Help a Sophmore (Future Junior) HS Out

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Hey guys, I always wanted to go to Columbia since I was a kid... So if you guys can help me out with my chances and all (Rather than going to a section of the forum where the people may have no experiences with college whatsoever, why not go to the section where there are people who are already accepted into the University?), that would be awesome!</p>

<p>Asian / NJ
Highschool - Very rigorous and challenging... I would say it is one of the top schools of NJ, if not the US. It sent a student to Harvard, three to Princeton, and a large number to UPenn, Cornell, Case Western, Emory, etc. </p>

<p>Freshman GPA: 3.6/4.0
Spanish 2A - A
World Civ. H - A
English 1H - B
Geometry H - A
QPS H (Chemistry + Physics) - A</p>

<p>Sophomore GPA: 3.8/4.0
Spanish 3H - A
US History I AP - A
Chemistry 1H - A
Algebra 2H - A
English 2H - B</p>

<p>Junior GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Predicting)
Spanish 4AP - A
US History II AP - A
Chemistry 2AP - A
Biology 1H - A
PreCalc H - A
English 3AP - A</p>

<p>Senior GPA: 4.0/4.0 (Predicting)
Calc. AP - A
Physics 1H - A
English 4AP - A
STAT AP - A
Euro. History AP - A</p>

<p>(Predicting) SAT's Score: 2100 - 2300
. AP Tests: (5 on ChemAP, CalcAP, HistoryAP, Engl.AP, STATAP, EuroAP, SpanishAP. 4 on EnglishAP)</p>

<p>EC's
. Two years mission trip to South American countries - Also build/repair buildings and churches
. Two years - Member of Praise Team
. Newspaper Photo. (Sophomore - Senior), Hopefully "Staff" in Senior
. Future Engineering Club (Sophomore - Senior), Hopefully President/Officer in Senior
. Chemistry Club (Junior-Senior)
. Cum-Laude (Junior-Senior)
. Key Club (Junior-Senior)
. Volunteer at local Library (Junior-Senior)
. Volunteer at local Hospital (Sophomore - Senior)
. Shadow a Doctor (Junior-Senior)
. Program called UMDNJ (University of Medicine and Denistry of NJ) where we listen to different md's, do's, phd's and their specialty. This is during the school year and is on at every Fri.</p>

<p>Thanks guys!</p>

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<p>I don’t know if this helps or not, but:
Both my parents graduated from Seoul National University (#1 in S.Korea)
My Grandpa graduated from Columbia</p>

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<p>I’m no expert, but I think you’re forcing it. Try to do things that you’re good at and are meaningful to you. Don’t just do them so you’ll have more ECs on your application. Also, don’t say that you’re Asian.</p>

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<p>How can you predict you’re going to get a perfect 4 for the next two years when you’ve failed to do so in your first two? And you ‘predicted’ your SATs and AP scores? Get out of here man. It’s too early.</p>

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<p>You cannot “predict” your future GPA. Just keep earning excellent grades and do well on your tests and then come back when you’re going to be a senior.</p>

<p>And, please spell sophomore right. You had nine months to learn to spell it.</p>