My Chances at Columbia College?

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<p>I am biracial.</p>

<p>COLUMBIA COLLEGE RD, thx</p>

<p>1/2 Hispanic 1/2 Asian</p>

<p>SAT: 1490//2280 (700CR, 790M, 790W)
SATII's: 800 IIC, 780 CHEMISTRY
GPA: 4.000uw, 4.65w</p>

<p>ECs:
Started a club (i am also president)
Science Club-Vice President
Science Bowl-Co Captain
JSA-President
Band-Concertmaster
Another musical group-Concertmaster</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Kumon Learning Center for little less than year (during freshman year)
Scientific Research at a nearby University(4 months during summer)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Hospital Volunteering(all four years)- got an award for 250hrs or something
Soup Kitchen volunteering (all four years)</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
Essays: Nothing awesome, but shows my interest in SCIENCE
Why Columbia Essay might have been kinda generic and weak
GC REC: she said it was good (lol, dont they always say that?)
TEACHER RECS: 1 should be good, the other will be ok(decent, but not that good)</p>

<p>Misc:
National Merit Semifinalist
National Honor Society
Spanish National Honor Society
AP Scholar</p>

<p>oh, and I'm fluent in Spanish, Korean, and English</p>

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<p>hmm, interesting mix. picture, maybe? (lol)</p>

<p>you are looking strong. if you applied ED, i woulda give you 95% chance. RD? maybe 80%</p>

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<p>btw, were you deferred harvard EA? because of your sn...</p>

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<p>What club did you start?</p>

<p>And innocentstalker..I'd be very careful of labeling people's chances with percentages.</p>

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<p>i wouldn't, wise guy :D</p>

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<p>wise girl :P</p>

<p>Admission to Columbia's not some scientific process where you can attach a numerical value to it. It just looks silly to throw out an arbitrary %.</p>

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<p>sorry innocentstalker1, but viva<em>sweet</em>love is right...you can't label people's chances with percentages, and even if you could, the OP would not be "around 80%"...</p>

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you are looking strong. if you applied ED, i woulda give you 95% chance. RD? maybe 80%

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<p>As others have said, this is a sign of someone who has very little clue how the admissions process works.</p>

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<p>i most definitely disagree with all of you. in fact, i believe i have 95% chances of being correct, and 5% chances of being nearly correct</p>

<p>and please... if there is one thing i know out there, it's the admissions process...</p>

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<p>Good chances. Don't worry about the generic Columbia essay. Many ppl found that really hard, even the ones that did get in. I think you look like a strong candidate. The only thing is that there are many ppl with similar profiles, cos you kinda fit the typical Asian stereotype.</p>

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i most definitely disagree with all of you. in fact, i believe i have 95% chances of being correct, and 5% chances of being nearly correct</p>

<p>and please... if there is one thing i know out there, it's the admissions process...

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<p>Um, why should all of us listen to your opinion and not that of actual CU alums/students? How many years have you been on the Columbia Alumni Representative Cmte. and interviewing Columbia applicants?</p>

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The only thing is that there are many ppl with similar profiles, cos you kinda fit the typical Asian stereotype.

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<p>Yeah, but he gets the URM bump.</p>

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<p>no one gets sarcasm nowadays...</p>

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<p>lol guys, thx</p>

<p>btw, i am applying RD everywhere. so i didnt get deferred from Harvard or anything</p>

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<p>about the % thing, this college admissions book written by a former ivy-league adcom officer says that she determines her clients' %'s too.(she now started a new college counselling company).</p>

<p>and she says that her predictions are usually right</p>

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<p>did she tell u ur prediction?</p>

<p>and sarcasm is hard to do on the internet. nice try though.</p>

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<p>lol i didn't actually talk to her, just read her book. it just says that she gives % chances to her clients(students) like 50% to hopkins, etc...</p>

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no one gets sarcasm nowadays...

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<p>There isn't an inkling of sarcasm in any of your posts. Any objective reader of your posts would think that you were just clueless. You're either lying to cover for your earlier mistake or simply not very good at sarcasm.</p>

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<p>Regardless, I put your chances much lower. Two things that need to come out of your application strong and clear:</p>

<p>1) Superlative success in one or two areas. If it's leadership, then great. If it's music or scientific research, great. But don't just show effort and success, demonstrate excellence.</p>

<p>2) Genuine passion for one or two areas. If it's language, great, if it's science, great. But there are many kids out there who claim a passion for a particular area, and have no real way of showing it (or, worse, are faking it). Figure out how to prove it to a casual observer.</p>

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<p>i thought my science/research passion thing was my focus.</p>

<p>hmm...if it helps, the research was at an ivy league university (lol, dunno if that matters) and i had to really seek it out.</p>

<p>oh, and i was paid for the research that i did. made like 3grand over the summer too haha</p>

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<p>Dear Mr. Columbia2002, your majesty, take a look at the following, and tell me i was serious. because i most definitely was completely serious</p>

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i most definitely disagree with all of you. in fact, i believe i have 95% chances of being correct, and 5% chances of being nearly correct

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