<p>So hot…YUM. ;P</p>
<p>So, are any of you girls thinking of rushing a sorority? i know they’re not big at barnard, but i think it would be really fun.</p>
<p>@treehugga, yeah- I think I’d really love being part of a sorority. I know there are a few at Columbia and a ton of Barnard girls are apart of them. It would be a ton of fun, I think!</p>
<p>I’ve heard so manymixed things about sororities though. One friend at a southern school had a horrible experience, when some of my other friends have found sororities to really enhance their time at their school. How hard is it to get a bid at Columbia?</p>
<p>Bahh…crew and rugby guys. My favorite ;)</p>
<p>And, yeah, I think joining a sorority would be fun. I don’t know that I will though just because it’s not very popular at Barnard…haha, Greek Life got a D on College *******. But, anyway, we’ll see what happens. My only thing is that Barnard in itself is already kind of like a sorority, so I don’t know that I’ll necessarily feel the need to join one like I would at another school. If I end up at another school, then I’ll for sure join a sorority.</p>
<p>I think I’m definitely going to rush. My cousin, at her school, didn’t initially think about rushing, but the people who she happened to hang out with at parties were all in a specific sorority, so she just went for it. </p>
<p>All the girls who I’ve met who are part of sororities are so sweet, not the typical sorority girl type, so I hope that’s what its like at barnard.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>If we get into Barnard, that shouldn’t be a problem for too long. A couple of gender/sexuality classes and lectures on the dangers of subconsciously perpetuating repressive social norms should do the trick.</p>
<p>As for the sorority scene, as of now I have no interest in joining one whatsoever (although I have heard that Columbia sororities don’t really fit the stereotypical mold). I’m more of a literary society kind of girl and the Philolexian Society looks amazing.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t think we should be giving prospies grief for heteronormative attitudes just yet - if they go to Barnard (or any other liberal college) I have no doubt that it will be swept away in a matter of weeks. </p>
<p>I wasn’t too keen on sororities at Barnard at first, but my interviewer was in a sorority and she said she loved it and never expected that she’d join one upon arriving at Barnard so it definitely changed my perspective a bit. But I’m most interested in The Philolexian Society, CU Marching Band, and CU Sci-Fi Club right now. There are so many wonderful clubs at Barnard and Columbia though - I don’t know how I’m going to choose if I get in! </p>
<p>The Cornell and Penn anxiety that’s giving my entire school an air of nervousness is making me so anxious. Everyone seems to be on edge. I even know some Cornell EDers who stayed home from school today because of anxiety (which, IMO, is the worst decision ever - if you want to get rid of the anxiety focus on something else instead of sitting on your computer refreshing the login screen and worrying all day!). It’s so bad that when I checked the mail today I saw a small, unlabeled, and thin priority envelope addressed to me and I immediately thought, “Oh God, Barnard rejected me!” It turned out to be my new Debit card since my old one expired. Sigh, I’ve got it bad.</p>
<p>But all of this anxiety about the decisions being posted online at a specific time on a specific day makes me glad that Barnard sends all letters by snail mail. It adds an air of unpredictability. Instead of sitting on the computer and refreshing all day on Thursday, I’ll go to school, go to clubs, and check my mail when I’m ready. I’m sure I’ll be a huge bundle of nerves all week next week (hell, I already am and we still have 7 days) but it’s nothing compared to how it would feel to hit “refresh” over and over again. Plus I have an awesome field trip on Monday to take the edge off a bit.</p>
<p>I understand about what you guys mean about an air of nervousness. We only had three in our grade hearing back from ivies today, but everyone checked their phones to go on facebook at 5 to see who got in. in one class we watched the countdown to cornell decisions…its crazy.</p>
<p>I’m actually pretty relaxed. I’m in at Tulane, and going for their full tuition scholarship, so I’m already in at an amazing school. I just hope the mail actually comes thursday, and not like friday or something.</p>
<p>Just want to wish everyone good luck! I’m super nervous. I know that whatever will happen, is the best though!</p>
<p>I have my calculus final on the 15th…I am literally going to fail because I will be too busy stressing to concentrate on derivatives. And a couple of my friends and I are going to Disneyland that night, so it’s either going to be really fun or I’m going to be a total downer. <em>And</em> my mailman always brings our mail to the wrong house, so I’m worried that it will get lost or end up two blocks away or something…</p>
<p>Thank you, newyorkmydreams!! Good luck to you too, my dear! :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I was checking Facebook to see who got into Cornell and Columbia, although I don’t think I know anyone who applied to Columbia ED. Out of the >10 people I know who applied to Cornell early I only saw one student who posted about her acceptance. It was a bit ominous, but I fear the worst is yet to come - UPenn decisions are released tomorrow night, which means 33 students at my school will be mindlessly roaming around the school like specters tomorrow. I suppose it’s to be expected in an uber competitive, huge public school right outside of Philadelphia, but it’s still quite an intimidating number. </p>
<p>Since I’m fairly close to NYC I’m not sure if my decision will get to me on the 14th or the 15th, but I just know that on Wednesday and Thursday next week I’ll be stressed to the bone and incapable to focus on anything. And treehugga, knowing that I’m in with a full tuition scholarship at Temple (probably Honors) only makes me more anxious! I feel like if I don’t get into Barnard I’ll have no choice but to attend the former. Don’t get me wrong, Temple is a great school, but it hardly gives me that feeling of bliss and excitement that I get when I step onto Barnard campus. </p>
<p>Best of luck, lovely ladies! I have so much hope for all of you. This week will be rough, but remember that there are hundreds of thousands of other students who are anxiously awaiting the same date to hear back from their ED schools. We’re certainly not alone!</p>
<p>I’m back… I’m sure no one missed me 
Anywho. Just found out that 15 got accepted ED to Columbia. Granted, half of them have faculty affiliation/legacy, but they’re still smart so theres no resentment.</p>
<p>Idk about you guys, but once that website for the tracking number opens (on the 14th, I presume), I will be inputting it my number immediately!</p>
<p>@amurd927. They’ll probably have them postmarked on Tuesday because of the 2-day grace period. I really hope they follow last year’s example and send them out on Monday of that week! But sadly, I doubt it. </p>
<p>By the way… I tried to alter an outline for the decisions thread, but I don’t know if I did it correctly. Can someone check to see what it looks like when you take out the spaces from the brackets?</p>
<hr>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[list]
SAT I (CR/M/W):
ACT:
SAT IIs:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0 or 100):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:**[list]
Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Barnard Essays + Common App:</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendations:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]Other**</p>
<p>State:
Country:
School Type:
Income Bracket:
Diversity Status (URM/legacy/first generation college, etc.):</p>
<p>[ b]Reflections**</p>
<p>Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>I heard, and I could very well be wrong, that ED accceptances are sent by overnight shipping and may arrive separately from the regular mail. Deferrals and rejections are sent normally, likely arriving on the 16th.</p>
<p>Again, this was heard second hand so…</p>
<p>ALSO, what’s this about a tracking number? Is this different than the admissions portal/snowbird thing?</p>
<p>hey guys…18/f/ct here. i’m on the rag this weeek so i’m a little down just btw :///</p>
<p>i’m really excited to be meeting all you guys sooon!!!1!! My dad has a college freind in the admissions office and he’s said that hes like really pumped to have me there so it’s like foshiz. </p>
<p>what do u guys do in ur spare time</p>
<p>PS. @noloserhere you seem hella tight</p>
<p>oh is tracking number the same as social securty number? because i lost both</p>
<p>I missed you, noloserhere! And I know the admissions website came out a day early last year and the admitted students could access it with their tracking numbers, but I think it was a fluke. I recall people saying that the ad coms were less than pleased and that they were going to fix the issue for this year. I could be wrong, though - we’ll have to wait (as if we don’t do enough of that already) and see!</p>
<p>And do you think we should add bullet points to the template to make it a bit more cohesive? The HTML for it is <a href=“remove%20spaces,%20of%20course”> *</a>. I don’t want it to look like a block of text! I’ll test out the template right now and make edits because I am the QUEEN OF HTML and I made some ballin’ Batman websites on Invisionfree in my middle school heyday.</p>
<p>No srsly guys tracking number</p>
<p>I’m guessing it’s this: <a href=“https://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/admission.input_cid[/url]”>https://snowbird.barnard.edu/pls/bcapp/admission.input_cid</a></p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted **[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred **[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected **[/color][/size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (CR/M/W):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0 or 100):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Barnard Essays + Common App:
[ *] Teacher Recommendations:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:</p>
<p>[/list][ b]Other**[ list]</p>
<p>[ *] State:
[ *] Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Diversity Status (URM/legacy/first generation college, etc.):
[/list]
[ b]Reflections[ list]</p>
<p>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:</p>
<p>[ *] General Comments:
[/list]</p>
<hr>
<p>I removed the spaces and it looks good. I tried to make it so that if you get rejected you can use the Chiller font to reflect upon your angst, but alas, CC doesn’t allow you to use any font types other than the default.</p>
<p>And scarletstream, your number is the same as the one you use to access the tracking and financial aid websites. They probably sent it to you in an email shortly after you sent your application.</p>