Chance me for Columbia?

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<p>Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to read this. It's basically the end of my junior year right now, only about a few more weeks to go, so I thought this would be a good time to get the opinion of other people about my application so far since I still have the summer (even then, that's not that much time left though...). </p>

<p>Unweighted/weighted GPA currently: (3.75/4.75/5.13) </p>

<p>I go to a boarding school, so the 3.75/4.75 is from my old high school where I went to for 9th and 10th grade. I didn't stay long enough to get a class rank. The 5.13 is my weighted so far at this new boarding school. No class rank for the school either. </p>

<p>IB/AP Courses (+ scores)
- IB Physics II
- AP Chemistry (4 or 5 I'm hoping)
- AP Calculus AB/BC (5 on AB and hopefully 5 on BC)
- AP US History (4 or 5)
- AP Physics (No class but took the exam, 4)
For next year,
- AP Economics
- AP Statistics
- Multi variable Calculus (not an IB/AP, but will that look good to colleges?)</p>

<p>I am also currently enrolled in a Research course, where we work with the Jackson Lab in Maine and work with mice genomes (computational biology). </p>

<p>Class rank/size
- No class rank, size of about 300</p>

<p>SAT Score
- 2280 (800M, 760CR, 720W)</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
- Math II: 800
- Physics: 760
- Chemistry: Took last Saturday, hoping for a high 700</p>

<p>ECs:
- Biggest one I have is Boy Scouts. I've been involved in Boy Scouts for about 8-9 years now, and I achieved the rank of Eagle last fall. I've been senior patrol leader, patrol leader, etc. basically, a lot of leadership position within the trop
- I debate a lot. I've done debate all 3 years so far (with the hope of continuing next year) and I've been to many national tournaments and won awards (for example, we won a trophy for double octafinals (top 32 out of 300+) at Harvard Debate Tournament, with many of the best debaters from around the nation) and semi-final awards at the State TFL Debate tournament (with plenty of smaller, regional tournament awards)
- I'm in HOSA, a student organization with over 120K members and I've won state awards for Biomedical Debate, and we placed first at the National Leadership Conference last year that had 7000+ attendees. We've also won second and third places at the state conference.
- I have a ton of service hours, which mainly came from the IB requirement at my old school and the various requirements for Boy Scouts. Probably a total of 300+ hours during my high school career. </p>

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<li>Also, I am an Asian Male from North Carolina</li>
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<p>Basically, I'm mainly worried about my grades. I've gotten several B's throughout high school, and I think that's my weakest point. Mainly, I've just gotten B's in Spanish (because I'm really bad at Spanish) and a few B's here or there. I've gotten A's in all the IB and AP Courses that I've taken so far. I'm also worried about the real lack of variety in my EC's. I mainly do really only two things, debate and Boy Scouts, but I work really hard in both of those.</p>

<p>Any advice you guys have? Chances? Any other colleges I should apply to? Please be as direct as you can. Columbia is my dream school, and I seriously want to know what you guys think the chances of me getting in are. If you need more information, let me know, and thank you for reading!</p>

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<p>not bad. Make sure to visit the campus if you are able.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the reply Equuleus. Any other suggestions besides visiting the campus?</p>

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<p>Can I get accepted into Columbia when taking next year, 7 AP classes and 12 AP exams? </p>

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<p>Hello, I am a Junior at Middle Creek High School, and am curious. Look, I have always wanted to go to Columbia University, it has been always my first choice, pretty much, well mostly ALL MY LIFE, and then my second choice has been New York University (NYU)!!! I had a great freshmen year, but I had a rough sophomore year, and did not end up with the grades I had planned, and wanted to achieve/excel with those grades and classes. During that year though, there were some family problems, which had interacted with my school work, and gave me a handful/plentiful to deal with, and my GAD/SAD (General Anxiety Disorder/Social Anxiety Disorder) kicked in badly!!! I was able to manage, overall, with a D, a 3.2 GPA weighted (so far!!), and then taking senior year 7 AP classes, 12 AP exams, a NATIONAL AP SCHOLAR, and maybe even, the State AP Scholar in NC, but idk 4 sure about that!! Oh, and I also forgot, because of the things happening at my old home, in MA, I ended up moving to NC, where my dad lives, and I am back to my old self with school, I got honor roll again w/ SPECTACULAR grades!!!</p>

<p>So, this is how my grades r on my transcript so far, and I will also put down the classes that I will be doing and self-studying for next year, and they are:</p>

<p>Year Levels</p>

<p>Freshman Yr</p>

<p>Course Grade Where Taken
Honors World History B Agawam, MA (Agawam High)
Spanish II/2 A Agawam, MA
Physical Education B Agawam, MA
Honors Physical Science B Agawam, MA
Personal Finance B Agawam, MA
Comp (Computer on MCAS) P (Pass) Agawam, MA
Honors Algebra I B Agawam, MA
English I/9 B Agawam, MA </p>

<p>Sophomore Yr</p>

<p>Course Grade Where Taken
United States History B Agawam, MA
English II/10 C Agawam, MA
Honors Chorus A Agawam, MA
Honors Geometry (Hard teacher, and class, but very good teacher anyways, overall)
D Agawam, MA
Honors Biology C Agawam, MA
Physical Education B Agawam, MA
Spanish III/3 Honors B Agawam, MA</p>

<p>Junior Yr</p>

<p>Course Grade Where Taken
Career Exploration/Management A Agawam, MA
Algebra 2 -3rd term/quarter I received an A- Apex, NC (Middle Creek High)
Foods I-Fundamentals -3rd term/quarter I received an A- Apex, NC
Honors Chemistry -3rd term/quarter I received a B- Apex, NC
Honors English III/3 -3rd term/quarter I received an A- Apex, NC</p>

<p>Senior Yr
English Course
AP English IV/4 Literature and Composition (Class at school)</p>

<p>Mathematics Courses
<pre-calculus honors=“” credit=“” in=“” 2011=“” summer=“” course=“” -=“” dual=“” enrollment=“”>
AP Calculus AB (Class at school)
AP Calculus BC (Class at school)
AP Statistics (Class at school)</pre-calculus></p>

<p>Science Courses
AP Environmental Science (Class at school)
AP Biology (Self-studying, since my dad taught this class, and friends are taking it (Review Book(s)))</p>

<p>Social Studies/History Courses
AP United States History (Class at school)
AP European History (Might or might not take class at school, if not self-studying then, with friends, teachers, etc. (Review Book(s)))
AP World History (Self-studying, and reason doing this is bcuz I got As and Bs through all my World History classes, and I am minoring in history (Review Book(s)))</p>

<p>Foreign Language Courses
AP Spanish Language (Class at school)
AP Spanish Literature (Self-studying, since I talk this language, and am like a native speaker (Cuban), which is a bonus, and family, teachers, etc. will help me review (Review Book(s)))</p>

<p>Elective(s) Courses
AP Psychology (Self-studying, and I have heard it is the easiest exam, but not only that, I have friends, family, teachers, etc. (Review Book(s)))
AP United States Government & Politics (same reason as other AP classes I am self-studying for, but mostly look at the AP World History parentheses, pretty much the same reason, in that case)
Introduction to College Math Honors (not really, but only if I don’t get an AP class that I chose, so this will b an alternate)
Anatomy & Physiology Honors (not really, and same reason Intro to College Math Honors)
Theatre Arts 1 and 2 (duh, one huge reason y I want to go into Columbia, and 1 of my majors!!)
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel (my dad picked this elective course, so I can type faster!)</p>

<p>Now, you make think that I am crazy, and will have no life, which may be true, but I don’t mind school work, or homework, I don’t like it, but if I have to do it, I don’t mind doing it then!!! Also, my GPA will go up higher, the AP exams cost WAY less than these courses in college!! I took the SATs today, since I am a junior of course, so it would make sense to take the SATs for a junior in the spring!!! Lastly, I am double majoring in Theatre/Performing Arts (Drama/Theatre Arts/Musical Theatre) and Teaching (anything except English, but don’t know wt I want to teach exactly, and if that is the case, in a school or college, since this is kind of my back-up plan from the other major)</p>

<p>Please reply with any comments, questions, and concerns you may have!! Ask anything curious that you do not understand, and thank you so much for reading this, and for your input, bcuz every little opinion and response counts!! Thank you!! <em>A hopeful acceptant to Columbia University</em></p>

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<p>Everything looks good.
Be sure to humanize yourself through your essays. I wish you the best of luck.</p>