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I already posted in Harvard but Columbia would be a better match.
Here goes:

Asian student from NJ

Go to the 3rd or 4th worst high school in the whole state. Here's an idea of how bad it is:

25% of students go onto a 4-year college
5% of students take the SATs
Average SAT Score- 809

My STATs

GPA- 4.4896
Rank- 1/1035

SAT- 1380 (660V, 720m), hoping to get 1500+

Sat II- 790 Chem, 800 Math 2C, 720 Writing

APs- Chemistry-5 (only in whole school)
US History-5 (only one in whole school)

ECs- Red Cross- Blood Draw Certification
Science Club President(12), VP (11)
Pre-Med Program- CPR certified, experienced almost every part of the hospital
Key Club- no position, but a dedicated member
Peer Tutoring- around 200 hrs in every subject
Interfaith Discussion- inspired by 9/11, I started these discussions and have held them many times to promote the acceptance of all faiths
Local Newspaper Writer- Started a Science/Tech column
Mosque Volunteer and Teacher- count me as the Youth Director
Science Leaugue- Highest scorer in Chemistry
Math League- President and founder, we participate in competitions and teahc the usefulness of math
Write for an international newspaper

Summer-Mainly teaching and tutoring. Last summer I
went to a third world country and helped build houses, volunteer at a hospital, tutor kids, and write

Awards-
Model UN Runner Up
Superintendent Scholar
Top scorer in Union County Chemistry League (January and February)

Chances at Harvard, Duke, Columbia, Rutgers 7 year med, Northwestern 7 year med

By Edison427 (Edison427) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 02:44 pm: Edit

just curious, which school in nj is it?

By Il2117 (Il2117) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 03:23 pm: Edit

You have mediocre SAT's. I'd raise them up if I were you.

By Deerhunter (Deerhunter) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 05:51 pm: Edit

On a scale of 1-5 (one being the highest), you're an academic three, perhaps a two. Extracurricular-wise, a three. Personality-wise, three (judging from this post, with the essays, maybe a two). That being said, I would say that you have an okay chance at Columbia. I wouldn't be too optimistic about getting in, but you don't have much reason to be too negative either.

By Number9 (Number9) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 05:58 pm: Edit

You sure have a lot of •••• to do at your school for it being so poor...Ive found its oft the case the less things are available at poorer schools...

By Choudhryon (Choudhryon) on Sunday, October 03, 2004 - 07:44 pm: Edit

More than half of my EC's are self-initiated, not started by the school. The clubs we do have are in disrepair and falling apart, except for a few. We don't have many opporunities.

By Glory (Glory) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 01:13 am: Edit

i think you have a pretty good shot. SATs are a little low, but seeing how u were able to overcome all the barriers imposed by ur school and still managed to achieve so much- I think that's pretty admirable and if you can convey that to Columbia- i think that would definitely boost ur chances.

gluck to you.

By Choudhryon (Choudhryon) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:48 pm: Edit

bump

By Cb43087 (Cb43087) on Friday, October 08, 2004 - 06:22 pm: Edit

if u break 1400 on ur SATs I think you will get in to all of those.

By Choudhryon (Choudhryon) on Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 11:09 pm: Edit

Correction- Our school is the worst in our county and maybe the 9-10 worst, city-wise, in our state.