<p>Atlanta Public School
African American Male
Less than $30k income ($19,900 to be exact)
GPA: 3.42
Living in Atlanta,GA
ACT: 32
Around top 25%
HUGE UPWARD TREND (Sophomore year dip in grades - death in family, will be explained)</p>
<p>Getting a rec from a Georgetown Professor (should be amazing)</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
AP world
AP Govt
AP econ
AP calculus
AP Satistics
H. World lit</p>
<p>UCLA Transcript:
Biological Threats To Society: B
Sociology: B</p>
<p>A part-time job since Freshman year
President of FBLA
Vice-President/Founder of Psych. Book Club
Chess Club
Treasurer French Club
Cultural Diversity Club
Math Team
100+ hours of volunteer.
Great Rec's & Essays (Including 1 from a known Georgetown Professor)
Regional Award for FBLA competition
Web designer for Megetti Ent.</p>
<p>^ i think your chances are slim, your gpa is low, even if there was a death in your family, and how much of an upward trend are we talking about? one rec isn't going to redeem you, being outside the top 20% you'd have to be unbelieveable in a few other things, or have something rare that Columbia absolutely needs for them to take you. I don't see this in your ECs, none of them seem eye-opening. The family income and race might help, giving you a shot, but i still think it is unlikely, good luck.</p>
<p>As for your GPA, was there ONLY a dip sophomore year or was it both freshman and soph yr? And i have no idea what a 32 on ACT means. But your class rank is really bad for a school like columbia that tends to look at only the best of the best from each school.</p>
<p>wait a minute... he does have a low gpa but...Columbia will know he's no dummy he does have a 32 ACT and he is taking a nice loard of aps senior year.. maybe the detah in is family really did have an adverse effect on his schooling. On top of that his ECs shows his not lazily.. My advice to op: apply to Columbia and see what happens but i believe your ACt score and Ecs amatch up ..and yes you have a low GPA nobody's perfect</p>
<p>^ you can't go in with the notion that nobody's perfect and they like people who are flawed and try a bit, you have to see admissions as a competition, when they admit you they reject 9 others, you've got to clearly illustrate to them why you deserve that coveted spot. Bashi is a smart applicant, i have no doubt, but they almost all are, and relative to the others he doesn't stand out. throwing in an app causes no harm, but i wouldn't expect to get in at all.</p>
<p>Right. I had great test scores and a poor GPA too, and went through hell to get admitted. I don't recommend it to anyone. If there's a doubt as to your work ethic or diligence (i.e. if your GPA can offer evidence that you are 'lazy'), they're going to ding you almost every time. There are enough people they DO admit who end up being lazy slackers on campus, why take a high-risk candidate?</p>
<p>The answer to "why should we take this high-risk applicant" needs to have a spectacular answer to meet the burden of proof. I think I happened to have one, and I see some promising things about this guy, but I'm not sure his odds are that favorable.</p>