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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does he like Columbia? Just wondering how that worked out![/quote]

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Good luck OP, Yale is one of the ones that doesn't defer very many from SCEA so it is not necessarily an indication.   It is pretty much a random black box, no way of knowing what any of their institutional priorities are or how many spots for students like your student there are vs how many are filled.

Stats, 3.93UW (couple of A-'s in 9th and 10th grade) 4.43 w/ max rigor what brought his weighted GPA down a tiny bit is that he took extra elective classes in 11th/12th (I suspect AO's liked this) top 5% in his class would have been higher without the extra electives.  1540 SAT.  Took AP tests for all AP classes and scored 5's in all (as of application that meant 5's in World History; APUSH, Calc AB; Chem; Lang Comp; AP Lit; AP Span)  Significant EC with leadership and some national competition wins; did do a research paper w/ a post doc
   
His a Stem major and loves Columbia- though the curve grading worried him at first he has done great and appreciates it now, thinks it helps have confidence for skipping ahead and also helps students who need more help/focus who otherwise could be behind and not know it.  He now thinks its a better fit for him than Yale would have been, he is a happy, outgoing person and frankly would have been fine at any of his options.  [/quote]

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