Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>I want to know if I even have a decent chance of getting in, or if I'm just aiming way too high.</p>

<p>Applying ED to Columbia's School of Engineering</p>

<p>Objective:5
SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (750 CR 800 Math 700 Writing)
ACT: 33 (not sending)
SAT II: Math 2 (800) Chemistry (780) Literature (750)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 70/805 for unweighted but 30/805 for weighted
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), Statistics (5), Calculus BC (5), Physics C (5), Chemistry (5), U.S. History (4), English Language (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP Spanish, Linear Algebra, Calc III, Science Research
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a (qualified for ISEF, but didn't win anything major)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Captain senior year, participated all 4 years), Science Olympiad (10,11,12), Spanish Honors Society (10, 11, 12), LINK crew (11,12), Interact Club (11, 12)
Job/Work Experience: Tutor (Kumon)
Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hours through food bank, etc.
Summer Activities: Science Research
Essays: Should be decent, but not great
Teacher Recommendation: One amazing, another one pretty good
Counselor Rec: Average considering too many kids at school for a good rec.
Interview: will do interview
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
Country (if international applicant): U.S.
School Type: Large, public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a</p>

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<p>columbia engineering is very selective, and i think many selective colleges would take black/hispanic students of equal stats or even slightly less than yrs over Asians, no offense though it’s just statistics. Maybe try mit or caltech instead</p>

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<p>^^pretty sure MIT and caltech are just as selective if not more so…</p>

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<p>Sherlock, when are you planning to apply ED to Columbia SEAS? Next year? Based on your posting history, it looks like you took the PSAT in October, so I’m assuming the scores posted in your first post are projected scores? Assuming you get those scores, I don’t think it would be a waste of time to apply to Columbia, or to MIT or Caltech (which I agree are equally selective), but obviously you should have some less selective schools lined up as well.</p>