<p>I'm a sophomore in high school. My high school is ranked in the top 100 in the nation (specifically, top 60) and is an arts school.</p>
<p>I've been researching colleges and am currently leaning toward Columbia with a major in astrophysics. I want to know what the national/international community thinks of how I'm doing so far--and if I have a chance.</p>
<p>Freshman year:
Unified Arts/Speech & Debate: A, A
English 1 Honors: A, A
TV Production/Creative Writing: A, A
Biology 1 Honors: A, A
AP Human Geography: A, A
Algebra 2 Honors: A, A
Spanish 2: A, A</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
English 2 Honors
Pre-Calculus Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
AP Biology
AP World History
my school's newsmagazine, nationally recognized and awarded
my school's yearbook, nationally recognized and awarded</p>
<p>I expect to be getting all A's this year. Dual enrollment in two AP courses this summer, as well as the nest summer. Junior year I will be having 5 AP's and the two publications, same for senior year.</p>
<p>My GPA is 4.0 and HPA 4.7857 at the moment. Class rank is definitely in the top 5%, pretty sure I'm in the top 5 as well.</p>
<p>I'm in clubs and hold an officer position for one of them. I plan on creating 2 clubs next year and being members/officers for others. I constantly participate in community service. I have been and will be on my school's swim team for all 4 years. I have been swimming with a competitive swimming team for 8 years outside of school. I also plan to organize fundraisers for charity.</p>
<p>I probably missed some stuff, but here's some to start.</p>
<p>What do you think? Stories or experiences of Columbia are welcomed.</p>