Chances for Columbia (ED)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR750/M770/W800 = 2320
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 750 on Math 2C... waiting for October's US History and Literature results
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 UW. I had a not-so-great freshman year but have an UW 4.0 in the full IB Diploma Program, which hopefully says more than the cumulative GPA.
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (4), Microeconomics (4), Calculus AB (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): No scores yet. IB History of the Americas HL, IB Math HL, IB Economics HL, IB Spanish SL, IB World Literature (English A1) HL, IB Environmental Systems SL
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma Program (above)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, 2nd Place in DECA State competition, have made the All-League and All-County teams for golf every year since 9th grade, National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Junior State of America (elected state position (12), state cabinet position (11), chapter cabinet positions (10, 11)),
-Varsity Golf (Captain (11, 12) and numerous individual accolades),
-founded my own women's golf apparel line,
-primary organizer of a partnership between my school and a high school in Singapore which resulted in a presentation at an international business conference and a sister-school relationship between our schools (this one is hard to explain - there will be a letter from my advisor)
-Varsity Debate Team,
-Model UN (Secretariat Member),
-Gay-Straight Alliance (Executive Board Member)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Employee at Kumon, private tutor.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Served lunch to homeless women and children for over 30 days in the summer, volunteered at a bereavement camp for children who have lost a loved one
[</em>] Summer Activities: Junior State of America programs (Summer School, Montezuma Leadership Summit), Summer@Brown, trip to Singapore for International Business Conference
[<em>] Essays: Very strong common app essay - about the death of my dad in the 9/11 attacks and how that has inspired my interest in politics, economics, philosophy, history. I also think that I demonstrate my interest in Columbia's Core Curriculum well in the supplement.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: They will definitely be good. I have no idea what the teachers are actually saying...
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Going to be excellent.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Also going to be excellent.
[li] Interview: haven't had it yet.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Female [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Any insights/advice?</p>

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<p>anyone? (I will chance back)</p>

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<p>Your GPA and your AP scores will certainly hurt, but those are some of the strongest ECs I’ve ever seen, I was personally surprised by your essay topic, and I’m sure that will make a huge difference. I’d say you have an excellent shot.</p>

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<p>thanks for your input. I didn’t think they particularly cared about AP exams?</p>

<p>I also got 2 more subject test scores today… not entirely happy with them - 720 Literature and 730 US History. They certainly aren’t bad, but I feel like they aren’t really helping me in any way (then again, how much would a significantly higher score done?)</p>

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<p>Actually, your AP exams will not be used against you. More importantly, your overall performance is awesome - extremely high chance, especially with academics like that. Chance Back Please!</p>

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<p>Your chances are amazing! I’d say Columbia is a match and your chances are very good. Congrats on that SAT score.</p>

<p>Please chance me back
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<p>scienceman - where’s your thread?</p>

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<p>Even though Columbia is a “reach-for-anyone” school, I think it will be less than a complete reach for you. Your GPA and standardized scores are good enough, and your essay sounds great! Wouldn’t call Columbia a match school, but you have relatively great chances. ,ay be a high match/reach? Chance back?</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>wow you definitely have a great shot at Columbia. Great objectives except for number of APs and the results. But still impressive ECs and very appealing commonapp essay topic which very smoothly connects to your major/interest. I don’t think AP courses and scores would pull you back since it’s a minor part and score of 4 is still acceptable. I’m pretty sure your other objectives, ECs, and intriguing essay will do more than making up for APs. Best of luck! I’m also applying to Columbia ED as an Asian international!</p>

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<p>Oh yeah fellow NJ’er here! You’ve got a good a chance as anybody…good luck! I can’t really find any weaknesses in your app, other than your GPA, which is still very strong. If you have an upward trend, which you seem to imply, then you’ll be fine.</p>

<p>No guarantees, but I like your chances :)</p>

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<p>I would say you have a pretty good chance. You have really strong ECs and solid academic credentials. Chance me back for Columbia ED</p>

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<p>I feel like none of our opinions matter.</p>