<p>Hi guys! I know it's a TOTAL long shot but if you could give me advice/chances that'd be awesome! </p>
<p>Freshman Year:
GPA: 3.3
(intense personal issues, can definitely back up)</p>
<p>Sophomore year:
GPA: 3.8 (still not great, but hey, upward trend?)</p>
<p>Junior Year:
Weighted: 4.2
Unweighted: 3.8</p>
<p>Senior Year (should be around a 4.3 weighted)</p>
<p>Sophomore Schedule: 1 AP and 3 honors classes</p>
<p>Junior Schedule: 2 AP's and 1 honors class</p>
<p>Senior Schedule: 4 AP's</p>
<p>*what i think will hurt me: taking regular chem and math junior year when there were harder classes available. I'm just lousy at math and science; humanities is my thing. </p>
<p>SAT: 2200</p>
<p>AP Exams:</p>
<p>AP World (4)
AP US History (5)
AP English Language (5)</p>
<p>Community Service:
1. JFK Hospital Volunteer (150+)
2. Founder of Non profit for Breast Cancer
4. Museum volunteer and other: (100+)</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
1.) Work at local preschool as teacher/guidance counselor/marketing
2.) Did real, paid RESEARCH for university professor
3.) Shadow project manager and learn marketing/sales
3.) Docent at museums
4.) *WROTE 300 PAGE NOVEL (fiction, trying to get it published). This takes up a lot of my time and it's a passion I have. Hopefully it works in my favor?
5.) Writing for local Newsletter</p>
<p>In School Achievements:
1.) American Cancer Society (Vice President)
2.) Literary Magazine (Editor)
3.) Blood drive (captain)
4.) School Newspaper
5.) Key Club (tour guide)
6.) Model UN delegate
7.) Model Congress delegate
8.) Student council (only 1 year, representative)
9.) JV tennis
10.) English club (VP)
11.) FBLA (member only)</p>
<p>Out of School Achievements:
1.) **Started my own non profit organization for Breast Cancer (offers care packages rather than generic just raising money)
2.) Wrote and bound a fiction book
3.) Published poems in several magazines
6.) Work and volunteer experience
7.) Wrote mini-thesis/article with the professor, got published in Virginia magazine</p>
<p>I'll have really good recs hopefully.
Essay: Let's be optimistic and say I write a great essay!</p>
<p>Hook: URM, wrote a novel</p>
<p>Do I have a shot or are my academics barely mediocre for Columbia? Thanks!!</p>