Be sincere :'(

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hispanic Male</p>

<p>SAT (1st attempt):
Critical Reading - 570
Math - 620
Writing - 580
Overall: 1770/2400
* My school's average SAT score is a 900/1600. I heard that admissions look at your school's SAT average and determine how competitive you truly are.</p>

<p>Accu. GPA (Unweighted on a 4.0 Scale): 3.8064
Accu. GPA (Weighted on a 5.0 Scale): 4.85
Rank: 1/414</p>

<p>AP Exams:
English Language and Composition: 3 (Re-taking next year)
Spanish Language: 5 (Yay!)
** Taking AP English Literature & Comp., AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP U.S. History, and possibly AP Chemistry next year**</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activties:
Academic Team (9,10,11,12) -- President (11)
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (11) Possibly 12
Student Council Representative (9,10,11) Possibly 12
School Newspaper - News Editor (10)
School Newspaper - Editor in Chef (11, 12)
Key Club (11, 12)
Community Service Group (10, 11, 12)
Future Business Leaders of America (11, 12)
Drama Club (11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Achievers in Our High School (9, 10, 11) Possibly 12</p>

<p>Community Service:
) Organized and supervised community dance to raise drug awareness - 1 year - (7 hours)
) Drama Club - Built Sets, Scenery, Playbill Production, Fundraising - 1 year - (70-80 hours)
) Key Club Bulletin Board - 2 years - (10 hours)
) Local Daycare Center - Nov./Mar. 2005 - (15 hours)
) New York Law School - Helped with Mock Trial Presentation - 1 yr. - (11 hours)
) Parents' Night Translator - 2 yrs. - (4 hours)
) School-based activities used to increase drug and unsafe sex awareness - 1 yr - (5 hours)
) Local soup kitchen- 1 yr - 5 hours
) Thanksgiving Food Drive - 2 years - (16 hours)</p>

<p><em>Thinking of pulling in last-minute hopital and tutoring hours between Sept. to Dec.</em></p>

<p>School Grades:
Math
Algebra 1 Honors: A+
Geoemetry Honors: A+
Algebra 2 Honors: A+
Pre-Calculus Honors: A+
AP Calculus: N/A</p>

<p>English
English 9 Honors: A-
English 10 Honors: A+
English 11 Honors: A+
AP English Language: A-
AP English Literature: N/A</p>

<p>Science
Biology Honors: A
Biology Lab Honors: A
Earth-Space Honors: A-
Chemistry Honors: A+
Chemistry Lab Honors: A+
AP Biology: N/A
AP Biology Lab: N/A
Anatomy & Physiology Honors: N/A
~*No Room for Physics *~</p>

<p>History
World History Level A: A+
U.S. History Part 1 Honors: A
U.S. History Part 2 Honors: A
AP U.S. History: N/A</p>

<p>Foreign Language
Spanish 1 Honors: A
Spanish 2 Honors: A
AP Spanish Language: A-
Spanish 4 Honors: N/A</p>

<p>Electives
Culinary Art Class: A+
Computer Applications 1: A+
Journalism: A
Independent Study Journalism (I): A+
Independent Study Journalism (II): N/A</p>

<p>Worked with New York Law School students on Mock Trial (11th grade)
Science Fair -- County Winner --- Honorable Mention (11th grade)
Recognition for Work on School Paper</p>

<p>What do you feel is an adequate amount of community service hours? Are Columbia adcoms tough on that?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading and submitting your opinion/evalutations! I really appreciate it! </p>

<p>~Fraggle</p>

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<p>Yes, Columbia admissions are that competitive. You are pretty low in SATs for Columbia. However, if you go search on the Columbia board for the admitted/rejected thread from last year, you will see that they often passed over higher level students for lower stat students. If you can raise the SATs to the 2100 range, it's worth applying. </p>

<p>Schools compare your SAT scores to everyone else applying to them, not to your school's average. It's a national test for a reason.</p>

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<p>Even as a URM, your scores are very low for Columbia. There are tons of high scoring hispanics at Columbia. I would focus on great schools that have a hard time recruiting hispanics. Schools in the midwest like Grinnell, Outer NE like Bowdoin that doesn't look at SATs, etc.</p>

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<p>Bump -- By the way, I've taken 3 SAT Practice tests over the summer and received scores of 1910, 1920, and recently 1940.</p>

<p>Considering:
Columbia University
Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
Penn State University
University of Maryland</p>

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<p>I would say John Hopkins, Columbia, and Cornell would be reaches. Try to increase your SAT's.</p>

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<p>I think your URM status will really help...raise your SAT score and you're in</p>

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<p>Your URM status helps...raise your SAT and you're set</p>