Chances for Columbia ED?

funkygrapefruit
Thu, 04 May 2017 04:17:35 +0000

I’m currently a junior from a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Columbia is my dream school and I was wondering if I had a good chance of getting in early. I’m a girl and planning on majoring in computer science/applied math.

I’m a straight A student and got an A every quarter for each class except those listed as the ones i am planning to take senior year
Classes:
Freshman-
Sports and Activities/Personal Fitness (gym)
Honors Algebra 2
AP World History (4)
French 2
Orchestra
Honors English
Honors Bio

Sophomore-
APUSH (5)
Honors English
Honors Chem
Honors Precalc
AP Comp Sci (5)
AP Bio (4)
French 3

Junior-
AP Chem
AP Lang/Comp
AP Physics 1
AP Enviro
AP Gov
French 4
AP Calc BC

Senior-
AP Comp Gov
Calc 3 (Multivariable/Differential Equations)
AP Lit
AP French
AP Econ
AP Physics 2
Health

Scores:
New SAT- 1560
ACT- 35
Bio SATII- 800
I was also a semifinalist for USABO but was unable to take the test to determine finalists due to scheduling conflicts

Extracurriculars:
Science Olympiad- I was captain of my school’s division B team my freshman year and we won nationals. I was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House Science Fair for this accomplishment and was invited to a discussion panel on improving the quality of STEM education in public schools by the Secretary of Education. I plan on being an officer my senior year.

Government- I volunteered for the Ohio Democratic Party this past fall and plan on interning again this summer and throughout the year.

Speech and Debate- I participated in speech my sophomore and junior year. I wasn’t amazing but I did win a few awards.

Tedx- I am a member of my school’s Tedx club where each year we produce a Tedx event for the local community featuring local figures.

NHS- I am a member of my school’s NHS chapter starting senior year and plan on running for officer.

CTY- every summer I attend Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth program where I take college level classes not offered in school. I’ve taken Logic, Cognitive Psychology, Utopias and Dystopias (creative writing course), Pholosophy of Mind, and I’m taking Neuroscience this upcoming summer. Last year I was an “officer” (equivalent to photographer) and this year I am going to be the equivalent of “club president”.

Recs:
I have really good relationships with my bio, enviro, and gov teachers (my enviro teacher also happens to be my Science Olympiad advisor) so I expect my rec letters to be strong.

I think that’s it! Please let me know! I am slightly worried that my extracurriculars are weak but that’s because I dedicate so much time to Science Olympiad and clearly that has yielded results so hopefully that makes up for lack of variety.