What are my chances at Columbia engineering and what can I use as a back up school?

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<p>hey guys,</p>

<p>this is my first time posting so please help me out.</p>

<p>im really interested in getting peoples opinions on what my chances are at getting accepted into columbia university (biomedical engineering)</p>

<p>i am a NY resident
applying EARLY DECISION
gpa - 3.6
sat - 640,800,710 - 2150 (taking it again)
act - (waiting for results)
Extracurricular: Track athlete and captain(possible recruitment so please consider that and tell me opion on with recruitment and w/o)
basketball freshman and sophomore year
work - job at doctors office
job at X-Ray facility
job ice cream place
volunteer - emergency room in a hospital
tutor at school
volunteer at church
teachers aid
audio control man on news station at school
Latin club
national honor society
national classical league</p>

<p>3 ap's, all college credit courses senior year, all honors course in first 3 yrs</p>

<p>after you tell me my chances i would like to know schools that i can feel pretty comfortable about getting into. not completely "back-ups" but i dont really know what im doing if i dont get in there. i need a few schools that are good name schools that i have a good chance of getting into.</p>

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<p>Unless you attend a school with no grade inflation (and 3.6 is top few percent) and you can significantly bring up CR, Columbia is very unlikely unless you’re recruited.</p>

<p>SUNY schools are logical backups.</p>

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<p>this is how my school inflates grades:</p>

<p>say you got a 90 in an honors class, they multiply it by 1.02 and it becomes a 91.8 and ap’s are 1.04</p>

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<p>and im prob top 15-17%</p>