chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>SAT 1: 2050 (680v, 670m, 700w) - going to retake this one, realistic score: over 2150</p>

<p>SAT 2: 720 lit, 750 us hist, 740 bio</p>

<p>AP: 5 bio, 5 english, 4 us hist</p>

<p>in all ap and honors classes, GPA: 3.6 uw, school does not weight or rank</p>

<p>also taking anatomy and physiology at local community college for college credit - grade=99%</p>

<p>EC:</p>

<p>founder and president of world soccer club
created fundraiser for german honor society
worked on research project to isolate cancer-causing gene- got rec from phd in charge of lab
accepted as an intern at national aids research institute in india for summer 2006
captain of jv tennis team
played violin in honors orchestra for 2 years
first aid and cpr certified, hipaa certified (random extras lol)</p>

<p>or if anyone has suggestions other than raising sat 1 score</p>

<p>forgot to add:</p>

<p>over 140 hours volunteering at local hospital
about 30 hours volunteering at soup kitchen in trenton
designed webpages for Univeristy of Medicine and Denstistry of NJ and for a univeristy in rural India</p>

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<p>youre a good candidate for columbia. do you know for sure if you can retake the SAT in January for columbia to count it?</p>

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<p>yeah, apparently as long as its only a retake, the jan 28 test is okay.</p>

<p>also, i'll have a transcript from the community college for the class, which i got an a in.</p>

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<p>everything seems pretty good.</p>

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<p>sweet, i've always dreamed of going to columbia, i know my academics aren't as strong as they could be, but i think my extra curriculars make up for it.</p>

<p>thanks guys for your help, gonna try and finish the app tomorrow</p>