Chance please?

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<p>Hello. I'm an Asian female in a top ranked public school in Northern Jersey. I live about twenty minutes from New York City. I'm a rising senior, and I want to ED for Columbia College, but I'm really unsure about my chances of getting in.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.3 W (I don't know what it is unweighted)</p>

<p>Courses:
Freshman: (1st semester / 2nd semester)
Physical Science A+ / A+
Geometry Honors A /A
French 1 A+ / A+
World History East Honors B / A
Enriched English (no honors) A- / B+
Drawing A / A
Sophomore:
Biology A+ / A+
Algebra 2 Honors A+ / A+
World History West Honors A-/ A-
French 2Honors A / A
Spanish 3Honors A /A
English Honors B+ / A-
Wood/Metal Design A+/A+
Junior:
Chem Honors A / A+
Physics Honors A / A-
APUSH B+ / A- AP score - 5
AP English Lang. Comp. A- /A- AP score - 5
French 3H A/A
Precalc Honors A+/A+
AP Spanish score (self taught) - 5
Senior:
AP Bio
AP Chem
AP Art History
AP Lit.
AP Calc BC (normally, I was supposed to go to AB, but my grades allowed me to jump to BC)
French 4 Honors
American Mind Honors (History course)</p>

<p>Rank: Rankings will come out in September</p>

<p>SAT scores:
SAT I - 2230 (I'm retaking in October as a second try)
M: 700
CR: 730
W: 800 (Essay 11)
SAT II Math IIc: 790
SAT II Chem: 760
SAT II Spanish: 770</p>

<p>Awards:
7th, 4th, 5th place in the National French Contest in 9th, 10th, 11th grade respectively
1st place in National Spanish Exam (Category - Outside experience)
2nd in Merck State Science Competition</p>

<p>ECs worth mentioning:
Chamber Music Club (10, 11, 12) - Head of Art Committee 11th. Played piano
Colorguard (10, 11, 12) - Captain 12th</p>

<p>Outside of school:
Volunteer at Englewood Hospital 2 hours a week during school year and 3-4hours during the summer (10, 11, 12)
Volunteer at Pascack Valley 4-8 hours a week during the summer before 10th until the hospital closed down
Bassist in church praise team (11, 12) - Uses up on average 7 hours a week
Internship at a private hospital 4 hours a week currently
Counselor at a summer camp (VBS) (10,11)</p>

<p>Jobs (All were summer jobs):
Spanish tutor (10)
Babysitting 2 1st graders at the library (11)</p>

<p>Extras:
If you noticed, I wasn't very active EC-wise freshman year. That's because I had just moved from Guatemala, and the new culture, the new school, and the unfamiliar sytem threw me off. I had lived in Guatemala for 7 years. I speak three languages in all: English, Korean, Spanish, and I'm competent at French.</p>

<p>Teacher recs:
French teacher (teacher for 2 years)
Precalc Teacher</p>

<p>Essay:
Not entirely sure but will talk about my experiences in Guatemala</p>

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<p>Oh yeah. I’m thinking of doing premed and majoring in Spanish</p>

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<p>Excellent chances. Make sure you write great essays and get teachers who know you well to write glowing recs. good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks, I appreciate your reply!</p>

<p>Further thoughts anyone? Constructive criticisms are welcome too =)</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance overall! That said, a higher SAT score with a combined CR/M of 1500 would be extremely useful. Best of Luck!
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<p>If you rank well and write good essays, you have a really solid shot. </p>

<p>(Q=What did you think about the SAT II Spanish?)</p>

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<p>Thanks for your reply HIGHreachNoob. </p>

<p>As for the SAT II Spanish, I found some tricky questions here and there, but overall it wasn’t that bad. If you have decent grammar, a decent vocab, and logical reading comprehension, it should be quite doable.</p>

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<p>Harvard1009 - none of those :)</p>

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<p>Sorry I won’t say :)</p>

<p>Does anyone think I could do something more over the summer to improve my resume?</p>