Chance me Columbia ED and others EA/RD

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I am planning on applying to Columbia ED in the fall.

My background:
-Asian male immigrant (moved here in 8th)
-Middle class
-applying for bio-related majors

Stats:
4.0 GPA (Might get a B this semester but Columbia won’t see)
36 ACT: 35 E 35M 36R 36 S
SAT II: 800 Chem, taking Math 2 and Bio
AP: 5 on Chem, Bio, CSA, Lang, Chinese, 4 on APES(self-studied)
Senior course load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP art, AP Econ, multi(at community college), health, civics , Biomedical innovation

Awards:
-USA Bio Olympiad Semifinalist
-University of Toronto Biology competition top score/certificate of achievement
-LA Brain Bee 4th place finalist
-LA Science Olympiad Chemistry Lab 2nd place individual
-JPL invention challenge 3rd place finals
-National Merit Commended

ECS:
-BU RISE(research in science and engineering)-highly competitive research internship program
-Science Club/Team: President/captain
-Biology club: president
-ELD Club(dedicated time helping immigrant students): founder/president
-UCLA summer session Molecular bio
-EDX online courses: several courses taken in bio
-Volunteering at Down Syndrome Learning center
-Varsity Badminton
-Piano performance at hospital lobby
-JPL invention challenge
-Hosted an international coding camp with WomenWhoCode for girls interested in Taiwan
-Science Bowl, USABO, etc:
(Just a bunch of science stuff ig)

-Recommendation letters will be nice
-Unique essay on my sweaty hands and how my condition has impacted me.

Please give me some useful advice on applying ED to Columbia and tell me what my chances are.

If possible, please also chance me at schools that I am applying to EA:
MIT, Caltech, Uchicago, UMich, Northeastern.

And also my RD schools(GPA will drop a little due to the likely B in Calc BC):
UCLA, usc, Berkeley, Hopkins, other Ivies, NYU, Northwestern, Duke.

Thank you so much!!

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Whats your class rank?

Which school within Columbia are you applying ED?

3

Our school does not rank but I am definitely within the top 5%.
I am applying as a biochem major to Columbia school of engineering.

4

You have a great application. You have the challenging courses, grades a rank, test scores, and you have been a fine part of your community. Which gives you the average chance of unhooked applicants to Columbia. Where do you live— do you have a bit of a geographical advantage?

The same will be for any of the compatible schools you’ve listed. There a a lot of great applicants. You don’t stand out to be plucked from the stack, but you won’t be eliminated either. You can look up the selectivity es and those pretty much are for you

Have your run NPCs to make sure these are realistic financial picks.

NYU is a match. The rest reaches. You should add some safeties. None are safeties at all in terms of getting aid if you do not qualify and/or parents won’t or can’t pay what the schools say they should.

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You’ve got a solid application. I can’t see any weaknesses from the academic side of things. But as pointed out above, you don’t stand out in a dramatic way either. But you stand a fair chance, especially due to ED. Good luck, keep us posted.