Chance this student?

lola995 · 07-02-2009, 02:24 PM

Can this kid get into Columbia via regular decision?
GPA: UW 97.5%
Took 9 AP classes with 4 5's 4 4's and one 3.
AP Scholar with distinction
Rank: 1/500
SAT 1: 770 M, 690 R 730 W
SAT 2: Chem 790 Math 2: 740
Extra cirric: Captian of math, science, enviornment teams. Member of Spanish Honor Society and Newspaper club. Participated in regional Chemistry Olympiad and the Stony Brook YOung Scholars Program.
Has over 200 hours of community service at church and tutoring
Did research over the summer at Stony Brook and got additional excellent letter of recc. from a professor.
He won the Rensellar Medal Award.
He is Chinese and is from New York.
His essay is about autism.

Can he get in via regular decision or early decision?
Which should he apply through based on his stats?

mike92x · 07-05-2009, 08:20 PM

It's a tough call really because he's Asian. I've found it nearly impossible for Asians with even slightly imperfect test scores to get accepted to Ivies. It seems like the SAT isn't his thing so he should try the ACT at least once and get another SAT II, maybe in a foreign language (in a non-native language) or in history.

Epaminondas · 07-05-2009, 11:06 PM

I don't know: SAT reading score kinda low, ECs pretty bland... I hope the essay is really interesting.

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Can he get in via regular decision or early decision?
Which should he apply through based on his stats?

It's a tough call. Apply ED if Columbia is really your top choice. It's probably easier to get in.

creamandcheese64 · 07-06-2009, 12:35 AM

I doubt it. Sorry for being mean. But your SAT score of 2190 is very low for Columbia (especially since you're trying to get in primarily on academics) and your SAT Math II score is extremeley low.... Take it from me. I took the SAT II Math twice (even though I didn't end up choosing it as one of my two SATs) because I got 790 the first time and that was 89 percentile..... so a 740 would be like 70 percentile? pretty low. Also, you say you participated in regional chemistry olympiad but you didn't get an 800 on the SAT II Chem... somebody clarify for me so i don't come off as an ignorant b**** (which I probably am)... but for my school... to qualify towards the regional chem olympiad and crap it's automatically the two highest scorers in our school qualify... so even if you get like a 1/60 or however many points it's out of... if you're within the two top scorers for your school, you're in. Your high GPA but low standardized scores seem to indicate your school isn't that competitive.....

Good luck though. You never know.... admissions do always seem hella random.