Chance Me Please - Trying to be Realistic Here!

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I’ve applied to Columbia regular decision for the class of 2015. It’s a dream school and I know the chances of admission are slim to none, but nevertheless I wanted to see if anyone could give me any idea of how I might fare come April.</p>

<p>Objetive Stats:</p>

<p>Rank 11 out of 317
Rank 35 out of 12,065 in county
4.0 unweighted GPA (5.04 weighted)
2200 SAT I
790 Math II SAT II
680 Literature SAT II
740 Spanish (w/o listening) SAT II</p>

<p>5 AP Spanish Lang, 4 English Lit, 5 English Lang, 5 AP US Gov, 5 AP Human Geo, AP Spanish Lit and AP Macroeconomics (to be taken in May), IB program candidate (5 IB exams in May, 5 on IB Chem SL)</p>

<p>Strong letters of recommendation including one from a professor of a summer Constitutional Law Class I took at Columbia in the Summer of 2009.</p>

<p>President: Spanish Honor Society
President: Social Studies Honor Society
Editor-in-Chief: School Newspaper
Member: National Honor Society</p>

<p>-Organized a toy drive two years running for 65 Mayan children in the local area, providing each child with a new toy and a new pair of sneakers.
-Born with a cleft lip and palate; volunteer every year at camps for children and families dealing with the condition
-Brought the newspaper online, creating a website to supplement the written publication
-Tutor students in Spanish
-Volunteer at March of Dimes during the summer
-National Merit Semi-Finalist
-Third place in state for Florida State Spanish Conference
-Wrote a book in English and Spanish for families with children with cleft lip and palate for use at local clinic (since the majority of patients do not speak English)</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any chances you can provide. I really appreciate it!</p>

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<p>I personally think that if you portrayed yourself well on the essay, you have a good chance at the school :o</p>

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<p>if i were an admissions officer there wouldnt be a chance in hell id reject an applicant like you.</p>

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<p>^ yeah, i agree, i’d definitely admit you lol</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure you would get into your dream school.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the replies, guys! I really appreciate your input! I am expecting the worst, but hoping for the best! Best of luck to all of you in this process (if you’re in the midst of it right now haha)! :)</p>

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<p>No teams, none? No athletics even math team??? hmmm better mention any team projects you worked on it’s very important to illustrate you are not a one man/woman show, it really matters… good luck</p>

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<p>I work on the newspaper staff and putting out a newspaper is very teamwork dependent. Also, with the Spanish conference, it was a team of us who put together the play, memorized the lines, designed the set, etc. so it’s not the typical “team” but I’m not the individual, one person type, you know? Thanks for the advice though - that hadn’t even crossed my mind!</p>

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<p>Wow. You are so impressive. How you conquered your condition and learned to help others who were also born with cleft palate- it’s incredible. I really, really hope you get in.</p>

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<p>Sorry for the late reply, breakdown, but thanks for being so nice haha! :slight_smile: I really appreciate it! And congrats on getting in already!!! That’s awesome!</p>