Chance me for Columbia Business?

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<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 one sitting (800 math and 750 on the other two)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: MathII (800), Chem (800), Bio-M (780), Physics (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Close to 4.0? We don't have an unweighted scale. </p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/494</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Bio (5), USH (5), Chem (5), Stat (5), Micro (4), Macro (4)</p>

<p>IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit and Comp, AP Psych, Art (graduation requirement), and Tech Drawing. I take Calc III at a local college after school too</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar Semifinalist, AP scholar w/distinction, Aime qualifier, then a bunch of small time regional math/science related awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ultimate Frisbee Captain, Math League Captain, Editor/Treasurer of School Literary Magazine, Dance (bboy) - Perform at various school functions, Math/Science League (Team High Scorer, some certificates), </p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Interned as a data scrubber in an Asian-American Advertising Company, Private SAT tutor (paid)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Christian Youth Group, Veteran Home, Tutor (unpaid). Not a lot</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Nothing major :\, vacations I suppose? Went to Canada and China, worked at my uncle's newly opened restaurant, learned some French. China, went to visit family, might have mentioned how i noticed the increasing modernization in China (I lived there as a kid)</p>

<p>Essays: Common App - Wrote about my childhood in china and how it made me the person I am today. I liked the shorter one though - talked about Frisbee and how it inspires athleticism, camaraderie, and my involvement in helping make it a gym activity. Columbia essay talked about my reverence for Warren Buffet, a graduate of Columbia. How he not only inspires me cause of his success, but also because he's a philanthropist. And how i want to learn in this environment to make my own future success. </p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: One was phenomenal. My math teacher let me read it, basically went on about how my amazing grades were secondary to my desire to learn, how intelligent i am and yet still possess a refreshing innocence/lack of arrogance, my contributions to the math team, and how she's certain i'm destined for success. Chem teacher should be very good as well, maybe not as personal as my math teacher. Gov teacher should be pretty good, </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: never saw, but i assume it's good</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Medium/large public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Low 6 figures
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I think I count as 1st gen? I was born here but lived in China from ages one to six. And a cousin got two masters from Columbia! (he immigrated here too)</p>

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<p>Columbia does not have a undergraduate business school. If you want a quality business education as an undergraduate student, go out and turn left to the Penn forum.</p>

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<p>alas - we can’t even say that is true anymore, columbia’s new special concentration in business management.</p>

<p>1) you are not first gen in the sense that folks use the term first gen, it means first generation in your family to attend college.
2) you seem like an ok student, as is you don’t truly impress as an econ or busman applicant. but that depends what your essays are about, and how strong your recs are at this point. also applying early v. regular will change things.</p>

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<p>Or consider a liberal arts major, followed by a career in business.</p>

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<p>oh yeah i didn’t mean a business program, I meant i’m interested in business. Yeah i’m worried about my lack of business ventures in hs. and that another student already got into columbia (recruited for swimming) and our school is pretty uncompetitive, with only 2-3 kids getting into top schools a year.</p>