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Hi, I am currently a junior and was wondering if I could have some input on what people think my chances to get into HYP, Columbia, and Cornell are:

GPA: 3.99 unweighted, and my school does not rank

AP/Honors: Every core class I have ever taken was an honors class. Also, my school offers about 7-8 AP classes, of which junior year I am taking two and senior year I plan to take three. I also plan to take AP Spanish and AP French exams on my own and I expect to do well on all of these AP tests.

SAT: 1490 (800m/690v), might retake to bring up the verbal

SAT II: Math IIC – 800, Writing – 790, and I’m taking chemistry in May which I expect to do between 750-800.

EC’s: (including years/estimated years I will be doing them)
- Vice President of French Honor Society (10-12)
- Spanish Honor Society (11-12)
- National Honor Society (11-12)
- Model United Nations (conferences at many ivies) (9-12)
- JV Debate (9-12)
- Interact Club Treasurer (10-11)
- Some tutoring in Spanish (10-12)
- Destination Imagination (technology fair) – first in state (9)
- Students against Sweatshops (10-11)
- Mock Congress Senate Secretary (11-12)
- Columbia University Science Honors Program (11-12)

Some Other Stuff:
- About 60 community service hours now, but I plan to do more
- Summer job as hardware technician at large company
- White male/no legacy

I plan to major in either engineering or something language related, I’m not sure yet. Thanks a lot for your input!

-Charles

By Bronze68 (Bronze68) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 11:53 am: Edit

Columbia- 70%
Cornell- 90%
Harvard- 25%
Yale- 35%
Princeton- 10%

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 12:27 pm: Edit

Bronze - what are those percentages based on?

By Cornellian07 (Cornellian07) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 12:35 pm: Edit

Are you applying to Columbia's fu foundation? Because if you are, then your chances are probably up there with Cornell's.

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 12:41 pm: Edit

i'm probably going to do the combined 3-2 columbia program, so i'd be applying just to the college

By Thedad (Thedad) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 12:44 pm: Edit

Intricate, as a side note, did you know that 86 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot?

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 07:06 pm: Edit

thanks

By Matt37 (Matt37) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 07:54 pm: Edit

intricatewinds-- i sent u an email bout the shp...
please respond! :-)

-matt

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Sunday, March 02, 2003 - 10:20 pm: Edit

there matt, i e-mailed you all about it. good luck getting in!

By Ivyhope (Ivyhope) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 10:09 pm: Edit

i would help, but i'm not too keen on the admissions process. my stats are similar and i would also like to know your chances

By Supernova (Supernova) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 10:18 pm: Edit

cornellian what is columbia's fu foundation?

By Militarygrade (Militarygrade) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 10:31 pm: Edit

Thedad - I heard it was 94%.....go figure.

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 09:52 pm: Edit

ok

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 07:34 pm: Edit

please guys!

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 10:47 pm: Edit

bump

By Cornellian07 (Cornellian07) on Monday, March 10, 2003 - 10:51 pm: Edit

Columbia's Fu Foundation is their engineering school. It's not nearly as hard to get into as the actual college. It's a decent school, but nothing great.

By Ivyhope (Ivyhope) on Thursday, March 13, 2003 - 07:40 pm: Edit

bump

By Intricatewinds (Intricatewinds) on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 04:51 pm: Edit

bump