<p>I think the OP is being serious; he just doesn’t realize how incredibly arrogant and entitled it sounds when you leave a post on the Columbia forums stating that Harvard is your top choice. Anyway, OP, I’d say you have a fair chance at Columbia. Your standardized test scores are decent for Columbia and Brown, though obviously low for Harvard, and your GPA and extracurriculars put you slightly above average for a typical upper-middle-class Massachusetts applicant. I wouldn’t hold my breath, but you certainly have a shot!</p>