Chances for Columbia Math Major?

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Hello!
I am an Asian male in the class of 2018. I’m looking to study a major in either a field of Mathematics, and possibly a minor in Computer Science. I will be applying next year so I came here to look for reasonable choices I should pick. Here is my information:

Demographic: Asian Male

Residence: California

GPA: Unweighted 4.0, Weighted 4.57, UC GPA: 4.5

SAT: 1530 (730 English, 800 Math) Essay 8/7/8 (Took Sophomore Year First Try)

SAT II: 800 Math 2, 780 Chemistry

AP Classes taken: AP Biology (Did not attempt exam), AP Language (4), AP Literature (will take senior year)

Dual Enrollment Classes: Introduction to Statistics, Calculus I, II, III, Childhood Psychology, Japanese I, Music History, Chemistry 1A, 1B, Communications 1A, Introduction to Computer Information Systems, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations (Will Take: Physics 4A/4B/4C, Introduction to Astronomy, Discrete Mathematics)

Degrees: I will earn two Associates’ Degrees by the end of Fall 2017, one in Mathematics and one in Natural Sciences.

Military Leadership: I go to a school where a military aspect exists and is the focus. Consequently, test scores are much lower, as more time and resources are put into the military side. The school is divided into four ‘companies’, each with specific student staff running. I was the Training and Operations Officer in my Sophomore year, then was promoted to the Executive Officer position my Junior year.

Clubs: Due to my school being a military school, student-ran clubs were not a thing. However, I was able to convince the superintendent to allow clubs to be a thing, and I started up a research club, where members share interesting technological devices that they looked into, and described its specs, etc.

Extracurriculars: Kumon tutor, tutored at another less known tutoring place, Community College paid Math tutor/helper, unpaid summer internship, 200+ volunteer hours (from tutoring, helping at library, food bank), private SAT tutor, Junior summer internship, school TA for AP Calculus AB/BC, went on an organized volunteer trip to a less privileged country to help children with education needs

Letters of Recommendation: Principal, Professors, Bosses

My school is academically lax and has crazy grade inflation. Thus, I chose to take advantage of Concurrent Enrollment instead of doing AP classes. I broke the record for the highest new SAT score of 1380, and that was from the graduating class this year. The second highest SAT score in my grade is 1240. Many students have a 4.0, but that is due to easy classes and no one really looks to go above and beyond.

With all this, how are my chances looking for entering Columbia as a Mathematics major?

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Is your SAT score 1530 or 1380?

Does your school have Naviance? Have others before you ever gone to elite schools?

I think having earned Associates Degrees may not work in your favor - are you looking to enter in as a freshman, or a transfer?

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My score is a 1530. The person who previously held the record for the highest new SAT was the 1380.

No, my school doesn’t have Naviance.

I’m looking to enter as a freshman.

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Oh, and also, there has been two-three Berkeleys and one Georgetown, no other elite schools.

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It’s going to be tough as an Asian male, I’d apply early if it’s your first choice, and work on the essays this summer. I know quite a few Asian males here in the bay area with your stats and ecs, volunteer, that applied to Columbia this past year and the the ED acceptance rate was like 70-80%, while RD was less than 5%.

If you want to apply RD, then you can consider MIT, CMU, Chicago, Cal Tech, Berkeley, Michigan if you’re considering midwest and west coast schools. Those are all reaches maybe a match or two so you need a couple more matches and safeties.