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Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Hello!</p>

<p>So Columbia has been my dream school since I first became conscience of it, and now I'm wondering what your guys' opinions are of my chances to be accepted!
(I'm due to apply this fall, and I intend to do early application for Columbia.)</p>

<p>+Academics:
Projected class rank: 2~ out of 700+
Projected graduating weighted GPA: 4.47
Projected graduating unweighted GPA: 3.99</p>

<p>+Standardized Testing:
ACT with writing score: 34 (9)
SAT composite: 2150
SAT II: 780 Math 2, 770 US History, 720 Chemistry, 690 Biology
AP: 4 Art History, 5 Calculus AB, 5 US History</p>

<p>+Sports:
Began swimming April 2010, participated in three teams including a USS team and high school team</p>

<p>+Employment:
Certified and working lifeguard as of Summer 2011</p>

<p>+Extracurriculars:
California Scholarship Federation membership throughout high school
American Cancer Society: 20 hours of community service
Boy Scouts of America: active since 1st grade, 300 hours of community service, numerous leadership positions (approximately 3 years of active and main leadership positions), led 250 man-hour project at local animal shelter, Eagle Scout with multiple palms (distinctions)
Science Bowl team member: will be participating in science bowls in November and February
[[Joining Junior States of America club this upcoming year (political debate club)]]</p>

<p>+Classes:
Freshman: Honors Biology, Freshman English, Algebra 2, P.E., Health/ Social Studies, Spanish 2
Sophomore: Honors Chemistry, Advanced Sophomore English, Pre-Calculus, P.E., Modern World History, Spanish 3
Junior: Honors Physics, Honors American Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Art History, AP US History, Spanish 4
To be taken Senior year: AP Environmental Science, British Literature, AP Calculus BC, Photography, Government/ Economics, AP Spanish
--All of these classes have been the hardest available course at my school for that level except British Literature in my upcoming Senior year. Pre-Calculus was my only B+, the rest were in the A spectrum.</p>

<p>+Student Background (for what it's worth):
Half Irish, half Portuguese (Hispanic)
Catholic household, personal apatheistic views
Bisexual/ gender neutral
Middle class (financial aid will be extensive)</p>

<p>I'm interested in pursuing an education in political science/ government. Schoolwise, I'm also applying to Yale, Harvard, Georgetown, Duke and Princeton. Ambitious! I know. </p>

<p>If I forgot something, I'll include it in a comment later!</p>

<p>Questions are welcome!</p>

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<p>from my experience, if you only took 3 APs, its gonna be a tough experience for you at columbia. also, your SAT score could be better but other wise, it looks good!</p>

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<p>One cannot be homosexual and a member of the Boy Scouts of America. No bigotry intended, jusy don’t include this infortamtion on your applications or tell anyone, that way they won’t strip you of the astounding achievements you’ve racked up(:</p>

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<p>@herroyerro
Are you saying that it’ll be tough if I were to be accepted or tough to be accepted with only 3 AP? I’m enrolled in three more this upcoming year. Will that offset the “difficulty” any more?</p>

<p>@EliKresses
Thanks for the concern, but I researched it extensively before I decided I could list them together and I’ve been unable to find any exact cases. It’s all just rumor, it would appear.
I’m also a Republican. Go figure.</p>