<p>You know how we're supposed to include why columbia should accept us over everyone else? I was wondering, can we include an anecdote that's pertinent?</p>
<p>Also, for why I want to attend columbia, I can just repeat the reasons I wrote in the "why columbia" blurb right? the reasons didn't really change...</p>
<p>Mine is around 2 pages with the list of updates, does that seem like an adequate length?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>^no-one's going to read that, it's too long, it needs to be a paragraph long, if at all. Send in only substantive changes to your accomplishments. No one cares why columbia is still your first choice. If you think this is going to show your 'effort' you're delusional, overzealous messages just annoy busy people. When i write thank you notes to interviewers for example i never go over 2 sentences, even though i might kill for the job.</p>
<p>^while all that is true, passion never hurt anyone...</p>
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<p>This is no way to display passion at all. passion = dedication to an extra-curricular activity and taking it forward somehow / a need to educate your community about x/y/z issue and going out and doing it etc. You have misunderstood what passion means in the application context. </p>
<p>admin officers are busy, put yourself in their shoes instead of being so naive. if you had to evaluate dozens of apps in a very short period of time and choose 2-3, would you really be happy to spend time reading 2 whole extra pages about why someone still wants to come to columbia. Saying it does not equal showing it, if it they were equal, everyone would just write more and more emphatically about how much they love columbia.</p>
<p>What confidentialcoll says.</p>
<p>i was deferred by brown ED, and my regional admissions officer said that sending a letter reiterating my interest in brown would help (he did say that it had to be BRIEF)....i'm not 100% sure if a columbia admit officer would feel the same way though...in either case, 2 pages sounds too long, trim it down to around half a page if you are going to do it</p>
<p>should deferred people write if they've become a national merit finalist? or is the change from semifinalist to finalist not much of a big deal?</p>
<p>thank you for all your input. </p>
<p>and as much as I appreciate your comments, confidentialcoll, would it kill you to be a little more polite? there's no need to call me "delusional" for asking a question... and just in my defense, this is based on a "successful" template published online; I simply wanted to make sure. nevertheless, thanks for helping</p>
<p>@nahshimshimhaeyo: I wouldn't send a letter updating them just on that; if you have a list of updates, it wouldn't hurt adding it.</p>
<p>I never called you delusional, I said If you think this letter will show extra effort / love for Columbia, then you would be delusional, I've explained myself in my second post.</p>