woo chances for brother.

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<p>sorry in advance....</p>

<p>White Male
California
SAT: 720CR 760M 790 W
SAT2: 780 Math2 770 History
GPA: Weighted (9-12): 4.2 Weighted (10-12): 4.4
Valedictorian, but School Does Not Rank</p>

<p>Courseload:
Fresh:
Jazz Band
Honors Geometry
Honors English
Honors Biology (4 on exam, not exactly an AP class)
Spanish 1
Football</p>

<p>Soph:
Honors Algebra II
Honors English
Marching band/concert band
Physiology
Spanish 2
AP Euro (5 on exam)</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Chemistry Lab/Lect (4-5 on exam)*
Honors Math Analysis
AP Statistics (5)*
AP US History(4-5)*
Honors English
Spanish 3
Math Tutor</p>

<p>*predicted score</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Spanish 5
AP English
AP Physics
AP Calculus BC
AP Government/Econ
Math Tudor</p>

<p>E.C.'s
lots of Boy Scout involvement (working at summer camp for two summers), Eagle Scout, Cosmos at UCSD, Club presidents and lots of community service, vice president of math tutor center, tutor, job for a year and getting another soon, trombone player, Swimming through community center, various others that i dont really remember...</p>

<p>Grandmother went, so possible legacy?</p>

<p>thank you.</p>

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Grandmother went, so possible legacy?

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<p>i'm guessing your grandmother isnt in her fourties and thus its unlikely she went to columbia and rather went to barnard</p>

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<p>she actually went for a masters in public health from Columbia. so no, she is not forty, but she did not attend barnard either. oh and hes applying ED</p>

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<p>Barnard alumnae that graduated before '83 are listed in the Columbia alumni directory, I think, so it may still count.</p>

<p>edit: nevermind, I'm too slow.</p>

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<p>My son's grandfather was a Columbia College grad. Adcoms said it didn't count at the info meeting, so he didn't put it on the app. They said parents only, undergrad only.</p>

<p>He got in, though. He plays trombone, like you--I think that's what did it. :)</p>

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<p>MPH doesnt count...sorry....u have to have an immediate family member that went to CC or SEAS to be considered a legacy.</p>

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<p>whatever, no big deal, thanks though. but could you chance him please?</p>

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<p>scores/grades/etc are in the correct range so there's def a chance and the boy scouts thing may serve him well if he presents it correctly</p>

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<p>Chance is solid as granite.</p>

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<p>See you next year, hoe.</p>

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<p>would it help if my cousin also worked there as an english professor?</p>

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<p>So if an immediate relative graduated from GS it doesnt count as legacy? This seems kind of fishy to me. I would imagine that it would count because GS is still part of CU, as opposed to the schools affiliated with CU such as barnard</p>

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<p>how are you valedictorian if your class doesn't rank?</p>

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<p>Uh oh... hahaha</p>

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<p>its my brother. and at his school (my old school) since they don't rank, valedictorian is just whoever has above a 4.2 (9-12) and more than 26 semesters of AP/Honors courses. Lame, I know.</p>

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<p>26 semesters? ***?</p>

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<p>yeah. take six classes a year= 12 semesters a year and therefore, 48 semesters in high school and 26 of which need to be honors/AP filled</p>

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<p>maybe it's different for your brother's school, but for my school - semester = half a year (essentially). therefore, 4 years of high school are made up of 8 semesters. that's why i was surprised.</p>

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<p>there are only eight semesters, but each class lasts two semesters so you only need basically 13 honors/Ap classes (hence the twenty six semesters)</p>

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<p>He's well qualified, but there's nothing that really sells him. He has a chance, but he's nothing close to a lock.
His scores, although pretty good, aren't that impressive. Grades and courseload are impressive. EC's are solid, but again, not exceptional.</p>