RD chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>I'm an international applicant. </p>

<p>SAT I: Taking in January-about 2200+
SAT II: Math II - 800, Chem- 800, Biology E- 800
GPA: 4.0
4 As at A-level (I follow the british system)
No financial aid required. </p>

<p>Awards:
Science Fair- Distinction Award: Award for a highly commendable science project</p>

<p>Korean School- Valedictorian Valedictorian of class of 2006. Korean school is a saturday school covering the korean curriculum</p>

<p>Korean School- Outstanding student award, which is awarded by the Parent Teacher Association</p>

<p>SEAMC- 5th place, 4th place South East Asia Math Competition. 5th place and 4th place in the team and individual competition respectively</p>

<p>Psychology Honor- Obtained the highest value added score of end term exams for Psychology in the last 5 years</p>

<p>Science Olympiad- 4th place My team came 4th place in the National Science Olympiad- best results over three years</p>

<p>Mathematics Olympiad- Silver I won the silver award for the British Mathematics Olympiad. The silver award is awarded to the top 200 students who took part. Over 5000 students took part in this competition</p>

<p>Chemistry Olympiad- 6th place My team came 6th place in the National Chemistry Olympiad- best results over two years</p>

<p>Mathematics Distinction- I achieved full marks on the mathematics module. A certificate was awarded for this achievement</p>

<p>Psychology Distinction- I achieved full marks on the psychology module. A certificate was awarded for this achievement.</p>

<p>EC's:
Flute- Grade 8 level ABRSM</p>

<p>Basketball- team captain, 2nd in Division 1 student league</p>

<p>Dragon Boating (crew)- Vice Captain, 2nd place in the 49th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boating Competition, 3rd in the Student rankings posted by the Hong Kong Dragon Boating Association. Sponsor- HKIPC</p>

<p>Orchestra- Senior member of Flute I. Played in the orchestra since grade 6. Performed in cathedrals, major halls, old peoples homes etc.</p>

<p>Hospital Shadowing- I have shadowed a cardiovascular surgeon for the past 3 years</p>

<p>Community Service- UNICEF Certificate Awarded for 120 hours of service. UNICEF only offers certificates for 30 hours of service, I received 4 of these certificates</p>

<p>Model United Nations-Member of the HKMUN. Represented the School on this occasion</p>

<p>School Senior Prefect- I was a elected by my peers and staff to be a senior prefect of the school</p>

<p>Korean Saturday School- Valedictorian of Class of 2006. I have attended the entire twelve year course</p>

<p>Volunteer Service- Teaching English in Maldives: Taught at Maafaru School on Noonu Island. I lead group activities and discussions</p>

<p>University of Hong Kong- Introduction to Medicine: This was a summer introduction program into the medicine course</p>

<p>Technical Team- Sound panel management for school assemblies, school productions and recital evenings</p>

<p>Editor of School Yearbook- Wrote articles for the school newsletter and the school yearbook. I also edited all articles on the newsletters</p>

<p>Water Skiing- Certificate of participation at SeaDynamics. SeaDynamics is a club for wakeboarding and waterskiing</p>

<p>Charity event- Prizewinner for reading the most books and raising money for charity. Interviewed on the local radio channel RTHK after receiving the award</p>

<p>Volunteer Activity- I have organised christmas parties for autistic children and sold charity flags for fundraising for this event</p>

<p>Matilda Sedan Chair Race- This is an annual fundraising event aimed to raise money for enhancing healthcare. I have led in organising the fundraising event at school for this event</p>

<p>Volunteer Activity- Teaching English: I have lead group discussions at local schools in Hong Kong. This was a volunteer activity to allow practice for the students' upcoming HKCEE exams</p>

<p>Swimming- I won the bronze ASA Speed Swimming Award for 50m Breaststroke</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Clerical Work and Medical Shadowing at a Hospital</p>

<p>Private Tutor of Mathematics and Science</p>

<p>Office Assistant at UNICEF. Exclusively on weekends
Pre-School Classroom Assistant. This involves supervising children, teaching numbers </p>

<p>Making of Hong Kong Disneyland promotion videos. I was involved behind the camera and as a model</p>

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<p>Looking good. Dragon boating sounds wicked, I think they will like that.</p>

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<p><em>breaks out into tears</em> I'm an intl A-level applicant from HK....and my app nowhere approaches yours....nooooo my chances just decreased that much.</p>

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<p>I skimmed this but don't feel like reading it all, but it seems like you've done a lot of stuff and have some pretty impressive stuff. You'll probably end up with good numbers, but what will make or break you for Columbia is whether they see a passion for something, a commitment / devotion to a particular activity, etc. rather than someone who did every possible EC. You'll also need a great essay and a great Why Columbia. The RD pool is really tough, but you'll have a shot at it.</p>

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<p>Columbia2002 has no idea. ur Why Us essay is like 350 characters. u don't really have a chance to make it great</p>

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Columbia2002 has no idea. ur Why Us essay is like 350 characters. u don't really have a chance to make it great

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<p>ROFLMAO! You really believe what you just wrote? It's probably the most important part of the application.</p>

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<p>Hey qwerty175, just wondering, but what major do you want?</p>

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<p>C2002 is almost right. However, the free-response essay is even more important. Combined, the two are a decisive part of the application, and you should START EARLY and storyboard SEVERAL DIFFERENT IDEAS for subject matter. Given a well-done job there, your profile looks pretty good to me.</p>

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<p>but out of all honesty ... what beautiful magnificent ground-breaking thing can you say about ur reasons for applying to columbia with only 350 characters>??</p>

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<p>r3volut1on, im thinking of psychology..
and btw, i already submitted my application and i think i did decent on my essays. PM me and i'll let you have a read.</p>