Chance Me for 8 schools - Current Junior, Southeast Asian Female

If your daughter doesn’t meet the threshold for UT Austin auto admit (top 6%) then it is doubtful she will be successful as an ED applicant to Columbia.

The second issue is the test scores. While many of the top colleges will be test optional next year, it will be largely used to admit low-income students who don’t have the means for study prep/travel. If she can’t get the scores up to 1500 (SAT) or 33 (ACT) then you need to consider other options.

Final issue is the URM status. There are a handful of southeast asian groups which are poorly represented in US college admissions: Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. If you have ancestry from India, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia or Singapore then it will be much more difficult. If that is the case, she will get no special bump.

I personally wouldn’t waste the ED application on Columbia. If she can get the scores up, then Barnard would be a much more realistic option.