<p>Ethnicity : Iranian, can anyone tell me if that works for or against me?
Location : Los Angeles, CA
High School : White Suburban about 4,000 students
GPA : 3:8 unw, 4.3 weighted Total for high school 10 aps and 7 college classes AP Bio, World, Eng , US, Chem 5's AP Span 4 classes taken at college (Philosophy, Theatre, Sociology, Political Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology)
Takin AP Calc, AP Phys BC, AP Eng. Lit, AP Economics, and Psycholohy at the CC
Rank : 13 of 955
SAT 1: 800 m, 730 v, 700 w, total 2240 ( 2nd highest in school)
SAT 2: math 2c 740, us 760, chem 770
Ecs: AP Scholar
AIME Participant
Founder of Young Democrats Club
Youth Coordinator for campaign to reelect Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Debate Club Secretary
Future Doctors of America Treasurer
2,000 hours at medical hospital and hospice combined
National Commendation for Foundations of Life Essay Contest
Honor Roll (9-12) there's some more minor stuff like Key Club and summer activties like research at UCLA and acting at the local community college
Can anyone tell me whether my left-wing views and activism will hurt or help me?
Reccs : One really good, one run of the mill
Essays : Trying to play up character and honesty crap like that,
Columbia E.D.
R.D.
JHU
Duke
Penn
Cornell
Vanderbilt
UCLA
UCB</p>
<p>confused23:</p>
<p>UCB/UCLA: Match</p>
<p>not safety?, how about the rest</p>
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not safety?, how about the rest
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you are a picky one aren't cha</p>
<p>why picky, i am in california so the public schools like ucla and ucb are bound to relative safety's and newayz is not like i am saying harvard or yale or princeton or stanford
not even caltech or mit</p>
<p>Columbia (ED): reach
Columbia (RD): reach
JHU: slight reach
Duke: slight reach / reach
Penn: slight reach / reach
Cornell: slight reach
Vanderbilt: match
UCB/UCLA: match</p>
<p>Safety means you are guaranteed admission. Vanderbilt, UCB, & UCLA do not fall into that category for you. UCSD is a safety. Apply there & you should be upset.</p>
<p>No one is being negative. It is unlikely that you are rejected by UCB and/or UCLA, but it is possible -- hence, they are not safeties.</p>
<p>where r u applying to , and what r ur stats, just out of curiousity</p>
<p>I think you have a great shot at Columbia. My friend who's stats are NOWHERE near yours got in and he's from the middle east too. I think you in 80%.</p>
<p>Definitely looking good. If you think ethnicity is a problem then don't fill it in. I don't think that or your political views should be a problem (fyi, Columbia's rather liberal).</p>
<p>I'd say 70-75% for Columbia College b/c it's been such a crapshoot for my school so I won't raise your hopes.
But if you were interested in Fu Foundation, I'd say apply there cause I think you might then be 80%-85% for that.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>