Chances: Columbia 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>EDIT: AAAArgh mistyped, that should say Cornell.</p>

<p>Hey guys, I'm a junior (well, barely in the summer between junior year and senior year), and I was hoping to get chanced. I'm thinking of applying to (not necessarily applying to all of them though, hahaha) Brown, Columbia, U Penn, Cornell, Emory, Georgetown, Stanford, Brandeis, Duke, NYU, Tufts, U Chicago, and maaaaybe Harvard and Yale. </p>

<p>My (public) school doesn't have AP courses, but I've taken the most rigorous schedule possible, and my GPA is around 3.9-4.0. My school doesn't rank, either, but I'm probably in the top ten or top five out of around 400 students. For the record, I'm in Ontario, Canada, in case that makes any difference, haha.</p>

<p>SATs: 2260
CR 740
M 770
W 750</p>

<p>I plan to take Chem, U.S. History and French SAT Subject Tests in October.</p>

<p>ECs:
- heavily involved in Student Council since Grade 9, elected as rep then, served as independent member this year, President next year
- played French horn in our school band since Grade 9
- founded, edit and write most of school newspaper/writing club
- professional actor out of Toronto</p>

<p>I'm not worried about the application essay, as I'm a pretty good writer, and I'll have some very good recommendations. I want to apply for political science.</p>

<p>What do you think? Let me know!</p>

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<p>i would say you have some great stats, and should be in, since u write great essays.
just make sure instead of focusing on ALL your activities, write about one mainly, and dig it deep, so it reveals lots of your good qualities.</p>

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<p>Weak EC’s is gonna be the hurdle for you to overcome.</p>

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<p>ZFanatic elaborate please.
I don’t know what “professional actor” entails, but to me, that sounds like a big hook</p>

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<p>Student council, band, paper, and acting aren’t very focused. They like to seem some common ground in the things you do, because it shows passion. Granted, you may be very passionate about all those things, but it may or may not come across that way to the AdCom as such, depending on how you can spin it. </p>

<p>I guess weak is a little harsh, rather I should say it’s the thinnest part of your application. I was the opposite, scores/grades weren’t the best for me, but my EC’s were really good and I challenged myself to the max, and Cornell saw that, presumably because I focused on that in my essays. </p>

<p>It’s a crapshoot. No matter what anyone says, it is. You can throw your best at them, and it may not be good enough, even if it seems better than someone else who got in. Do your best to strengthen that area up to the level of your academics, and you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>small chance because of ur terrible EC’s. Get involved with something like the debate team lol.</p>