Chance me for Columbia, UVA, Berkeley, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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US Duel Citizen
VA Resident
Highly Ranked private school
White Female with Middle Eastern and European background
Immigrant parents

Poli Sci and Art History majors

97/100 GPA, my school doesn’t rank, 1550, my school doesn’t weight GPA

Taken every AP/honors course available to me, art history classes, and government as well. Graduating with 6 years of math credits (took hs credit in MS), 3 years of French, Fluent in Italian (spoken at home). Took a summer class in politics at NYU with a Columbia Prof

Lots of Honors Societies, Volunteer recognition awards, more awards specific to my ECs…

Ballet dancer (9 and 10), 35 hours a week, quit bc of an injury, Attended highly ranked schools and prestigious programs, Invited to exclusive International Competitions, hand-selected by an esteemed dancer to be privately mentored.
Music (9-12) 5 hrs a week, Songwriter, some recognition within the field, did Violin and Guitar
Tutored orphans internationally 5 hrs a week and worked with the UN.
Statewide president (3 states) of a non-profit and created many programs within the organization
Founded a Model UN Club and competed internationally.
Did Theatre (directed and performed lead roles)
Tutored in Ballet w a non-profit initiative I created
US News Editor on School Newspaper
Small Business owner and designer
Vice president of an entrepreneurship society
Lots of political engagement as well

Essays-I am fairly confident in my personal statement a little too much maybe Lol, a little iffy with one supplemental essay for Columbia, but I think my others are good?
LOR-Two of my closest teachers, both speak very highly of me outside of class from what I have hard and I feel they have seen my fullest academic potential in their classes.

No cost constraints.

Schools I’m applying/applied to:
Virginia Tech (Safety and Legacy), UMich, William and Mary, UVA (EA), Columbia (ED), UNC Chapel Hill, UCLA, Uc Berkley, UC Santa Barabara, maybe Brown

Any other recommendations are welcome :slight_smile:

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VTech in
U of M - very good chance - 75%
W and M in
UVA EA in
Columbia ED - good chance, I say 65%
UNC - even though UNC is very tough OOS, I think you have a very good chance, 75% or more
UCLA - 65%
Cal - 70%
UCSB - 85%

Your SAT and grades are awesome, you sound mature and hard working, I think your application reads very strong.

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I forgot Brown RD … that will be your least likely. I would say 35%.

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@Mila_Bateman :
Overall you seem like a strong candidate and I agree UVa, VT, W&M will all be acceptances, but more information is needed for these other top schools:

-Even if your school does not rank the school will send a profile to colleges indicating the spread/breakdown of GPA ranges : are you top 25%? top 10%? top 1-2 students?

-Does your school routinely get admissions to Columbia, Brown, other top-10 schools?

-What APs have you taken and what are your scores? What courses are you taking this year? How does your course rigor compare to other top kids in your school: have you taken what is considered to be the hardest group of courses available to the school?

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No way anybody except a recruited athlete or child of a major, MAJOR donor has a 65% chance ED at Columbia.

Makes me wonder about your other estimates.

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Your school will have better indications of your chances than anybody here on CC. You have super stats, lots of solid ecs, and no budget constraints. You will have good choices. Get off CC & find a good way to channel all that (understandable) anxiety!

Come back after EA/ED results & give us an update

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That’s a joke. A recruited athlete or the child of a significant donor with her stats has a much better than 65% chance of getting into Columbia, hence the term “recruited” athlete.

She has great stats, great EC’s that scream maturity and hard worker, she comes from a good school, she has no financial baggage and she is committing to a university that desperately wants to be in the same yield rate realm as Harvard, Yale and Stanford. I think a 2 out of 3 chance is fairly accurate.

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thank you so much I appreciate the kind words, quite stressed about it all :sweat_smile:

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I believe I would be in the top 10% in my class, my school has regular ivy/top 20 school acceptances, and I have taken the hardest courses available, passed all AP exams.

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Assuming you are top 10% but not top 1-3 students, here is my assessment:
If most of the top 10% of your school get in to Top-10 schools then I think your chances at Columbia ED are definitely above the normal acceptance rate of 10-15% (recent yrs), if less than half of your top10% get in to those schools then I think your chances are around the normal ED rate. Also, if passed means 3s and 4s and some 5s then your chances are lower than if passed means almost all 5s.

Also: this assumes you have four yrs of science(bio, chem, physics plus one at AP level), four years of math including AP Calculus(middle school credits don’t count in college apps), four yrs of English. I see only 3 years of FL but that may not matter much given your fluency.

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columbia is not a 65%. ED pool is particularly very competitive. there are many students in VA who have 1580+ alongside national and international recognitions who will be applying to cc. unfortunately, chances are slim for everybody, including “spiked” applicants.

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very impressive background - make sure you quantify with hours, on the political engagement whatever you accomplished. You say no cost constraints - but you do know you can go for dirt cheap - like many do - in other words, why spend $320K if you can spend $60 or $80K - if you want that list, just ask.

Va Tech = safety.

W&M = safety (that’s scary to say)

UVA = likely

UNC = likely but it’s OOS and that’s not easy.

UCLA for poli sci - likely.

UC Berkeley - what your spelling as you apply - likely.

UCSB - in

Columbia and Brown - if you package it right you have a chance but many a student like yourself gets turned down - the EA will help.

Obviously the instate schools will be affordable gems. So you have mid size and extra large - what’s your preference - because if W&M is your worst case small school and UVA is your worst case larger school - life is good.

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