ED at CC? yes or no?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Public CT high school
Basic stats: female, Pakistani
SATs: 2230 (760 CR, 720 Math, 750 W)
SAT2s: Bio 750, US 760, will take Math2 possibly?
PSAT: Jr yr 211 (Nat'l Merit Commend.)
GPA (UW): 3.84, top 5% of class, but idk exact rank
Freshman & Soph yr: took as many Honors as possible
Jr yr courseload: AP Stat (4), Honors Precalc, AP English 11 (5), AP US (5), Honors Physics, AP Bio (5)
next yr's courseload: AP Calc AB, AP English 12, AP US Gov & Politics, AP Chem, AP Spanish, Writing Center</p>

<p>Resume-ish:
Academic Honors & Awards
some school academic recognition award for eng/history, 2005
some latin award, 2005
Governor’s Scholar Award Semi-Finalist, 2007
National Merit Commendation, 2007
National Honor Society, 2007 (elected Service Coordinator)
will be AP Scholar w/ Honor</p>

<p>School Activities
School Newspaper, 2005-Present (Copy Editor 10th, News Editor 11th, Viewpoint Editor 12th??) (this thing takes up a LOT of time, sometimes 15-20 hours a week, staying till all hours of the night)
Model United Nations, 2004-Present (Co-Founder/Co-President) (haven't really done that much with this honestly...our school has a horrible field trip policy)
National Honor Society, Early 2007-Present (elected Service Coordinator)
Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council, Early 2007-Present (General Board member)
Future Business Leaders of America, 2006-Present</p>

<p>Community Activities
American Red Cross Volunteer & Youth Corps, 2005-Present (a LOT of hours)
Young Democrats, Early 2007-Present (Internet Communicator/member of local chapter, but will soon be Northeast Rep for Young Dems of America :D)
Junior Achievement (this Business program - very cool), 2006-Present (Vice President of Public Relations 11th, Company of the Year Runner-Up, Winner of Vice President of Public Relations of the Year, Winner of Scholarship for weeklong summer business program at UCLA, Vice President of Marketing 12th??)
volunteer at some Hospital, Summer 2005 (like 90ish hours)
newly formed youth group, Early 2007-Present (Community Service Coordinator)</p>

<p>Work Experience (all unpaid...)
Intern at this political campaign, summer 2006 (worked 20-30 hours a week...)
Intern at Red Cross, summer 2007 (20ish hours a week)
High School State Coordinator for my state for Students for Barack Obama, March-August 2007 (I resigned because I could no longer support him as a candidate because of recent events/foreign policy stuff...I would feel like a hypocrite working for him...I'll explain this on my app, and maybe it will be seen in a positive light?) (used to be like 10 hours a week)</p>

<p>Languages
Fluent Urdu
Conversational Spanish</p>

<p>ETC/questions:
brother went to Columbia (but he went to SEAS)</p>

<p>major undecided...should I declare a major?</p>

<p>essays will hopefully be good?
at least 1 of 2 teacher recs will be absolutely AMAZING...the other one should be great too...I might ask my Red Cross boss for a rec since I'm so involved with it (should I send a third rec in????)</p>

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<p>concering rank...it's a class of about a little more than 400</p>

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<p>The only thing that matters if you decide to apply ED is this:</p>

<p>ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO?</p>

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<li>And isn't this the second or third Chances thread you've posted here?</li>
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<p>YES</p>

<p>this is my 2nd, but my stats have been updated, and I didn't get much response, but I think I remember you helping out? so thanks</p>

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<p>Depends, I've seen people from my school with MUCH better (USAMO, IchO, perfect SAT's, 4.0's) get deferred, eventually rejected. On the other hand, there's also "worse" applicants who did get in. It's all a crapshoot. You're probably more competitive than the average applicant, but depends heavily on your essay and EC"s + recc letters. It's hard to tell from a list how much they actually mean.</p>

<p>If you truly want to go to columbia college, apply early (RD acceptance rate is something like 6.5%)</p>

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<p>i like your name! arctic monkeys are my favorite band. i'm seeing them live in september and can't wait. </p>

<p>i'm applying to columbia, possible ed, and i think you have a better shot than i do, if that helps.</p>

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<p>I know it's off-topic, but...ARCTIC MONKEYS= THE BEST :D</p>

<p>If only those festivals weren't so rainy and full of mud. Oh well :)</p>