Chance Arab boy for Columbia

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Demographics

  • Gender: Male
  • Race/Ethnicity: White/Middle Eastern
  • Residence: Houston, TX
  • Hooks: Low income

Intended Major(s): Political Science/Philosophy (Pre-law)

Academics

  • GPA/Rank: 5.3 W, 4.0 UW, 2/105
  • # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 2 APs (self-studied 2 more), 18+ DE, all others Pre-AP
  • Senior Year Course Load: Community College (Semester Courses): Calculus I, Biology Non-Majors I, Criminal Justice, Business Law, Statistics I, Biology Non-Majors II, Intro to Philosophy, Intro to Social & Political Philosophy, Criminal Law; HS: AVID IV (Full Year)

Standardized Testing

  • SAT/ACT: 1560
  • SAT II: N/A
  • AP/IB: Hum Geo: 4, World Hist: 5, US Gov: 5, US Hist: 4
  • Other: N/A

Extracurriculars/Activities

  1. Speech and Debate Club President & Debate Team Captain
  2. Islamic Weekend School Volunteer Teacher
  3. Middle/Junior High Debate Judge
  4. Online Government Simulation/Mock Court
  5. Co-founded school-wide SAT tutoring initiative
  6. AVID & Subject Tutor

Awards/Honors

  1. Top 16 in International World Schools Debate Tournament
  2. Top 100 Speakers in International World Schools Debate Tournament
  3. 2019 NSDA Nationals Qualifier
  4. 2019-20 Best Team for World Schools Debate, Local Urban Debate League
  5. 2019 Policy Debate State Qualifier
  6. QuestBridge Finalist & College Prep Scholar
  7. UChicago Summer Immersion
  8. Penn Early Exploration Program
  9. Duke Talent Identification Program
  10. College Board AP Scholar with Honor

Essays/LORs/Interviews: A few verified ex-AOs/consultants told me my bio & topical essays were better than most; I’m a natural writer and usually do good at prose and figurative lang. I saw my LOR from my debate coach and Spanish teacher (9/10) and other was from my Brit Lit professor; didn’t see but she is a very talented writer and I provided her with a lot of info about my struggles and successes, can’t rate.

Chance me for: Columbia University

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Are you applying in the RD round? Did you match anywhere with Questbridge?

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Yes, I ranked Columbia and didn’t match.

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I don’t know much about how Questbridge works, but my understanding is that since you ranked Columbia and didn’t match that for some reason you weren’t at the top of your list.

I’m worried that this might make things more difficult for you in the RD round. Have you considered applying to another college ED2?