<p>My top two colleges at this point are Princeton and Columbia. The benefit of ED to Columbia is that I can simultaneously do EA to Uchicago and others. Which option yields more benefit for me?</p>
<p>White male, first generation AMERICAN not first generation college, not applying for financial aid, out of state for all colleges I am applying to except my last resort safety school.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.92 unweighted, 4.76 weighted.
SAT: 2360/12 first sitting with 760 critical reading.
Subject Tests: math 2 - 800, french with listening - 790, us history - 770, bio e - 730 first try, 780 second try.</p>
<p>AP: score in parantheses, didn't take class with asterisk
9th grade - Us gov (5)
10th grade - Stat (5), psych* (5), us history (4), russian prototype* (5)
11th grade - Calc BC (5 with 5 ABsub), Econ macro (5), Econ micro (5), phys c mech* (5), French (5), Lit* (5), Lang* (5), Euro* (5)
IB: three 7s, the rest 6s.
I took the IB equialent for some of those APs.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Clubs:
Geography club (founder/president)
Model UN (chair/president)
Russian students association (founder/president)
Jewish culture club (vice-president)
FBLA (co-founder and co-president)
newspaper (editor of the news section)
mock trial (no leadership)
nhs (no leadership)
tri-m (no leadership)
Varsity Swimming (one letter achieved in 9th grade)
quizbowl (no leadership)</p>
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<p>Awards: Piano: various awards at local, state, and one international competition with resulting performances in Carnegie Hall and Strathmore Mansion. Recipient of ____ State music teacher's association distinguished music award. (may attach a recording) Poetry: finalist in 2 competitions, both published my poem in anthology. (may attach poem) AP award, national merit finalist Team awards for my 4-person team in quizbowl Finalist in United States Geography Olympiad (ranked 47th nationally)</p>
<p>Summer/work/volunteering Volunteered at premier research institution Paid summer fellow at same institution the next year, with my name published as author of a study in the american journal of epidemeology. 310 community service hours teaching at russian sunday school Created a program where russian-speaking kids talk to nursing home residents who speak little english</p>
<p>I will definetely have one stellar recommendation from a very well-known scientist with a wikipedia page who worked with us on the study.</p>
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