<p>When people say they got into SEAS (on this forum, at least), they mean the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia. </p>
<p>SCEA is Single Choice Early Action, which isn't binding, but it's not an option at Columbia.</p>
<p>ohhhh....lol thanks for clearing that up. Ye, i thought SEAS meant single choice early action</p>
<p>Belated congrats from the Stanford board!!! :)</p>
<p>for all you "insufficient info" people, I got a letter that said they haven't received any fin aid information from me at all.</p>
<p>This is making me very mad since I know I sent everything in.</p>
<p>Ha, it's almost better to not know. Columbia is pricey ;).</p>
<p>I'm happy for everyone who got in of course (<-- seems like a meaningless obligatory statement, but it's true), but when decisions came out I was extremely depressed. To see my best friend try to pretend that her deferrel letter didn't mean anything, even though I knew she had been dreaming about it for years, was tough. I refrained from crying so as not to make her upset, but she ended up sobbing anyway.</p>
<p>Is there anything promising for deferrees? Any silver lining (better acceptance rate in RD, etc?). She admitted that if she were to be accepted in April she would matriculate at Columbia in an instant.</p>
<p>hey guys, im from the penn forum :)</p>
<p>just wanted to say grats to all those who got in! you all did a great job and deserved it in every respect!</p>
<p>to the deferred/rejects, life will go on. if it was meant to be, then it was meant to be. to the deferred, it still may be meant to be, so dont give up hope! to the rejected, this is just a sign that you weren't meant to go to columbia, but instead to somewhere else that will make you just as or more happy in the end!</p>
<p>think positive guys. see ya round ^^;</p>
<p>Hey guys -- Last spring I was accepted RD to CC after being deferred. I then decided to defer my admission for one year to pursue other interests, which officially makes me a member of the class of 11! Just came to say hello and congratulations to all of you who were accepted and give my best to those who weren't. I'll be honest, being deferred SUCKED BALLS and I was really, really upset -- but I actually travelled to NYC to talk to my admissions rep personally and express my continued interest in CC, I think that's what got me in. Just make sure they know you want Columbia more than anything else -- they love being assured that you'll make their admit rate look good.</p>
<p>For those who were rejected, don't sweat. Most of these schools are exactly the same anyway -- you're going to go somewhere that will make you happy, I'm sure of it. This was just bad luck and bad timing.</p>
<p>Woohoo finally someone else who deferred enrolment besides me. except i deferred enrolment by 2 years to do my military service in singapore. join our face book group :)</p>
<p>Decision: REjected</p>
<p>I reallydon't feel like doing this, b ut I kind of want to see what people will say. and i promise i'm not lying..</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT: V 800 M: 800 W: 800
* SAT IIs: Math IIC: 770, Bio: 790 Chem: 740
* GPA: 4.2w
* Rank: ~ 20/430
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<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: i dont know, probably bad but not like glaringly bad..i didn't spend a lot of time on them
* Teacher Recs: good
* Counselor Rec: he doesnt really know me but it shouldnt be bad
* Hook (if any): nope
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: NJ
* School Type: public, pretty good/very competitive
* Ethnicity: chinese
* Gender: F
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: ECs aren't so strong just b/c no real academic awards/competitons.. Vars tennis captain, did a lot of painting (took course at Columbia over summer) and random clubs etc.
General Comments: w/e man! everyone will get a good education..college name/rank doesnt matter in the long run</p>
<p>also i hate the admissions process b/c i hate bragging about myself and i consider myself a pretty humble personj who does not give a s h it about being president of random club or number 1 in math in the world. so don't be like me if u want to get into ivy league. [but do be like me if u want to be the coolest person in the world who is going far in life] :P</p>
<p>I like your attitude about college! As long as you have a good four years at college and are challenged academically.. that is good enough.</p>
<p>EC's play a big role in college admissions these days...</p>
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SAT: V 800 M: 800 W: 800
Essays: i dont know, probably bad but not like glaringly bad..i didn't spend a lot of time on them
Hook (if any): nope
State or Country: NJ
Ethnicity: chinese
Gender: F
ECs aren't so strong
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<p>Pretty easy rejection for the adcom actually....its great u can do really well on multiple choice SAT tests but no passion and it seems like you dont even believe you are anything special. </p>
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i hate bragging about myself and i consider myself a pretty humble personj who does not give a s h it about being president of random club or number 1 in math in the world.
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<p>its not about bragging...bragging is attaching 5 extra pages to your app to try to show you are so awesome....but representing yourself in a good light and showing off your personality as well as ur inteligence is totally different.</p>
<p>shraf: "pretty easy rejection" ouch that was harsh..haha but i see where you're coming from from the way i presented myself here. </p>
<p>i understand why i might not have gotten in, because sometimes that just happens. it is hard especially when only one person evaluates my application.</p>
<p>and i have lots of passion, but its awfully uncomfortable to express that on a forum like this in my opinion. i.e. painting/art..but its something i keep to myself so i haven't submitted/gotten any awards for it..stuff like that</p>
<p>and ok, my EC's aren't as bad as i make it seem. but i could have done stuff like science team or summer research and i just didn't because i was playing tennis 7 hours a day 5 days a week. lol tennis is so fun :] w/e screw summer nerding.</p>
<p>i personally don't like how my resume looks. i think SAT does not measure any intelligence whatsoever but it happens to be the strongest part of my application. oh well, im still glad i have it b/c my other SAT score was ~2100.</p>
<p>random- i feel somewhat embarrassed to be posting on this thing. no offense to most of you, but from waht i've seen on cc lots of people seem to have no lives and try to prove themselves repeatedly on this forum. stop me if i start doign that..</p>
<p>"Umm", don't be afraid to brag about yourself. College admissions is the time to shine and show off all your hard work and everything you have done. Now is not a time to be modest. Show them what you've got!</p>
<p>wow... if this is true, i'd have to say ur essay must have sucked. bad. Well gl, but with those stats I'm sure you'll end up at a place =, >Columbia's caliber. (And im saying this as someone who is CC'11).</p>
<p><a href="And%20im%20saying%20this%20as%20someone%20who%20is%20CC'11">quote</a>.
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<p>does that make you special or make you omnipotent
.....or r u just trying to show off?</p>
<p>he/she's probably not trying to be anything. its an online forum..stop looking into everything ppl say lol
and thanks. i am not really a cold weather type person anyhow =P
if u asked me, theres a chance my essay was really horrible. a small chance, though. someone i know actually got in touch with the admissions officer who rejected me, and he/she couldn't give a reason for his/her decision. there's more to it but i won't go into it.</p>
<p>Ummm - I can see where you're coming from. I had a lot of issues with my essay because I never write about myself, and at times, I was uncomfortable with how personal it was. And I didn't like the idea of "bragging" about myself either, which is why I really liked Columbia's application because it asked me what I was interested in (movies, books, etc).</p>
<p>While you didn't present yourself in a spectacular light on here, I don't think you're necessarily uninteresting. (Although you probably should work on that essay.)</p>
<p>"Ummmmm..."</p>
<p>Yes, your perfect SAT score[s] is[are] impressive. And they do mean something, although there is obviously debate on just exactly HOW meaningful they are.</p>
<p>But at a guess, I would have thought that you would NOT be accepted in the first round at Columbia. Your class rank is top 5%, but there are 19 people in your class who worked harder/did better than you. In fact, if you're not an exceptional athlete or a URM, top 5% of your class is really the thin edge of the ice for admissions at the top Ivies... A brittle edge that you hit only inches before you skate into a dark, wet, freezing hole of admissions oblivion.</p>
<p>If your essay was mediocre, indifferent, or even outright bad, that is also an "outright reject" for Columbia. They have plenty of applicants with stats equal to or better than yours (maybe 30-40 points lower on SATs, but that is a diminimous difference). Why should they accept the ORM from an over-represented state, who wrote a lackluster essay?</p>
<p>Your SAT IIs are not quite top tier (very-high-second-tier, I would say). And that hurts you not only in and of it itself, but also because it confirms your very-high-second-tier class rank.</p>
<p>What about APs? Did you take any, if they were available (presumably so at a competitive HS)? What were the subjects and the scores?</p>
<p>Another thought... By reason of what specific grades did you slide to 20th in your class? (Again, a very, very good rank -- but not for the Ivies.) Was it a couple of freshman and sophomore B+-es in difficult classes? If so, that's not great, but they could be overlooked. On the other hand, a single (yes, one SINGLE) grade of "C" will likely keep you out of Columbia. A grade of "D" means it is Game Over for the Ivies, let alone other good schools (e.g., Tufts, Colgate, Vanderbilt...)</p>
<p>ceteris paribus, a perfect SAT score is a tip factor. But you do not present as someone whose overall application is paribus with the other ceterii applicants. (My Latin is off, but you'll get what I mean, I hope.)</p>
<p>Pull yourself up off the floor. Read posts by zerocool920, thykingdomcome, koena07, and others. Take a hint from their attitudes: deep disappointment, but a resolve to take positive action. Write a killer essay and apply to some of the other fabulous schools out there.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>piglette....you have no idea what you are talking about and you are being very pretentious...please stop</p>
<p>most of what you said is both silly and meaningless, especially the BS about rank.</p>