<p>Male, white, from suburban NY, my parents both never completed college</p>
<p>GPA: 4.32 weighted (4.17 unweighted) / 4.33 (damn A+...); A is 4.0 and A+ is 4.33</p>
<p>SAT I (one test date): 2320 (M: 780 CR: 770 W: 770)</p>
<p>SAT II: Chemistry 730 then 800; Bio-M 790; Math II 780</p>
<p>APs: English Lit 4; Bio 5; Physics B 5; US History 5; Psych 5</p>
<p>Current Courses: Couple electives and Honors Science Research; AP Calc BC, AP English Lang., AP Euro, AP Spanish, AP Chem (online, through CTY, school doesn't offer it)</p>
<p>-Researcher at Columbia University Medical Center since May 2010; worked there summers of 2010 and 2011 for eight weeks at 45 hours/week; plan to get recommendation letters from my mentors at Columbia (hope it helps lol); completed two research papers
-Competed in two regional/state science research competitions
-Cross Country Team member since freshman (in the top 7 runners since soph year)
-Peer Tutor since 9th grade and now getting paid as a tutor in 12th grade
-Piano player since 3rd grade and have competed in the NY Music Association piano festivals (levels 2-6, 6 being the highest; always scored high)
-Model UN team member since 9th grade (been to Rutgers and Princeton for competition)
-Math Team member since 10th grade (highest scoring participant)
-Competing to be in Intel this year
-Track + Field Team member since 9th grade
-Writer for the school newspaper 10th-11th grade for Health + Science section; won the Rookie of the Year award
-Band member (trumpet player) in the school since 4th grade</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
-Most likely National Merit Commended status (PSAT score of 216)
-U Penn Junior Book Award
-U Rochester Bausch + Lomb Book Award
-Westchester Academy of Medicine Research Award (included $25 and a USB drive)
-In Vitro Biology Society Research Award (getting my abstract published in their national newsletter)
-2nd place in Competitive Poster for the Westchester-Rockland (regional) Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Biochemistry category</p>
<p>Thank you for your time. All accolades and criticisms appreciated! :) And like I said, I'll gladly comment/chance for you if you want!</p>
<p>And my application essay/recommendations are good, too - so I’m told. My Columbia supplement essays are excellent and really show my personality/my wanting to go there to continue my research at Columbia (I currently have a Columbia ID and everything haha).</p>
<p>I don’t have experience “chancing” people, but strictly by the looks of your profile you’re about as shoe-in an applicant as I’ve read on these things. You should apply to Yale and Harvard as well just joking.</p>
<p>Going with the stats I think you have an excellent chance But then college admission, especially that of Ivy League schools, is known to be quite tricky so no-one can be absolutely confident. Yet you appear to be reasonably prepared and passionate about the school so I feel very strongly about your chance.</p>
<p>I think you have a good chance, but not a great chance. Columbia is so competitive, even ED, that it’s impossible to say whether you are “in” or not. Definitely, don’t grow complacent, as amazexxx said. you can just as easily be rejected.</p>
<p>good luck fellow ed’er! (i applied ed to cornell CoE)</p>
<p>I applied to CC because they have the research/science programs I wanted (I’ve already worked at one of the labs involved in their undergrad programs for two years, and I’ve loved it!), and my interest is in biochemistry, which is at CC not SEAS. And yeah, I definitely agree about the chances being hazy part. You really never know with these things, and a lot of it is luck and whether the school feels that you’re a good match for them or not. Hopefully, my interest will shine through with my essays, work experience, contact with some scientists there, and the fact that I’ve had a couple of family members go there, but you honestly never know! Of course I’m dying to get again, but if I don’t, there are schools out there I’d be proud to attend, as well. Thanks for the honest opinions :).</p>
<p>Thank you; let’s hope luck is in all of our favor, as well. It’s definitely a crapshoot. Like @cortana said above, I could easily be rejected. If so, I know I’ll be happy wherever I go (even if I’m dying to go to Columbia haha).</p>
<p>Sooo we’re basically the same candidate, but I’m white and male, and you’re female and Asian (both statuses are not advantageous haha). Idk hopefully we’ll BOTH get in, which would be amazing, but I have a good feeling about you! You’re a legacy, too, right? My sister went to Barnard and graduated this year, but none of my parents went to Columbia. And you prolly applied to CC, too lol. Did you work at the Medical Center for one summer or two, and have you competed in competition with your research? I worked in the department of pathology and cell bio. Sorry for all the questions haha; I’m just curious. Again good luck this Thursday :).</p>
<p>My sister went to CC. And yeah, I completed my thesis and presented my research in front of a board of chemists. I didn’t publish it. I was going to compete in ISEF, but I was a little bit overwhelmed. My project supervisor wrote my rec. The odds are indeed against us, haha, but I have a good feeling about you too!. You seem like a strong applicant. I only worked at the Med Center for one year, but I might be going back; my ID might get a little use, considering it took 3 months for them to actually get me through the system haha.</p>
<p>Your ECs and awards are both very impressive and focused on what you want to major in. Assuming your essays were equally impressive and you were able to portray your love for Columbia, there is no reason why you shouldn’t be accepted. I wish you the best of luck :)</p>
just joking.</p>
But then college admission, especially that of Ivy League schools, is known to be quite tricky so no-one can be absolutely confident. Yet you appear to be reasonably prepared and passionate about the school so I feel very strongly about your chance.</p>