Columbia ED chances.... first thread ever. Help is much appreciated

Applying to College
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<p>I applied Early decision to Columbia about three weeks ago. Let me preface this by saying that I personally just sent an application expecting nothing more than a rejection letter but I put just as much, or more effort into this application than any of the other schools I have or will have applied to.</p>

<p>applying to columbia college not engineering.</p>

<p>Anyways, here are my stats:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 (not sure exactly as we have gotten our last report 4 weeks ago but i have all A's so it can only have increased or possibly stayed the same)</p>

<p>SAT: 1930
Reading: 700
Math: 620
Writing: 610</p>

<p>Chem: 800
US history: 730</p>

<p>ACT: 30/31
English: 32/31
Math: 31/30
Reading: 28/33
Science: 29/31
Writing: 10/8</p>

<p>AP's:
Chem: 5
US History: 5
English Language and Composition: 5</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>President of the school music club. I lecture about individual genres and decades of music and share music with club members. I also am planning a battle of the bands for school musicians.</p>

<p>Been an officer of the school music club since freshman year until this year</p>

<p>In a band with two friends. Record every week and have been looking for shows (played first show last week). I play guitar, sing, play bass, keyboard and am teaching myself to play the drums.</p>

<p>Volunteered with my school volunteer group last year for a total of 40 hours</p>

<p>Job:</p>

<p>I build guitar effects pedals (electronic circuits that affect electric instrument signals) and sell them to friends.</p>

<p>Essay: Not a Miss America answer. Wrote about Christopher Hitchens and how he made me more interested in discussions about religion and politics.</p>

<p>ALSO, I had an interview with an alumni last night who was very helpful. He seemed sincere and also was impressed by my musical interests and seemed to agree that I was interested in columbia for the right reasons.</p>

<p>Please feel free to be brutally honest and thanks for spending some time on this.</p>

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<p>Oh forgot to mention, looking to major in chemistry</p>

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<p>Answers, anyone?</p>

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<p>You should win points just for writing about Christopher Hitchens. That said, your SAT is low for Columbia. Maybe you just don’t test well?</p>

<p>Anyway, what’s done is done. It would be presumptuous of me to estimate your chance of admission.</p>

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<p>Yeah to be honest I feel they are going to throw my app away once they see my SAT scores. Anyways, thanks for the response.</p>

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<p>How about chances for UC Berkeley and/or UVa?</p>

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<p>You don’t make it clear if you’re out-of-state (OOS) or not for one or the other of these universities. For OOS, UC Berkeley is very selective – probably as difficult as Columbia. I’m not as familiar with UVa Charlottesville – but my understanding is that it is also very selective for OOS.</p>

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<p>Out of state for all three</p>