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<p>What would my Early Decision chances be at Columbia?</p>

<p>Public School
GPA: 3.7 weighted
I'm a Junior now, and this is my first year taking slightly below the most challenging courses offered: (Regular Precalculus, Honors Spanish V, AP Biology, AP Lang/Comp, AP USII, Honors Web Design)
PSAT: V 80 M 56 W 66 (96th percentile)
Projected SAT I Scores: V 750 M 700 W 750 (my current Practice SAT scores)
I'll be taking SATII Biology E/M, USH, and Math IC (math isn't my strong suit...). I should score 700+ on each.
AP Tests: Language and Composition, Biology, US History (4/5s expected.)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Interests</p>

<p>Academic</p>

<p>• 2002-2004 - member on National Champion FIRST Robotics Team #25 – Raider Robotics - 10-15 hours per week
Freshman Year: Head of Scouting
Sophomore Year: Lead Robot Driver, Head of Scouting, Webmaster
• 2004-2005 - member on FIRST Robotics Team #1257 – Parallel Universe – 10-15 hours per week
Junior Year: Head of Scouting
• 2004-Current - President/Founder of the Student Medical Association – 2 hours per week
• 2004-Current - member of Future Business Leaders of America – 2 hours per week
Junior Year: Webmaster, Received Top Honors in the Technology Concepts competition at the North-Central Regional
• 2002-Current - Staff Writer for “The Banner”, a student-written and published newspaper – 1 hour per week</p>

<p>Community/Volunteer</p>

<p>• Summer 2004 - 50+ hours of community service running a “Lego Camp” at a local church for middle school students</p>

<p>Employment</p>

<p>• 2001-2004 - Summer employment at an Internist/Infectious Disease Specialist’s Office – 40 hours per week
• 2004-Current - Creator/Owner/Operator of a browser-based massive multiplayer online roleplaying game, entitled Cru’en’tus, written in HTML and PHP – 5-10 hours per week</p>

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<p>I think you are looking pretty good for ED. FIRST requires a lot of time (I was on team 992 for the past 3 years) and the fact that you were on Raider looks all that much better. Are you applying to Fu Engineering or Columbia College?</p>

<p>Your EC's are just outstanding. They are all unique and show passion in engineering, computers, business and medicine.</p>

<p>The classes you are taking currently are all very good (math isn't a strong suit for everyone and colleges understand that) and your new SAT scores are very solid.</p>

<p>Best of luck because I think you stand an excellent chance at admittance!</p>

<p>-Jaug1
Columbia College Class of 2009</p>