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<p>Hey, its another nervous junior wondering if all of you wise forum browsers could estimate my chances at Columbia.</p>

<p>Sex: M</p>

<p>Ethnicity: 1st generation Croatian national if that counts for anything</p>

<p>School: Junior at a competitive southeastern prep school</p>

<p>Rank: top 10? we dont rank numerically</p>

<p>GPA: W-4.4/4.6 (not sure yet) UW-3.8</p>

<p>SAT: 680 M 680 CR 740 W (I know, I'm taking it again in like a week)</p>

<p>ACT: 32 composite</p>

<p>SAT II: 680 Math II, 740 Lit, 780 US</p>

<p>Classes: Freshman: Hardest available schedule, some honors classes
Sophmore: Hardest available schedule, honors and AP Stat
Junior: All honors or ap's, AP US, AP Chem, took AP Eng Lang exam
Senior: Hnrs Physics, AP's: CalcAB,English Lit, Spanish, CompGov, Modern European, some electives</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-4 year member of varsity wrestling, 4xstate champions
-3xstate qualifier, placed 4th as a junior, should win it as a senior
-Freestyle+Greco state runnerup
-Member of Team NC East Coast Duals team, Disney Duals Team, NC Junior National Team, competed at Junior Nationals
(I've been talking to the coach at Columbia, possibility of getting recruited)
-4 year member of Democratic Student Union, held office
-4 year member of Environment Club, held office
-Program Manager of recycling at school, helped institute the system
-Co-Founder of Filmmaking Guild/Co-President
-Toshiba Exploravision contest Honorable Mention
-Tutor hispanic children at a local elementary
-Shadow/volunteer at local University Hospital in Plastics/Reconstruction clinic
-Field Manager for Grassroots Campaigns
-Lifeguarding
-Spanish Honors Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Junior Marshall etc.</p>

<p>Summer Plans:
-Living in Argentina for a month with a host family
-Working with Grassroots Campaigns/Lifeguarding
-Applications</p>

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<p>you are too nervous. just get recruited.</p>

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<p>hey, i remember exploravision! i was in that; we made an invisible plane or something like that....but we didnt get an honorable mention, just little crappy radios that broke after a month. what did you make?</p>

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<p>a bunch of theoretical improvements to hydrofoils and the aquanator using salters duck as a base of our design. it was a lot of stuff that would have been really cool and could've worked if wouldnt have cost like a million dollars to put into operation</p>

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<p>I think you have an impressive resume. I can't tell you about your chances because I'm not an admissions officer. I could tell you this though: that your profile is probably as good as if not better than the rest of the applicant pool. It's great that you're retaking the SAT's, but don't take them too often. That being said, if I told you you were a shoo-in, I'd be lying. I'd also be lying if I told you you were on the bottom and your application would be tossed. That's a long winded way of saying you're in the middle. </p>

<p>Stay true to yourself. That's what Columbia and all the top schools want: smart, driven, singular. My advice is separate yourself from the crowd. Focus on what makes you stand out, and how you can add value to Columbia's campus.</p>