ED at columbia...input here and at other schools please?

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 3.85-3.9 weighted
Class rank: 10 out of 105, though I suspect I'd be a bit higher if my school weighted averages
SAT: R670 M750 W770 but I'm guessing that my reading score will improve a bit when October SATs come out</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, but I'm a little concerned about my essays though I think it'll come out alright. 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>

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<p>Oh, and SAT IIs are Math I- 710, US History- 790</p>

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<p>Bump up before i go to bed...please help me out!!! If you get me, I'll get you back.</p>

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<p>moderate chance for columbia if recs and essays were excellent.</p>

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<p>I'm not familiar with the specifics of Columbia's ED but I believe a lot of schools would not approve of you applying EA elsewhere...</p>

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<p>Honestly speaking, I think your GPA, test scores and what not leave something to be desired. If you really focus on your ECs, you can probably make Columbia. UPenn and Stanford are big reaches for you imo. The other stuff seems ok except you can't ED and EA.</p>

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<p>you can ED and EA. they don't encourage it, but it's fine.</p>

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<p>Did you mean Math II for SAT II's? i don't think colleges look at math I.</p>

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<p>No, I mean Math I. Maybe you think that's my SAT I math score, which is different. I took the Math level I for the SAT II, so I'm assuming it counts or my college counsellor would have told me otherwise. BTW, insubvert is right, Columbia tolerates simultaneous EA applications as long as you understand that you must committ to Columbia if you're accepted, which I'm prepared to do.</p>

<p>Thanks for your comments.</p>

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<p>BUMP UP...let's see it!</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED) Competitive
University of Chicago (EA) Yes
University of Michigan (rolling) Yes
Stanford Competitive
UPenn Competitive
Haverford between yes and competitive
Northwestern between yes and competitive
NYU Yes
Johns Hopkins Competitive
George Washington (safety) Yes
University of Washington- Seattle (safety) Yes</p>

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<p>could you respond to my thread? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/584064-what-my-chances.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/584064-what-my-chances.html&lt;/a> I'm interested in a lot of the same places</p>

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<p>Bump up...any thoughts on how being from Tokyo will affect my chances?</p>

<p>And just to clarify, the 3.85-9 GPA is out of 4. I'm not too familiar with how you calculate GPA because my school simply goes with a score out of 100. Keep 'em coming!</p>

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<p>Just bring up that reading, but nonetheless, you have a great shot at all.
For sure, you're pretty much a shoo-in at GW and U Washington.</p>

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<p>Columbia (ED) - It is hard to tell, you're right on the "average". If you can individualize your application and write a great essay then I would say you are a match.
University of Chicago (EA) - Match
University of Michigan (rolling) - Match
Stanford - Reach (but it is a reach for everyone. Very unpredictable. Again, write a killer essay because they do not do interviews so it might as well be considered one.)
UPenn - Low Match/Reach (you're on their "average student" margin)
Haverford - Same as Stanford.
Northwestern - Match
NYU - Match
Johns Hopkins - Low Match/Reach
George Washington (safety) - Match
University of Washington- Seattle (safety) - Match</p>

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<p>Bump up before I hit the sac.</p>

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<p>Bump bump bump bump bupmp</p>

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<p>I was under the impression the the SAT II's the colleges want you to take Math II not I. You might want to check that out.</p>

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<p>buh buh buh buh buh BUMP</p>

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<p>to the top</p>