Chance Me for Columbia ED

Chance Me / Match Me
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Chances for Columbia University
White Male
College Class Year: 2020

Academics:GPA - Unweighted 4.0
GPA - Weighted 4.3556
Class Rank-1
Class Size-118
ACT: 28( 27E, 26M, 28R, 31S, 10W)
School has no AP classes but have taken almost all available honor classes
Extracurriculars:
Academic Bowl Member
Academic Decathlon
Math Tutor- 2 hours a week
Spanish Club
Science Club
Captain of Track/Cross Country Team-Varsity 4 years

Work/Volunteer-
Year-round Lifeguard (paid)- 40+ hours a week in the summer
Volunteer-Swimming Lesson Instructor, Taught two Parks and Rec classes, Running Club at local B&GC, over 100 hours combined

Applying ED and recruited athlete

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No chance with act score and the lack of AP classes imo :frowning:

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As a recruited athlete I guess you have a chance, but even still it could be hard due to your test scores.

As for your lack of AP classes, colleges won’t hold that against you since your school does not offer them. Good luck

4

If you are a recruited athlete then the coach would have already given you a fair assessment of your chances.

Did the coach offer a pre-read with admissions?

Were you offered an official visit?

Did you ask for a likely letter?

If the answers to these are no then be very careful applying ED. You might have coach interest which is far from a protected slot.

Ivy recruiting is very tricky. Are you talking to other schools?

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With a 28 ACT, hmmmn, they might ask you to do a 5th year at a prep school…get very clear indicators from the coaching staff.