Chances Asap, Thanx!

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<p>Chances People Asap, Thanx!!!! </p>

<p>Hello to all out there. I am new here and i'd like to know more about my chances.
I am an IB student and i take the hardest workload available. (4 higher level classes and 2 standard level). I am greek and i got for my 1st semester in IB a 40.4, which as i have been told is incredible for a first semester (40.4 out of 42, plus the person that got into harvard last year had in her 1st semester a 38.sth).</p>

<p>LANGUAGES
a. Greek: native language
b. English: excellent, Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE, grade A)
c. German: very good, Mittelstuffe
d. French: good
e. Ancient Greek: rather good
f. Chinese: adequate (2 years of experience)</p>

<p>HONORS/AWARDS 2005-2006
a.national certificate of progress
b. Selected as a spokesperson for my pioneer international summer camp
c. Award for graduating top of my class as well as for my top grades as a CPE candidate at my language school
1st CLASS OF LYCEUM 2004-2005
a. Member of student government
b. national certificate of progress
c. Award of excellence for my linguistic capacities at my language school
3rd CLASS OF GYMNASIUM</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2005-2006 (including summer of 2006)
a. Writer for my school annual newspaper
b. Participant as an executive/student in an innovative summer camp in Greece
c. Enrolled in a 18hour seminar about teaching and coping with children of different ages
d. Participant in the TMUN
Also participated in DSAMUN and got an award as best male delegate and most hard-working delegate.
e. Enrolled in a professional badminton course.
d. Getting involved in activities at my local gym.</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP
My leadership is in my international summer camp, cuz i was chosen as an instuctor .I am also Editor of my magazine and next year i'll be Editor in Chief. I was also a chair in my MUN. As far as the number of Ecs is concerned, my instructors in my school told me that it's good to limit them to two or three, that's why i only have debate, MUNs impromptu and badminton.</p>

<p>WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE</p>

<p>Working at my mother’s coffee shop. Summer of 2005, five times per week, approximately 5-7 hours per day.
Helped at the Red Cross errand that my school orchestrated. Fall 2005, lasted one day.
Research and presentation of a survey upon humanitarian organizations. Winter 2006, preparation for 3-4 months, till the final presentation.
Worked at a pamphlet distributing company. Summer of 2006, 5 hours per day, for two and a half weeks.
Participated in a leadership position at a pioneering international summer camp in Greece. Summer of 2006, 15 days.
Worked as a tutor in English. Winter 2005, once per week. </p>

<p>PERSONAL INTERESTS
a. Badminton (three years intramurally and 1 extramurally)
b. Debates and MUN (I have taken part in three MUN’s)
c. Piano (played the piano for 9 years),
d. Journalism (I was an article writer in my high school newspaper and editor in charge of IB1 in the IB journal)
e. Summer Camps (I have attended various summer camps for 11 years)</p>

<p>This is pretty much my official CV, which i update regularly. I will have approximately partaken in 5-6 MUN's by the time i apply, and in 2 debate tournaments. I also forgot to include my impromptu speaking before.</p>

<p>I wanna study international relations and my SAT2's are gonna be German, French and Chemistry. And i will approximately get over 750 in all. (high chances for 800's or 790's in German and especially Chemistry).
My SAT1's cr are from 740-760 and writing 750 and my Math 770-800, from the past papers that i sat for.</p>

<p>My classes at school include Math HL, Chemistry HL, History HL, English lit HL, Greek lit SL, Biology SL. (Hl=higher level and sl=standard)</p>

<p>Plz come and elucidate asap.</p>

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<p>Why do you need to know so soon? ...</p>

<p>I'd say you have excellent chances at any Ivy, although you do have an awful lot of activities and interests and languages. I might worry that your application seems too good.</p>

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I might worry that your application seems too good.

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<p>I might worry that much of it is BS and embellishment. I love how -- despite apparently not taking a single standardized test -- the guy definitively states that "I WILL APPROXIMATELY GET OVER 750 IN ALL MY SAT IIs" and declares what his SAT I's "ARE." The arrogance of "high chances for 800's" on certain tests is vomit-inducing.</p>

<p>This is the type of stuff that will turn off every single admissions officer who reads his file.</p>

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<p>i dunno if i'd call it vomit-inducing. he's got a certain profile based on practice tests he's taken. heck, i'm even more cocky about standardized tests.</p>

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<p>Okay, to retaliate to the vitriolic comments by dear Columbia 2002. My SAT 1's are not guesses. It's my past papers as well as my PSAT results. It is clear that u r just being spiteful , just because u r so inept. Plus, i am an IB student. And people in IB dont just sit around commenting on others. They acutally WORK (u might need to look it up, since u clearly have no idea what it means). The IB curriculum covers every single aspect of SAT 2s and as long as u STUDY (look that up as well), if u r in IB, u can get amazing scores. I am not just saying that, it's a fact and not an unsubstantiated, narrow-minded allegation. </p>

<p>And the only BS about this thread is what u r saying, trying to trash others, just because u r INADEQUATE (do u need a dictionary or sth?)</p>

<p>To all the other NON-SPITEFUL members who wanna offer some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISICM (oh, i'm sorry, am i using too many unknown words there?), u r more than welcome.</p>

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<p>i think you two just had too much to drink lol :D</p>

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<p>BOTTOM LINE....show me the SAT, SAT and SAT's.</p>

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<p>^^^or ACTs ;)</p>

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<p>Wow, lol... debate_addict, how long have you been around the Columbia forums?</p>

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My SAT 1's are not guesses. It's my past papers as well as my PSAT results.

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<p>Your words speak for themselves -- your purported SAT "scores" are indeed guesses.</p>

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It is clear that u r just being spiteful , just because u r so inept.

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<p>I'm speaking the truth and giving you an objective answer. I have no reason to spite you.</p>

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Plus, i am an IB student.

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<p>And so are thousands of other CU applicants. </p>

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And people in IB dont just sit around commenting on others. They acutally WORK (u might need to look it up, since u clearly have no idea what it means).

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<p>And this has exactly what to do with your self-proclaimed greatness?</p>

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The IB curriculum covers every single aspect of SAT 2s and as long as u STUDY (look that up as well), if u r in IB, u can get amazing scores.

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<p>You CAN get amazing scores if you take IBs, or if you take APs, or if you buy a test prep book, or if you pay a private tutor. Anyone can get amazing scores if he/she is smart and/or studies. The question is whether YOU HAVE amazing scores, not whether you CAN get 800s. You simply don't have any scores.</p>

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I am not just saying that, it's a fact and not an unsubstantiated, narrow-minded allegation.

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<p>I agree that it's a fact that someone in IB <em>CAN</em> get amazing scores. That YOU WILL get amazing scores is something different, and we'll wait and see how you do.</p>

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And the only BS about this thread is what u r saying, trying to trash others, just because u r INADEQUATE (do u need a dictionary or sth?)

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<p>I'm inadequate because I actually took the tests and did well on them, rather than convincing myself of what my scores are before I got my results back?</p>

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To all the other NON-SPITEFUL members who wanna offer some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISICM (oh, i'm sorry, am i using too many unknown words there?), u r more than welcome.

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<p>Actually, you are using too many unknown words -- I have no idea what "critisicm" means. Can you please define it for me? I've never heard of that word.</p>

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<p>I hear wedding bells.</p>

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<p>GOOD GRIEF!</p>

<p>Nevertheless, have you or haven't you physically received official scores in the SAT, ACT, or SAT II's?</p>

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<p>i don't think debate_addict is going to debate against you Columbia2002 after that post LOL :D</p>

<p>I hereby declare Columbia2002 the winner LOL</p>

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<p>I would be careful of labeling certain things as extracurricular activities.</p>

<p>An 18 hour seminar is not much of a commitment and the same goes about your local gym. The one day Red Cross errand, tutoring once a week during the winter, and 2 weeks at the pamphlet company? Again, not sure how significant those really are in the end. Play up the things that are more significant time commitments. You have plenty of things (badminton, piano, MUN, journalism, etc) that you could really emphasize!</p>

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<p>I'm sorry, but I think you should start to worry about your SAT CR if you think inadequate and constructive are hard words.</p>

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<p>"To all the other NON-SPITEFUL members who wanna offer some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISICM (oh, i'm sorry, am i using too many unknown words there?), u r more than welcome."</p>

<p>you spelled criticism wrong, stupid.</p>

<p>sorry that this chances thread has become a trash u thread. you're just so abrasive.</p>

<p>why don't you tell us what you got on PSATs, and let us judge for ourselves.</p>

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<p>Okay debate_addict Columbia, as well as the rest of the Ivys, have endless lists of IB students, and in reality I think that studying in a specific program doesnt make you a better student and based on your replies a better person than people that have studied in normal high school settings. </p>

<p>I am pretty sure that any admission officer would rather accept a person with a meaningful essay and strong personal qualities than just someone that is good at taking tests, so work on your people's skills cause in reality even if you get in or you are rejected from Columbia your social skills will always be important. </p>

<p>Other than that work on your essay, be confident but not over confident, and you'll do well.</p>

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<p>...This may seem like a silly question after reading, but is the application process at Columbia violently competitive?
Also, I'm in IB as well, and I work my butt off all the time, but I'm certainly not viewing it as a free pass to any college, especially an Ivy, and we won't even get our scores until after application decisions are made.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't use the word 'violently'. there's a ~10% acceptance rate, i.e. 9 out of 10 people who apply get rejected. it's the reality of things. standing out can be tough but there's always more you can do.</p>