<p>no it wont because i already won goldfish.</p>
<p>Trust me, if everyone at Columbia is as big of an ******* as the majority of people that have posted here, then you won't have to worry about seeing me there.</p>
<p>disasterpiece - If you're still complaining even <em>after</em> you've gotten a thoughtful and complete answer on a thread that should have been ignored to begin with, then I'm sure the rest of the incoming class will be glad not to have to deal with you. :/ Seriously, follow the advice you got and get over it, or check out the other threads if you don't believe cerberus' answer was adequate. Which it was.</p>
<p>aCTyankee - Please stop making such an ass of yourself on all of the threads. Just because you're convinced that you're right doesn't mean that you have to turn everything into a pointless flame-war. It does reflect negatively on Columbia, which <em>surprisingly</em> is not a good thing. Perhaps you should add credits if you have enough free time to keep returning to argue.</p>
<p>Thread end.</p>
<p>"Thread end."</p>
<p>^ fail</p>
<p>hanajima go watch some anime and induce a seizure.</p>
<p>Thread end.</p>
<p>Take a casual, but informed attitude, and you will do fine. Don't ask about your chances to get into the school. Do ask for their advice on majors and what it is like to go to college in NYC. And find some things you have in common with the interviewer, and go from there.</p>
<p>It's good practice if you ever plan to apply to business school or med school!</p>
<p>Best wishes to you in your college search!</p>
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Sadly, I'm starting to come around to this POV myself. The "experts" on this board need to chill the hell out, by and large. We've had some newcomers lately who've been making good helpful contributions - Lukejdavis, LionHeaded and others - but some people just don't seem to get the point of this board.</p>
<p>The point of this board, for those who know stuff and want to answer questions, is to spread information about the school we all love. If you don't enjoy doing that, you really have no reason to be here. Look at C02 - his answers can be harsh sometimes but he isn't just picking fights with posters for no reason. He insists on factual accuracy and will argue over it, but it's always with the end goal of being helpful. Some people here don't seem interested in being helpful.</p>
<p>Recent threads on a subject, and the Helpful Columbia Threads, the Admissions website, and other resources are great tools to have at our disposal. But sometimes we should give personalized attention, or else this whole place is just a damn wiki and has no human element to it at all. My suggestion to everyone is, if an inquiry is posted with a real give-a-shiite attitude, at the very least throw them links to the threads they should read. That's helpful. Rants - unless they're personally insulting us - aren't helpful.</p>
<p>My two cents.</p>
<p>^^ Agreed.</p>
<p>Disasterpiece, the anonymity this forum confers allows lots of students--former, current and prospective--to vent their spleen and behave like *******s, somehting they're certainly not going to do in public. If they do, then I'd start talking about autism/Asperger's/whatever. But that's food for another thread.</p>
<p>We all behave like D-bags on this forum, some more than others, but I promise you that the worst this forum does is expose the ugly underbelly of stress and bitterness that all college students harbour--whether at Columbia or anywhere else.</p>
<p>In a nutshell: ignore it. There are enough posters on here who take the time and energy to provide meaningful insight on this forum, and then there are people like aCTYankee who on occasion come up with something worthwhile, but mostly create noise. Just filter it out :)</p>
<p>thanks cerb. aside from my mild form of Asperger's- I cannot stand to look ugly people in the eye- Im a relatively nice guy in person.</p>
<p>So, the interview hit off pretty well. The interviewer graduated from my HS, which was helpful in establishing some conversation, and we pretty much just talked about what was on our minds for an hour, exchanging our views on certain topics, and from time to time referring to the generic questions that he could ask as guidelines to the discussion. Thanks for the advice everyone!</p>
<p>^^ That sounds like a greatinterview. I wish I had more of those!</p>
<p>Good to know it went well! :</p>