Chances At Columbia

NC15847
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:59:28 +0000

I’m not really sure what tier of college I should be looking for. Both of my parents were excellent students and either got in or went to ivy league schools (although my mom chose NYU over Columbia so no legacy), and I feel that I should be somewhere on the same level as them. Any advice would be great, thanks!

GPA: 4.4 weighted, 3.7 unweighted
(highly competitive school; #1 public school in state) (multiple students get into to each ivy regularly, including Columbia)

Tests: ACT 34C: 36 reading, 36 English, 34 math, 29 science, 12 Writing
770 SAT Subject WH
800 SAT Subject US History

Born in Europe, live in the south; white male

AP scores:
(Sophomore year)
World History: 5
AP Stat: 3

(took these junior year, obviously a very humanities skewed student, I know…)
Human Geo: likely 4
Apush: likely 5
Gov: likely 5
Art History: likely 4
Language: Could be anything
European History: likely 5

I took all APs my junior year so I hope that stands out. I have no intention to take calculus (does that hurt?), that’s why I took stat sophomore year after taking precalc.

Extracurriculars:

Sports:
Varsity Lacrosse and Varsity Soccer (2nd in state and 4th in state respectively), might try to walk on for soccer
Club soccer for 10 years

Writing:
Wrote a play that got selected along with 100 others, out of 800, to be performed at a festival
Short story published in literary magazine

Clubs:
Co-president quiz bowl, selected for National All-Star Academic Tournament to represent my state, placed highly at nationals with school
Member of history bowl, finished 2nd in state history bee, qualified and participated at national tournament

Internships:
State Legislative Page
Intern with state democratic party doing data management
Internship with non profit in New York City that dealt with connecting policy makers with policy experts

College Essay:
Topic: Expressing myself through my writing, I’m a strong writer and feel confident about my essay

Recommendations:
Both very good, from my European history teacher and my civics teacher; both knew my quite well and were close to me

Potential major: Political Science, History, etc

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