My Chances?

<p>Hispanic Male</p>

<p>SAT (1st attempt):
Critical Reading - 570
Math - 620
Writing - 580
Overall: 1770/2400
* My school's average SAT score is a 900/1600. I heard that admissions look at your school's SAT average and determine how competitive you truly are.</p>

<p>Accu. GPA (Unweighted on a 4.0 Scale): 3.8064
Accu. GPA (Weighted on a 5.0 Scale): 4.85
Rank: 1/414</p>

<p>AP Exams:
English Language and Composition: 3 (Re-taking next year) :(
Spanish Language: 5 (Yay!)
** Taking AP English Literature & Comp., AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP U.S. History, and possibly AP Chemistry next year**</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activties:
Academic Team (9,10,11,12) -- President (11)
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (11) Possibly 12
Student Council Representative (9,10,11) Possibly 12
School Newspaper - News Editor (10)
School Newspaper - Editor in Chef (11, 12)
Key Club (11, 12)
Community Service Group (10, 11, 12)
Future Business Leaders of America (11, 12)
Drama Club (11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Achievers in Our High School (9, 10, 11) Possibly 12</p>

<p>School Grades:
Math
Algebra 1 Honors: A+
Geoemetry Honors: A+
Algebra 2 Honors: A+
Pre-Calculus Honors: A+
AP Calculus: N/A</p>

<p>English
English 9 Honors: A-
English 10 Honors: A+
English 11 Honors: A+
AP English Language: A-
AP English Literature: N/A</p>

<p>Science
Biology Honors: A
Biology Lab Honors: A
Earth-Space Honors: A-
Chemistry Honors: A+
Chemistry Lab Honors: A+
AP Biology: N/A
AP Biology Lab: N/A
Anatomy & Physiology Honors: N/A
~*No Room for Physics *~</p>

<p>History
World History Level A: A+
U.S. History Part 1 Honors: A
U.S. History Part 2 Honors: A
AP U.S. History: N/A</p>

<p>Foreign Language
Spanish 1 Honors: A
Spanish 2 Honors: A
AP Spanish Language: A-
Spanish 4 Honors: N/A</p>

<p>Electives
Culinary Art Class: A+
Computer Applications 1: A+
Journalism: A
Independent Study Journalism (I): A+
Independent Study Journalism (II): N/A</p>

<p>Worked with New York Law School students on Mock Trial (11th grade)
Science Fair -- County Winner --- Honorable Mention (11th grade)
Recognition for Work on School Paper</p>

<p>What do you feel is an adequate amount of community service hours? Are Columbia adcoms tough on that?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading and submitting your opinion/evalutations! I really appreciate it! </p>

<p>~Fraggle</p>

<p>I usually don't put a whole lot of emphasis on SAT's, but you'd probably want to retake a 1770. Try for a 1350(math+verbal). Everything else seems excellent, especially your GPA/rank.</p>

<p>Your school's average is only 100 points below the national average. It doesn't give you too much of a boost.</p>