<p>chinese female from wisconsin, public school, fairly competitive, </p>
<p>top 5%, 4.0 uw
33 act (34 reading, 36 math and writing, TWENTY SEVEN science i screwed up)
2100 sat</p>
<p>3 honors, 5 ap's classes</p>
<p>pretty weak ec's: lots of piano, 100++ hours volunteering (hospital, concerts, etc), jv tennis fresh/soph yr, key club, nhs, captain of varisty math team</p>
<p>... chance me please??!?! thanks so much!</p>
<p>depends on what your academic interest are</p>
<p>toss up, a bit on the low side....good gpa with weak ec's and sub par SATs for your race isnt really going to help you...i'd suggest you take some SAT 2s to make up for or replace ur ACT score.</p>
<p>you're required to take two SAT IIs either way i believe...</p>
<p>I'd say it's very unlikely if you don't have anything else you're not telling us. You don't seem to have any meaningful ECs, a significant commitment to something, a demonstrated passion for something, etc.</p>
<p>well i'm pretty good at piano (i've won some competitions and stuff), but as i am asian, i don't think that will help me. </p>
<p>i also forgot to add my sat ii scores, which aren't so great:
1st time: math 740, literature 730, spanish 520 (<-- our spanish department at my school is abysmal)
2nd time: spanish 620, chemistry 620, math 770</p>
<p>math is pretty much the only subject i'm good at wahhh</p>
<p>oh yes also i am planing on going into pre-med/biology</p>
<p>:(</p>
<p>with 620 in chemistry are you going into pre-med out of genuine interest in it or genuine greed?</p>
<p>sasafras, if you are a) asian and b) premed you have you have much better stats than you do to get into such a competitive school.
try to retake the sat, and take some sat IIs, and write some kind of mind-blowing essay, and you may have a chance</p>
<p>Your ACT is fine... higher than mid 50%... take SAT on next January and see if you can raise your score...</p>
<p>the sat is only offered in february. </p>
<p>that's ok, i knew i didn't have much of a chance anyway. :(</p>
<p>i would tell you to go ahead and try anyways. ;) you never know, they might find something appealing about your application that the rest of us don't see. i'm not the strongest applicant myself, but i continue to stay optimistic.</p>
<p>:D just apply. it won't kill you.</p>
<p>the deadline is soon though, isn't it? january 1 or 2nd? i am on break until the 2nd. is there anyw ay to get transcripts etc in by then??</p>
<p>ahhhhhhh i fail.</p>
<p>Ask your teachers to send them as soon as the school resumes.</p>
<p>.... but i haven't given it to them yet. :// won't that be a tad rushed/rude?</p>
<p>well it is quite hard to take a SAT II test in a subject where i have not learned most of the material yet.</p>
<p>it is rushed to give your teachers your rec forms now. did you just decide at the last minute to apply? however if theyve already done your other recs then i guess its not that time consuming to send them in with another form. if you want to apply, go ahead and try. who knows, right?</p>
<p>aha yeah. i was originally going to apply, then i decided not to, then i wanted to again. now it is too late i fear. the day i get back to break is the day it's due, and then it woul dhave to be sent before the mail was sent so in the morning. </p>
<p>maybe i will try. i am such a procrastinator ahhh</p>
<p>It's not too late. You cannot miss your own deadline, but your school has a bit more time. My D's school told her to apply to additional colleges over the break, if necessary, and they will send her information to those schools after the break.</p>
<p>I think you have a chance. Piano is your passion.</p>
<p>EC's can be enhanced and passion can be displayed in your essay.</p>
<p>EC's are your hook. </p>
<p>Do you journal??? Could writing be your secret mad passion? Do you have a secret mad passion that you could share with Columbia?</p>
<p>Researching ancestors -- anything?</p>
<p>It's not always found in school clubs and activities.</p>