Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Hi, I'm applying to Columbia regular decision and I'm looking to get an idea of whether i could get into the engineering school. I'm very interested in financial engineering and electrical engineering. I will chance back.</p>

<p>My Info
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320(800M, 800CR, 720W) 2270 best single (800M, 760CR, 710W)
ACT:nah
SAT II:math 2 :800 physics:800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77 (Including 3.4 freshman year)
UC GPA: 3.96 for junior and sophomore year
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):really no way of knowing, but should be top 10
ELC?: I'm in connecticut
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5s on BC, both Econs, both Govs, APUSH (5 tests)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Chem, Multivariable Calc, AP Lit, AP Stats, Honors Latin Seminar (best you can do in Latin here), Independent AP Comp Sci study
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I'm not that cool, just in school stuff like best at calculus or NHRP for being half-Mexican</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Golf, Finance Club President, Latin Club Consul (co-prez)
Job/Work Experience: Caddied, Hired to work golf operations at a country club, interned for an energy consulting firm in Mexico City (all during different summers)
Volunteer/Community service: I did some tutoring in a school program, but pretty dry and the internship was unpaid so technically it's volunteer work</p>

<p>Recommendations: They honestly should be pretty stellar, I think should have some check marks in the "one of the best I've taught/top 1% box" for both teachers</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: I will
Intended Major: EECS (Economics at Uchicago) ESE at Penn EE at MIT
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type:Public
Ethnicity: Half-Mexican
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:150,000 USD
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Claro que soy huerro, pero soy Mexicano tambien</p>

<p>I got the highest gpa I've ever gotten last quarter and it will be on my mid year report. My interview went really well and I recently over came an injury almost paralyzingly me and taking me out of school for two weeks to maintain straight As with my demanding work load and frankly it provided good essay material and showed character (I know, a twisted lot optimistic view)</p>

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<p>Please excuse some of the embarrassing typos, I did this on my phone </p>

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<p>Not much ECs, but perhaps URM will help.</p>

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<p>I think you have a great chance! :slight_smile: I hope you get in - your test scores are AMAZING!!!</p>

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<p>@sia1995 Thank you, I appreciate it. I actually a received a likely letter from the engineering school a week ago, so that was very exciting :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>Yikes I just posted a query regarding my chances are your stats are truly much better than mine! I’m actually taking the BC this May–how was it for you? I’m quite nervous. Good luck. </p>

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<p>You look absolutely AWESOME.</p>

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<p>@nycbed I mean I thought it was fine and generally everyone in my school did. I even made some stupid errors and probably wasn’t close to a four since the curve is steep. If you’re getting an A in your BC class getting a five should be no trouble at all. If you’re getting a B I would still like your odds of getting a 5 (depending on the difficulty of the class/teacher’s exams.)</p>

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<p>^True. At least according to my cousin.</p>