Chance me?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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Hello… I posted in the chance me thread but think this might be the best place. I really want to go to columbia for computer science/math and want to know if I have much of a chance. I live on the island btw.
I used collegeboards conversion for the gpas. I have a ~96% unweighted and 100+% weighted.
According to conversion chart on collegeboard:
Unweighted GPA - 4.0
Weighted GPA - 5.0

-AP/IB/honors courses
I am still taking the courses but am in IB chem, physics, english, spanish, and math. I took the AP calc BC test and will recieve my score soon. Will take AP comp sci next year.

No class ranking but am in top cohort for a class of 574.

SAT
1460 800 math, 660 reading/writing - Hoping to have improved this last test

800 Math II
Will take physics this june

-ECs

I have been on the math team since 8th grade and am on the county team. I was president when they had one in 9th grade. I have been in science bowl since 8th grade. Was captain and president in 8th and 11th grade. I am also Vice president of our Math Honors society. I have been on brainstormers team as well. This year I researched with a researcher at Columbia and this summer I am continuing the work as well as starting another project with a Professor at stony brook university.

-Accomplishments
USA Math Talent search HM
Science bowl regional winner- qualified for nats
Mathcounts county 4th place-qualified for states
NY State Math League First Place
JSHS Long Island semifinalist
LISEF Science Fair- Third Place
A lot of county math awards
I do community service and tutor underprivileged children. I was on JV tennis and am a black belt in tae kwon do. I also am an all county vocalist and have gotten a 100 on level 6 NYSSMA.

-Recs
My mentor has written me recs for summer programs and I think he will write run for this. He is a cornell and columbia alumni and is a researcher at columbia. I also think he is a grad school admissions officer at columbia as well but I am not sure how much weight that has. The recs he wrote me for programs are very good though. My math teacher will write a rec and I think it will be good as I am the only junior in the class of seniors of IB HL Math 2 and she likes me. I am trying to figure out who else to ask. Probably will ask my US History teacher.

Do I stand a chance? Any help would be very appreciated.

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I forgot to add that I am planning on EDing here but need to make sure that I have a chance.

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Your grades indicate you are a great student, obviously competitive for admission. This means you are also smart enough to understand that your chances are slim, because there are 1000’s of other applicants with top-level grades just like you, some of who will be accepted, most of whom will not.

I think you will stand out and get serious consideration, and that it is worth the chance of the admissions application fee.

If you said you were a 6’10" High School All American quarterback, first-gen American Indian, from Montana, you’d probably be a shoo-in. :slight_smile: