Columbia ED LEGACY + Hooks (I'll chance back)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello all,

I’m sure some of you have read this already, but for those who haven’t…

I’m a junior in a strong/competitive high school (ranked 13th in NJ and about 171st nationally). I’ll be applying to Columbia Early Decision this winter.

GPA Weighed (this is what my HS sends them, but no class rank): 4.2/5.0
GPA U/W: 3.6

ACT: 35 (35 E, 35 M, 33 R, 36 S)


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HOOKS<<<: -Dad attended Columbia SEAS (legacy) -Columbia Biomedical Camp (2016) -Columbia Community Service Dean's Award (Expected at above camp)

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Freshman Honors (W GPA: 3.92):
Honors Biology (B)
Honors English 9 (B)
Honors Geometry (B)
Honors US History (B)

Sophomore APs & Honors (W GPA: 4.00):
AP US History (B+)
Honors Algebra 2 (B)
Honors English 10 (A-)
Honors Chemistry (B)

Junior APs & Honors (W GPA: 4.7):
AP Biology (A)
AP Physics I (A-)
AP World History (A)
AP Literature (A)
Honors PreCalculus (A-)

Senior APs & Honors: (Hopefully straight As for the first quarter)
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus A/B
AP English Lang
AP Economics
Honors German 4

ECs (SORRY FOR THE MESS!!! ):

Key Club Member (10th-12th Grade)
Key Club Treasurer (11th Grade)
Key Cub President (12th Grade)

DECA VP and Co-founder (11th-12th Grade)

Math Honors Society President and Founder (12th Grade)

National Honor Society (11th-12th Grade)

AP Scholar with Distinction

Teaching diabetic toddlers how to play tennis through a program I organized with a social worker at our local children’s hospital (I am a type-1 diabetic myself) (2015-2016)

HS Varsity Swimming (10th-12th Grade)
Year-round competitive swimmer for BAC Swim Team (2011-2015) *note: this club is ranked around 25th in the nation
JV-A Boys Tennis (10th Grade)

Job as a summer camp counselor (summer 2014)
Job as a Front Desk Admin/Lifeguard (summer 2015-summer 2017)
Certified Red-Cross Lifeguard/First Aid (2014+)

Johns Hopkins University CTY Program member (2013-2017)
JHU CTY Neuroscience Camp (summer 2015)
Columbia University Biomedical Engineering Program (summer 2016)

Internship on Capitol Hill with Congressman (summer 2016)
Volunteering at an orphanage in Swaziland (summer 2016)

I am fluent in Polish (Polish is my first language) and I am a first-generation immigrant (though both parents went to college)

I have toured Columbia.

I’m a white male :confused:

Thanks in advance!

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GPA is low but everything else seems fine.

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Extracurriculars are weak for the college. Colleges look at extracurricular impact, not how many things you do. Also, it seems like you have no specific major you want to do because you have an internship at capitol hill and you attended a neuroscience camp. Your GPA is also really low. Legacy won’t make that much of a difference as you think. It will only help if you’re comparable to another applicant, but you have legacy. Your chances are very very low, but it is always worth a shot. Good luck!

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Can you swim for them? If your team is 25 in nation- that doesn’t mean anything- its your swim times that will matter That would give you a better chance… Have you contacted the swim coach? that would be my advice.

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I would be worried about those sophomore and freshman year grades. Great ACT score, try to write great essays that talk about your true focus.