<p>^ Are you kidding me? If the kids dream in life is to get into Columbia, then they should accept her! How would you feel if you knew that you just denied happiness to someone who is going to pass away soon?</p>
<p>Oh so sad. </p>
<p>Charlie World - are u cold hearted. My friend got AML (leukemia) in last year. I feel still guilty, because i couldn't do anything for his dream before he went to the heaven. </p>
<p>I feel sorry about this, Columbia should accept her</p>
<p>^Columbia shouldn't accept her because they feel sorry for her.</p>
<p>Someone needs to sit her down and ask her if this is what she really wants.</p>
<p>Columbia is a demanding school. Is she really up for the a tough courseload and the college scene right now? Are there other things she'd like to accomplish in life? Traveling, etc.?</p>
<p>Seems like there are many 4.0/25 ACT girls with similar former professor GCs who want to go to an Ivy:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/451419-ramblings-troubled-parent-could-my-daughter.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/451419-ramblings-troubled-parent-could-my-daughter.html</a></p>
<p>Kids, you should get some sleep.</p>
<p>yes, if the admissions officers have hearts, they'll probably accept her, knowing she only has two years to go.</p>
<p>This IS sad. But from what I know about leukemia it doesn't work like you study efficiently for two years and then die. Two-year prognosis is strange at the very least. Rather, doctors try to get you into remission and hope it is indefinite.
If you are not in remission, you cannot study at a school like Columbia. You are just too sick and treatments are very disruptive. And you need better facilities than a dorm. You can probably handle a light lod in the community college. Not more.
If you are in remission, then the longer you live, the higher your chance to see your grandchildren.
I guess the best option here is to postpone apps for a year and apply next year explaining the situation.</p>
<p>BunsenBurner, yep, caught on a lonnnng time ago.</p>
<p>I don't mean to sound skeptical nor cold-hearted, as my heart truly does go out to your friend <em>if</em> she exists. It just seems to me ishkabob, that you have a knack for creating "drama" and "hypothetical situation" type threads.</p>
<p>Looking back, you started several threads where you said you wanted to join the military but didn't want to die (and that thread was drawn out quite a bit). Then you said that you couldn't afford to go to college because you couldn't afford to send out ACT score reports. You supposedly attend two high schools simultaneously, etc. </p>
<p>Also, I think BunsenBurner made a good point.</p>
<p>I think the petition could backfire, personally, its forcing a schools hand, and it seems a school would want to at least appear that it was their own generosity, not that it was forced upon them</p>
<p>that being said, that two year prognosis, is as someone else pointed out, is strange</p>
<p>if she was JUST diagnosed, then they haven't even started seeing if treatment, etc are viable</p>
<p>odd post</p>
<p>sorry, selective colleges like Columbia aren't going to throw acceptances around like candy to every cancer patient...</p>
<p>"Theres a girl at my school who has always dreamed of going to Columbia. She has worked so hard, has a 4.0 and a 25 on her ACT. In December (2007) she was diagnosed with leukemia. She only has about 2 years at the most to live......"</p>
<p>No one can predict how long she will live. Here's what I found on a site about leukemia, which once led to a relatively quick death, but that is no longer true.</p>
<p>"he relative five-year survival rate has more than tripled in the past 47 years for patients with leukemia. In 1960-63, when compared to a person without leukemia, a patient had a 14 percent chance of living five years. By 1975-77, the five year relative survival rate had jumped to 35 percent, and in 1996-2003 the overall relative survival rate was nearly 50 percent. The relative survival rates differ by the age of the patient at diagnosis, gender, race and type of leukemia.</p>
<p>During 1996- 2003 relative survival rates overall were:</p>
<p>Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL): 65.3 percent overall; 90.4 percent for children under 5
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): 74.8 percent
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML): 20.7 percent overall; 54.1 percent for children under 15
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML): 44.4 percent
At the present time there are approximately 218,659 people living with leukemia in the United States."</p>
<p>hello madame northstarmom.bringer of bad news =P</p>
<p>i think Columbia could use this for publicity, as terrible as it sounds.</p>
<p>I interpreted northstarmom's post as (relatively) good news....</p>
<p>I thought this story sounded rather familiar. Too many coincidences. Thanks for pointing out the source BunsenBurner --- </p>
<p>This thread is embarrassingly stupid.</p>
<p>I think this thread should be removed. If this story is accurate and there truly is a person with leukemia out there who wants to go to Columbia, then that is between that person, Columbia, her family, her guidance counselor. Having a supposed friend start a thread about her is a little strange. And it has produced a lot of the expected results.</p>
<p>But its a private matter, if it is true. If its not true (and you never know on the internet) then it is scurrilous and repugnant to common decency.</p>
<p>Take it down, please.</p>
<p>First, let me say that this is very sad and I hope everything turns out well for her. But I want to be honest; there are arguments for and against her being accepted.</p>
<p>Against:
Her ACT score is fairly low for Columbia, and she was recently diagnosed with leukemia, so she can't say it affected her grades prior to December. If Columbia accepts her, they are put in a bad situation. Other students with diseases will also apply to top schools and expect acceptances. And lastly, colleges think of students as investments, and she would be a bad one.</p>
<p>For:
She has leukemia and accepting her would be a dream come true.</p>
<p>If she is accepted, it will be only because she has leukemia and Columbia knows this. They may accept her for 2 reasons: adcoms are people with feelings or it's good PR. Either way, I hope everything works out for her.</p>
<p>this is the umpteenth time I'm reading a thread about this same girl, sometimes without the leukemia twist.</p>
<p>People, get a grip.</p>
<p>well, why would the fact that she had leukemia even be made public.</p>