Official Columbia University Likely 2017 RD Results

raulitojordan
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:16:38 +0000

Decision: Accepted (Likely Letter)

Objective:

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[] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[] ACT: 34 (36 English, 36 Reading, 36 Math, 27 Science, 10 Essay)
[] SAT II: Bio M 800, Math II 800, Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio 5, AP Lit 3
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry, AP Spanish Lit, Physics, English, Socioeconomic Development, etc.
[] Major Awards: 2 time Central American Knowledge Bowl Champion (similar to quiz bowl, but a very big deal over here), MVP twice, 3 time National Champion, Best KB Player of Central America 2012, Math Olympiad winner, Superior Piano Soloist at Nationals
[/ul]Subjective:

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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Knowledge Bowl (Captain), NHS Member, Piano, Charity Club, Charity Organization (leader), Math Olympiads
[] Job/Work Experience: Every summer working full hours at a Water Analysis Lab
[] Volunteer/Community service: long term charity work, over 300 hours
[] Summer Activities: working at the lab, charity work
[] Essays: Really strong, spent all December writing them and were very sincere and eloquent
[] Teacher Recommendation: 10/10, my US History teacher wrote the best recommendation I could have asked for
[] Counselor Rec: Really strong, my counselor knows me very well but not as well as my History teacher
[] Additional Rec: 10/10 from my Calc teacher, she knows me well from Knowledge Bowl
[] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other

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[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Honduras
[] School Type: Largest private school and best in country
[] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[] Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: Both parents make about 50 k a year
[] Hooks: Very science oriented and my Knowledge Bowl awards are great, my charity work.
[/ul]Reflection

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[] Strengths: Essays, Recommendations, Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: I would have liked a higher ACT science score, and a lot more leadership activities
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my essays and overall application
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: waitlisted from Yale and still waiting on MIT [/li][/ul]General Comments: Extremely happy but waiting on the financial aid decision! I hope I’ll be able to pay for Columbia