<p>Do you think we're supposed to list the author as well as the book, or do they simply want the title. Specifically, I read Underworld by Don DeLillo, but there are quite a few books named Underworld, so I feel the need to name the author to clarify. Should I do this for all the books?</p>
<p>if you think that it needs to be identified that badly then sure, put the author.</p>
<p>but really i think they just want you to list books. and i’m sure they’ll understand why it needed clarification. like, i didn’t put any of my book names in quotes (not enough character space) but because they’re separated by commas, i had to put “Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs” in quotes because it might looks like sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs were 3 separate books.</p>
<p>moral of the story: if it needs clarification that bad, then do it for that one book. but really, you’re not going to get rejected because you didn’t put authors for all of the books. it does say “list books” after all. not “list books and their authors” :)</p>
<p>^ That’s where semi-colons come in. [Your First Book]; Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; [Your Third Book]</p>
<p>On topic: I put down authors. I figured it’d increase the chances of admissions officers knowing a bit of what I’m talking about. For example: an adcom may not have read a specific book I’ve listed, but perhaps they’ve read other titles by the same author. This way they’re still able to get a feel for the kind of work I’m interested in.</p>
<p>**** i spelt cocoa wrong! I put down tht book also. well there goes any shot at columbia</p>
<p>I’d hardly imagine this part of the application carrying much weight at all. You made a typo. And it sucks. But no sane admissions officer would reject you for it.</p>
<p>One spelling error isnt going to cost you from going to a college! They know we are students, but more importantly error prone human beings.</p>
<p>“I’d hardly imagine this part of the application carrying much weight at all. You made a typo. And it sucks. But no sane admissions officer would reject you for it.”</p>
<p>No and yes. This part of the application really lets the admissions committee see you as an intellectual individual, so it actually carries a great deal of weight. But one typo is meaningless; only a pattern of misspellings should raise a red flag.</p>
<p>I was wondering if I should add books from my native language in the list as well, because there’s still some space left. The problem is that I doubt the adcom would know the books or the author. The names are difficult to pronounce for any English speaker anyway. And would the adcom mind if I mention adult movies I’ve seen and the adult books that I’ve read? They were definitely not of the pornographic sort but still some did have “indecent” contents. Imo, though anybody should be able to read anything.</p>
<p>I don’t know what kind of indecency your “adult” movies contain, but for reference, I put down Inglourious Basterds as a favorite film of mine. And that definitely has some interesting scenes.</p>
<p>yeah, i put down pulp fiction. you should be fine.</p>
<p>The reason I was actually worried in the first place is that I read a book which was banned in the U.S for 31 years.</p>
<p>I feel kind of silly now that I think about the fact that I wrote “Le Petit Prince” instead of “The Little Prince.” It was originally published in French, and I did in fact read it in French… hopefully they’ll figure that out :)</p>
<p>@debarghya9</p>
<p>realize that there are a good number of books that are included in the columbia curriculum that are banned by entities such as the catholic church, other countries, etc. don’t stress it.</p>
<p>Ugh. Banning books. One of the most hideous forms of censorship.</p>