Am I On Track for ED? chances?

bakere19
Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:48:21 +0000

I’ve been thinking I’d really like Columbia. I know its super competitive, but how do you guys think I’d fare? (I looked for a decisions thread, but didn’t see one)

Grade: 11
State: CT
School Type: Competitive Public, best in area
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Rank: School Does Not Rank
SAT: 790 W/760M/660 CR
SAT II: US History: 720 Math II: 770 will take Chem and Spanish eventually.
ACT: might take in February…
GPA 5.73/6 (school does GPA weirdly, this isn’t weighted)
APs: US History (5). Taking: Chem, Calc BC, Statistics, Microeconomics(maybe), Spanish, Bio, CompSci

Courses(S1 Grade/S2 Grade) - school doesn’t offer many APs, but we have UConn courses, I’ve noted those.

9th: Honors English 9(B+/A), Honors Biology(A/A), Honors Geometry(A-/A), Honors Algebra II(A/A), Honors Spanish 2 (A/A+), Health- required (–/A+), Geography (A-/–), Pre-AP US History (–/B+)

10th: AP US History (A-/A+), Advanced Honors Pre-Calc(A-/A), Honors Spanish 3 (A,A), UConn Physics 127-128 (AP-level) (B+/A), Honors English 11 (B+/A), Guitar (A+, required), Microsoft Office (A+, req.)

11th: AP Chemistry/UConn Chem 127-128, AP Statistics/UConn Stat 110, AP Calc BC/UConn Math 131-132, Honors World Civilizations/UConn History 130, Honors Spanish 4, Honors English 11

12th: Differential Equations (at Uconn), Multivariable Calc (at UConn), AP Bio, AP Computer Science, Honors Spanish 5/Uconn Spanish 210-211, AP English Comp/Uconn English…don’t know the number.

ECs:
-Varsity Crew (4 years)
-Student Congress - elected chair of community service committee
-Started a small international non-profit (Amigos de La Pintada ),it’s a work in progress, but it’s growing…huge time vacuum right now.
-Model UN (4 yrs)
-Math Team (3 yrs, my team placed 3rd in state last year)
-Spanish Honor Society (I do tutoring)
-Mu Alpha Theta (I do tutoring)
-Ski Club (3 yrs)
-Volunteer at local hospital 4hrs/week

Other: Will likely apply ED

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