Chance me (A Chinese really loves Columbia)

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<p>Hi Guys, I'm a Chinese applicant. In China the competition for a spot at Columbia gets unprecedentedly intensive this year, and a inflation of SATs is making the situation even more troublesome. BUT I love Columbia. (Just ignore the account name as it's my friend's account) Here are my stats, please give me a chance. Thanks a lot!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730CR 720MA 730W 2270（Superscore)
ACT: didn't take
SAT II: 800MA2 710Phy
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10
AP (place score in parenthesis): none
IB (place score in parenthesis): Economics HL (7), Math HL (6), English HL (7), World History (6), Physics SL (7), Chinese (6)
Senior Year Course Load: Intensive
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MUN Outstanding Delegate (10 schools conference), (and other competitions that are really hard for non-Chinese to understand)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Representative Council (President), Volunteer teaching group (Founder), Library Building Program (Founder), School Business (CEO),
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Above Offered 3 weeks of English classes to an underprivileged elementary school in rural China (the village my family comes from), Started my library building program, donated 700+ books already as a start.
Summer Activities: Went to Duke and attended a Intro to Philosophy course, got an A on my transcript.
Essays: Talked about how my family strove for liberty, fought against gender stereotype in China, broke discrimination against "villager", and my own story teaching kids the idea of Liberty. (Used a major analogy; my family, from my grandma to me, as the Yangtze River that finally want to embrace the "sea". Supplements wrote my WHy Columbia in a time-reversed fashion: In 2040, I made a speech on the General Assemble of "United States of CHina".... How my years at Columbia shaped me
*List some philosophy works
Essays are the strongest part in my application package.
Teacher Recommendation: IB Econo teacher, should be very good as I'm very strong at Economics. IB Math, she's nice but young. Standard level
Counselor Rec:Very good. We are very close
Additional Rec:A recommendation from my Duke professor
Interview: Not yet. Really really want to take one
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): China (hope one day it will finally become what I wished in my WHy Columbia)
School Type: An IB Center affiliated to a public school
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k</p>

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<p>Would anyone make some comments? Please, your ideas do help!</p>

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<p>I believe Columbia is a reach. Not just for you, but for all applicants.</p>

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<p>Thanks RainMan, hope everyone get the Luck.</p>

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<p>Please tell me your impression when viewing my information. Thank you buddies</p>

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<p>What are you applying to?</p>

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<p>Columbia
UChicago
Duke
Bowdoin
Boston College
Colgate
Wesleyan
NYU
UVA</p>

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<p>I meant which program at Columbia? </p>

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<p>Oh, Columbia College, Economics-Philosophy or Economcis-Political Sciences joint</p>

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<p>Okay to be honest, I do not see anything other than the Economics and Philosophy courses and the MUN being related to Economics or Philosophy or Political Science. I may be wrong as I have never studied these subjects, but that’s my impression. The Adcoms may view it differently. </p>

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<p>Very helpful. My essay talks quite much about them, as I even tried to add something else to balance myself. Your point is so right. It seems I lack strong academic related activities to support me. Great to know.</p>

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<p>Where are you from??? I’m from China too and I’m also doing full IB Diploma! Same scores too! Let’s hope we both have a chance.</p>

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<p>Hey man, I’m from Shanghai, and you? School？</p>

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<p>Would you like to posts your stats, information,etc ?</p>

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<p>Seriously, I wish everyone would just stop with the chance threads.</p>

<p>Your app is already in. No one here is really going to give you an accurate assesment. Your stats are nearly identical to a lot of other people who apply all over the world to this school.</p>

<p>If anything, sharing your essays through PMs are really the only way to tell if you have an edge, as they hold a very large amount of significance.</p>

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<p>Tribbs, although I agree and think youre right, its also a harrowing experience. People are just sharing, hoping for a friendly ear or a bit of advice that they havent heard that may make them think “I may actually have this…”</p>

<p>It may be detrimental in the long run if they dont get accepted, however…</p>