<p>Hey everybody. I'm really interested in Columbia, but have no idea whether I can get in or not. I'd really appreciate it if you all could check out my stats and give me some advice..</p>
<p>I'm Korean (but a U.S. citizen), attending a small, private, competitive international school in Seoul; I grew up in California/New York until the beginning of freshman year. I'm a full IB diploma candidate; have taken all the highest-level courses available. (btw, I'm a girl)</p>
<p>STATS</p>
<p>GPA: 4.2 weighted (though my school's grading scale is 99-100=A+=4.3.. so it's kind of skewed)
RANK: 3/80 (my school doesnt rank until senior year, but i'm probably somewhere from #2-4)
PSAT: 232 pretty sure I will be a semi-finalist</p>
<p>US History SAT II: 740
AP US History: 4
other tests to be taken soon. anticipating >2320 SATI (based off of my PSAT scores), 800 on MathIIC, >760 on Physics</p>
<p>NINTH GRADE SCHEDULE:
Integrated Math II: A
English I: A
Western Civ: A
Biology: A
Spanish II: A- (around 94/95)
Chorus: A
PE/Health: A</p>
<p>TENTH GRADE:
Advanced Algebra: A
English II: A
AP US History: B+/A- uw
Physics: A-
Spanish III: A
Korean Art: A
Religion: A
PE/Health: A</p>
<p>JUNIOR YEAR:
Math Methods IBS: A
English A1 IBH: A
20th Century History IBS: A-
Physics IBS: A-
Spanish IV: A
International Relations: A
Philosophy of Religion: A</p>
<p>PROJECTED SENIOR YEAR SCHEDULE:
Math IBH
English A1 IBH
History of Europe IBH
Physics IBS
Spanish IBS
Psychology IBS
Theory of Knowledge
(several of these courses are spread over 2 years)</p>
<p>SCHOOL AWARDS: History Award in 9th grade; High honor roll every quarter I've been in high school; Rookie of the Year in Model UN in 10th grade; inducted into NHS at the end of 10th grade</p>
<p>ECs:
Swimming - Grade 9: All-county/All-tournament, named MVP; Grade 10: All-county/All-tournament; Grade 11: All-county/All-tournament, voted captain, probably will be named MVP (we're in the middle of the season right now)</p>
<p>Cross Country - Grade 10: Varsity member (top 7); Grade 11: Varsity member; voted co-captain</p>
<p>School literary magazine (Grades 9, 10, 11): writer</p>
<p>Phenomenal Women (Grades 9, 10, 11)</p>
<p>Habitat for Humanity (Grades 10, 11): fundraiser and builder</p>
<p>School newspaper (Grades 10, 11): Staff writer</p>
<p>Amnesty International (Grades 10, 11)</p>
<p>BEIMUN (Beijing Model UN) delegate (Grades 10, 11): voted Most Active Delegate in the Human Rights Commission in 10th grade</p>
<p>Bell choir (Grades 10, 11)</p>
<p>Volunteer tutor of Math and Physics (Grade 11)</p>
<p>Selected by the Principal to be a student representative of an IB study group (Grade 11)</p>
<p>IB Science Group IV leader (Grade 11)</p>
<p>Summer experiences:
2003 - nothing
2004 - volunteered at a museum of natural history about 6 hours a week
2005 - will attend the Global Youth Leadership Conference (GYLC) and the People to People Leadership summit</p>
<p>If you could tell me what my chances are that would be great!! I'm pretty clueless right now. I know that a lot of people have better stats than me, especially with my US history AP/SATII scores, but there's nothing i can do about that now.</p>
<p>As a side note, the other colleges I'm really looking at right now are Harvard, Yale, Stanford (all three extremely unlikely, I know=P), UC Berkeley, and U Chicago.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>P.S. I'm having a hard time deciding what safety schools I could be truly happy at. Any suggestions would be very helpful.</p>