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<p>I'm a junior in high school. I will be graduating in the class of '09. knowing Columbia's high selectiveness, I would like to know how good my chances of admission are.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Hispanic, I moved from Guatemala when I was 10 years old and have been living in the U.S. for 7 yrs. now (Fluent Spanish-speaker)
School Type: The only high school in my town, with approximately 2,000 students.</p>

<p>Currently: GPA- 4.0 unweighted for semester 1. Have gotten straight A's for the entire school yr. except an 88% in Honors Pre-Calc. during quarter 2 (would that hurt me?)
Class Rank- # 2 in my class (out of about 500 students) and battling for the #1 spot.
Will take SAT's in May(what's the minimum score that will still make me competitive?)</p>

<p>Freshman Yr.
Italian I Honors- A all yr
Algebra II Honors-A all quarters and second semester, but 87% for first semester (again, detrimental for chances?)
English 9 Honors- A all yr
PE -A all yr
Workplace Basic Skills- A all yr
Leadership (Student Council class)- A all yr
Biology (Regulars, got out of Honors because of terrible teacher)- A all yr</p>

<p>Sophomore Yr.
Geometry Honors- A all yr
French I Honors- A all yr
Renaissance (another leadership-type class)- A all yr
Astronomy/Geology- A all yr
English 10 Honors- A all yr
World History Honors- A all yr
Italian II Honors- A all yr</p>

<p>Junior Yr.
American Literature Honors- A all yr
AP U.S. History- A all yr
Chemistry Honors- A all yr
French II- A all yr
Leadership- A all yr
Pre Calculus A all yr
Yearbook- A all yr</p>

<p>Senior Yr. will take:
A.P. Biology
A.P. U.S. Gov
A.P. Calculus
A.P. English
A.P. Statistics
Health/PE </p>

<p>EC's
Freshman Class President (05-06)
Renaissance Leadership Class member (06-07)
Honor Society President (07-08; 08-09 president elect)
Student Body Vice President (07-08)
Interact Club (06-07 as member; 07-08 as Vice President, 08-09 as President elect)
Soccer Manager (06-07 played but got hurt so just managed for the rest of the season)
Monte Carlo Club (07-08 one of only 6 members allowed for the French and Italian Students)
Community Service and also translate for church</p>

<p>Please assess my chances! i would appreciate it tremendously and also please give me any advice. Thank you!</p>

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<p>There's no one answer to that. On the one hand, their average SAT score is a 2140. On the other hand, if you'll navigate over to the ED and RD results page, tons of people with 2300's+ are rejected (and also a few with 1800s and 1900s that are accepted).</p>

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<p>Dudette and fellow Hispanic, I would like to say your chances are great. I was just accepted to Columbia College, with stats far inferior to yours. I lived half my life in the Dominican Republic, and I think your multiple language experience will help you immensly (I am fluent in English Spanish and almost in Italian. I also studied French) </p>

<p>For the record, here are some of my stats:</p>

<p>Scored a 2160 (Cr: 660 M:750 W:750) on my SAT I.
SAT II: Spanish 800, Bio M 690
Rank: 33/186. Amazing right?
GPA: somewhere in the lower 90s.</p>

<p>Don't worry about a couple B+ grades, I had a C or 2. Try to expand on your ECs though.</p>

<p>Don't underestimate the power of your essays and recommendations. Those are what got me in. Get to know your guidance counselors and teachers if you haven't. </p>

<p>Number-wise, you're more than fine. And your an immigrant hispanic! Even race aside, your numbers are highly competitive with some non-URMs (non-Under Represented Minorities) who were accepted.</p>

<p>Good Luck =]</p>