<p>Could you paste here Columbia's required and optional essays for transfer applicants. I will only be able to submit Part I of the app in over a week, so I'd appreciate your help!</p>
<p>Here you go. I hope this is correct.</p>
<p>Autobiographical Essay
Autobiographical Essay (1500-2000 words): Tell us about your educational history, work experience, present situation, and plans for the future. Please make sure to address why you consider yourself a nontraditional student, and have chosen to pursue your education at the School of General Studies of Columbia University.</p>
<p>Successful essays should not only identify and describe specific elements of the program, academic or otherwise, that meet your needs as a nontraditional student, but should also explain why GS is the place for you. Your essay will be read for content and grammar.</p>
<p>It is recommended that you write your essay in a word processing program before entering it in this application. Once your statement is completed, please cut and paste the text into the essay window below. Please note this is a text field, not a web editor. Therefore, your essay will not format exactly as you enter it here. As a result, once it is submitted, an admissions staff member will reformat your essay for review by the Admissions Committee. </p>
<p>Optional Essay
You may also tell us anything else you would like us to know about you.</p>
<p>Obviously these are the GS essays. Sorry in advance if you wanted the normal schools topics.</p>
<p>Thanks Aneece; </p>
<p>But I actually need the essays for Columbia College.
Could someone else please put them on?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Gene</p>
<p>bump?
bump?</p>
<p>Finally got my hands on them for you. </p>
<p>Personal Essay
Write an essay that conveys to the reader a sense of who you are. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, experiences that have shaped your life, the circumstances of your upbringing, your most meaningful intellectual achievement, the way you see the world?the people in it, events great and small, everyday life?or any personal theme that appeals to your imagination. Please remember that we are concerned not only with the substance of your prose but with your writing style as well. We prefer that you limit yourself to 250?500 words (1?2 pages).</p>
<p>Short Answer Essay Question
How and why is your present school not meeting your needs? Please limit yourself to 250 words (1 page).</p>
<p>Best of luck</p>
<p>Successfully transferring into Columbia College is rated as likely as making contact with an alien race, from another solar system, using your cell phone and some tin foil,lol... I wish you a lot of luck, you're gonna need it. ;-)</p>
<p>Thanks, manyhookmanyhope. I needed those because I can't access the main page without submitting my personal forms, which I am not planning on submitting yet.</p>
<p>No problem. Merry Christmas! </p>
<p>Track, there's always a shot. Columbia, admittedly, is a farther one, but certainly not as far as space. Upwards of a 3.7, and there's a glimmer of hope. (Ignore the puns.) Good luck.</p>
<p>a bit off topic, but does anyone know how many words the yale "why transfer?" essay requires?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!
Actually, 2 people from my school (Occidental) transferred to Columbia last year as freshmen. Obama's historic journey may therefore help us...</p>