Chances for Columbia College EC (and others) please!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>please chance me for Columbia College, my dream school</p>

<p>Korean female ~ senior attending a public magnet high school in Maryland
planning on majoring in neuroscience</p>

<p>GPA: 3.83 UW/4.61 W, aiming for a 4.0 for first quarter senior year</p>

<p>~junior course load~
AP Lang
Spanish 5
AP World History
Studio art 1
Genetics/Cell physiology/Origins of science
Magnet Calculus<em>/Magnet Statistics</em>*
Research & Design/Research Project
<em>magnet calculus is a more thorough and difficult version of AP Calc BC, and we start the course second semester sophomore year and finish first semester junior year
*</em>magnet statistics is basically AP Statistics crammed into 1 semester</p>

<p>~senior course load~
AP Spanish Lang
AP Psych
AP Lit
AP Human Geography
Multivariable Calculus/Differential Equations
Research Project/Optics
Marine Bio/Materials Science
Biochem/Origins of Mathematics</p>

<p>PSAT: 225, (possible chance that i’ll qualify for semifinalist… but MD’s cutoff score is really high usually)
SAT: M 800 C 800 W 720 (took twice)
SAT IIs: Math II 780, World History 730, Bio M 710 (do these scores hurt my chances?)
APs: AP Calc BC 5 AP Lang 5 AP Bio 5 AP World 4</p>

<p>School Extracurriculars

  1. JV/Varsity Field Hockey: 9-12, captain 10th grade
  2. NCSSSMST 2007 planning committee: 10-12, we’re helping plan/hold a national magnet school conference that will be held in the VA/DC area, hosted by Thomas Jefferson High School
  3. ICARE: 11-12, a group trying to raise cancer awareness in the community
  4. Spanish Honor Society: 11-12
  5. National Honor Society: 11-12
  6. MagPi: 12, senior group that mentors magnet freshmen</p>

<p>Out of school Extracurriculars

  1. AWANA: 7-12, 5th grade teacher
  2. Piano: Kindergarten-12, various awards
  3. Art: 9-10 & 12</p>

<p>Awards

  1. 2007: National DNA Day Essay Contest-Finalist
  2. 2007: $1000 Leestma Piano Scholarship
  3. 2005: Maryland State Music Teachers Association Piano Solo Festival-Third Place
  4. 2005: MD division of the Junior Federal Duck Stamp Competition-Honorable Mentions</p>

<p>Work experience

  1. 2007 Summer intern at the National Institutes of Health-National Human Genome Research Institute</p>

<p>Community service hours: 277 hours
Volunteer work at

  1. So Others Might Eat soup kitchen in DC
  2. Little Lights Camp Heaven in inner-city DC (assistant counselor)
  3. AWANA (teacher)
  4. Vacation Bible School (counselor)</p>

<p>(sorry it’s so long and i know these can be annoying, but please tell me my chances? any input would be really appreciated)</p>

<p>btw, also applying to
*Johns Hopkins University
*Brown University (they have an amazing neuroscience program i heard???)
University of Maryland College Park (safety, with some form of scholarship almost guaranteed)
*Duke University (maybe?)</p>