Official Columbia University 2016 RD Results

doglova
Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:44:14 +0000

Decision: Rejected - SEAS

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2290: 760 CR, 770 M, 760 W
ACT:
SAT II: Physics: 800, Chemistry: 800, Math IIC: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.46
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/438
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp Sci A (5), World (4), AP Calc AB (5), AB Calc BC (5) US Hist (5), Chemistry (5), Physics B (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, Multivariable Calc/D eq, Bio Research, AP Bio, AP lang and comp, AP U.S Government, AP Comp Gov, Art I (needed fine art credit)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, 2nd at regional science fair, chemistry olympiad state finalist
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts (gold award), county student board member representing high school, tennis (Breakout athlete award for undefeated season + school sportsmanship award), various honor societies
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: library, homeless shelter, organizing food drive, various others involved with girl scouts
Summer Activities: JHU CTY, UPenn bioengineering summer program (wanted to learn more about my inteded major)
Essays: ok
Teacher Recommendation: don’t know
Counselor Rec: don’t know
Additional Rec: don’t know
Interview: none
Other

State (if domestic applicant): VA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: suburban public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: female
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: senior year grades dropped, lack of good ECs, and because there’s a point where admissions is random :-(