Chance Me For Columbia ED (URM)

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ACT: 31
PSAT: 1420
GPA: 4.03 W/ 3.7 or 3.8 UW (I have a few Cs)
RACE: African-American
GENDER: Female
Income: 250k+, definitely won’t qualify for financial aid
Class rank: school doesn’t rank

Extracirrculars:
Founding Member/President of Society of Women Engineers Club
Outreach Captain of Robotics
Secretary of Peer Assistance Team
Regional Scholastic Award
Published in School Magazine & Newspaper
Summer Research Intern (paid) at local medical center
Former docent (paid) at local art museum

Letters of rec:
2 from science teachers
1 from english teachers

  • they’re all probably a 6/10

AP:
5 - human geo
5 - apush
5 - european history
4 - environmental science
5 - english 3

Current classes:
AP bio, ap english 4, ap psych, calc Honors, independent research, ap gov

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Unlikely.

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Not very likely. Even 20 years ago, classmates and I had way more APs (all 5s) and zero Cs, and even then, it was hard. Full disclosure, I am an alumni interviewer for Columbia.

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ivystanfordtutor can you repond to more Columbia chance me posts?