Ehem, another chances post.

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>I go to an okay public school in NJ. Asian female & rising senior.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.17 (out of 4.33) UW
Rank: 3/364
SAT I: 800 CR / 780 M / 690 W (Will retake to pull up writing)
SAT II: 730 USH, 730 Math II
APUSH: 5</p>

<p>Our school's alright with APs. They split APUSH into two parts, so I had APUSH I soph year, and APUSH II this year. Senior year I have AP Lang, AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Stats, and AP Macro on the schedule. </p>

<p>ECs:
Editor of School Newspaper
Editor of Lit Mag
PR Head for Save Darfur
Acadamic Team
Pit Band
Concert Band
Chorus</p>

<p>Awards:
NHS
SHS
prob NM commended
Tri M Music Honor Society
published in a Creative Communications anthology
NJ Gov School for Intl Studies Nominee</p>

<p>Summer stuff:
Internship at state senator's office
Dickinson College Young Writers Workshop
Volunteered at local library</p>

<p>I would major in PoliSci if you were wondering. The five year Masters in Intl Affairs and internship oppurtunities at Columbia stand out for me (working at the UN?).</p>

<p>Any feedback/advice is appreciated!</p>

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<p>don't retake the SAT 1, you're fine, you stand a chance at getting into columbia, the 3/364 stands out, i would not say you stand a good chance, because there are a lot of qualified political/poli sci leaning applicants to columbia, the poli sci dept is very strong, i know nothing about the difficulty to get into the 5 year masters in international affairs, i know sipa people, and many of the sipa projects, research undertakings and internships rock.</p>

<p>btw, working for the UN in my experience is a very cliche aspiration, don't know if it will fly with the admissions committee, because apart from the pr head of Save Darfur nothing suggests a strong commitment to international affairs or politics (which only inhibits the application if you say you want to work for the UN)</p>