<p>Hey everyone I would like to get your advice on whether you think I could get into Columbia University....Well I'm a sophmore and I go to a really top public high school in columbus ohio..i mean competition is crazy...the high school district is one of the best in ohio...and then theres me an african-american actually born in west-africa and raised and lived in south africa, and lived in etophia when i was younger..well this is not a life story its just that i've become so much passionate with school and education, and just realizing how much education is the best gift anyone could receive..well freshman year i really didnt have this attuide, didnt really care you knw, my cum was a 2.5 yea..but sophmore yea i became such a hardworker and compassionate its insane...like now well with interims, i have a 3.5gpa but i dont knw my cum cause we havent had exams yet, they are in january..well my school being very competitve i dont knw ive sorta lost my hopes on getting into columbia, I know im only a sophmore but time goes fast and high school goes fast.I mean i didnt didnt do well in my PSAT's, i did bad, really bad..i got a 9%percentile of the kids in my class..n i was suprise cause i read alot books and work hard, i dont knw....I mean I talk to my counselor, and he wasnt very supportive.all he said was like it was impossible for me to get into columbia, because my school is so competitve that its impossibe for me to get into the top 10%or 20% of my class..n i felt really discouraged, I am discouraged because theres this gurl in my homeroom is always like your not gonna get into columbia, its impossible..and like sumtimes i dont knw is she right, i am hard worker and i never give up until the end...and I'll do anything to get into Columbia because I want to set a standard for African kids, because there are many smart african kids who can get into these Ivy League Schools...I mean in senior class for my school this year,the 10th person of the class has a 4.2..I mean when my counselor told me that..It was like someone just hit me in the face..and then he brought up all this stuff about oh you knw the PSAT's are bias against african-americans, and when your looked at by colleges your gonna be compared to other african-americans..and i dont want it to be by race, but you knw my school is like 95% white and the black kids who go there defintely dont do so good...so thats good for me that i'm doing well..but i'm so sick how everything is about race..I just work really really work hard and i just want success to prevail in the end...another thing i dont play any sports..im starting volunteering this whole summer but i dont know anymore..my goal for the end of the year is to get a 3.9 and a 3.9 CUM...But i dont knw about Columbia anymore..especially i really wanted to go there for their theater arts program....my other choices are: Georgetown, NYU, Cornell, Howard, Brown.....So any advice on my situation should i listen to my couselor and just give up cause theres no point because "its impossible for me to get in, i dont usually let people affect me but ive just heard it too much and I dont knw what to do..I mean seriously do I have a chance i mean do i really have a chance in getting into my dream college if i work my butt off...do i have a chance, to getting into any of those colleges..I'm defintely getting tutors for SAT and ACT...so i can score high on those..but give me your input..negative or positve...its all good....i just need to know how other people feel about my situation....Thank you and God Bless.</p>
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Donde esta PARAGRAPHS?</p>
<p>Haha, I'm dizzy.</p>
<p>break that monster up, it's really hard to read it.</p>
<p>I really don't think that it is impossible for you to get in but even minority applicant's will have to expalin why you have a 2.5 on your transcript. If that part of your application is shady then just work on improving other parts of your application like your SAT scores and your EC's and start building a strog rapport with teachers.</p>
<p>Also, If you were born in Africa, technically, you would be placed in the international pile or at least that is what I have always heard.</p>
<p>You have plenty of HS left to go, so I wouldn't assume that Columbia is out of reach. Clearly, you'll have to post improved stats to have a shot. Colleges DO look for improving records, though, and may be inclined to cut some slack if it looks like a student got off on the wrong foot but has really gotten his act together in later years. I don't think that Columbia is one of them, but some colleges drop freshman year when they calculate your GPA.</p>
<p>At the same time, I wouldn't invest too much emotion into any school that rejects 90% or so of its applicants. Even for students with nearly flawless records, it's still very tough to get in. By all means, keep improving your GPA - this, along with good SATs, will help everywhere you apply, not just Columbia. So, keep your dream alive, but be sure to incorporate a variety of schools into your dream - including at least one safety where you are quite sure you'd be happy for four years.</p>
<p>(Check out Carnegie Mellon's theater program while you are at it...)</p>
<p>Hey everyone I would like to get your advice on whether you think I could get into Columbia University....Well I'm a sophmore and I go to a really top public high school in columbus ohio..i mean competition is crazy...the high school district is one of the best in ohio...and then theres me an african-american actually born in west-africa and raised and lived in south africa, and lived in etophia when i was younger..well this is not a life story its just that i've become so much passionate with school and education, and just realizing how much education is the best gift anyone could receive..well freshman year i really didnt have this attuide, didnt really care you knw, my cum was a 2.5 yea.</p>
<p>.but sophmore yea i became such a hardworker and compassionate its insane...like now well with interims, i have a 3.5gpa but i dont knw my cum cause we havent had exams yet, they are in january..well my school being very competitve i dont knw ive sorta lost my hopes on getting into columbia, I know im only a sophmore but time goes fast and high school goes fast.I mean i didnt didnt do well in my PSAT's, i did bad, really bad..i got a 9%percentile of the kids in my class..n i was suprise cause i read alot books and work hard, i dont knw....I mean I talk to my counselor, and he wasnt very supportive.all he said was like it was impossible for me to get into columbia, because my school is so competitve that its impossibe for me to get into the top 10%or 20% of my class.</p>
<p>.n i felt really discouraged, I am discouraged because theres this gurl in my homeroom is always like your not gonna get into columbia, its impossible..and like sumtimes i dont knw is she right, i am hard worker and i never give up until the end...and I'll do anything to get into Columbia because I want to set a standard for African kids, because there are many smart african kids who can get into these Ivy League Schools...I mean in senior class for my school this year,the 10th person of the class has a 4.2..I mean when my counselor told me that..It was like someone just hit me in the face.</p>
<p>.and then he brought up all this stuff about oh you knw the PSAT's are bias against african-americans, and when your looked at by colleges your gonna be compared to other african-americans..and i dont want it to be by race, but you knw my school is like 95% white and the black kids who go there defintely dont do so good...so thats good for me that i'm doing well..but i'm so sick how everything is about race.</p>
<p>.I just work really really work hard and i just want success to prevail in the end...another thing i dont play any sports..im starting volunteering this whole summer but i dont know anymore..my goal for the end of the year is to get a 3.9 and a 3.9 CUM...But i dont knw about Columbia anymore..especially i really wanted to go there for their theater arts program....my other choices are: Georgetown, NYU, Cornell, Howard, Brown....</p>
<p>.So any advice on my situation should i listen to my couselor and just give up cause theres no point because "its impossible for me to get in, i dont usually let people affect me but ive just heard it too much and I dont knw what to do..I mean seriously do I have a chance i mean do i really have a chance in getting into my dream college if i work my butt off...do i have a chance, to getting into any of those colleges..</p>
<p>I'm defintely getting tutors for SAT and ACT...so i can score high on those..but give me your input..negative or positve...its all good....i just need to know how other people feel about my situation....Thank you and God Bless.</p>
<p>PSATs really don't matter. If you get your GPA a bit higher, do well in your school community, you'll definitely have a chance. You'll never know if you get in unless you apply, right?</p>
<p>never say never, eh
keep working hard. the thing is, even if you don't get into columbia (admissions is a process with an unfortunate (or maybe fortunate for some) amt of luck/chance!!)
like i say to everyone, make sure you research the school in DEPTH. don't give up but you must understand that yes, columbia does only take roughly 1 in 10 people...
don't panic /stress too much. take a deep breath and do what you can.
i'm sure you can explain your background and stuff in a columbia essay. </p>
<p>SAT I scores are really important for columbia. You might want to start studying sometime this summer and then constantly from then on.. or even before that... </p>
<p>and don't think of this all as a waste of time. if you don't get into columbia what you learn about applications will help you in applying to other colleges.</p>
<p>and also, make sure you want to go to those schools for the right reasons, not just superficial ones.. anyhow, good luck</p>