IM SO NERVOUS ABOUT COLLAGE ( aka columbia) !! plz HELP!!!

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>ok… although im still only a jounior i cant help but wonder what are my REAL chances of geting into the number one collage of my wildest dreams…columbia!! here are my stats basically…</p>

<p>Im an international student, and i have lived in about a million different countries, iv always attended the top private schools some that are even the best in the world and im originally egyptian. </p>

<p>Academics:
freshman and sophmore GPA’s 4.0/4.0 ( A+'s, and A’s, like 1 or 2 A-'s)…top 2% of high school class although my schools never offered official rankings
Freshman Classes: English, Arabic, Physical Science ALGEBRA I, World History,Physical Education)
Sophmore year classes: Honors bio, honors english , honors History, geometry,Comp I,Arabic,speech and composition
** I got abpout 7 pretty nice recomendation letters from my grade ten teachers and councelors but they arent nessecarily written for collages they just wrote them before I left my old school
Courently im taking the full ib diploma programme and we dont get Abcd grades but like we get graded on a scale of 1-7 and in the only mid year report we got so far in it my grades were mostly 6’s a 5 and a couple of 7’s so i dont know my gpa i take ;
4 Higher levels ( english A1, bio, econ, history)
2 Standerd Levels(French ab initio, Math studies)
1 self taugh ( spanish B SL)
TOk
Im fluent in english, arabic and spanish and im learning russian and french
I trook my sat I for the first time and got a CRAP score (1150) but im deff taking it again and i think ill b able to get at least 1350 if not 1400 … im poretty confidant about my SAT IIs i think ill do alright on them as im good in most subjects</p>

<p>Extra Criculars
Im an EC maniac, i get involved in almoste every single school activity:
-Student coucil grade REP grade 10, Student coucil service officer grade 11(founded/wrote the whole school constitution)
-Academic Bowl
-all school concerts, assemblies and such( dancing, roles in theater plays ect…)
-danced ballet for about 7/8 years ( cairo opera house for 2 years, royal academy of dance, lima peru for 3), various preformances solos and such
-Captain of JV soccer Team ( grade 10)
-Captain of JV basket ball team ( grade 10)
-Co-Captain of JV basket ball team grade 9
-was on both varsity and JV teams of soccer and bball ever scince grade 7
-competitive participation in MANY international/National/exchange type sports tournaments, where we ranked 1st mostly and at times 2nd
-Active participant in Model United Nations, many different confrences arounde the world, and embassador of school, wrote many passing resolutions

  • Many different sources for Community service hours
  • Muslim Religion studies
    -amnesty International
    -School Newspaper
    -Write poetry ocasionally, and won a nation wide competition sponsered by HSBC , and got a congratulations letter from the superintendent of the school (grade 10)</p>

<p>AWARDS
I always get a lot of awards throughout the school year for different academc acheivments, and sports awards and such, I got Athlete of the year (grade 9), some atletic leters, and about 9 other athletic awards of that type mostly MIP, also awards for posetive contributions to the school and active poarticipation in events…poetry awards…lots of letters of recomendations from previous schools iv been too, previous councelors, and a super intendent,coaches… </p>

<p>i think im pretty well rounded but i fear that scince IB is really rigorus and my school grades us only on the IB gradeing scheme and assesment style * unlike other schools that dont) my day to day grades arent all 7s and they are 5/6 and few 7s usually and in my report cards i dont get straight 7s either i get 6/7/5 and maybe universities wont know that we were assesed only on the IB style assesment …also what should i aim for as a SAT score and SAT iis as well? My dream uni is columbia so what do u think should i just forget about it or do i have some kinda chance… also im not american so will that have a negative effect on me??? and lastly what other unis do u think i should apply to i wanna deff. major in POLITICAL SCIENCE
thnx so much for ur help!!!</p>

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<p>hmmm, well i think the whole “collage” thing isnt a good sign, but if you can break through that forcefield, then you might have a chance</p>

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<p>redge LOL!!!</p>

<p>neways…honestly i was really excited to open this thread thinkin yay a RDer…than i saw “junior” and stopped reading… sorry…have a great day…</p>

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<p>hehehe collage</p>

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<p>lol…hahahahaa…“Collagae”…need paper?</p>

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<p>lol…hahahahaa…“Collage”…need paper?</p>

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<p>dude watsup with your spellings…no offence at all, but CU is hard to get into esp if u persist with those grammatical errors!</p>

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<p>“COLLAGE ( aka columbia)”
Hmm…an art major, eh? </p>

<p>LOL, j/k, elodie, you are still too early to be evaluated, by adcom or a bunch of teenagers online. The truth is, your chaces are looking great, the only thing that you have to worry is the “international” factor, where many of us here have nothing to evalute you against…what I’m trying to say is that your grades are definetely in the running, but you TOELF scores are going to count a lot…</p>

<p>LOL, Guys, go easy on him, he’s an international applicant who’s probably still learning English.</p>

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<p>I think you’re too excited, lol. When you apply for college, you have to realize that a lot of people will get rejected, sometimes arbitrarily. You should think of other options in addition to Columbia because you might be setting yourself up for a major crash. (refer to threads posted during the last week)</p>

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<p>I think you don’t have a great chance. Maybe Cornell.</p>

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<p>i personally am more afraid of papier machee. but i guess thats just me.</p>

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<p>I am poretty confidant that you have a good chance of getting into collage. You have good academc acheivments, poarticipation, and good recomendations.</p>

<p>sorry, couldn’t help it.</p>

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<p>hahahaha, we all couldnt help it. I jumped on the wagon, i’ll admit it, but it would be a travesty to waste that line. but yeah, this was funny. good times good times</p>

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<p>aww elodie… these guys are really havin a laugh arent they! lol…
umm I do the IB too.
And I’m Int’l… Being Int’l doesn’t usually help a whole lot. </p>

<p>I got a rej from Columbia ED.</p>

<p>But I think you do have a shot. Try your hardest. Show Columbia some of that love!</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>thnx …whats wrong with calling it collage… ok im sorry …what a HUGGEEE mistake…university better??? anyways why is it bad that im intl?? i never thought that it would b a huge factor… and about my grammer/spelling i type really fast i never new it had to b perfect…sooorrrryyyyyyyyyyyy anyways thnx i apppreciate it!</p>

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<p>It’s not collAge… it’s collEge.</p>

<p>Umm… int’l competition is even more fierce! (Also depending on where you are applying from).</p>

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<p>well im applying to COLLEGE from Romania , although applying as an int. student may be more feirce do you think that maybe i still stand a chance , i mean its not MY fault i wasnt born in the US and also arent COLLEGES always going on and on about how they want to make their campuses more diverse???</p>

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<p>the thread title almost looks like a joke.</p>

<p>as long as you dont type your essay as carelessly as you did this post, i’d say you have a chance</p>

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<p>lol ok… I ADMIT IT!! i may b a bit careless at times… but dont worry ill proof read everything from now on like a gazillion times…COLLEGE>>COLLEGE>>COLLEGE>>COLLEGE</p>

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<p>unless you’re really really bad and you’re applying as a joke… most people have a SHOT!
whether it’s a good shot or not we’ll never know… only the adcom will tell.</p>

<p>these schools deny applicants who seem pretty much as good as one can get… they reject and defer “perfect” applicants. and sometimes people who u don’t expect would get admittied get in…</p>

<p>like the columbia woman told me it also depends on what they are looking for at that time…
sometimes they want that oboe player who climbs mountains and plays uno with his/her grandma.
and they don’t want that math champion who paints, sings and juggles oranges!</p>

<p>in another words… by all means give it a shot… and try your best and pray for some luck… but always have plan b ready!</p>