<p>My top choice is columbia university, and I seem to have this blindspot for any other college. it's such a horrible fixation and gives me doses of insomnia...
I know i'm only a junior, but any tips for me to do THIS year that will increase me chances more for NEXT year's application pool (gah, the horror...)
I'll give my info so far. tell me about my chances please!</p>
<p>GPA=
unweighted:3.7
weighted: 4.5</p>
<p>APs= Euro history, us gov, us history, human geography, biology, art history...
hopefully, i do very well on them
---then, i am taking calc ab, envi sci, english lit, english lang, latin 4ap, and econ senior year. </p>
<p>PSAT=
98 percentile (i'm taking the sat in june, as far as sat IIs, i'll be taking 3 that pertain to my aps, so i'm not too worried about those scores...)
---I'm thinking for my subj tests, i'll take US, World, and writing OR World, lit, and writing? does that seem un-well-rounded? </p>
<p>ECs=
1. junior statesmen of america-(CA leadership position, president, director of debate)
2. Yale Summer School
3. Mock Trial (2 years +senior)
4. Model United Nations (2 years +senior)
-2 gavels at college conferences
5. Intern for Senator
6. Library Advisory Councel (Executive Director)
7. Suicide Helpline (150+ hours of volunteer)
8. Tutor English (3 hours a week)
9. Latin Club
-National Latin exam (1 silver, 2 golds)
-historian, aedile
-Junior Classical League---(school won 1st place in state for 12 years at state conventions and won some prizes there)
10. asian swordfighting (4 years)
11. President of Young Democrats
13. 5xs published poet</p>
<p>~+~
1. May win a national essay contest for CA about international politics
2. Trip to Africa to tutor children during the summer
3. May win essay on environmental issues...impending results...</p>
<p>ESSAY=
obviously, i haven't written them yet...but hopefully they are good. by the way, what makes a good essay? many of you advice to make your essay phenomenal...but what is phenomenal?</p>
<p>RECCS=
hopefully, at the status of "if i had a daughter, this would be her" haha</p>
<p>EXTRA=
1. 1st generation asian american
2. uncle teaches at columbia's fu foundation (although, i'm not applying to that school...perhaps this may help?)
3. CA school ranked high in nation
4. probably majoring in international affairs, gov, poly-sci, or russian literature haha...maybe minor in english?</p>
<p>well thanks alot, i'll appreciate all your erudite imputs !</p>