This school is overrated.

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<p>SIKE! I am going to apply to it ED this fall and was wondering what my chances are.</p>

<p>Gender: MALE
Race: Asian - Bangladesh
Location: Edison
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.9818
GPA - Weighted: 5.6087
*Basically GPA wise, I got all As throughout high school except for a B in Chemistry junior year.
Class Rank: top 10% (7 out of 500)
Class Size: 500</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 680
SAT I Writing: 720
SAT I Total: 2110</p>

<p>SAT II Literature: 760
SAT II U.S. History: 760
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 670</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB - 5
AP US History - 5
AP English Language and Composition - 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Mock Trial - 3 Years
Future Business Leaders of America - 4 Years
Eagles School Newspaper - 4 Years
World Language Literary Magazine - 3 Years
Edison Islamic School - 4 Years
Math League - 4 Years</p>

<p>Leadership positions: </p>

<p>Mock Trial - 2 Years - Lead Prosecution Lawyer
FBLA - 1 Year - Treasurer
Eagles School Newspaper - 1 year - News Editor and 1 year - Features Editor
World Language Literary Magazine - 1 year - Co-Fundraising Supervisior; 1- year Spanish Editor</p>

<p>Athletics:</p>

<p>Tennis - 1 year - Junior Varsity</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: </p>

<p>JFK Hartwick Nursing Home - 50 Hours
Interactive Tutoring - 15 Hours
Edison Islamic School Tutoring - 75 Hours</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: </p>

<p>2007 Project Law Essay Contest Winner
National Honor Society Member
Science National Honor Society Member
Spanish National Honor Society Member
Placed for Wordmasters Competition
7th Honors in FBLA Regional Competition - Intro. to Business
All "A" Honor Roll multiple Times
AP Scholar</p>

<p>Thanks for the chancing and sorry for the little trick! lol.</p>

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<p>Edison... NJ? (I don't know of any other Edisons but I want to be sure.)</p>

<p>Your SATs are okay, but they could be higher. </p>

<p>What's your prospective major? What's your senior year courseload look like? </p>

<p>One thing I'm noticing right away is a lack of a hook; other than that... you look like an okay candidate. Write great essays and get great recs and it's all a crapshoot from there.</p>

<p>Edit: ooh! they didn't edit out "crapshoot"!</p>

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<p>he's from edison.</p>

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GPA - Unweighted: 3.9818

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<p>ohhhhh, sorry...columbia only takes GPAs that are 3.98*2* or higher....tough luck buddy</p>

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<p>LOL</p>

<p>Have you written your essays yet?</p>

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<p>What is "SIKE!"?</p>

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<p>I always thought it made more sense as "psyche".</p>

<p>You're mother is over-rated...</p>

<p>PSYCHE!</p>

<p>I like that better.</p>

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<p>It's psych, according to Webster's...</p>

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<p>You're from edison? JP Stevens I'm guessing. I've probably seen you around. Wait nvm. I just saw you're not in model un which would mean i haven't seen you. whatever...i don't know why i'm still posting this but i'm bored.</p>

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<p>haha i like how many views this thread got. everyone rushing to defend columbia</p>

<p>you have OK chances...but not too great Your app might not stand out as much in the ED round since it is such a competitive pool. However the problems I see are</p>

<ul>
<li>your EC's are sort of scattered. I see a lot of activities that your did for only 1 or 2 years....that wont be good.</li>
<li>Your SAT's are a bit low for CU. You got a 760 in Lit. Maybe you could retake and get that CR up to maybe a 750. THat would help, especially if some other subjects came up as well.</li>
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<p>Your rank is good. Write some good essays and you could be competitive but right now i'd say its a long shot</p>