<p>Hello. I just want to see if I have even a remote chance for Columbia RD. I attend a public school in NY (Long Island). Can you please estimate my chances? </p>
<p>*I was rejected from UPenn ED</p>
<p>-Asian (Indian) immigrant. Came here in 1st grade. Still don't have a green card (considered international and have to apply for some financial aid)
-98.28 uw gpa, 104.18 w gpa
-ranked 4/546
-32 comp act: 33 e, 27 m, 33 r, 35 s, 9 essay
-2110 sat (one sitting): 710 math, 720 cr, 680 w, 9 essay
-sat 2: 730 world history, 710 math 1, 550 french (really bad, so I don't think that I am going to send them)
-took 12 ap's over the course of high school (taking AP calc BC, AP lit, AP bio, AP french, AP comp gopo, AP eco this year)
-4 in us, 5 in world, 5 in chem, 3 in stats, 4 in physics b
-leadership (this year): sec gen for Model UN, induction chair in science hs, vice pres of French hs, vice pres of math team
-EC's: nhs, bollywood dance (assistant choreographer and finalist in national competition), family responsibilities (helping brother with hw/teach him Hindi), science research (individual and in lab), environmental club (team placed in top 10 in county for 3 years in a row)
-100+ hours of volunteering (tutoring and at hospital)
-plus psat commended student, Intel ISEF finalist in 2010 and 2011, 1st place at lots of regional/state competitions, applied to STS this year, yale science and engineering award </p>
<p>Letters of rec: counselor-really likes me so should be good but might be kind of generic, teachers-research teacher (known me since freshman year, also advisor of club) and english teacher (articulate and personal), additional-from lab PI
Supplementary material: research abstracts and papers
Common app essay-about how I struggled to find a balance between indian and american cultures (read by teachers/couselor-said it was good)
Still have to do the Columbia supplement but I have been told that I have a unique style of writing so it should be pretty good (will have it proofread by at least 4/5 people before submitting it)</p>
<p>Hoping to major in biochem...definitely doing research</p>