Oh lol I was really confused as to why you chose Duke over Columbia, but if its because of Financial aid reasons then it makes sense. Duke is still an amazing school.
yeah Duke is an elite school but it’s just a little below Columbia that’s why I asked. If Duke offered more financial aid I would’ve made the same choice cause duke is literally right below that Ivy League level. It’s funny cause you got rejected by some schools I was surprised of but got into elite schools as well. Maybe some of your school-specific essays were better than others?
oh seeing that you were into journalism, and that’s my interest as well, do you know if Columbia/Duke has undergraduate journalism or are you just majoring in English or another similar major? I’ve done research but I thought Columbia only had graduate journalism?
Sorry-one last question: what did you do in HS that was journalism related? Did you apply to Medill at NU, and did you apply to Medill Cherubs?
@EKolin To answer your questions:
- Some of my school specific essays were definitely better than others; I slacked pretty hard on schools I assumed I would get into.
- I'm majoring in English. I'm pretty sure they have Journalism here at Duke, but don't quote me on that.
- Nothing =). I was/am interested in journalism because it would be an outlet for my writing, but I wasn't into it during high school at all.
- I have no idea what that even is, so no.
@EKolin Columbia does not have an UG journalism program. So if you’re looking for a practical UG journalism degree program, Columbia is not a good fit. You can, of course, still attend Columbia and become a journalist (plenty of people do it!) but you’ll have to major in something else.
congrats on getting into such great schools!
I hope this isn’t against rules either…but if you’d be willing to, could you read a few of my essays if I pmed them to you? I understand completely if you cannot!
Really great job in this thread, OP. Congratulations and continued success to you.
@HowToCollege2 Feel free to send them to me, but I most likely won’t be able to get to it before the deadline passes, sorry about that