chances @ columbia/stern/uva/cmu?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>well here it goes, my stats:</p>

<p>gpa: its not recalculated yet, i think around 3.7-3.8
(i really screwed up freshman and sophomore year
but my junior was all a/a- except for one b+)
i dont think my school ranks, public school.
sat: cr-640, math-800, writing-750= 2190
satII: mathIIc- 790, chem- 760
APs: Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Stat (4), Calc AB (4)</p>

<p>next year's classes:
english IV honors
business org. mgmt.
ap economics
sci. app. of multivariable calc
ap environmental science
ap us. gov't & politics
ap euro history</p>

<p>EC:
lacrosse: freshman year- freshman team, soph- jv but towards
the second half of the season, i was the only one bumped up to
varsity so i guess that counts for something. i quit junior year dont ask.
taekwondo- for 11 years. third degree black belt. family friends with
the master of the place i go to. he was a u.s. national taekwondo coach.
piano- for 8 years. numerous awards/achievements.
amnesty international- officer
key club- member (maybe i should omit this)
national honors society</p>

<p>summer programs: that johns hopkins cty a bunch of times (like 4),
and cty's civic leadership insititute branch that was in baltimore.
columbia summer high school program- currently in it (intro to business/finance/econ)</p>

<p>volunteering- over 50 hours at cty-cli (baltimore) program.
various soup kitchens (trenton, new brunswick area)
feed the children: over 100 hours</p>

<p>i have some college credit as well, if it matters. calc and accounting. both As.</p>

<p>i'm planning on getting recs from my global studies teacher and my ap
chem teacher. i had a really good relationship with my gs teacher and
my chem teacher volunteered to write the rec so i'll take it. im also getting
one from my master (taekwondo). that seems influential.</p>

<p>i'm planning on being an i-banker or something similar. it seems everyone
these days wants to do that. so yeah, i might major in financial engineering?</p>

<p>any input would be helpful. i realize my stats aren't even close to perfect.
it's a shame i'm not the typical korean male. i wasted a lot of time trying to
break out of that mold. too much time. yeah, i'm looking at the colleges in
my title as well as umich, uc berkeley, brown, dartmouth. if my aspirations
are too high, tell me. anything is appreciated. and if i'm missing anything
additional, tell me about that too. thanks a lot and good luck all.</p>

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<p>maybe youre stats aren't PERFECT, but theyre pretty damn good..the Tae Kwon Doe Rec sounds like it could really help you</p>

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<p>haha wow, thanks! i'm actually not all too optimistic about this
college admission process. i'm considering columbia for ed.</p>

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<p>Oh man, I am the poster-boy of pessimistic thoughts when it comes to this whole "applying to college" thing, and my stats arent even as good as yours...check out my post</p>

<p>and YES, i am applying to penn ED even with those crappy stats, so you shouldnt be nervous applying to columbia ED with yours</p>

<p>;-)</p>

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<p>bumpp bump</p>

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<p>come on now, any feedback would help.</p>

<p>anythingg..</p>

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<p>For some reason, I see you at Columbia. Whatever that means, I think you have a great shot for all of the schools because you seem to be other things besides "smart." So, goodluck. Hope my optimism doesn't frighten you. ;)</p>

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<p>bump pleease</p>

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<p>bumpp bumpp</p>