my ED chances? please help..

<p>I'm going to be a senior this fall and I want to major in engineering.</p>

<p>few general info about me:
- I'm a....super <b>FOB</b> (<b>F</b>resh <b>O</b>ff the <b>B</b>oat). I came from Korea in 8th grade.
- I'm a girl.
- My high school is in New York and ranked in top 50 in the US.
- Money is not a concern. (I'm not sure if I got the right info, but people told me this can affect your admission. Is it true?)</p>

<p>gpa: 93 (not weighted)
ap classes i took during my junior year: ap bio & ap calc ab (i received a 4 in both classes)
ap classes i'm taking for my senior year: ap calc bc, ap physics b, ap micro & macro econ, ap stat.
rank: my school doesn't have a ranking system.
sat: 2150
sat II's: math 2C = 730, bio m = 740, korean = 800</p>

<p>EC:
varsity cheerleading, fencing, lacrosse, and field hockey.
4 years on varsity fencing team.
most improved varsity award in fencing.
women's fencing all county team champions.
i'm on all county first team (top 4 in the county).
scholar athelete.
gold in women's underclassmen individual fencing tourney (all county)
gold in a local tournament.
national french exam - top 10 in the county
received an award from the language department in school
math team
art club
french club treasurer
computer club secretary
invovled in school newspaper (images associate)
founder and president of AIDS educators program
I'm a research student at columbia
200+ hours of community service at a hospital
participated in carnegie hall performance for two years
participating in Intel & siemens westinghouse
I published scientific papers on a prestigious immunology journal</p>

<p>i'm getting good recommendations from my ap bio teacher, french teacher, and a professor i've been working with at columbia.</p>

<p>Sounds like you could write your own ticket into Duke. You'll probably get slack on the SAT scores for not being a native english speaker (I'm assuming the writing and critical reading section brought you down a little?). Are you good enough to fence for Duke? That would help a lot.</p>