Am I in the right path for Columbia?

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<p>I'm currently a freshman in an good public high school in NYC called Brooklyn Technical HS. My overall GPA is 97.00, with one course that's weighted as 1.1 (got a 96 in that). My current extra-curriculars are Math team and YEA (young entrepreneur association) both have been for 2 terms. For the summer, I plan on volunteering at a library for 100+ hours. I plan on dropping them next year. Here are my projected statistics for the next few years: 2100+ SAT, 3 Honors 1 AP for Sophomore year, max AP's as possible for Junior like 3, and whatever AP's left for senior year, gpa 100+. For my extracurriculars, I plan on doing NHS (national honors society), track team, student government and maybe some other clubs.</p>

<p>I know this might sound so simple, as you can see all the other applicants here who apply to the ivy leagues are MUCH MUCH better than this, like written books, traveled abroad, and opened large businesses, but do I have a chance? I mean, I don't have time to do any of those things at my school because of the workload. I can't be penalized for doing any of that, right?</p>

<p>So my question is: Am I on the right path so far for Columbia University early decision (not SEAS) for a freshman? Were you like this (or worse or better) when you were a freshman? Give me any advice or anything. Thanks.</p>

<p>Btw, I'm a white Albanian, working class immigrant.</p>

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<p>it is hard to say… I would need to see more data about you. I know that school can sometimes get in the way of pursuing other interests and EC. I have firends in the IB program who have so much workloads that they have essentially no other good EC to put on their resume. The sad thing is that the colleges may not know that. I suggest you try to wor karound the system and look for grat opportunities outside of schoo lto enrich yourself. Try out some high school competitions or even start up your own competition teams at your school. Stuff me and my friends did include, National Science Bowl, Economics Challenge, AIME and USAMO, High School Math contests, Sciecne Olmypiads, and much much more. If you show an honest effort to incorporate things into your life that goes beyond what yyour school offers then the colleges wil lsee that you are a proactive person, a person who is willing to go the extra mile to enrich yourself.</p>

<p>good luck</p>