Chances for Columbia, UVA and others

<p>My top two schools would be Columbia University and University of Virginia, some other schools I am considering include UPenn, Georgetown, William and Mary, Princeton and Carnegie Mellon, my backup school would be George Mason University. What would my chances be for Harvard too just to get an idea?</p>

<p>Personal Information</p>

<p>Gender - Male
Race- Asian
First generation American born citizen
Current School district - Fairfax County, Virginia
Class of 2010</p>

<p>Major - Most likely business management or something in the business field</p>

<p>GPA -
weighted - 4.07 as of the end of junior year
unweighted - 3.93</p>

<p>(Fairfax county has recently changed it's grading scale, the new scale will be a 10-point scale taking effect next year and will not be retroactive. AP courses will now receive a 1.0 boost which is retroactive and is counted for in the GPA calculations, honours courses will also receive a .5 boost, it has not been decided yet if this will be retroactive)</p>

<p>previous scale used-
94-100 - A
90-93 - B+
84-89 - B
80-83 - C+</p>

<p>Test Scores -
SAT - 2200 (730 reading, 740 math, 730 writing)
SAT II - results coming in soon, will post (US history and Chemistry)</p>

<p>Notable Year-by-Year Courses-</p>

<p>Senior Year - 2009-2010 (signed up for)
-AP US Government/Comparative Government, AP French, AP English, and Calculus AB
-5th consecutive year of French
-Finance Course
-Business and Ad Manager for the school newspaper</p>

<p>Junior Year - 2008-2009 (GPA - 4.14)
-AP US History, AP Chemistry
-Business Law/Business Management Course
-Current Affairs/Economics Course
-All A's, two B+'s in precalc HN and AP chem</p>

<p>Sophomore Year - 2007-2008 (GPA - 4.07)
-All Honors Courses
-Gourmet Foods Course
-AP World History
-Straight A's apart from one B+</p>

<p>Freshman Year - 2006-2007 (GPA 4.0)
-All honors courses
-Completed 6th consecutive year of orchestra – Violin
-Straight A's for the year</p>

<p>After School Activities-
-Debate Team member (2007-2010)
-Chinese Club (Officer-Treasurer, manage club funds and fundraisers, currently running to be co-president)(2008-2010)
-GSA member (2008-2010)<br>
-FBLA member (running for officer position next year) (2008-2010)
-Student Ambassadors (Public Relations Officer, manages advertisements, announcements and organization) (2008-2010)
-Oakton Crew Team - rower (2008-2010)</p>

<p>Honor Societies and Awards and Recognitions
-Oakton Academic Achievement (2006-pending)
-Science Honor Society – (2008-2010)
-French Honor Society member(2008-2009) Vice President(2009-2010)
-Business Honor Society - (2009-2010)
-Applying to National Honor Society next year, did not have time this year
-FBLA – 1st place at the FBLA NOVA region 2009 Spring Competition – Management and Decision Making
-Master of Ceremonies - 2008-2009 Oakton Cultural Festival (maybe again next year)
-Straight A Honor Roll – 4 quarters (2006-2008)</p>

<p>I don't have much in terms of work experience, volunteer experience is mostly tutoring</p>

<p>Pretty solid resume…nothing crazy though.</p>

<p>Columbia is a reach though certainly not out of the question.
UVA I would say that it’s a match b/c you are in-state.
Georgetown I would say you are in.
Harvard, most likely not, though you never know.</p>

<p>**** YOU!! hehe</p>

<p>you have a great resume. your disadvantages are probably that you’re asian (i’m sorry but it’s true) and that your prospective major is the most popular one. could you get recruited for crew? if so, that would up your chances a lot. the ivy’s are reaches for everyone, but i would say that you have a really good shot at getting into at least one. i would guess that you’re in at the non-ivy’s (UVA, William and Mary, Carnegie Mellon, and maybe even Georgetown).</p>

<p>okay, round one of subject tests are in</p>

<p>Chemistry - 760
US History - 720, I might retake this one</p>

<p>please help?</p>