Hi, firstly thanks for reading this! – I was a little disheartened with my SAT 1 results … as i am not very good at english. I am strong with business/economics subjects that are unfortunately not examined by SAT 2s. I am hoping to come across as a all rounder. Any advice is helpful. I am applying Early Restrictive to Columbia Undergrad. And I am a migrant from China who have been living in Australia for 9 years. I am currently 18.
Academics: ranked top 5% from yr 9 to 11 and top 10% in yr 12 (school size 350)
State Ranking – Top 1%
GPA – b/w 3.9 to 4.0 past 4 yrs
SAT 1 – 2080 (640 reading, 640 writing, and 800 math)
SAT 2 – 2400 (800 math1, 800 math2, 800 chinese)
Awards: – just to describe some
3rd state econ comp 09
2nd state science comp 07
state finalist business comp 08
ranked top 75 – math olympiad national 09
a few mathematics national finalist prizes 07-09
service award – (duke of ed bronze/silver/gold) – national 09
Leadership:
President of School Rep Council 09
President of Chess Club 09
President of Charity Org 09
Prefect of Student Government 09
Leader and Translator of China Expedition Group 07
Extra Curricular (school/regional varsity):
Debating/public speaking 05-09
Chess 05-09
Choir 08
Art 05-09
Army training 07
Tennis 07
Table Tennis state 07
Work Exp:
Law Firm – 100 hrs
Travel Firm – 50 hrs
Major Strength:
Charity – national recognition + helped/organised the raising of ,000 in total for projects ranging from AIDS in africa, China, Vietnam, Australian Bush Fires, Local Disabled Schools (07-09) + 400 hrs of personal service (china, community, retirement village, music for disabled, blood donation, library)
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I am unsure whether my scores are high enough as it doesn’t even fall in the SAT range of 25 -75 percentile of accepted on Columbia’s website. I feel totally insecure. I am better ranked in Australia as a result of my choice to do subjects such as business and economics which contribute significantly to my gpa etc. However, the SAT limits this and makes me look like I am a academically weak applicant.
Any comments would be helpful. Much appreciated!!
Thank you.
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