<p>I'll be a senior this coming school year, and I'm going to apply early decision to Columbia. My uw cummulative GPA is 3.7 (got a 4.0 uw the last two years, but kind of screwed up my freshman year.) I'm in the IB program, so I've been taking mostly AP/IB classes, but I'm not quite sure what my weighted GPA is, not that it matters much. My ACT score is 30, and SAT score is 2050. So far, I have 96 hours of community service, and I lettered (is that even a word?) in speech, theatre, and academics. My main goal is getting into Columbia, but if that doesn't work out, (let's be real here, it probably won't) I want to go to NYU or Berkeley, and try to get into a master's program at Columbia. What are my chances of getting into those universities based on my test scores, GPA, and EC's alone? Thank You.</p>
<p>Chances at all three seem pretty slim. ACT/SAT are top low and doesnt seem like you have many ECs</p>
<p>You definitely have a shot at both NYU and UCB but they would fall into high match rather than safety. Work on finding similar schools in that range, or slightly lower, and apply to a few. </p>
<p>I think all three are a reach and Columbia is totally out of reach.
I would not waste my ED there. You might want to apply ED to NYU as that would be a more productive use of your one ED option.</p>