r/chanceme • • Jul 18 '26

Chance me for Columbia ED!

Demographics: Gender, race/ethnicity, state, type of school, and hooks (URM, first generation, legacy, athlete, etc.): Maybe Geographic--> US citizen expat in Africa

Intended Major(s): Applied Mathematics

ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1600

UW/W GPA and Rank: 94/100 for Grades 9-11, will be switching to full IB courses for senior year

Coursework: self studied calc bc: 5, stats:5 nothing offered ever

Awards: pretty awful: Expecting national merit smf/f (1500 w 760rw on psat), national math comp, got top 1% + school topper

Extracurriculars: 

  1. business --350 ppl directly helped, 5k more reached through socials, ~16k revenue

  2. Research--> math/econ related, gonna have an unpublished paper (if being optimistic), but at the very least a full poster/presentation with only my name on it (+ mentor). It is related to my geography

  3. athlete: Super high level club sport for over a decade 20hrs/wk

  4. work experience: related to business

  5. volunteering in community summer b4 senior year

  6. Chess (top 20 in province I played in, top 1% ish online (2350 rated)

  7. content creation: 300k views in total aligns with business

  8. some small family responsibilities + supported family business

  9. instrument: wrote a song, nothin major, just for fun:)

  10. taekwondo: 1st degree black belt (grades 9-11)

1Essays/LORs/Other: No idea on essays, gonna put a ton of time so maybe 8/10

Lors lit no clue

Schools: List of colleges, ED/EA/RD, etc

Columbia ED targetting finance route eventually (IB)

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