What are my chances?

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<p>Dear All,</p>

<p>I would appreciate any feedback possible on my admission possibility. I am from Singapore studying in a high school offering the IB Diploma Program. During my Grade 9 and Grade 10 years, my results were not that good and I was constantly getting marks around 50-75 in the Mathematics and Sciences.</p>

<p>However during my Grade 11 and Grade 12, I took the following subjects:</p>

<p>Mathematics HL Chemistry SL
Economics HL Spanish Ab-Initio SL
History HL English SL</p>

<p>I have been constantly getting 80s and high 70s and around 38-45 points which is considered very good by my school and my predicted IB score is 44 points. I realized that enough is enough in slacking and worked hard in these years.</p>

<p>I wish to do something related to Political Science or International Studies in the university and my SAT scores are pretty high (near perfect). I am the Secretary-General of my school's Political Science Society and we have participated and organized many Model United Nations conferences and we have even participated in The Harvard Model United Nations. </p>

<p>I love flying a lot and I got selected by the local defense ministry for a pilot's license program. Over the course of 2 years, I have been pushing myself to the limit by flying 3-4 times a week during the academic year and I finally have a Private Pilot's License. </p>

<p>I have also participated in the World Scholar's Cup, a very famous academic decathalon worldwide and we made it past the national round in Singapore to compete internationally in South Korea, coming in top 5 and representing Singapore. </p>

<p>I am also an active member in an organization called the Young PAP, which is the youth branch of the reigning party in Singapore, called the People's Action Party. What we do is basically volunteer ourselves to help those who dont understand politics too much by introducing them to policies and we also have conferences to discuss different issues concerning the country.</p>

<p>I like languages a lot and I can speak fluently English, Tamil (my native language), French (I have the DELF diploma {equivalent to the TOEFL but for French}) and Spanish (since I took spanish ab-initio). </p>

<p>I am also a member of my school's local newslette team for the past 2 years and we publish a record breaking number of copies each season and we write about many issues concerning the school. </p>

<p>I am also an Executive Committee Member of my school's Indian Cultural Society and I have attended many competitions in that area and we also ourselves host many competitions.</p>

<p>I also volunteer majority of the year in helping students from dysfunctional families by tutoring them in Grade 5 and Grade 6 English, Science and Mathematics for free and many of them have done very well under my guidance. </p>

<p>I also play the Sitar, an Indian classical instrument, which I have been learning for the past 2 years. I can play it pretty well and enjoy it. </p>

<p>This is pretty much my portfolio. What are my chances of admission guys? Thank you so much for your help</p>

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<p>^stats look very good indeed, the 44 ib predicted is awesome, and together with highs sats redeem the bad 9th and 10th grade performances, and the ecs are pretty good, esp the pilot training. I think you have a very good chance.</p>

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<p>thank you for your feedback. would appreciate any and all comments.</p>

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<p>Start looking into university housing.</p>

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<p>Haha thanks mate :D!</p>

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<p>x=You're international
y=Your grades are not stellar </p>

<p>x+y=reject</p>

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<p>^international hurts, as does coming from singapore, but if not applying for aid, it mightn't hurt so much. A predicted 44/45 is pretty awesome, internationally that's well within the top 1%, columbia takes people with 40-41+, with near perfect SATs (btw near perfect = what break down exactly?), he has nothing left to prove on the academic front, and on the EC front he's pretty solid and non-standard, good chance i'd say.</p>

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<p>Thanks confidentialcoll. I am not applying for financial aid and actually Singapore is one of the top countries represented in Columbia:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>^ haha, it's one of the top countries represented because columbia gets a ton of top applicants from there, trust me if they cared less about diversity they'd take several more, your subsection of the applicant pool is stiff.</p>

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<p>yea true. our education is one of the best in the world.</p>

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<p>ACS(I)? :P</p>

<p>Nice one, you'll make it depending on your essay. Depending on how ACS(I) sends in your testimonials and stuff, your grades in years 9/10/11 may not matter that much.</p>

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<p>Wow! Are you an AC alumni? Thanks a LOT FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT man!</p>