<p>I got an email today from Columbia Fu, and it reads:
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<p>I’m wondering if this is something to be excited about, or just a notice that I’ve passed initial screening or something. Thanks.</p>
<p>YEAAAAA, it is something to be excited about.</p>
<p>You’re in, unless something major goes wrong.</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>Nothing major happened and my mid-year grades are pretty good and consistent with my other grades. However I did make a B in English this semester, my first B ever. It was only one point below an A, and my English grades usually ride around the A/B mark anyway.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: CR 800 M 800 WR 730 Essay 12
SAT IIs: Chemistry 770 Math II 800 US History 790 Physics 750 Literature 730 World History 750
ACT: English 24 Math 36 Science 36 Reading 35 Essay 10 Composite 34</p>
<p>School curriculum:
14 AP classes, 15 exams. Passed all but one, only one 3. </p>
<p>ECs:
Mathematics Team - South Carolina All-State Math Team member, AIME Qualifier
Envirothon Team - Individual 1st Place Soils, Team 3rd in State and 2nd in State back to back years
Marching Band - Best Rookie, Clarinet and Pit Percussion Section Leaders, Most Improved Section when leader
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano - 6 time All-State Clarinetist, miscellaneous awards with the three instruments
Stanford EPGY for two summer sessions, AwesomeMath Summer Program for last summer, earned a Yellow Group Top Scorer award there
Work three jobs - Restaurant Assistant Manager, Math/Phsyics Tutor, Computer Technician (business I run independently)
Volunteer at library and Mobile Meals
Volunteer for some pro bono tutoring</p>
<p>Awards:
Presidential Scholar Nominee
NMF
I dont have too many awards :P</p>
<p>GPA: 5.17 (weird South Carolina standards)
Rank 2 of 439</p>
<p>I dont really think that merits a “clear admit.” My essays were ok and I think recs were ok. I’m kind of high on the numbers, but I dont really have anything special. Like, say, Siemens Finalist. :)</p>
<p>Even if you think it doesn’t merit a clear admit, they sent the letter to you anyways. Take it how it is, because it’s a great honor getting a likely letter from Columbia Fu. Congratulations!</p>
<p>mpoon, what schools are you applying to. just curious : )</p>
<p>wow ur stats are very very good</p>
<p>applied to the usual. My stats aren’t that spectacular, especially compared to some of the others around here, USPhysics Team, Math Olympiad Team, Intel Winner, TASP, RSI, etc, etc. I dont have any of it. In fact, I got rejected from RSI, lol.</p>
<p>mpoon – are you a girl?</p>
<p>i got one of those last year and got in (and totally slacked off 2nd semester of sr year) so kick back and relax (relatively) :)</p>
<p>mpoon, you are clearly very talented, congrats on your acceptance to columbia!</p>
<p>A 2330 SAT and 15 AP exams is called “nothing special?”</p>
<p>You definately do not have to be a Siemens Finalist or a RSI attendee to apply to college (I got rejected by both competitions…haha @@"). Those are just the top of the top of the top. </p>
<p>You have a great application, congratulations!</p>
<p>That’s what’s referred to as a “likely letter.” Congrats; you’re in.</p>
<p>Unless you do something stupid.</p>
<p>So basically, if I got a likely letter before my mid-term report was sent, and my grades on the mid-term were:</p>
<p>A: AP Physics C, Engineering
A-: APUSH, AP Spanish 5, BC Calc, AP Econ
B+: AP English</p>
<p>Can I celebrate?</p>
<p>I’m a guy.</p>
<p>DaTurtle: that is extremely close to what my mid year report looks like. I hope I can celebrate too.</p>
<p>u can party like there no 2mor!..lol</p>
<p>Are you asian? Your stats are amazing. The only way I can imagine you didn’t get an automatic acceptance is because you’re asian, and it’s very hard to get engineering/maths that way.</p>
<p>I disagree completely with the above poster, and find his or her views to be commonly-propagated bull*****.</p>
<p>mpoon, is Columbia your first choice school?</p>