<p>I had some questions. First of all, no where do they ask you if you took classes at a local comm. college... so i fyou did do you just send in the transcript from your local comm college? Also, for the EC activities, is it possible to send in a resume to them with a full list of ec activities since they only limit you to 7 i believe? ALso not just for columbia but for other schools like harvard, yale, and stanford... could you send in a resume with full list of activities? thanks guys!!</p>
<p>I had like 10 college classes under my belt when I applied to colleges, so I made sure to send transcripts to every college I applied to. They'll see it; you don't need a line on the app asking about it.</p>
<p>Ohhh!! I see... so i will make sure to do that today. The college transcript would be mailed to the undergrad admission office, correct? Also, what do you suggest about the EC's. I have about 21 but I cna only list 7 in the app. ANd i know specifically for Columbia it says refrain from adding additional information. So, what should I do?</p>
<p>Personally, I would send in the 7 most significant ECs. I'm not an expert here, but you should try to convey a dedication to a few important and precious activities in your life rather than many (perhaps) irrelevant things. I had more than 7, but I put down my most meaningful. You should probably get some other opinions, I could be wrong.</p>
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<p>you should follow directions....
i think the only good use of extra space is to explain or expand upon vague ECs, not to give them a long useless list of activities....
also it explicitly told u on the app not to do what you just asked...if they took the time to put that in, you can assume it ****es them off.</p>
<p>Ohh! well the reason i ask is because i know of people that got in (and they sent in a resume with activities). Some of these students credit their acceptance to the fact that they HAD so many EC's. THat is th eonly reason I ask. Because I have EC's that I have been dedicated to for 2-4 years. THey are all equally important to me. The only problem... I have so many of them!</p>
<p>Hmm, well I went to one of the Columbia Univ. seminars at the Hilton on Long Island. In general, they said that when they ask for a certain amount of "space" for a response, it's to see how you can convey yourself in the space alotted. Not sure how this goes for ECs though, but if you can cut them down then do so. If they are all equally important to you and you have great devotion to all of them, then send in the resume.</p>
<p>uh oh, I guess I'm screwed because I sent a full page expanding on EC's that I couldn't describe in those tiny spaces..</p>
<p>I think my GC sent in a resume with her stuff (school policy). My activity resume was actually several pages long because I elaborated on everything.</p>
<p>It didn't seem to cause any problems.</p>
<p>ooo i see guyzzz and did you guyz send it to the undergrad admissions office like everything else??? But i sitll can't decide whether to send or not, would this really benefit me or just cause me more of a mess. The only thing I do have are grades and the ECs (which make me stand out). My sat scores are totally down the drain. I am still going to give a shot at this anyways so I was just wondering....</p>
<p>as far as the original question goes: be aware that dual enrollment does not get you any credit at columbia. you have to actually have taken the class AT the comm.college for it to count.</p>
<p>dunno if that makes any difference for you or not but it might for other people.</p>
<p>Just wanted to bump this thread because I have a question about dual-enrollment. (specifically math because some alums on here said they took dual-e math classes before matriculation in other threads on this board)
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<p>If CC doesnt take your calc3 d-e credit, and to get credit for AP BC/calc2, you have to take and pass calc2 or calc3 at columbia, do you have to take a placement exam to get into calc3?</p>
<p>also, how does this fit in? “Students who wish to receive advanced credit may not take courses at Columbia that cover similar or more basic material than the advanced work already completed, nor may a student receive credit for two exams that cover the same material (for example, Calculus Advanced Placement and Mathematics GCE Advanced Level Exam.”</p>
<p>[Programs</a> of Study | Columbia College](<a href=“http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin/programs_of_study]Programs”>http://www.college.columbia.edu/bulletin/programs_of_study)</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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<p>No placement exam. You just register for it (unlike, say, freshman orgo).</p>
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<p>What’s your question? It just says you cant get the credit for something like physics then take “physics for poets”.</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>“similar” just threw me off.</p>