Columbia University Official Class of 2011 Early Decision Results

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181

<p>Decision: Rejected CC</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 650CR 710M 770W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math 1 770 Math2
[<em>] GPA: 3.4
[</em>] Rank: unranked
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: eh
[<em>] Teacher Recs: eh
[</em>] Counselor Rec: eh
[<em>] Hook (if any): apparently not
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NY
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Kind of over it now. Good luck to all!</p>

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<p>Oh, and for those who didn't make it early:</p>

<p>Just move on. Tomorrow is another day, and my advice is to come up smiling. Columbia is gonna kick themselves when they realize that they didn't get mentioned in your future biography. Remember Richard Feynman? Haha</p>

183

<p>Decision: Accepted CC</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR 800 M 790 W
[</em>]SATIIs: 790 Math II 770 Lit 730 Latin
[<em>]GPA: 4.0 W, I believe
[</em>]Rank: 5/666
[<em>]Other Stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I liked it, as did my friends and teachers. It was about my relationship with language.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One of them showed it to me; it was good. I have no idea about the other one.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: No idea, honestly.
[<em>]Hook (if any): Lots of leadership in ECs?? Music, big interest in language.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>]State or Country: GA
[<em>]School Type: New, public (our fourth year)
[</em>]Ethnicity: Korean
[li]Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I had a phone interview, and it was okay. The reason I think it helped me is because she said I was her first interviewee ever. I think my essay is what got me in.
General Comments: I NEVER thought I would be making this post... I feel extremely lucky and somewhat confused at the whole college process... I was honestly expecting a deferral, but I am so ridiculously excited!!!! Congrats and good luck to all... life goes on.</p>

184

<p>For the SEAS guys, did you get a SEAS specific email or just a generalized acceptance email? In the past there were SEAS specific emails but I just got a general CU acceptance email so I was just wondering.</p>

185

<p>congrats to the columbia acceptees. btw, if you don't mind can you all pretty pretty please withdraw your EA apps so you can raise the rest of our chances by .01% ;) thanks!</p>

186

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED !!!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 780CR, 710M, 790W (11e)
SAT IIs: 740 Bio, 730 USHistory, 720 Latin
APs : Bio 5, Latin Vergil 5, US History 5, Lit 5
GPA: just shy of 4.0 UW... most rigorous courseload... so about 4.5 W ??
Rank: 3/110</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essay : a strength
Teacher Recs: excellent
Counselor Rec: unknown, likely good
Hook (if any): Girl Scout Gold Award, state officer JCL, NMSF</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: New Hampshire
School Type: Public, rural, sends several students a year to top schools
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: School hasn't sent any students to Columbia in a few years (Columbia could be trying to encourage applications)</p>

<p>Interview was meh. Did not inspire confidence.</p>

<p>Was able to do an overnight visit -- maybe that helped?</p>

<p>Oh my God (this is my mother's account - I'm just hijacking it)!!!! I am shocked. Totally, completely shocked. I was really just hoping for a deferral - it's all a crapshoot, I guess. Could easily have gone the other way.</p>

<p>Much good luck to deferees... You still have a better chance RD than those who are just now applying.</p>

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<p>This is mom again: I think that the essay was probably a tip factor. </p>

<p>Best wishes to all.</p>

<p>DDs brother was deferred then rejected at Yale; rejected outright at MIT... Then was waitlisted at Princeton... Now happy at Princeton, after acceptance from the waitlist. There is definitely life after deferral or "worse."</p>

187

<p>congratz to all acceptees, and to all deferees and rejectees, do not worry, i am sure you will do well come rd round</p>

<p>-from the yale board</p>

188

<p>to those who got in, CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT INTO YOUR FIRST CHOICE COLLEGE, AND AN AMAZING ONE AT THAT!</p>

<p>to the deferred... at least you have a chance RD and if you got deferred from Columbia you are prbobaly gonna get into a lot of very good universities... dont worry about it</p>

<p>to the rejected - sorry, **** happens, doenst work out for some people. tomorrows a new day and im sure you are all very smart and have something valuable to offer. some college is going to accept you and ull b like, **** columbia it was gay neway</p>

189

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 (R:750/M:800/W:740 essay 11)
[</em>]SAT IIs: MathIIC 800/Chem 800/USH 730
[<em>]GPA: 4.00 UW/4.40 W
took the hardest courses possible except English
[</em>]Rank: 2 out of 150
[li]Other stats:[/li]-USAMO participant, and other prestigious math competition participant
-HMMT Top 10, NE math Championship, MA math Championship as a team
-(math) Ranked top 20 in MA and New England in 2006
-School Math Team Captain
-National Merit Commended Student (2005-2006)
-APs: Calc BC. 5, Chem 5, USH 4
-Local Literacy Program (2 years of community service)
-various clubs: Newspaper, International, etc.[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Essays: I think it's pretty good. My conseler loved it.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: One said she wrote an awesome rec.
[<em>]The other I'm not sure but probably pretty good.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: pretty sure it's good
[li]Hook (if any): USAMO? Idk</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: MA
[</em>]School Type: private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Other Factors: citizen, but lived in Korea for most of my life...
[</em>]General Comments: Congratulations tp all!![/ul]</p>

190

<p>deferred...</p>

<p>any advice on what to do now?</p>

191

<p>Accepted </p>

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<p>Accepted to CC</p>

<p>Stats
SAT: 780 CR 770M 700 W
SAT IIs: 790USH 790M2 770Phy
GPA: 4.0 UW 5.8 W
Rank:1/~250 (rank not shared)
Other stats: nothing really</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: I am a good writer....
Teacher Recs: Excellent one and an honest (which was good) one
Counselor Rec: No idea
Hook (if any): Nothing really</p>

<p>Location/Person
State or Country: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Korean (Int')
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors
I was Editor-in-Chief of my school's Literary Magazine, President of Book Club and Amnesty International, 4 Years of Varsity Swimming, and etc. (I was and am really active in my school). I went beyond what my school offered and self-studied a few APs
I also love poetry...printed out 3 poetry collections of my own...</p>

<p>General Comments:
OMG! I am so happy!!! GL to everyone. And don't worry about hooks too much. In the end, we are who we are.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
deferred...</p>

<p>any advice on what to do now?

[/quote]
</p>

<p>Get started on your RD apps ASAP.
Something that I shouldn't wait until Dec 15th to do...lol</p>

193

<p>*Decision:Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:CR: 780 M: 700 W: 740 (Essay 11)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chemistry: 750 Math IIC: 780
[<em>] ACT: 34 composite.
[</em>] GPA:3.789 UW (Tougher grading scale though)
[<em>] Rank: 1st decile, exact is unknown top 10%
[</em>] Other stats: Grading scale is a little harder than normal at my school. 95 percent is an "A" as opposed to the 93% at the public schools. I recalculated my GPA and I would have gotten a 3.9 using the later scale.
[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Counselor told me it was great, I'll post this if you want
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Most likely good. Don't have much of a basis for comparison so I can't give an accurate assessment.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Unsure, I gave her a lot to write about so it was most likely good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I own a small business with over 200 customers and 1st Place at State Debate (not sure if that's totally unique), qualified for nationals debate twice and also took 3rd at State my sophomore year.
[/ul]Location/Person:SLC[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Utah
[</em>] School Type:Private/Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors:I've done a lot of debating and have done reasonably well (maybe 25+ individual awards). This is primarily what I did during my high school career so I wrote my essay about it. Founded my own small business which I guess not many people have done. It's reasonably successful and brings in a profit every month. And, like any good business man, here's the link: <a href="http://www.core-fusion.net%5B/url%5D%5B/b%5D"&gt;http://www.core-fusion.net</a>
*General Comments: I wasn't really sure what kind of chances I had going to Columbia just based off of my school. I know a guy got in from my school a few years ago with a similar GPA but we don't have a consistent record of getting people into Columbia. I'm really happy that I got in since I've wanted to go since I started High School. I guess that showed in that short answer question. Stats weren't stellar so it was by no means a lock (is it ever?). *</p>

<p>I didn't get a call for an interview so once again, interviews aren't important to be accepted. I was really ecstatic (I know, the dull writing doesn't give you that impression) but the hours before were extremely stressful. I really hope that you guys get into the school of your choice or at least a school that fits (hey, it might be for the better). If you guys would like to see my essays to get ideas on how to write them, you can just PM me, just don't copy ;).</p>

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<p>wow... nearly all the applicants are Asians!</p>

195

<p>from the princeton board:</p>

<p>congratulations to all accepted...columbia is a friggin' amazing place...</p>

<p>to all deferred...i know you guys feel bad, but life does go on...the mere fact that you had the opportunity to apply to columbia ED is congratulations enough...</p>

<p>to all rejected...it happens. 8-10 people read your file. some will like you and some won't. i wouldnt feel too depressed considering only 8 people thought your file was not up to par. to the rest of the USA, it probably was.</p>

196

<p>Decision: Accepted (CC)</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2360 (800M/800CR/760W)
SAT IIs: 730 Chem, 780 Bio M, 790 USH, 800 MIIC
GPA: 5.16
Rank: 2/260
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: incredibly personal, but the topic might've been a little generic
Teacher Recs: One was really good, I know. Another one might've been more generic.
Counselor Rec: Awesome. I didn't get to read it, but she was the one who told me that if anyone from my school deserved to get in, it was me. So I'm thinking she wrote me a good one.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: MA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
General Comments:
I can't believe it. I thought my application was pretty mediocre compared to everyone else who posted here. I had pretty run-of-the-mill ECs, and there wasn't anything really unique about my application in turns of accomplishments.</p>

197

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED SEAS</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>SAT:2290(800M/770CR/720W)
SAT IIs:780 Math 2C, 750 Chem, 690 Math 1C
GPA:~89%
Rank:top 20%
Other stats: hard as hell prep school in New Jersey</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<p>Essays:aiiiiiight
Teacher Recs:aiiiiiight
Counselor Rec: assuming aiiiiight cuz my counselor was madd chill
Hook (if any):nada....self-made man</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: NJ
School Type:Private
Ethnicity: Chinaman
Gender: Dude
Other Factors: i own all.
General Comments:mad respek yo....no more work for me for the rest of my high school career</p>

198

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to CC!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (680M/790V/800W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 Bio, 720 Math IC, 740 World History
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] GPA: 4.0ish w, 3.9ish uw
[<em>] Rank: School doesn't rank, top decile
[</em>] Other stats: ...
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: It was ok, about my work with the ambulance corps
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I'm sure they were great. My teachers seemed very enthusiastic to write them.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea, but it must have been good.
[</em>] Hook (if any): My parents both went to Columbia (SEAS, Barnard, and grad school). My dad has worked at Columbia since he graduated, and I worked there this summer.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New York
[</em>] School Type: Public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:I guess my ECs were somewhat different. I'm a volunteer firefighter and EMT-trainee, so by the time I matriculate I will be certified and can join CAVA. I'm in the Science Honors Program.
General Comments: I've been hanging around Columbia since like...birth, and have pretty much been waiting for this moment since high school started. Words cannot express how happy I am.</p>

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<p>Hey everyone! Congratulations to everyone who got in ED, and sorry to those who got rejected...and I wish those who were deferred even more luck! Columbia is my first choice, but I wasn't able to apply ED because of my parents, and reading these makes me wish I had so I would be done with stupid college applications! If I get in RD, I'll see you guys there next year!</p>

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<p>From the Yale thread, CONGRATS to all of you who were accepted!! I'm sure you all worked hard to get where you are. (8 days for us...)</p>

<p>For those of you that got deferred or rejected, don't worry about it; things happen for a reason. I guarantee you that at this time next year all of you will be incredibly happy at whatever college you attend (maybe not this time next year b/c you'll be taking finals, but you know what I mean :) )</p>

<p>Best of luck to all of you, wherever you may go!</p>

<p>JAG</p>