Is it even worth to apply? :(

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<p>Hi I'm a senior at public high school. I applied to Rd and really worried about it :P</p>

<p>International Applicant. (Came to America beginning of junior yr)
RD Math major (not engineering)
GPA: 3.723/ 4.0
Race: Asian (Korean)
Class Rank: top 20% (our school is really competitive.)
class size: 450
ACT :27 (do they super score ACT? if they do, it's 29..) yea really bad
No sat IIs
Really strong Essays
didn't apply for Financial Aids </p>

<p>E/C :
State Math Competition placed 67th out of 20000. ($1500 prize)
AMC (forgot what I got.. )
KMC (Korea Mathematics Competition) Coach (I was really lucky to do this)
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2008 gold
KMO (Korea Mathematics Olympiad) 2009 gold
ARML (team math competition)-national size (Team captain) won 6th place in U.S
Chemistry Olympiad 2009 (silver)
Research (2010 summer, with Chemistry professor)
Research (2009 winter, with Math Professor)
Varsity Soccer (3years, vice captain for 2yrs) , city champion 2009
Exchange student in Japan (2008 summer)
Korean American club-President (senior yr, junior yr-vice P)
NHS
Safe Sex Educator (80hrs)
Teaching Assistant in summer school (50hrs)
korean school (100hrs)
Hip Hop Festival (Beatboxing) 9th place :P
ETC (Small things....)</p>

<p>I came to American 2009 summer. really low ACT score, great essay, decent E/Cs..... do u guys think I even have a chance of getting in??</p>

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<p>you need to take the SAT II’s, they’re required</p>

<p>your EC’s and awards are pretty great. your gpa could be better. but if you’re school is really competitive then i guess that makes up for it? you have as good of a chance as anyone :)</p>

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<p>You have as good a chance as anyone. Good luck.</p>

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<p>good ECs, but it seems unlikely that you’d have any chance at all if you don’t take the SAT IIs. they’re a required part of the application. it’s not too late: columbia accepts scores from the january test date for RD applicants.</p>

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<p>I’m taking SAT2s this saturday but not confident with that… is it possible to take same subjects twice??
Also, since I don’t have a good test score, gpa, is it impossible to be accepted??
Or is there any other things I must concentrate and put some efforts on?</p>

<p>btw, I recently won another state math competition… :stuck_out_tongue: will this help me? </p>

<p>thanks!!</p>

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<p>^^^Nothing is impossible.</p>

<p>And yes, you could retake the same SAT II, they’ll take your highest. Even though I already applied ED to Columbia, I’m retaking the SAT II in math II and chem (and a new one: World History) just in case I need it for my regular round of applications.</p>

<p>I really hope I won’t need them :)</p>

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<p>Wow Columbia ED… lol
I hope I can get in to Columbia as RD… (some ppl might laugh at my scores :P)
Do know any case that a person with low test scores got in??? I bet there are, but it will be super super rare …</p>

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<p>IloveCC2 wrote:</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/164088-official-decision-thread-class-2010-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/164088-official-decision-thread-class-2010-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This guy is the one that gives me hope for myself, because I too have low SAT scores.</p>

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<p>Wow… he might be son of a god… lol
how the heck did he get in???
those are like for decent state universities’ requirement…</p>

<p>I hope we can get in … :)</p>

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<p>If you don’t mind, what are your low scores?</p>

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<p>low scores? what do u mean? like on the sections in ACT?</p>

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<p>Yeah…you said “low test scores”</p>

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<p>27 is my act score… ?
(23,33,24,28 single best)
if they super score, (24,36,24,30)</p>

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<p>Heh. I have the same exact score as you. I have a 1890 on the SAT…that’s equal (or slightly above) to 27 on the ACT.</p>

<p>So we are on the same boat. :P</p>

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<p>since u r an ED applicant, u might have a better chance than I have.
What about ur gpa n E/Cs??</p>

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<p>My GPA is 94.3% (I don’t know how to convert this to a 4.0 scale, but according to Princeton Review it is 3.9…[GPA</a> Conversion Chart](<a href=“http://inquiry.princetonreview.com/leadgentemplate/GPA_popup.asp]GPA”>Calculate Your GPA With Our GPA Scale | The Princeton Review))</p>

<p>My ECs are: Member of: NHS, MSA, Chess, Chinese Chess, SAT Prep. Volunteered at library for 172 hours. Volunteered for pharmacy for 200 hours.</p>

<p>Also I own a professorial website (forum)…I made it and owned it for 3 years so far, I mentioned this in my interview.</p>

<p>What about you?</p>

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<p>big things are all up there.
bunch of awards, research, volunteering, varsity soccer, blah blah</p>

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<p>You know…I feel so stupid. I have been asking you for your test scores and gpa and ECs, even though you already posted them in your first post XD</p>

<p>My bad.</p>

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<p>Your ECs seem fantastic BTW.</p>

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<p>Sorry for the triple post but BTW, the guy that I posted earlier went in during RD. ;)</p>