Class of 2019 Chances?

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<p>I am a junior who is in desperate need of a chance. Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated! </p>

<p>Stats
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Antonio<br>
Race: White
School Type: Selective private
Income: upper income, not applying for any aide
Legacy Status: Dad and uncle both attended Columbia Law...does that count?
ACT: 34 (English-36, Reading-36, Math-31, Science-31)
- First sitting may take again
SAT: N/A (practice tests were not strong)
SAT II's
- U.S. History 790
- Spanish 800
- Literature 770
GPA: 4.8/4.0 (credit for honors/ap classes)
Schedule:
- Freshman: Honors English (A), Honors History (A), Honors Spanish III (A), Geometry (A), Biology (A), Old Testament (A), Photography I (A), Health (A), New Testament (A)
- Sophomore: Honors English II (A), AP U.S. History (A), AP Spanish Language (A), Honors Algebra II (B+), Honors Chemistry (A-), Religion (A), Photo II (A), Newspaper (A),
- Junior: AP English Language, AP European History, AP Spanish Literature, Honors Pre-Cal, AP Chemistry, Religion, Newspaper, Photo III (Based on my work up until now I am expecting to make all A's except in math where I may make a B+ or A-
- Senior (Expected): AP English Literature, AP U.S. Government, AP Comparative Government, AP Microeconomics, Calc, AP Environmental Science, Portfolio photography, religion, newspaper, spanish film<br>
Rank: School does not release rankings
Extracurriculars (in no order of importance)
- Volunteer at homeless shelter in summers and during winter break, usually work with the children or act as a spanish-english translator, I will probably start working there during the fall semester next year as well
- Varsity Golf (11,12)
- JV baseball (9,10)
- Varsity Cross Country (10,11)
- Community service officer
- Volunteer at Church where I sign the sermons to the deaf congregation members (I was born with a significant hearing loss and learned sign language, my impairment has now been corrected)
- Newspaper (staff writer and photographer 10,11; editorial board 12)
- Photography: very involved, have one school, local, and national awards </p>

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<li>Probable weakness: never taking physics (very difficult class, I know I will hate it), no AP Calc, very lopsided in terms of humanities vs sciences/maths</li>
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<p>You seem like a great applicant. If you wanna fully optimize the legacy status, apply ED. Correct me if i’m wrong, but most schools usually look at legacy only for ED. also try to be more active in your extracurriculars. You say that your’e on the board for newspaper club, but maybe try for a sport or another club. G’luck mate!</p>

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<p>Here is a great article on how to calculate chances. Have fun!<a href=“http://phs.princetonk12.org/guidance/Forms/Betterton%20College%20Planning.pdf”>http://phs.princetonk12.org/guidance/Forms/Betterton%20College%20Planning.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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I am a senior who has recently applied for regular decision. Any thoughts on chances?

Stats:

Gender: Male
Hometown: Dallas
Race: White
School Type: Public high school
Income: low income
Legacy Status: N/A
SAT: 1890
-CR: 640
-M: 560
-W: 690
U/W GPA: 3.792/4.0
W GPA: 4.521/6.0
Rank: 112/451 (top 25%)
AP courses taken in high school: World History (4), U.S. History (3) - will take Economics, Government, Psychology, and Environmental Science exams later this spring

Extracurriculars:

-Marching band (member of 15th best high school marching band in the United States; received various other awards)
-Part of student leadership team for marching band since spring of sophomore year
-NHS
-NTHS
-Community Service (will have at least 100 hours)
-Church youth group
-Extracurricular running (local races)

College interests: ROTC, intramural sports

Any thoughts on my chances?

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@NavalCadet2019 You look like an impressive applicant, but I don’t think you’ll get into Columbia. Being an unhooked applicant with a 3.8UW GPA and sub-2000 SAT score is more than enough reason for Columbia to reject you. Most people that get into Columbia are at the very top of their class, have nearly perfect GPAs/SATs, and/or have a very strong hook.

Nonetheless, you seem like a strong applicant, and I wish you the best of luck in the college process.

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Whoops. I meant to post this on the SMU thread. No idea why I put it here. I know I have no chance of getting into Columbia hahaha sorry for the mistake!