Chances for ED?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>uw 3.92 GPA
30 ACT [30 English, 32 Math, 28 science & reading].
Notable classes taken:
Adv. Lang 10&11
APUSH
AP Physics B
AP Econ
AP Gov & Pol.
Pre-Calc (1 year advanced in curriculum)
Adv. Biology</p>

<p>Haven't taken SAT II's yet -- October 10</p>

<p>4 years of spanish</p>

<p>Next year:
AP Chem
AP Lang
AP Calc
AP Psych</p>

<p>Class rank=32, Class size 587, top 6%,</p>

<p>Public schools, rarely sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>Music:
Orchestra (violin) 3 years (made it to state once)
Piano -- lessons for 11 years
Guitar (5 years) , Bass Guitar (3), and Drum player(2) ( self taught )</p>

<p>Sports:
Cross country and track (3 years each, will be 4). Cross country captain for 2008.
Member and captain of first-ever public high school swim team (1 year)</p>

<p>Other:
Student Council: Junior class president, Sophomore VP, Freshmen VP.
Link Crew (helps freshmen)
Science team (1 year)
Math team (2 years)</p>

<p>Service hours: 68</p>

<p>Volunteered for Obama Campaign</p>

<p>Job: two summers of life guarding</p>

<p>White male</p>

<p>pretty good essay... you can pm if you want to read it. About my best friend's suicide in my freshmen year and how it affected me, how i changed, how i am better off now than before</p>

<p>If you need any other information feel free to ask. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Your GPA and ranking are good. Test scores are on the low side; a 30 ACT is roughly a 2000-2100 SAT, on the lower range of Columbia’s averages. </p>

<p>Extra-curriculars are a little scattered, but good overall.</p>

<p>I think big factors here will be your course-load [if you haven’t taken the toughest classes you can in school, that will be a strike against you] and essays. I don’t know much about the essay [I’m trying to write mine, currently] but it sounds like that the sort of thing that could really work if handled well and be dangerous if not, just as a word of caution.</p>

<p>So I’m not going to chance you, since the numbers are basically arbitrary anyway. Do I bet you’ll get in just looking at your numbers/resume alone? Not really. But if you can flesh out the person behind them I certainly think you’ve got a shot!</p>

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<p>alright. thanks for you input! I believe I am on the toughest schedule ( i’ve taken every ap class except ap music theory and stats… if stats is even considered an ap class lol! ) also, i accidentally put 2 years instead of 4 for math team if that makes any difference.</p>

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<p>hate to do this, but bump</p>

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<p>You realy want to race your standardized testing scores! Other than that, you seem like a qualified applicant! Your ec’s are a tad too spread out, however. Feel free to PM me your essay if you want me to reveiw it!</p>

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<p>alright i’ll pm it to you</p>