<p>Columbia is my first choice and I am most probably applying ED.</p>
<p>School: Shanghai American School</p>
<p>Sat: 740 Math 740 Verbal 660 Writing SAT 1; 800 Physics SAT 2; 760 Math SAT 2</p>
<p>GPA: 3.67 unweighted, school does not rank or weight</p>
<p>Courses: Full IB--English, Physics, Chemistry, and Math HL; Econs and Chinese SL</p>
<p>EC:
Leadership--
Homeroom Representative (Grade 10)
Founder of Reading Club (Grade 9)
Leader of Sports Division of Community Service at Wan Ji School (Grade 12)</p>
<p>Languages:
Bi-lingual English and Chinese (including Mandarin and Shanghai dialect)
1 year introductory French</p>
<p>Clubs:
Reading Club (9th grade)
Newspaper Committee (10th grade)</p>
<p>Activities:
Math Contests-ASMA (Top Ten in Grade 11), Euclid, Fermat (Certificate of Distinction), Math League (Top Ten in Grade 11)
Paid Piano Concerts</p>
<p>Community Service:
Wan Ji School tutoring every week for one year
Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka for one week</p>
<p>Sports:
Varsity Basketball (10th grade)
Track and Field (9-10th grade)
Rugby (11th grade)</p>
<p>Retaking SAT aiming for higher writing score in october. Taking SAT 2 Chemistry in november, expected 750 range. </p>
<p>I'm sorry, I haven't been very thorough in my research. What is SEAS and CC? Is that Columbia College? If so, what is the difference? An explanation would be appreciated!</p>
<p>shanghai american school, I'm gona assume you are us citizen or PR then? I'd say your geographic position puts your in a very competitive pool, most students I know from shanghai has insane stats since columbia is quite the popular choice there. but then again you do have the edge with IB classes.
PS. SEAS is the engineering school and columbia college is the main undergrad school, SEAS is more focus and only offers major in engineering areas (although you are allowed to minor in many CC )majors)
gl~</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Keep them coming! Yes, we have a rugby team, but we usually have to play adult clubs or universities. Does anyone know to what degree Columbia is stats-oriented? Because I realize my stats are not great...Oh, and yes I am a US citizen.</p>