Columbia and Duke - my dream schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2380 (M-800, R-800, W-780)
[</em>] SAT II: Chem (780), US History (790), Math 2 (800), Literature (800)
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/450
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Chem (5), Calc AB (5), Lang. and Comp (5), Comp. Gov (5), European History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Spanish, AP Lit and Comp, AP World, AP Stat
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (225), Top 5 State Envirothon team, state awards with debate, Intel semifinalist (this is a prediction), participated in the Philadelphia Poetry Slam contest. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate team (Captain) - 3 years, Cross country - 3 years, Environmental team (President) - 4 years, Newspaper - 4 years, Track and field - 3 years, public speaking and advocating for political issues, Student council - 2 years (Class President)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Have worked part time for the past year and a half.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Junior year I organized a Zombie 5k that raised $7.5k. Over this past year we've worked on becoming a nonprofit that I founded and we'll be having our second 5k this halloween. Expected draw of more than $15k. In addition to this I have over 400 hours in soup kitchens and nursing homes
[</em>] Summer Activities: I wrote a book that I currently have an agent for one summer, and the next I did research and the JSA summer program at Princeton.
[<em>] Essays: They'll be good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: They'll be good, not great.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: This one will be average
[</em>] Interview: I'm a very personable person, so I imagine these will go well. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] State: PA
[</em>] School Type: run of the mill public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): >200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.</p>

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<p>Looks like you have amazing chances :)</p>

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<p>Is there any way to indicate that I am also proficient in french? I plan on taking the AP French exam this year but I’m not sure if I’m allowed to put that down as part of my courseload if I’m not taking an official class to prepare for it.</p>

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<p>r u applying ED or RD…either way…considering your stats…its a good chance at both</p>

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<p>There’s a spot on the common app to indicate other languages you speak/are proficient in. Also, you can mention it in the additional info section. Your chances look awesome.</p>