ED at columbia...CHANCE ME AND I'LL GET YOU BACK WITHIN A FEW HOURS!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Feelings kind of nervous...thoughts please?</p>

<p>Biracial- male half-white/half-japanese (duh) w/US citizenship
Living in Tokyo but at boarding school in the northeast</p>

<p>GPA: my school has a weird way of calculating GPA but by normal standards, I'd estimate to be at 4.5-6 weighted
Class rank: 10 out of 105, though I suspect I'd be a bit higher if my school weighted averages
SAT: R700 M750 W770</p>

<p>Courses:
7 honors courses
8 APs (sophomore year-AP Euro. His., junior-AP US His., AP Eng. Lang., AP French Lang., senior- AP Comp Gov, AP Economics, AP French Lit., AP Eng. Lit.)</p>

<p>AP scores:
AP Euro. His.- 5
AP Eng. Lang.- 3
AP US His.- 5
AP French Lang.- 3
so I got an AP Scholar w/ Honor award</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Opinions section editor of school paper
VP of high school community service organization
Student head of my corridor at boarding school
student tour guide for admissions tours
JV cross country (captain), JV squash, and JV tennis
limited Obama campaign work</p>

<p>Work experience:
well, I've never had a paid job before but:
-two summers ago I was a CIT at a boys summer camp in Canada
-last summer I interned for a US Congresswoman in Washington, D.C., for which I'm receiving a letter of recommendation (from the intern coordinator); I'm also really hoping this makes me stand out</p>

<p>Schools I'm applying to (!!!):
Columbia (ED)
University of Chicago (EA)
University of Michigan (rolling)
Stanford
UPenn
Haverford
Northwestern
NYU
Johns Hopkins
George Washington (safety)
University of Washington- Seattle (safety)</p>

<p>I'm pretty confident that my recs will come out okay, and I feel pretty good about my essay. I'm also wondering if my list is too ambitious. Any comments would be really helpful, especially if you could give a percent. I'm most concerned about Columbia because I really want to get in there. Thanks for your help, guys!</p>

<p>IF YOU CHANCE ME, I PROMISE I'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A FEW HOURS MAX...so have at it!</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED) Low Reach
University of Chicago (EA) Match
University of Michigan (rolling) Match
Stanford Reach
UPenn Match
Haverford (dont know enough about it)
Northwestern High Match
NYU Match
Johns Hopkins High Match
George Washington (safety) In for sure
University of Washington- Seattle (safety) In for sure</p>

<p>Chance me back please!</p>

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<p>Stanford might be a reach, I don't know about the ivy's I am also applying there and have similar sat scores........</p>

<p>Your Ec's are very strong, shows a lot of leadership and stuff that makes you stand out from the average applicant.........</p>

<p>NYU, University of Washington, and George Washington, and University of Michigan may be considered safty's.........</p>

<p>Sorry I couldn't be of much help, because I don't have enough insight into the college admissions process......</p>

<p>Chance Me............</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED): Mid Reach
University of Chicago (EA): low reach
University of Michigan (rolling): in
Stanford: reach
UPenn: Mid reach
Haverford: Mid-Low Reach
Northwestern: Low Reach
NYU: High Match
Johns Hopkins: Low Reach
George Washington (safety)
University of Washington- Seattle (safety)</p>

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<p>How do you kids come up with match of any sort when both rank and scores are below median? The comments here are not educated ones.</p>

<p>Whoops, low reach, but just as wrong when anything is below median.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump bump</p>

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<p>I would say everything but UPENN and Stanford are set in stone. I would sweat it they both are low-mid reaches.</p>

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<p>For Columbia I'd say you have a very very good chance of getting in; they accept like 50% of their ED applicant pool so that's only going to work in your favor</p>

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<p>Penn, Stanford, Columbia- low reach (personally think you'll get in to these)
The rest- in for sure</p>

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<p>I agree with most on the post. You'll be fine for most of the schools you've listed, perhaps with the exception of Columbia and Stanford maybe. GWU there's no doubt you'll get in, I'm there right now. Actually to be honest, I'm trying to get out of GWU after my first year - and go to Duke (only if I do well enough my freshman year at GWU). GWU isn't bad if you know for sure what you want to do, and those things are political science and or international affairs, etc. But what I've wanted to has changed quite a bit this semester, so I'm looking to transfer. Chance me too! Good luck.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump bump</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED) -reach
University of Chicago (EA) - reach
University of Michigan (rolling) - reach/match
Stanford -reach
UPenn -reach
Haverford -reach/match
Northwestern -reach
NYU - low reach
Johns Hopkins - low reach
George Washington - I would say this is more of a match, since more people want to go here
University of Washington- Seattle (safety)</p>

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<p>bump back up again...</p>

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<p>up again...i promise i'll get you back as soon as i see your post</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED)- reach
University of Chicago (EA)- reach
University of Michigan (rolling)-match
Stanford-reach
UPenn-reach
Haverford- match
Northwestern - reach
NYU - match
Johns Hopkins - low reach</p>

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<p>chansu wo kurete arigatou gozaimasu :D (lmao CC censors the te form of suru" I had to take it out)</p>

<p>I think you have a really good shot at Columbia ED. Your class rank and test scores are both quite good. Your ECs are average-ish but the campaigning for Obama seems interesting and your internship with the congresswoman is also impressive. If she does in fact write you a rec, make sure it doesn't seem like you're "name dropping" and that she actually knows you as a person, y'know? </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>UMich and NYU seem to be most likely. Stanford is unlikely.</p>

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<p>keep em coming</p>

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<p>Hey your resume looks great! I would say that since you did ED at Columbia, you will get in. Can you chance me too please? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/599892-help-help-nyu-stern-ed-applicant-all-i-can-do-wait.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/599892-help-help-nyu-stern-ed-applicant-all-i-can-do-wait.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>i think your SATs are god enough for most of the schools.</p>

<p>here are my thoughts
Columbia (ED) - low reach
University of Chicago (EA) - low reach
University of Michigan (rolling) - match
Stanford - reach
UPenn - reach
Haverford - match
Northwestern - low reach
NYU - match
Johns Hopkins - low reach
University of Washington - safety</p>