<p>cumulative gpa is 3.9x due to a couple of summer courses that I took the summer before my freshman year</p>
<p>SAT's:
- 720v, 690m, 690w
- 770 SAT 2 literature</p>
<p>I won my university's undergraduate literature contest in the first semester of my freshman year, and was competing exclusively with seniors who were presenting their theses.</p>
<p>I should be able to get extremely good teacher recommendations. Multiple professors, including the dean of economics, have told me that I am "the best student [they've] ever had."</p>
<p>Do I have a chance? I will be applying from a no-name state university.</p>
<p>The fact that your applying from a no name university will hurt you, as the courses there will be considered much easier than the courses at Columbia. They are reluctant to accept transfers from other universities and generally look for community college transfers</p>
<p>That is what I am afraid of. I hope that this will not affect grad. school. Does anyone know how much it will hurt me?</p>
<p>And it’s not a “no-name” university, it’s just the regular old flagship university of the state that I went to high school in. I don’t know if this matters.</p>
<p>Basically its a crap shoot. As a general rule, if you were accepted as HS applicant before and you did not attend, the chances are higher than if you were not. There are exceptions of course.</p>