<p>he's so freakin lucky...</p>
<p>2.9 gpa unweighted
2260 on sats (super scored)
rank: skool doesnt rank</p>
<p>math II/physics-700 range </p>
<p>extracurricular: decent
recommendations: good</p>
<p>hook: dad's alumni, went to grad skool for business, dad knows head of somethig forgot
worked as an intern at columbia, gettng recommendation from his mentor at columbia</p>
<p>wut do u think?</p>
<p>the gpa is a definite downer, although the sat 1 score is decent. The biggest thing he has going for him is the legacy status and the fact that he is an intern at columbia. columbia likes to (generally) take care of their own, and if someone applies who is already in the system it gives them a huge boost. though with that gpa, i dunno…</p>
<p>Judging by that alone… 2.9, man. I don’t know. I’d have to say pretty unlikely. Legacy and connections probably aren’t as much of an advantage as they’re made out to be.</p>
<p>your friend does have good SAT scores as Scifikayaker mentioned…
I guess a really really really good essay could do the magic trick…
Best wishes!</p>
<p>“hook: dad’s alumni, went to grad skool for business”</p>
<p>he’s not a legacy. his dad went to grad school, not undergrad.</p>
<p>ah…i read that comma as an “and”, ie dad is an alumni and went to grad school. you are right though, not legacy</p>
<p>yea not legacy…alumni lol but hes also gettin a recommendation from columbia basically wit that intern thing. so idk i seirously think hes gonna get in regardless of his gpa. hes naturally smart just lazy</p>
<p>hes naturally smart just lazy</p>
<p>yeah…I’ll bet they can tell that from the app.</p>
<p>He probably won’t get in. Unless this ‘intern thing’ is really groundbreaking.</p>
<p>
…sorry, what? My ears were burning.</p>
<p>haha, i think he will for some reason</p>
<p>btw he got a 720 on physics sat subject and 800 on math II</p>
<p>I can’t chance, but it would bring so much joy to my heart if your friend made it. :D</p>