Advice needed!

<p>I'm a sophomore in high school but I've been looking at Columbia for about a year now. I was just wondering--for those of you who just applied or who have been accepted previously, is there any advice you can give me? This is what my stats look like now--what else can I do to boost my chances for getting in? I want to start early, rather than wait until it's too late.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 (unweighted)
Rank: 1 of about 250
Courseload: I'm set to take all the APs and adv. classes that my school offers. I've also taken Spanish II, III, and IV at the local community college.<br>
ACT scores: 29 (I know this is very, very bad--I scored a 36 in reading and a 35 in English, but my math and science scores were only average--I'm working on this!)
PSAT score: 208 (doesn't count this year, obviously)
SAT scores: Have not yet taken.</p>

<p>Extra curriculars:
-I tutor Hispanic children at an elementary school during the fall semester, 3 nights/week
-I'm part of several elite audition-only choirs
-Youth Court attorney
-My debate partner and I are ranked 25th in the state (as sophomores)
-Class president
-Student representative to many, many various groups/events
-Voice lessons for 6 years
-I've won many contests for fiction prose
-High school swim team</p>

<p>If I continue along this path, do I even have a chance of getting in? Absolutely any advice you can give me is welcome. I know that I'm starting this early and I shouldn't probably be posting my stats till I'm actually applying, but I really would like to get a feel for what else I should be doing. THANK YOU!</p>

<p>Certainly you have a very good chance. Keep making As, take SAT IIs and raise your test scores a bit and you'll be very competitive.</p>