Chance me for ED !

inadaze
Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:05:22 +0000

Hello all!
I am a senior attending the American school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am Colombian/Argentine and speak English, French and Spanish fluently, lived in Switzerland for 13 years and have Dual Nationality (US and Swiss). I also speak a bit of German. I just wanna know where I stand for Columbia ED this year for Columbia College, Major: Business Management or English

GPA: 3.7/4.0 weighted (only junior year)!
Classes: full IB diploma (English A1 HL, Spanish A1 HL, History HL, Calculus SL, Economics SL, Bio SL) + plus APs (French, Economics) as electives
Rigor of school is pretty damn hard.
ECs: see below
Essay: writing is my passion and probably what I’m going to study so I think my essay’s one of my highlights definitely…while my GPA sucks for Columbia
SAT: 2060 last time around (CR: 710, M: 640, W: 710), took it again Saturday hoping it’ll be better…
SAT IIs: taking Lit, probably get around 700 and French w/ Listening probably get around high 700s

I’ve gone to 3 different high schools in the 4 years of high school, and I explained in my CommonApp how that’s interrupted my education (cos they ask).

HS SUMMARY:

FRESHMAN YEAR - GPA: 6.0/7 IB grading system - School: international private school in Geneva, Switzerland, pretty well-known, respected
Classes: not much choice in what classes you took
-A1 pre-IB English
-Adv German
-Art, Music, Drama, PE (all required)
-Chem, Physics, Bio (all required)
-History & Global Awareness (required)
-Adv Math
ECs: soccer (no others available really…)

SOPHOMORE YEAR: GPA: 6.0/7 - School: still in Switzerland
-A1 English
-Adv Spanish
-History pre-IB
-Adv Math
-Biology pre-IB
-A1 Art pre-IB
ECs: soccer (same)

JUNIOR YEAR: GPA - 3.50/4 unweighted - School: American int’l school in Buenos Aires
Full IB diploma
IB A1 HL English and Spanish –> took AP Spanish got a 5
AP French –> got a 5/5 in AP exam
IB Math SL (Pre-Cal)
IB History HL
IB Economics SL –> got a 7/7 in IB exam
IB Bio SL –> got a 6/7 in IB exam
Journalism/School Newspaper
ECs: soccer, 2 high intensity internships in NYC (one at Stella McCartney PR and one at Diane von Furstenberg), community service, tutoring, photography club (part of fine arts club that gives proceeds to charity), debate club, yoga

SENIOR YEAR: GPA - 3.6/4.0 uw - same school
IB A1 HL English, Spanish
IB Math SL (Calculus)
Intro Psychology
Fitness (missing .5 PE credit)
AP Economics (micro and macro)
IB HL History
Theory of Knowledge (required IB class, philosophy basically)
ECs: soccer, debate club, fine arts club, community service, 2 summer jobs