take a chance on me?

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>white Catholic male, from all-boys Jesuit prep school in Northeast</p>

<h1>5 in class, 4.3 GPA, NHS</h1>

<p>SAT I Math: 640
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 770
SAT II Literature: 800
SAT II U.S. History: 800
SAT II Math Level 2: 600
SAT II Spanish: 780</p>

<p>AP Calc AB 4
AP Spanish Lang 5
AP English Lang/Comp 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN, school newspaper, service group
been to, won awards at MUN conferences across the country</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
Model UN: Chef du Cabinet soph year, Secretary General junior and senior
organize an annual regional conference of over 400 delegates
Newspaper: Writer frosh, asst. Section Editor soph, Head Section Editor junior, Editor-in-Chief senior
Senior Mentor</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: helped teach English, computer skills to immigrants, spent a week in the DR building an aqueduct (returning in spring as group leader), researched for a school veterans memorial</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: several academic awards, Nat’l Spanish Exam Gold Award, National Greek Exam Award, finalist for major research scholarship
College Summer programs: Economics Program at U of Washington</p>

<p>have hosted 4 foreign exchange students (2 from China, 2 from Spain), can speak Spanish well, looking to go into PoliSci
thanks</p>

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<p>decent shot ED, solid and interesting but not exceptional profile, so more difficult to get in RD.</p>

<p>as an aside, Columbia’s Model UN competitive team is top 5 in the country and probably top 3 (after Georgetown and West Point)</p>

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<p>just out of curiosity, what kind of things would make it exceptional?</p>