<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2290 (Math: 760; Critical Reading: 800; Writing: 730; Essay: 10)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800; Chemistry 790; US History: 750
[<em>] GPA: 5.42 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 5/799 (affected due to school transfer in freshman year; should be higher)
[<em>] Other stats: Taking most difficult course load for a senior (5 APs). 5s on US & Comparative Government & Chemistry; 4s on Computer Science A & US History
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Very creative I thought. My counselor said it was the best essay hes read in his career =O
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Government Teacher: Very good; Chemistry Teacher: Didnt read but I did well in his class and Im sure it was equally as good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Kicked ass
[<em>] Hook (if any): Im an Indian who plays soccer (hardly anything)
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors: Several Leadership Positions in/out of school: FBLA, JSA, Interact, Toastmasters, Hospital Auxiliary Board. Went to Columbia Summer Program in 05; CTY Summer Program in 06; Summer Internship with a rapidly expanding Business Firm in 07** General Comments: Mustve been a mistake =P D/w guys, well get them in regular decision</p>
<p>Do you know when we get our columbia emails? I wanna join the FB network</p>
<p>Congrats to all those who got in. And to those who got rejected, just know that there are tons of other options out there for you. youve all worked really hard and deserve whatever you can get :)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:M: 800, CR: 800, W: 710 (didn't finish essay...whoops)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Lit: 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.6 (not sure if weighted)
[</em>] Rank: doesn't rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: funny, about my anxiety issues
[<em>] Teacher Recs: one good, other excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[<em>] Hook (if any): art portfolio? interesting essay?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: maryland
[<em>] School Type: competitive private
[</em>] Ethnicity/Gender: asian chick (hell yeah, and i still made it somehow!)
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: hardest course load, newspaper ed-in-chief, literary magazine reviews/arts editor, arts rep, french tutor...my faith in humanity was reaffirmed, considering that the college must have looked at me holistically, since my stats are only so-so. good luck to the next generation, and keep in mind that this site is not an accurate reflection of the applicant pool (i still get nervous reading all these stats...)</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (760 Math)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 - Math II, Physics, Chem, World History, Chinese
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%, school doesn't rank/weigh
[<em>] Other stats: AP National Scholar - 10 5s - Physics C: Mech, Physics C: E&M, Chem, Calc BC, Euro, Human Geo, Chinese, Microecon, Macro, World Hist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good - I wrote about my intense involvement in debate
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Hook (if any): Pretty involved policy debater, wrote about how I'll debate at Columbia; went to 7 wks of camp this past summer, captain of varsity team, etc. I also had some violin ecs, concertmaster of school orchestra, etc., but that was not too impressive
[/ul]Location/Person: [ul]
[</em>] State or Country: MI
[<em>] School Type: Private Prep
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: After reading about all these things you've done (and to the poet who posted above me: WOW!), I'm so eager to meet all of you guys. Good job all! I'm just really sad two friends of mine didn't get in.</p>
<pre><code>* SAT 2180 :M: 770, CR: 680, W: 730
* SAT IIs: Math II: 780, Chem: 640
* GPA: 3.8 (not weighted)
* Rank: doesn't rank...but top 5%? of 400 ish?
* Other stats:
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: i thought my main essay was really solid..
* Teacher Recs: one good, one excellent
* Counselor Rec: excellent
* Hook (if any): maybe my leadership positions?
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: tennessee
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity/Gender: asian female
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments: I've taken all the APs my school offers (which is 10) and i'm now at a university part of the day taking a chem class/lab and calculus class....my grades and scores are really average/below average, so i dont know how this is happening...and i agree with teaspoon; i still get nervous reading all these stats too! woohoo columbia!!!!</p>
<p>SATII: 800 Math IIc, 790 Physics, 780 Spanish, 780 Biology, 770 US History</p>
<p>Class Rank: 1/550</p>
<p>GPA: 105.1/100.00 (98 unweighted)</p>
<p>Other Stats:</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC 5
AP Physics B 5
AP Spanish Language 5
AP European History 5
AP US History 5
AP English Literature 5
AP English Language 4
AP Biology 5</p>
<p>Placed top 5 in the National Spanish Exam 6 years in a row</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: CR 770 M 800 W 720
[</em>]SAT IIs: Bio M 800, Math II 730, US History 800, Physics 690, Chinese 800
[<em>]GPA: 4.0
[</em>]Rank: school doesn't rank</p>
<p>Awards: National merit semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction (6 APs)</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>]State or Country: upstate NY
[</em>]School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: female</p>
<p>General Comments: I wasn't surprised, this was the first app, and I didn't really know what I was doing. Very glad that I finished all of my other apps though, now I just have to go send them all off tomorrow.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2350 (800 CR 780 M 770 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Eng Lit 790 US History 680 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.85 UW
[</em>] Rank: top 15%, but very competitive private school
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semi, AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I think this really helped me out. I spent a long time crafting my Why Columbia short answer. My essay was about the differences between going to a college-prep private school and working at a dingy record store where everyone asks not "Where are you going to college?" but rather "Are you going to college?"
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I used to write Smiths lyrics at the top of my AP Euro essays because my teacher was a fan. History is by far my best subject and he gave me advice on mixtaping. I'm assuming the rec was delicious. My English teacher should've been good too; she worked with me on the school newspaper as well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows? My counselor emailed me last week to ask if I'd heard from Penn ED yet, but apparently this was pretty good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): I thought about this for a while after getting in. I'm Asian, but I guess my EC's and essays weren't really what you'd call stereotypical - I sell vinyl and write for a music mag; I don't work for Kumon.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Missouri
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I was founder and president of my school's first GSA, president of the environmental club for four years, A&E Editor of my school newspaper, layout editor for my school's literary magazine, varsity swimming, and I write for a music webmagazine. I also sent in my mid-term grades which included a comment by my current English teacher that literally said that she was learning more from me than I was from her class. I submitted an image sheet of 12 of my best photos from photography, which I think may have helped too. General Comments: I was so sure I wasn't getting in that I'd already told everyone I was going to Chicago next year for college. I am a very lucky person. The whole John Jay Scholar thing is so ridiculous, I don't even know what to say.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 680 CR 800 M 750 WR
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 M2 770 CHEM 720 PHYS
[<em>] GPA: 3.98
[</em>] Rank:32/699
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Everyone loved it
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Plain. I've talked to her twice in my life.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Fluent (with bad grammar) in French and plays the Viola
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type:Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[li] Gender:Female[/li][/ul][ b]Other Factors: My interview went amazingly well. It was 1.5 hours and at the end, the interviewer told me that seeing all that I do.. she didn't think she could have made it today.** General Comments:So.. freaking...happy</p>
<p>congratulations to everyone accepted. Hopefully my luck will be the same in RD. And I wasn't aware until now that I'm the only white male on this entire forum...lol</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 700 M, 800 CR, 780 W (took once single sitting)
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 730 Spanish (not native speaker)
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.8 W (most rigorous courses available)
Rank: 6/600</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Strong. Spent a lot of time refining short answer questions and making long essay personal and engaging.
Teacher Recs: Believe they were very solid, if not a bit better
Counselor Rec:Strong--he did a very thorough job
Hook (if any): Top finisher National Spelling Bee which is at least unique even though it was some time ago. </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Arizona
School Type: Public with IB Magnet Program. A respectable school for AZ with the 3rd highest number of NMSFs in the State
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors: NMSF, multiple awards for art, community service recognition, travel to China and Mexico as a city representative, and intensive classical and musical theater dance involvement for 15 years, including professional productions, choreography, teaching and working with disabled adults. This came out as a clear "passion" in all aspects of the application.</p>
<p>General Comments: She never had an interview. No Columbia rep ever visited her school or met her at a regional event. She did not send in an arts supplement. In fact, she followed the intent of the application exactly as articulated and stayed within the word count and did not submit any supplemental materials. She just focused on making every inch of the application tell her story as best she could. She visited Columbia two years ago while we were vacationing in NYC--it was her first college tour and she fell completely in love with it. She has not read or posted on these threads, but I have shared the things I have read. When she saw the profiles of those who had also applied ED, especially those who were rejected or deferred, she was humbled.</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 790 Math 790 Writing 750 Reading - 2330
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math 2c 740 US history
[ *] GPA: 3.92 UW
[ *] Rank: top 10%
[ *] Other stats: AP euro 5, USH 5, Chem 5, Calc AB 5, Lang 5, Gov/poli 4, Lit, Stat, Calc BC, Psych
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: unique, about dilemna with the school admin
[ *] Teacher Recs: 1. History-very good 2. Lit- quite good 3. former debate coach- "amazing" according to him 4. columbia summer school rec
[ *] Counselor Rec: good
[ *] Hook (if any): national debate champion, debate coach at school
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: non-US
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: Korean =( =(
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: 6 debate conference wins, Excellence in history award from school, 2 time National Forensic League PF nationals, varsity swimming captain, varsity cross country, international court of justice, intern at congress, summer school for con law, national honor society, Habitat for Humanity, [ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Congrats to those accepted! For whoever asked, you're not going to get your email addresses until sometime in May.</p>
<p>For those of you who were deferred, don't slack on your backup apps because the chances are still slim that you'll get in. (I'm not trying to be discouraging, just truthful)</p>
<p>For those of you who were rejected, you're not alone. Remember that last year ~9/10 people who applied to Columbia were rejected. They still found amazing colleges to go to. Life is not over.</p>
<p>I want to add my congrats to those who were accepted!</p>
<p>Also, an observation:</p>
<p>With all the awful weather/ice storm/power outages, don't you know that there are many out there who know their decision is available yet can't access it online!!! Oh, man, that must be awful!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: CR 690 M 790 W 700 - 2180
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2 800 Chem 740 Physics 730 Chinese w/ Listening 800
[<em>] GPA: 3.85 uw
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: great
[<em>] Teacher Recs: great, one teacher was also a club sponsor who expanded on one of my most dedicated ECs
[</em>] Counselor Rec: decent at the very least
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Non-US
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: 6+ people applied ED at my school, wasn't expecting this at all!</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who got in! You must be very happy. Enjoy your senior year now!</p>
<p>I haven't seen any status from an accepted international. I had 2 friends applying, both with very great stats: strong physics background, including several important prizes. One of them was rejected by CC, while the other one, despite 2 international physics awards (not IPO, but almost), was only deffered by SEAS. I am really curios about how strong the international pool was this year, since I want to apply RD with no such an imposing status.</p>