Chances ED Columbia

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 790 M, 680 CR, 780 W</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: 800 Math L2; 700 US History</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 / W-4.8</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro(5), Human Geo(4); Calc BC, Micro, Macro, US History, Lit, Lang, Statistics (all pending)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis): The exams are at the end of senior year. So my scores won't be available until after I apply.</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: IB Math HL, IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB History HL, IB ToK, IB Chemistry SL, IB Spanish SL</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </li>
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS (Vice-President), BETA Club (Vice-President), Engineering and Robotics Club, Math Olympiad Team, Interact Club, Varsity Tennis Team, Varsity Golf Team</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Worked at a restaurant during the summer (on some school weekends).</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at the Florida Hospital (shadowing doctors, watching surgeries, managing patient files); Teen Court (teen attorney or juror in mock, but legit, trials with actual consequences); A Gift for Teaching (distribute donated materials to teachers); Mill Creek Elementary (tutor and help out little kids after school at the local elementary school)</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Work, Volunteering, Organizing NHS activities (gathering money for the local elderly home and other community activities)</li>
<li>Essays: Spent an entire month of my summer writing and revising it. Should be exemplary. </li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: One of them is great while the other i haven't seen.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Should be alright</li>
<li>Additional Rec: Would my tennis coach be good for this?</li>
<li>Interview: N/A (yet)</li>
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<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): FL</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): USA</li>
<li>School Type: Public (600 students in class of 2012)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White (I'm Armenian...does this give me any advantage with the diversity/minority conditions?)</li>
<li>Gender: M</li>
<li>Income Bracket: ~$20,000-30,000 (single mom)</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, maybe ethnicity?, IB</li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Looks good and like you have a decent shot (but of course it’s a reach for everyone and impossible to truly tell)–do you know what you think you want to major in in college? I’m not quite sure if I see real focus with your ECs right now. If you can tie them together and prove depth in your area of interest, you will be in better shape.</p>

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<p>Look into Questbridge. Its a program that matches you with a school. You are applicable because your income is lower than 60 k</p>

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<p>definitely look into questbridge. althouhg i hear it can be risky because it’s very competitive. whereas without it you’d probably be fine because columbia has great financial aid. </p>

<p>all i’d say is try to improve your critical reading score if you can; columbia is a humanities-based school that requires heavy reading, so i’m sure it’s pretty important for one to do well one the CR section of the SAT.</p>