<p>GPA: 3.71 W
GPA: 3.64 UW
Huge upward trend: 3.2->3.8->4.1(/4.333, but block scheduling)->4.3(projected with # of AP classes)</p>
<p>Course-load: most rigorous school offers. 10 AP classes total</p>
<p>Class Rank: 14%</p>
<p>ACT: 35
SAT: 2340
SAT II: 800 Math 800 US taking Literature</p>
<p>ECs:
JSA 12 - President & Founder
Speech and Debate 10-12 (top slot in my debate)
Key Club 11-12
Medical Academy 10-12
National Honors Society 10-12 - Secretary</p>
<p>Stanford National Debate Camp
JSA Georgetown Advanced Session
Volunteering at Democratic Committee: 150 Hours
Paid internship at the Attorney General's Office
TA For my Teacher's Debate I class
Major: Political Science</p>
<p>Do I stand a chance, or should I wait for RD?</p>
<p>if columbia is your first choice then why not ED? You stand a good chance. HOpefully you can take those EC's and try to focus them or show you have some sense of direction in what your passions are. Scores are fine. Rank/gpa is a bit low, but I'd rather have high SAT than high GPA. Write amazing essays and you'll be very competitive.</p>
<p>bump...
would I really stand a chance in the ED applicant pool? Columbia's admissions statistics say that 94% were in the top 10% of their class... 6% odds don't look great for me. Then again, if freshmen year were factored out (As I believe many colleges disregard these) I would easily be in the top 3% probably under that</p>
<p>I think Princeton is the only Ivy that does not include freshman year in their GPA calculation. And no school is going to recalculate your GPA in such a way as to figure out where you would be ranked without freshman year.</p>
<p>Technically, anyone stands a chance. How big or small that chance is depends on the applicant. I would also caution you to go ahead an dassume that a big bulk of the 6% are athletic recruits, legacies, and non-reporters (schools that do not calculate rank).</p>