<p>Please look at some cold hard facts even about non-audition schools such as Columbia University. </p>
<p>The percent of Columbia freshmen who had a Critical Reading score in the 400s is 0. The percent of freshmen who had a Math score in the 400s is 0. (that’s where you are now) The percent of freshmen with a CR score in the 500s is 3% and the percent of freshmen who scored in the 500s on the M is 2%. Only 10% of applicants are admitted to Columbia and so these percents are of that 10%. Therefore, of 1419 freshmen, only about 5 had a CR score in the 500s and only about 3 had a M score in the 500s. You can bet that those handful of freshmen had something else compelling on their application to override that such as being a minority applicant, some outstanding achievement, or recruited athlete. 97% of freshmen ranked in the top 10% of their high school class. You are not in the top 10% or even top 20% of your class. This is before we add in rigor of curriculum, GPA, your specific grades, and all the other factors that go into admissions. So, this is not my opinion of you or your qualifications. These are cold hard facts. You will NOT be admitted to Columbia. </p>
<p>Please find schools where you have SOME chance of being admitted.</p>