local YMCA and the local medical center
*Sunday School/Korean school teacher
*Tutor
*Piano for approximately five years--and still, I am horrific.
*Academy of Science and Medicine</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
*Winner of the Korean Daily's writing competition
*National Merit candidate
*Eligible for Local Context in California
*AP Scholar with Distinction
*Honorable mention in another writing competition
*Wrote short novel for NaNoWriMo
*CPR- and EMR-certified</p>

<p>I'm actually planning to apply as an Early Decision candidate. Pardon my pessimism, but I am a failure at life.</p>

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<p>likely rejection. I’d say. Sorry</p>

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<p>“likely rejection. I’d say. Sorry”</p>

<p>I just about agree. SAT II’s and SAT I are draggin u down. EC’s are not great.
You don’t need to go to Columbia to be accomplished. :)</p>

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<p><em>sighs</em></p>

<p>Ah, well, thanks for the honesty.</p>

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<p>I would try Barnard. If it’s really the college of your dreams, Barnard will allow you to study there.</p>