Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Hi all, I hope I'm doing this right. Please let me know my chances RD, any suggestions would be helpful. thanks</p>

<p>Math- 800
Reading-710
Writing-760</p>

<p>SAT II's
Math IIc- 800
US History- 800</p>

<p>Top 30 school in NJ (send about 4-6 ivies a year), 300 kids in my grade- no ranking
GPA Weighted- 94.234 (I know...) but there is a huge upward curve.
Fr- 89
so- 94
jr- 98</p>

<p>AP's
Macro- 5
Micro-5
US gov- 5
comp gov- 4
Euro-5
Composition- 4
My school doesn't offer AP's to sophomores, so all of the above are from junior year. Also, the only ones i took in school as part of a class were Composition, and Euro- all the others were not offered so I self studied. </p>

<p>Senior year-
AP Spanish, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP US History, AP Literature</p>

<p>Freshman year- 2 B's (Spanish, math)- does freshman year count?
Sophomore- All A's</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Freshman:
JV Baseball (season ending injury in my first V game)</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Captian of DECA Quiz Bowl team and Consumer Bowl Team- South Jersey Champions in my first year (Sophomore)
DECA Quiz Bowl- 6th in state
DECA- 1st in the state International Business Plan
DECA- fourth in the state E-Commerce
70 hourse community service
JV and V baseball- knee injury in county championship- wasn't allowed any more baseball</p>

<p>Junior year-
DECA VP- chapter of over 150 kids
DECA- 1st in state marketing management
DECA- 1st in state quiz bowl (second year as captain)
DECA- 1st in state International Business Plan (defended my title)
DECA- 1st place in international competition International Business Plan- officially became #1 in the world.
Consumer Bowl- southern jersey champions (captain)
50 hours community service
560 hours working at a bank- accounting, loans, and certified teller</p>

<p>Senior year-
Same as last year, im out to defend my titles. </p>

<p>Also- last summer i worked at a hedge fund in Greenwich, CT. Awesome experience</p>

<p>thanks- please be frank.</p>

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<p>i'll be frank: your numbers are superb. all those 1st places certainly don't hurt either.</p>

<p>you have more ec's? you could use them.</p>

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<p>i spent most of my time preparing for those competitions- my achievements all came with loads of hard work. are my hours at the bank, along with my internship at the hedge fund, and obviously DECA too little for EC's? A problem I see is that ALL my EC's are business related, thus im also applying to Wharton (between wharton and columbia, id pick wharton- no offense:o) thanks for your input</p>

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<p>lol looking at your ECs I was just going to mention whaton. gl applying there, your stats are great and the focus of your EC will hopefully make you stand out in the wharton pool</p>

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<p>bump, bump, bump...</p>

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<p>I would definately mention your DECA experiences in your essay. It seems like you really have a passion for something and I heard that colleges really like that. So, to make a long story short, I think you have a pretty good shot.</p>