<p>phantom what were your stats?</p>
<p>Great advice on here to those who were deferred.</p>
<p>Congrats! to those who were accepted.</p>
<p>To those who were rejected, it cannot be said enough: this does not mean you will not get into a great, great school. EVERY admissions department is different, every pool of applicants against which you will be compared is different, every year what specific skills/talents/personalities they need to fill out a well-rounded class is different. If you can get any feedback from Columbia through your GC, that would be great. But even if you do not, you WILL succeed somewhere that by Spring will seem to you like the school you were always meant to attend!</p>
<p>what was the subject of the email??</p>
<p>As a current Freshman, I remember this day last year. Congratulations and a warm welcome to the Columbia University family. You all earned your way here and the reward is better than anticipated.</p>
<p>As for those who got deferred, do not give up and I wish you the best of luck in the RD round.</p>
<p>For those who got rejected, do not take this as a sign of your abilities. Some schools are not a match and in the end, everything does work out. I can tell you this from experience with friends from last year.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all and for those who were accepted, Congratulations and welcome!</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Jaug1
Columbia College, Class of 2009</p>
<p>This email thing is killing me..</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: 800 M/720 CR /740 W (they didn't see Nov2005, 740CR/750W)
* SAT IIs: 750 Chem, 750 Writing, 750 Math IIc, 780 BioM
* GPA: A- range. school doesn't tell us.
* Rank: school doesn't rank. top half or quarter.
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: I liked it, and so did my college guidance counselor
* Teacher Recs: From teachers who love me and who write great recs.
* Counselor Rec: I'm sure it was fine.
* Hook (if any): I don't think I have a real hook. I'm a strong science student and I'm from a school with great relations w/ Columbia.
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NYC
* School Type: Small private/independent school
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Male
</code></pre>
<p>I honestly don't think this form tells all that the adcom sees. If you really want to know, we should all post our apps verbatim. But no one does that.</p>
<p>All accepted guys, my sn is on my profile, i'm dying to meet all of you. good luck to the deferred! if you were rejected, go with my personal motto: everything is a blessing in disguise.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2130
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790, 760
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 unweighted (mostly honors/AP)
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:i liked it
[<em>] Teacher Recs:one great one whatever one
[</em>] Counselor Rec:no idea
[<em>] Hook (if any):recruit
[/ul]Location/Person: [ul]
[</em>] State or Country:California
[<em>] School Type:Private
[</em>] Ethnicity:Korean
[li] Gender:female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>
<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: (V,M,W) 670, 740, 610
[</em>] SAT IIs: MII - 740, Chem - 780
[<em>] GPA: 4.00 (Unweighted)
[</em>] Rank: 1/248
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: A twist on something overdone. (Playing the piano, but I talked about a "melt-down" I had while playing in a recital)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Great, From the two greatest and funniest teachers I've had
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Okay. I'm not sure, but she gave me the highest marks.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Asian in Idaho with parents who immigrated from China.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Idaho
[<em>] School Type: Failing (According to state standards) Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: OMG, It was a long shot, but I did it!</p>
<p>congratulations!!</p>
<p>my friend got rejected today and not only do i think that she's qualified, but she is the nicest soul that anybody could ever encounter. she imed me with only one word, "rejected" and i started crying for her!!
sometimes life is unfair.</p>
<p>Arkon when did you get your decision? What time?</p>
<p>rejected
...</p>
<p>Accepted to seas. I will post stats later. Too excited now.</p>
<p>solarle what time did you get your decision?</p>
<p>Oh, something I forgot to mention -- in your letter, you may want to let them know what you will to bring to the Columbia communit if you are accepted, and as phantom said, why you feel that Columbia is a good match for you.</p>
<p>im crying for everyone who didnt make it and not ready to celebrate for everyone else yet :( "those of us who are better off without columbia"... where are you applying?</p>
<p>can the rejected peopel post their stats too?</p>
<p>Meh, deferred...
But yeah, I'm definitely going to write a letter to show my interest.</p>
<p>I would like to say to all those who weren't accepted -- especially WISHFUL -- there is no such thing as only one perfect place. I realize how disappointed you feel right now, but you have so much going for you and so much to be proud of that I'm confident you will find as good, if not a better school match for you to devote yourself to for the next 4 years. Do not lose faith or doubt yourself: it IS out there waiting for you.</p>
<p>Deferrees have all my best wishes for your RD acceptance at Columbia, and/or elsewhere. Remember, there can be a number of advantages to ultimately having choices: I hope the prospect of having the possibility of choices to look forward to helps you feel less disappointed over not having a particular decision commitment at this point. The door hasn't necessarily been closed to you, instead a window has been opened.</p>
<p>Wishing you all the very best.</p>
<p>namkim, if you were rejected from your ED college and your dreams just got shattered, would you waste time posting your stats for other useless people to see? cmon, be more empathetic</p>
<p>Congrats to all others accepted, don't lose hope to all deferred, and best of luck to those rejected you'll all end up at an excellent school.
Lets start a new tread for those who were accepted with everyones contact information.</p>