<p>What are my chances? I'm deciding to apply early decision between Princeton SEAS and Columbia Fu Foundation. </p>
<p>STATS: </p>
<p>SAT: CR 690, Math 790, Writing 610 (will retake)
SATII: Bio 730, Chem 770, Math II 640 (will retake)
AP: Bio 5, Chem 5, Gov 5
GPA 4.25 weighted, 1 of 260ish </p>
<p>Asian Female
Rhode Island
Major: chemical engineering </p>
<p>Lots of activities: varsity tennis (4 yrs), field hockey, ventures scholar, president of Key Club, national honor society, over 400 hrs of community service, work since 7th grade, lots of math and science award, internship at Yale </p>
<p>Which college do I have a better chance of admission if I apply early decision? Is Princeton still a reach even I apply early decision to its SEAS? Also, which school is better in engineering?</p>
<p>Both schools are major reaches and unlikely no matter when you apply. Sorry if that sounds harsh. Almost no one white or asian gets in with those scores. So unless you are super rich and have given a building,an athlete or a URM, they will both be highly unlikely.</p>
<p>Actually, I think you are a solid candidate for both schools. I would recommend visiting each one first because they are quite different. If you have any questions about Columbia (I am in CC, but a very good friend of mine teaches the SEAS Gateway class) don't hesitate to ask.</p>
<p>I think Columbia is better for engineering. I've never heard anything about Princeton's engineering school before.</p>
<p>You need to boost that writing score. You are a shoo in at Columbia SEAS ED, and very likely RD as well. I am skeptical on Princeton though, your SAT is too low.</p>
<p>first of all, both princeton and columbia have early decision, not SCEA. secondly, and i really hate to say it, but suze is right about your scores; they need to come up. no offense, but your EC's are not spectacular (they are good, but they don't stand out), so you would need to have excellent scores, a standout essay, and good recommendations to even be considered. if you want a better idea of who gets accepted/rejected at these places, go look at the individual forums and search the archives for either the RD Acceptance Thread or ED Acceptance Thread. you'll be shocked; i know i was.</p>
<p>Columbia SEAS is significantly an easier admit than Columbia College, especially ED. To top it off she is a woman, which SEAS really tries to recruit. She is very solid ED there. Princeton is a very different story.</p>
<p>"first of all, both princeton and columbia have early decision, not SCEA"</p>
<p>I did not write Single-choice early action. I clearly wrote SEAS which stands for School of Engineering and Applied Science. I just want to clarify that. Also, I come from a low-income family and a first generation child. What are my chances at Cornell for RD? Also, how do I become an eligble athlete for colleges because I started playing varsity tennis since 9th grade and was MVP for two years and was top singles player? I really do want to play tennis in college.</p>
<p>lol, sorry, my bad... i misread that. Anyway, for recruiting, the first thing you should do is visit the websites of the schools you are interested in and fill out a recruiting survey. Also, I would write the coach an email just to express your interest. But don't take my word for it... i'm only being recruited at one school out of all the schools i'm applying to, and it's DIII and for track, which is easy because i just have to send in my times, lol</p>
<p>What are my chances at Cornell? What are the differences between Cornell and Columbia in terms of engineering? Which university would give me a better job?</p>
<p>Cornell engineering is superior to Columbia SEAS, but not superior enough to choose it because it gives you a better job. The same firms recruit on both campuses, chosse on lifestyle! At this level it makes no difference at all, you are choosing between a Mercedes and BMW, its about preference not which is "better".</p>
<p>And suze you might want to meet a few engineering women friends of mine at Columbia who are in sEAS and got in ED wsith scores in the 1300 range.</p>