chance this viet canadian applying to columbia '15 please? :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone,</p>

<p>I know everyone gets all frustrated with the multitude of these "chance me" posts, but if you could please let me know what you think of my stats that'd be greatly appreciated! Columbia is my dream school, and it'd be great to see the general consensus on my chances. Thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Also, I'm new to College Confidential (okay, not true, I've been on this every week since ED came out..but I'm not very technologically savvy), so please excuse me if this is supposed ot be posted somewhere else, etc. etc.</p>

<p>Female from Canada.</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): haven't taken it yet; On Barrons practice tests I consistently get around 2250.</p>

<p>ACT: didn't take it</p>

<p>SAT II: 770 French, 770 Math I</p>

<p>GPA: 94% avg</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): None (school doesn't offer AP to juniors, currently taking pre-AP Eng -93%, Fr -94%, and Phys- 92%)</p>

<p>Senior course load: planning to take five APs (bio, eng, french, calc a/b, physics), chemistry 12, history 12</p>

<p>Major Awards: Highest mark in Canada for music history exam (100%), Vietnamese Youth Arts Competition First Place finish (province-wide), nothing else is major.. several university-level Model United Nations awards (best delegate, outstanding research)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
- Vice president of a youth service club have been a member for past 2 years
- Yearbook executive
- Newspaper (3 years as writer, currently a senior editor, will continue throughout senior year),
- Model United Nations (2nd year, planning to continue for senior, will be leader in senior year),
- piano (12 years, I have my diploma),
- member of the National Lifeguard Service,
- currently developing an organization dedicated to female empowerment (<a href="http://www.mezzofeminism.webs.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.mezzofeminism.webs.com&lt;/a> --> DON'T LAUGH if you go see it :P, it's sort of lame right now, and this is currently a "rough copy".. this website was a project started as a sophomore homework project but after getting a lot of support for it, my friends and I decided to pursue it.)
-swimming (outside of school for 6 yrs)
- in my spare time, i enjoy graphic designing, playing badminton, swimming (never good enough for team though! HAHA)</p>

<p>(Volunteer/Community service:</p>

<ul>
<li>like i said, i volunteer with the service group</li>
<li>have gone on 2 missionary trips to Vietnam (my homeland), planning on a third this year.</li>
<li>volunteer regularly @ the hospital (candy striper)</li>
</ul>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: will apply for aid, but cc is needblind.
Intended Major: no clue yet
State (if domestic applicant):
School Type: private school (not the best in my city, but the matriculation rate is 100% to Canadian universities.. but I guess we all have to keep in mind that aside from McGill, Can. universities are a below par the Am. standard :P )
Ethnicity: asian (vietnamese) --> would i be a URM?</p>

<p>Hooks: attended Columbia's summer program? (psychology--> loved it, and got a great recommendation from the professor)</p>

<p>if you guys have any info / ideas that could help me in this endeavor (of being accepted ot CC), it'd be greatly greatly appreciated</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

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<p>Columbia - reach</p>

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<p>It’s difficult to chance without actual SAT score.But i’d say a low match.Good Luck!:)</p>

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<p>you look like a great candidate. I’m a bit confused at soccer102592’s rather harsh and unexplained opinion.</p>

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<p>soccer102592 probably says so because Columbia is one school which is really hard to determine whether or not you’ll get in. And I agree with him/her.</p>

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<p>It is pretty tough, and it is really harder because you are from Canada. You definitely look like you’re on the track, though. </p>

<p>Chance me?</p>

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<p>hola thanks everyone :slight_smile:
if anyone has any tips / ideas on how i could make myself a stronger applicant, that’d be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>attending columbias summer school program is not a hook…haha i did it too.
basically if u pay ur in so dont make it ur hook… find something else
plus the recommendation is generic… ur professor knew u for 3 weeks haha out of lots of students.</p>

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<p>You’re more than qualified but plenty of “perfect” applicants get turned away. You have a good shot but make sure you have backups.</p>