Chance/Suggestions for Columbia Junior Xfer

Dreamlove
Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:50:16 +0000

Hey,

My stats are:

Major: Neurobiology

upcoming sophomore (in the “honors” program) at ~50th Univeristy in USA (as ranked by US News & World Report)

SATs: M: 660 R: 800 W: 780 (Top scores of 2 tests, I got basically the same scores on both tests with ~20 pt. difference)

Math II : 780
Biology : 770
US History: 760
Physics: 720
Chemistry: 720
(Which, if any, of these scores should I send?)

College GPA: 3.94 Unweighted
High School GPA: ~3.2-3.3 Unweighted

APUSH: 5
APWorldHist: 5
AP AB Calc: 5

ECs:

College:

1. Spinal Cord Injury Research–paid, during this summer, 40hours/wk 2months, Also did 10hrs/wk during school year (No publication yet)

2. EMT–Paramedic Assistant volunteering (10hrs/wk during summer)

3. Volunteered in ER at hospital (5hrs/wk during summer)

4. Shadowed Orthopedic hand surgeon (5hrs/wk during school year)

5. Head of Finances in Microbiology Club

6. Member of various cultural clubs & medical/science/engineering clubs.

Summer after Highschool:
1.Volunteered @ hospital (8hrs/wk during summer)
2.Earned EMT-B certification & EMT volunteering in ER (10hrs/wk)
3.Shadowed Cardiovascular surgeon: 40 hrs
4.Shadowed Anesthesiologist & Nephrologist: 20 hrs each

Recs: Plan to get 1 from Bio teacher, 1 from Psych/Stats teacher, 1 from Neurosurgeon I am doing spinal cord injury research w/. Do I need more–can I send more?

Recs will be decent, nothing special.

Since I’ll be applying this year I still have 1 more semester to go(fall semester)–do you suggest I do anything else? What do you think my chances are?

Ty!

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