Chance for Columbia College?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2310 (M-730/CR-780/W-800/10) One sitting
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II (subject, score): Math II-800; Biology E-780; Chinese-780
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: UW-3.83; W-4.69
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6th out of 229
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): US Government (5), US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Physics C, AP Biology, AP Calc BC, AP English Literature, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel, etc.): US Academic Decathlon National level bronze in speech and interview, ACDA Eastern Children's Choir, ACDA National Women's Choir
Common Awards (AP Scholar, honor roll, NM things, etc.): NHS, National French Honor Society</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (name, grade levels, leadership, description): US Academic Decathlon (9-12, president); Key Club (9-12, vice president); varsity girls tennis (9-12, captain, all-conference honorable mention); karate (6-12, black belt, student teacher)
Job/Work Experience: Unpaid intern at local chamber of commerce (nothing special)
Volunteer/Community Service: local choir (6-12, 250+ hours, student president); Key Club (175+ hours)
Summer Experience: Girls State (girls nation alternate)
Essays: Decent, 8-9 out of 10
Teacher Recommendation #1: Knows me well, should be 8 or 9 out of 10
Teacher Recommendation #2: Knows me, don't know if generic or not
Counselor Rec: She said it was "kick-ass" (her words, not mine), but might be generic
Additional Info/Rec: Choir director sent rec, generic
Interview: Haven't had one (yet.)</p>

<p>Other
U.S. State/Territory or Country: NJ
Citizenship: Canadian (applying as international student)
School Type: Public (pretty terrible; ranked 75-100)
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket Range: applied for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development): None</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Your ECs, stats, awards and recs arne’t good enough. Plus, you’re only taking 6 AP Classes, and one of them is AP Stats, another is AP Bio and another is AP Lit, so it’s almost like you’re taking only 1 AP coure. Not sure how you plan to even get admitted. </p>

<p>I don’t think you’ll get in… You should set your sights to a school like ITT Tech or DeVry :\ Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I think that even a community college may deny you with those stats :(</p>

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<p>Uh, no offense, but I don’t think you have any idea what you are talking about.</p>

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<p>Uh, no offense, but I think he’s trolling. :P</p>

<p>You have as good of a chance as anybody else. Good scores and ECs though UW GPA is on the lower side (compared to what I have seen on the ED results thread anyway). Just my two cents.</p>

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<p>Thank you :)</p>

<p>Yeah, my GPA is what’s got me worried :/</p>

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<p>My answer was supposed to be overly-sarcastic. Sorry to sound rude but I really think you’re trolling – you live in NJ but applied international? You’re not international if you’re a permanent resident, you say an 8/9 out of 10 essay is “decent” and that your public school is terrible (ranked at least 100 out of over 98,000 public schools). Further your GPA is phenomenal yet it’s “got you worried.” If this doesn’t scream trolling then I’m not sure what does.</p>

<p>If these are your legit stats you have a good chance for Columbia. But I still think you’re trolling.</p>

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<p>@eatsomecheerios
I’d say your chances are about as good as anyone else’s. From here, it’s basically a lottery and nobody here can tell you if you will or will not get accepted, but, yes, you definitely have a chance at getting accepted. </p>

<p>@OrangeD00D
I actually don’t think she’s trolling, I think it actually can be a concern of some if they don’t have a perfect 4.0 GPA, especially depending on the school’s grading system. I agree that her’s is very good, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s causing her grief. Additionally, being a permanent resident doesn’t mean you can apply as a domestic student. One of my friends held off from applying to colleges early decision because he wouldn’t be getting his green card until December (despite having attended my school since 7th grade) and would’ve had to apply as an international student.</p>

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<p>I’m not a permanent resident; I’m a Canadian citizen. Just a temporary resident, even though I’ve been going to school in NJ since 5th grade. Don’t want to get into semantics, I know it doesn’t really make sense :/</p>