plz chance me! thanks!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Asian Male ~ Public HS in New Jersey ranked #20th in state</p>

<p>GPA: 4.14/4.33 (school don't rank but i think i'm in 10%) approx 500 kids
I was top 1% of class for both freshman/sophomore and b/c i jacked up my junior course loads (i was retarded) i ended up with straight B+s and 2 Bs junior year (i think this might hurt a bit)</p>

<p>SATs: June 2007. Math 750, CR 630, WR 790 = 2170 (i'm DEFINTELY gonna retake in Oct and possibly Nov. again (which is in time for ED) and bring up the CR and hopefully hit 2300+..i dunno wut happened there (got 700 on Psat tho?)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math lvl II 800, Biology M 750 (AP BIO 5) (AP EURO 4)</p>

<p>I'm pretty big on ECs...</p>

<p>1) XC/Winter + Spring Track: every season for all 3 years so far (Varsity)...NJ State Shore Coaches X.C. Invitational 2006 BOYS JV A 24th place, 1600m (sophomore) PR was 4:53.1...my running career took an unfortunate turn right after xc junior year (misaligned ligament in ankle)...but this XC coming up, we hope to get into top 10 in State. (last year we were 19th). I will get a lil supplement letter from coach but i'm not good enough for recruitment for Division I schools...but would my times help me get into columbia? for being an sub D I runner? haha</p>

<p>2) Table Tennis :: Current NJ State Ranking for 17 year olds: 7th place / 95th in country...(the thing is that i stopped competing after 2005 cuz i had track...)</p>

<p>Stiga Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: June 25-26, 2005 Under 1550 Finalist
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1400 Champion
Eastern Open on the 2005 Stiga North America Tour: July 23-24, 2005 Under 1700 Finalist
2005 New Jersey State Table Tennis Championships: April 16-17, 2005 2nd place Junior Under 18 Doubles</p>

<p>3) **Piano <a href="another%20asian%20activity...">/B</a>played for about 8 years (quit that as well after i joined track....)</p>

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<p>...dunno how much exactly this will help cuz i stopped...but i'll be sending in a recording of 5 songs tho (just to show i actually DO play and is not thattt bad lol)</p>

<p>4) EURO CHALLENGE...my team competed at the NYC federal reserve bank in 2006 (sophomore) and came in THIRD ($3750...we each got $750)</p>

<p>5) **FED challenge<a href="did%20that%20junior%20year%20only%20i%20was%20on%20non%20comp.%20team%20so%20that's%20so%20much%20really...but%20will%20be%20on%20competitive%20team%20this%20year">/B</a></p>

<p>6) Got accepted into the **NJ Governor's School for International Studies **2007...=)....hope this helps...</p>

<p>whole bunch of lil awards like...
*National Latin Exam Magna Cum Laude
*French Honor Society
*PSAT..will get Letter of Commendation
*National Honor Society lol</p>

<p>....yea....that's all i have....i think wut hurt me most is my junior year grades...hopefully i'll bring up the CR to 750ish...i just dont know how much tt and piano is gonna help me cuz i kinda stopped after sophomore year....so i hope the tape will help....</p>

<p>Teacher Recs will be VERY GOOD...
hope my essay will be allright.....</p>

<p>1) UPenn (ED) or Columbia (maybe ED)
2) NYU CAS Honors Program?
3) Duke
then in no particular order::</p>

<p>JHU
WUSTL
Georgetown
University of Rochester (Honors)
Rutgers (Honors program)
Tufts</p>

<p>PLLLLLLLLZ be honest...THANKS for the time (i realized that this is a long post...)</p>

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<p>i think you have a decent shot, your chances are lowered by dropping out of the ECs and junior grades, those will really hurt you. you obviously have a better shot if you apply ed, but i really wouldn't expect an acceptance. i suppose if you improved grades (is there time to do that before the app?) and improved the CR, chances will improve, but the dropping out of good ECs sends the message that you aren't really wholeheartedly committed to them, a passion doesn't seem to be evident, this will hurt even your other ECs because they too come into question as to whether you are passionate about them and will continue them at the college level or are simply doing it for the resume effect. EC have two possible positives, one is it can show personal development and two- it can make colleges believe that you will add to their flavor by doing it on campus, or further, gain them recognition by doing well in competitions. The former is present even if you drop out but you lose the latter.</p>

<p>sorry, i didn't want to sugar coat it. What are you thinking of studying? i don't know specifics about times for track, but columbia i think has a great track team.</p>

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<p>Now that, is how chances threads should be formatted.You should post this in the "What are my chances" forum to get the best results.</p>

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<p>thanks...yea...confidentialcoll i know wut u mean...but the reason i had to drop piano and table tennis after sophomore year is due to my committment to xc/track....i simply couldn't go to table tennis practice anymore...i mean...track ends everyday around 5ish...i'm dog tired...the only thing i CAN go is go home and do hw lol....piano...i had to stop taking lesson cuz i couldn't find an hour everyday to practice anymore....BUT i am still playing (that's y i'm sending a recording in...to show that i still play and am not horrible...) in college, b/c my times r short of D1, i wanna keep playing table tennis...and regarding the SATs, i'm taking them 2 more times (oct and nov) i'm quite confident i'll be able to bring up CR to about ~740...which would get me into 2300+ range...at least that's wut i hope...</p>

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<p>bump?.....</p>