<p>Applying ED to SEAS
South Asian Female from NJ, did not apply for financial aid</p>
<p>High School: Public Magnet specifically for math, science and engineering; very competitive, 65 kids in a class, all classes are taught at Honors, AP, or College level
Several kids go to Columbia each year among other top schools</p>
<p>QPA UW: 94.5/100; probably top 10/65; we do not report class rank
SAT: 2260
CR 710
Math 780
Writing 770</p>
<p>Subject Tests:
MathII- 780
Bio- 740
Physics-700
but they only look at the 780 and 700 for SEAS. lame.</p>
<p>APs:
AB Calc: 5
Biology: 5</p>
<p>Courses:
9th Grade:
Biology
Tech-Autocad/other computer stuff
Combined Algebra
Spanish I
World History
English I
Fitness
Foundations of Science/Data Analysis</p>
<p>10th Grade:
Chemistry
Physics
Tech-Intro to Engineering
Pre-Calculus (skipped geometry over the summer)
Spanish II
U.S. History I
English II
Fitness</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Tech-Applications of Comp Sci
Spanish III
U.S. History II
English III
Fitness</p>
<p>12th Grade:
AP Physics C: E/M
AP Literature
AP Chem
AP Gov & Politics
AP Calc BC
Fitness
Tech- Intro to Architecture
Fim & Genre Studies</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Tennis (9-12)- Captain 11th and 12th
Indian Dance- Classical Bharatanatyam since age 6..wrote my essay about this; have placed in dance competitions (hightest: 2nd in the nation)
Science Olympiad (treasurer)
Math League (team has placed well in region/state)
National Honor Society-tutor kids in math + volunteer for other school activities
Douglass Science Institute Summer Camp for women interested in math/sci/eng
Student Council</p>
<p>Volunteer work:
hospital: 100+ hours
library: 50+ hours</p>
<p>Junior Year Summer:
Paid internship at an engineering company in NYC..wrote about this in my why eng essay
Assistant Teacher at my dance school
Volunteering at my local hospital</p>
<p>Interview: average. it started out really well, she seemed REALLY interested in what i had to say..kind of went downhill from there..it lasted about an hour though</p>
<p>Overall, I'd say my essays were pretty unique, everyone I asked to read them had positive comments.</p>
<p>Questions:
What's the deal with sending in marking period 1 grades for senior year?
I'm taking 5 AP classes, and got 2 Bs..in AP Lit-88 and in AP Physics E&M-89. No one gets an A in AP Lit and a significant amount of people get Bs in AP Physics, but I'm still hesitant to send these in.</p>
<p>I know Columbia is need blind..but they also say race doesn't matter in admissions. So is it a slight advantage that I am not applying for financial aid?</p>
<p>I did not attach anything except my AP scores in the Additional Information section because I was being REALLY REALLY dumb, so I recently had my guidance counselor send in a resume that I made summarizing all my stuff and adding details where needed. What are the chances of them actually looking at this?</p>
<p>Other than that, I'm absolutely terrified for decisions.</p>