Help!!!

Colleges & Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Help!!! My parents/teachers are pressuring me to start looking at schools to apply next fall, I need help form people that have gone through the process and can give me a realistic opinion on where to apply. I like Columbia a lot but im not sure if i should even apply? I want to major in international relations and minor in business. What other schools are in my reach?</p>

<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Mexican
Weighted GPA: 3.7
Frosh Year 3.0
Sophomore 3.9
Junior 4.1
Class Size: 1300
Class Rank: N/A
Spanish SAT II: 760
US History SAT II: 750 (projected in practice)
Lit SAT II: 680 (projected in practice)
SAT: 1900/2400 *will re-take in June</p>

<p>AP Courses
English Lit
English Lang (3/4 projected practice)
Spanish Lan (5)
Spanish Lit (4)
US History (4/5 projected practice)
Euro
Econ
Stats
Psychology</p>

<p>Community College Classes</p>

<p>Poli-Sci 103 (94%)</p>

<p>EC</p>

<p>2 years Internships
Community Resource Center<br>
Democratic Party
(100+ hours both)</p>

<p>4 years School Leadership program
Frosh Class Treasurer
Senior Class Treasurer
ASB Comm. of Assemblies/Homecoming
300+ Community service at school</p>

<p>3 years Varsity Lacrosse
1 year JV </p>

<p><em>Also, I think that the fact that I attend a all white school has some weight at the admissions departments.</em></p>

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<p>or maybe some simmilar schools that are easyier to get into in NYC?</p>

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<p>Bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>Well, I think your GPA is pretty good especially with the upward trend. If you SAT II's come out as projected, then they're good too. Your SAT is on the lower side, I think, but if you retake it and do a little better, then I can't see anything that would keep you out. Definitely apply. As for other schools in NYC, obviously there's NYU but the culture and atmosphere there is totally different. Fordham, City College, Baruch, NYIT, Yeshiva--those are just the other schools that I could think of off the top of my head; I don't know how similar or dissimilar they are from Columbia.</p>