Chance bad scores

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Hey everyone. So I really like the core at columbia college and it really fits my school's curriculum, so I think it'd be a really cool school for me. I would want to major in econ with a minor in spanish literature. any opinions would be great!</p>

<p>ACT: 27. I don't really know what happened, but this is my score and I doubt i'll have time to retake with my schedule.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8</p>

<p>AP: French, Spanish Language, Spanish Literature, Chemistry, Calculus
IB (place score in parenthesis):Full IB <---death. School that does the IB program won very prestigious award for international focus.</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
@ High School :
AP Spanish
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus
AP/IB Spanish Literature
IB Lit
IB History
IB theory of knowledge
IB Projects
@ College
International Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>

<p>Varsity Tennis (captain), Varsity Soccer ( captain), ASB President, NHS, Drama( costumes), EIHS President ( the IB school, that won goldman sach's award for international focus, inside of my school, i can explain if I need to), on the YAT which is a group of students on the board of education for my state. we are advisors for the superintendent.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: None</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 hours, 100 in spanish by senior year. I started and lead a group that goes around my city and helps hispanics that are having trouble with school because of a language barrier and tutor them one on one. By the end of senior year, i would guess that I would have 200+</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Taking a course at University and doing community service. Also visiting colleges.
Essays: I have a couple ideas. Talking about teachers and how they transformed me. Especially french.
Teacher Recommendation:I have solid ones.
Counselor Rec: she loves me</p>

<p>Male Hispanic on the West coast, i'm not from Cali though. Not first generation college student.</p>

<p>Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>ok sweet thanks</p>

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<p>I strongly suggest that you take the ACT again</p>

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<p>theory of knowledge is not a subject. its a core requirement. !!!</p>

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<p>oh.
my bad.</p>

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<p>If you can, you might consider taking the SAT. Some folks score materially better on one test over the other.</p>

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<p>I plan on taking the october ACT and the SAT in november. Hopefully I do well enough to be a competitive applicant. thanks for the recommendation pbr :)</p>

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<p>well, i did the full IB, six subjects, all core requirements and got my diploma (woohoo)
lol. and yes, it is death. i did the SAT too, you should try it, once you figure it out, its predictable.</p>

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<p>i know that this is really old, but if I got a 30 ACT score, what would you guys think my chances would be?</p>

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<p>I’m doing the IB now too! I got a crap SAT score for the first try (1750) and I knew I screwed up. I live in a tiny country next to Malaysia (Brunei) and there is no SATs prep here whatsoever, so i’ve had limited resources and I’ve tried all I can. And I didn’t realise you’d get marks chopped off if you got incorrect answers. But I’m predicted 43 points for IB. I’m retaking the SATs anyway but do you think that my IB score will cancel my awful SAT1 scores?</p>