<p>I was recently rejected from Columbia SHP; is this going to hurt my chances of getting in to SEAS?</p>
<p>I will be applying ED; am i a competitive enough applicant?</p>
<p>Gender: Female
Income: will not be needing aid
URM?: nope, Indian
State: NJ</p>
<p>Intended Major:
probably biomedical engineering, or something math/science/engineering related</p>
<p>GPA UW: 94.5/100 we don't weight
Class Rank: we don't report rank; probably top 10/70 though</p>
<p>Subject Tests:
MathII- 780
Bio- 740
Physics in october- estimating at least 770</p>
<p>SAT: 2260 :(
CR 710
Math 780
Writing 770</p>
<p>APs: estimating 5 on AB calc and bio</p>
<p>Courses: I go to a Magnet school, where all courses are considerd Honors level
9th Grade:
Biology
Tech
Combined Algebra
Spanish I
World History
English I
Fitness
Foundations of Science/Data Analysis</p>
<p>10th Grade:
Chemistry
Physics
Tech
Pre-Calculus (skipped geometry over the summer)
Spanish II
U.S. History I
English II
Fitness</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP Biology
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics C: Mechanics
Tech
Spanish III
U.S. History II
English III
Fitness</p>
<p>12th Grade Anticipated:
AP Physics C: E/M
AP Literature
AP Chem
AP Euro
Multivariable Calculus-(self studying BC calc over the summer)
Fitness
Tech
Comm Media (we have to take "arts" requirement to graduate)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Tennis (9-12)- co-captain 11th and 12th
Dance-
Bharatanatyam since age 6; have completed an arangetram (solo dance recital symbolizing graduation)-highest possible achievement
FOGANA dance competition summer of 08- 1st place Regionals; 2nd place Nationals; also participating this summer, going for 1st place nationals
Active member of:
National Honor Society
Student Council
Science Olympiad- secretary '08-'09; treasurer '09-'10
Math League</p>
<p>Volunteer work:
hospital: 100+ hours
library: 50+ hours</p>
<p>Junior Year Summer:
Paid internship at an engineering company in NYC; 3 days a week, 9-5:30 for 9 weeks
also:
teaching dance at my dance school
volunteering at hospital</p>
<p>my recs are going to be great
i'm not sure what a powerful essay topic would be, I was thinking about writing about my whole dance experience and how I changed and learned from it..but idk.</p>
<p>any feedback appreciated; esp. about the rejection from SHP. I'm REALLY worried about that.</p>