<p>this is pretty awesome. i just read all of your original posts, and concollege’s as well. unfortunately, they’ve all made me want to go to columbia even more passionately, urgently, and singularly than before, which sucks given that i am pretty sure i’ll be rejected. ah well. thanks a ton anyway.</p>
<p>it’s also interesting, because my “why columbia?” essay focused on precisely the duality that you discuss (i believe i said that columbia is a “synthesis of two worlds”); dynamic city/Core comparison…</p>
<p>This thread has been an incredible read. Thank you so much for the great insight on Columbia, makes me really happy that I applied ED!! Hopefully I’ll get in :)</p>
<p>Good luck everyone finishing up! Perhaps inspiration here, or maybe it will give you the final straw to decide not to apply. I just hope it helps you think about things in your final hours.</p>
<p>To get some other opinions on Columbia you might want to check Truazn’s thread right below (4 years later…). I don’t want to put a damper on admissionsgeek’s positive intentions, but not all Columbian’s are as universally strong on the institution as he is. That’s all I will say here.</p>
<p>alma - was that really necessary? people can see the post is on one of the more recently updated ones. and second of all i stated this is something worth giving you something to think about, not an indoctrination. i just think it is a rather unnecessary jab.</p>
<p>i welcome you to start a thread of your own with your perspective though.</p>
<p>dude alma, I gotta agree with admissiongeek on this one, looks like youre just finding some way to be a downer</p>
<p>i mean, its dec 31st, ppl who have decided to apply to columbia have most likely finished by now…what is your intention of adding in some negativity? trying to convince those who have already done their app to drop columbia from common app and not apply?</p>
<p>i mean…its not even ED…ppl can choose AFTER results come out so why don’t you wait another 4 month before you want to spread crap about columbia. k thanks</p>
<p>Great read. This should be stickied. Thanks adgeek!</p>