<p>Hi nice to see you guys. Hope you can give me chances
I hope to apply to Columbia ED and University of Chicago EA
as well as:
Cornell U
MIT
JHU
Harvard(though I'm positive I won't get it)
Yale (yeah....sadly, parents force me to apply to H and Y and possibly P)
Stanford
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Duke
Wash U
and Caltech</p>
<p>Yep. Guess what. I'm and Asian male...lol, Afirmative action is against me
any how....
SAT: 760 Math, 780 CR, 800 Writing
SAT II's: 800 Eng Lit, 780 Math IIC, 770 Bio, 780 US Hist, 720 Spanish
GPA: 4.8 out of 5 UW.....5.778 weighted
Go to top 3 school in IL, very competitive
Rank: 25/700
AP's Courses: AP lit
AP bio
Ap Art history
Ap Euro
Ap US
Ap Calc BC
Ap Chem
Ap physics
Ap spanish 4
Ap spanish 5
Ap eng comp
Ap macroeco
Ap econ
Ap life science
Ap Psych
All 5's except for 4 "4's" on AP exams </p>
<p>Want to do a Bio/Eng major
WHOOO!!! I want to be a doctor
I love Columbia, it is my all time fav school, but wondering whether I should apply ED and whether I can get in</p>
<p>EC's:
7 years piano
8 years of violin
Math team-Co-captain, medaled about 8 times in top ranking teams
Science Olympiad, medaled many times too
Editor for Literary magazine of school
Co-editor of School newspaper
President and Founder of a large organization in school
President and Founder of Youth Congress
President and founder of Youth Supreme Court</p>
<p>Volunteer, research...etc.
Did research in Northwestern U and Chicago U
Mentorship with Ph. D. doctor from Columbia
Volunteered 250+ hours and home for homeless and hospitals
Published many poems and short stories</p>
<p>Awards:
Nation Merit Finalist
School scholar
1st place in 12 different art awards
Editor's choice Award for 8 different poems
Many Math team medals (1st place, perfect score...yeah...boring...)
Science Olympiad Awards....yeah...boring too
Youth for HUman rights International- Peace Essayd award
YHRI- Art award</p>
<p>Summer's:
Spent summer on scholarship money from CTY and JHU:
Teachers from Princeton, University of CHicago, UCD, HArvard, and Yale
Spent summer tutoring children </p>
<p>moved to USA from China in 1st grade
Comes from a poor CHinese family, 1st generation to go to college
Live in home with single-mother who has to make living to support all of us and can't speak english well</p>
<p>Teachers read my essays, moved her to tears
Great Rec's, plus I have recommendations from my teachers from CTY summer experiences</p>
<p>Visited all the colleges about 3 times each. I love all of them. But I really like Stanford, Chicago, Cornell and especially COLUMBIA!!! Has always been my dream school. Right in the heart of my fav city. New York City</p>
<p>And out of all of that, I still manage to have a social life. LOL. well, tell me what you think. Thanks</p>