<p>metsfan what did you get on your SAT’s and SAT 2’s? Also did you apply to CC or SEAS? I’m just really curious.</p>
<p>CC, 2280 SAT’s, perfect math SAT 2’s, I think I did two other SAT 2’s in science stuff but I actually don’t remember more than that</p>
<p>Get atcha '14 CC ED’er!</p>
<p>Hey metsfan, I came up with a couple more questions :P</p>
<p>1) How would you describe the size of the school? Do you know most of the people, or are there too many unfamiliar faces?</p>
<p>2) How accessible would you say the professors are?</p>
<p>3) What are you majoring it and how is it?</p>
<p>4) How hard is it to keep As @ Columbia. From what I’ve heard in college, it’s really easy to get a C, easy to get a B, but really hard to get As?</p>
<p>5) What would you say the negatives are about Columbia?</p>
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<p>Welcome Godfatherbob! What’s causing you to apply to Columbia? :)</p>
<p>1) How would you describe the size of the school? Do you know most of the people, or are there too many unfamiliar faces?</p>
<p>Not exactly tiny, but you do start to see the same faces over and over again, although there always seem to be new people you’ve never seen or heard of popping up. A lot of times, especially after you’ve been here for a while, it starts to seem like just about everyone you meet or see you’ve either seen or heard of through facebook or a friend of a friend, but then whenever you start thinking like that it seems there’ll pop up someone new in a class or something that you’ve never seen before, doesn’t have many mutual friends with you, and actually seems pretty cool.</p>
<p>2) How accessible would you say the professors are?</p>
<p>Most professors, including the well-known ones like Gulati and some of the scientists, are very accessible, by either office hours or by email.</p>
<p>3) What are you majoring it and how is it?</p>
<p>Math…it’s hard as ****. There are a few really good professors in the math department, but I’ve also had quite a few who sucked at English which…isn’t fun. I figure I’ll go to math grad school to get a PhD, then…I’ve heard a lot of different fields want mathematicians, I’m just not sure what they want us for or where to find a high-paying job with math that’s actually somewhat enjoyable.</p>
<p>4) How hard is it to keep As @ Columbia. From what I’ve heard in college, it’s really easy to get a C, easy to get a B, but really hard to get As?</p>
<p>Depends on the course. Most courses have about a B or a B+ as the average grade, although I once had a course where the average was probably A or A-, and another course I just finished taking this past semester probably had about a B-/C+ average. Also obviously it depends on where you rank compared to your classmates I guess.</p>
<p>5) What would you say the negatives are about Columbia?</p>
<p>That it’s such a bureaucracy, for me the relatively heavy workload that goes with my major, sort of the size of the student body (it’d be nice if it was bigger so that everyone didn’t know everyone else and their business, although sometimes the small size can be kind of nice), umm, idk there really aren’t that many negatives, although a lot of times people will say something to the effect of "wow i really wish i’d gone to a more fun/party school, it’s usually just 'cause we’re either stuck in studying when all our friends are out, or because there isn’t much going on around campus that night, but the great majority of people are really happy to be here.</p>
<p>hi from singapore.
i’m ED-ing for the C/o 2014</p>
<p>metsfan- how can people ever say there’s nothing to do? It’s NYC. Also, have you ever gone and watched Jon Stewart Live :P</p>
<p>metsfan - do you know anything about acting or have friends that are interested in acting. I would assume that NYC provides a lot of opportunities for actors? & which dorm did you stay in your freshman year?</p>
<p>metsfan- how can people ever say there’s nothing to do? It’s NYC. Also, have you ever gone and watched Jon Stewart Live 
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<p>Two reasons really. First is people are lazy a lot of times, and when you’re too lazy to leave your one little 10-block area of the city, at times it’ll seem like there’s nothing (new) to do. Other reason’s also laziness haha, sometimes people are too lazy to go look for something fun to do, and sort of expect everything to be brought/catered to them, and when it’s not they complain and say that wherever they are is boring and has nothing to do. Haven’t gone to see Jon Stewart, though I’m pretty sure some friends have during my time at Columbia, more of a Saturday Night Live guy myself. Columbia actually has this reallllllllly awesome lottery system of tickets called Urban New York where the school gets tickets for a bunch of different events (Broadway plays, late night tv show filming, Mets/Yankees/Knicks/Rangers games, everything you could want pretty much), and has students number them from the one they want the most to the one they want the least, and everyone who fills out the thing (all done by email) is entered into the various ticket drawings and you get a couple tickets for yourself and a friend. First semester it’s open to only freshmen (better odds, make sureeeeee you apply then prefroshies!), and 2nd semester it’s open to everyone. Though I’m always too lazy/bad with deadlines to apply, so I’ve never won anything but one of my friends won Mets seats.</p>
<p>Don’t really know much about acting stuff at Columbia, one of my friends who’s into acting I know is in a Shakespeare group that puts on performances (which I haven’t gone to…guess laziness is the theme of the day lol), which is called something like “King’s Crown,” if you search for it at Columbia’s website you should see stuff about it. I guess NYC probably provides a lot of opportunities for actors, I’d just warn you to be careful of scams and stuff out there. And freshmen year I was in Furnald and couldn’t have been happier.</p>
<p>nice. d’you know any econ majors? How’re they handling their workload/enjoying their studies?</p>
<p>Yeah I know a ton of econ majors, in fact it’s quite possibly the most popular major at Columbia. There is a bit of work involved with it, but it’s certainly manageable as long as you don’t do something stupid like I did and decide it would be “fun” to do an econ concentration when you’re already 1/2 way through junior year. Also a lot of athletes are econ majors, so if they can find time to balance practices/games, the workload, and having fun, it should be pretty doable.</p>
<p>anyone else here applying ED or have questions?</p>
<p>just got back from visiting the campus.
I was enthusiastic about applying ED to Columbia, but now I’m completelyy convinced that it’s the only place for me. I’m a long shot, but hopefully my essay will make up for my mediocre stats.</p>
<p>I want to apply ED BADLY but…</p>
<p>hi! if i were to ED somewhere, columbia is at the top of my list. i visited last week and LOVED it…especially the core curriculum and the size of the campus (i don’t want to have to walk forever to get to class…)</p>
<p>however, the fact that there is a binding contract and no way to compare financial aid is a big dissuasion factor…</p>
<p>im passionate about learning (nerdy, i know, but its columbia…) and about my future major (LINGUISTICS, COGNITIVE SCIENCE, maybe neuroscience, psychology, maybe french), but my stats arent THAT great ; i think im a likely candidate, but it might not prove that way. </p>
<p>also, i have read that colleges look more severely at the CR and MATH scores than they do at the writing…which sucks because i got 790/12essay on writing and 680cr and 740math…the composite is 2210 which is decent, but ehhhhh. this was my first attempt and i probably wont retake it because 1) i will improve what…100 points? is it really worth it…? 2) i rather focus on my fall dartmouth course in november…</p>
<p>anyways, i love columbia because it is–to put it simply-- a “worldly” university. columbia, hands down, is situated in the most metropolitan city (compared with other ivies.) there are so many different crevices of culture into which to seep.</p>
<p>sitting in the information session, the admissions director stressed the importance of keeping everything “short and sweet.” IS THIS TRUE? would columbia rather not receive gigabytes after gigabytes of supplemental material (art works, music, etc.)?? DOES COLUMBIA LOOK AT THE ESSAY AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR? i read somewhere that the alottment is 600 characters…not even words, characters. ALSO-- how big of a factor do you (current students) think the question(favorite books, music, movies…) played in your acceptance? would they pick a fascinating person(good HS background is a given) over a superstudent?</p>
<p>rando questions: ARE THERE TENNIS COURTS ON CAMPUS? HOW ARE THE DORMS? TINY? SMELLY? ARE UNDERGRAD CLASSES MOSTLY TAUGHT BY TAs? DO PROFESSORS HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR…? </p>
<p>thanks and please answer :)</p>
<p>hmm we’ve kind of stopped introducing ourselves and delved right into questions for the columbies…</p>
<p>well, im from Hanover, NH (where dartmouth college is) so if anyone has questions about dartmouth…</p>
<p>i love tennis, art, and roger federer’s hair.</p>
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<p>Brevity is a virtue dear. Due to the overwhelming workload of admissions officer, they’d thank you for keeping it concise and to the point. Generally: only send supplemental stuff if if you feel they are essential to your application.</p>
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<p>I believe that’s for the “Why Columbia” essay. There’s also the personal statement, which they allow you to upload as a Word document. They recommend 1 page for that.</p>
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<p>Huge factor for me, especially the books section. I’m a classics fan, so most of the books I listed were core texts of the Western canon. Later, I found out that my regional officer majored in Classics.</p>
<p>what is your region? </p>
<p>the admissions officers wont penalize me if i DO send art supplements even though i intend to major in linguistics, cognitive sciences? i just want to appear well rounded…and…talented…haha</p>
<p>thanks by the way.</p>
<p>wg90210, I’m international.</p>
<p>the adcom won’t necessarily penalize you, but they might not look at any of the extra stuff you send. Remember that at a school like Columbia they are looking for reasons to accept someone, not reasons to reject someone (like the less selective colleges do). So your chances could well be shot if there is something in your app that turns off the reader (not saying that the admission officers are so temperamental or easily aggrieved!).</p>