Columbia University (ED) + UC Berkeley-Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am currently a junior in high school and Columbia and UC Berkeley are my top choices. I am planning on applying to both schools (Columbia ED) and am curious to hear what my chances might be. I am concerned about my GPA/APs, but I think my SATs and ECs are strong. </p>

<p>Here's the lowdown:</p>

<p>Female, 17
Caucasian
Strong public HS in NJ</p>

<p>SAT-2210
Writing-760
Math-720
Reading-730</p>

<p>Weighted GPA-4.22
Majority A's and a few B/B+'s</p>

<p>Honors/APs</p>

<p>Honors/APs that I've taken so far: AP Lang, AP Bio (4), Honors PreCalc, Honors Trig, Honors English (soph year), Honors Spanish 5, Honors History, Honors Geometry, Honors Physics</p>

<p>Senior year: AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Enviromental, AP Spanish</p>

<p>Subject tests:
Bio-730 (taking 2 more of those in the coming months)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Columbia Science Honors Program (2 years) (planning on submitting a recommendation from them)
Blogger for Huffington Post
Interned with a theater company in NY, planning on interning with a record label this coming summer
Organizing a benefit concert for a music education program
Stage manager for 3 of my high school's award winning shows
State youth symphony orchestra (cello)
Principal cellist in school orchestra, chamber orchestra + quartet</p>

<p>Let me know what you guys think!</p>

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<p>Given your info, I would say UC Berkeley is target/saftey but Columbia is reach. The problem with Columbia is that your location does not serve to your advantage. Otherwise your SAT scores are near their admitted average. If you have good EC’s and strong teacher recommendations along with very high demonstrated interest, you have a 70-80% chance of getting in. </p>

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<p>UCB: Accept
Columbia: Deny</p>

<p>It’s more of the schedule and weighted that I think will affect you with Colum, your SAT looks fine though.</p>