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Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>The kid i knew, his Uncle was the head of admissions and his dad was the head of regional admissions. Needless to say, he got his acceptance letter when he was born.</p>

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<p>Hey, neomanxi, why have your scores and GPA decreased since last February?</p>

<p>According to this post, you had different stats: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/299275-chances-junior.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/299275-chances-junior.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Here is what he listed:</p>

<p>"GPA: 3.5 UW I dont know weighted score
My GPA freshman and sophmore year was 3.2 (all honors both years, all B's or A's) and then i got a 4.0 junior year with 7 classes (max able to take). I go to an extremely competitive (named one of the best schools in the midwest and top 50 in nation) private school.
SAT: 2350
-Math 800
-English 800
-Writing 750 (11)</p>

<p>ACT: 36
SAT II:
Math 2: 800
Physics: 800
chem: 800
and ill take bio next year"</p>

<p>But just a few minutes ago in this thread you said these were your stats:</p>

<p>"My hooks are decent, I have really good SAT (760W/770CR/800M) and ACT (35) but I don't have legacy or anything."
"^ It is absolutely ridiculous. last time I checked, all three of those groups are as much a minority as African American or Hispanic. Colleges should really only take socioeconomic background into consideration.</p>

<p>Anti-hook #1: 3.4 gpa (composite)"</p>

<p>Hmmm... proof that people inflate their stats on the chance threads.... And even if you didn't superscore your SATs, why would you list your lower ACT score? Doesn't make sense...</p>

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<p>Why would you inflate your stats on the chance threads? It doesn't even make sense. It's not like a bunch of people I don't know telling me I could get into X College off of fake stats would make me feel any better about myself.
and dz2... dang, you went back far.</p>

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<p>3 on AP Latin Virgil
630 on Latin SAT II
6/227 in an only very mildly competitive school
ouch</p>

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<p>What's wrong with 6/227? You're still in the top 2% or 3%...</p>

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<p>It's just a very mediocre city school, with few applying to top tier schools and even fewer getting accepted (No Ivy acceptances in the past four years or so)</p>

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<p>rkutzerr,
same here.
My school hasnt been successful for a few years
and apparently our school doesnt do so well with Columbia especially.</p>

<p>::sigh::</p>