<p>DEFERRED</p>
<p>CR: 700
M: 590 (ew >.>)
W: 800</p>
<p>SAT Bio: 720
SAT Math1: 650 (weak)
SAT Math2: 660 (weak)</p>
<p>ACT: 30 (didn't send in my 31 on time, not that it would've mattered >.>)</p>
<p>AP Euro: 4
AP US: 5
AP Bio: 4</p>
<p>Rank: 1/172
GPA: 98.3
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Comments: Not surprised</p>
<p>defered from seas</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO CC</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>SAT I (breakdown):2210 (Writing-800, Reading-730, Math-680)
SAT II:650/760
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Rank or percentile: 10%
AP/IB Scores:8 Aps in total, 5 on AP World</p>
<p>Subjective:
Major Awards: English award twice
Extracurriculars: newspaper, lit mag, nothing else really.
Essays: Best part
Teacher Recommendation: -Really Good
Counselor Rec: Really Good
Additional Rec: Really Good
Interview: it went really well</p>
<p>[ b]Other**
Location: Parkland, FL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Multi
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): creative writing major</p>
<p>Denied.</p>
<p>It was a huge reach, but still glad I at least tried. :P</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (740 CR, 730 M, 690 W)
[</em>] SAT II: 750 Chem, 730 Lit, 720 US Hist
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4. something or other
[</em>] Rank: 5/581
[<em>] AP: Chem(5), USHist(5), Lang(5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Calc, AP English Lit, AP US Gov, Honors Spanish IV
[li] Awards: National Merit Commended Scholar, AP Scholar, blah blah</p>[/li]
<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Pres), Yearbook (Co-Editor in Chief), Newspaper, NHS, Multicultural Club, Math League, Academic Challenge, Habitat for Humanity, Medical Club
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitter - over 40 hrs/week in summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hundreds of hours as Girl Scout (Earning Gold Award), hundreds of hours as volunteer at local library
[</em>] Summer Activities: NJ Girls State, Travel (Australia and India), Full time babysitting
[<em>] Essays: Well received
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn't see - but supposedly great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I'm sure it's good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: Yearbook Advisor and Columbia Alumnus
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[li] State: NJ</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] School Type: Public (well ranked)
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class (less than 120,000/year)</p>
<p>/list]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Rank, Recs, Extracurriculars, AP Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Sports? SATs could have been better. Maybe my essay was bad?
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: If I knew, I'd tell you.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
This. ****ing. Sucks. I just wanted to know one way or the other. The last thing I wanted was to be deferred.</p>
<p>oh - CC btw</p>
<p>deferred...
so sad
i'll update post later</p>
<p>deferred.</p>
<p>this sucks. But SO many other people were deferred/ rejected so i guess i feel a little better... UGHHHH</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred**[blue/color][+2/size]</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 660 CR, 660 M, 710 W
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Spanish (haha), 610 Math I, 580 Lit.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,4,3 </p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): TONS
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: cashier
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: some
[</em>] Summer Activities: who cares
[<em>] Essays: VERY GOOD!
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good.. she told me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[</em>] Additional Rec: no
[<em>] Interview: yes... very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US,
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: HISPANIC!
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Income Bracket: supper poor... like nothing
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): urm, first gen, ib, foreign
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: personality! .... it really does add something... my interviewer loved my laughter and vibrancy
[</em>] Weaknesses: sat, gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: they want to see my first sem. grades.[/li][/ul]General Comments: oh god im so happy i didn't get rejected!</p>
<p>When the first word of the letter is "The" and not "Congratulations", your heart sinks.</p>
<p>But, I'm not actually in pain.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS (ED)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800V/760M/760W (2320)
[</em>] ACT: didn't bother
[<em>] SAT II: 800/800/800 (Math II, Chemistry, US History)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C Mech (5), US History (5), Calculus BC (5),<br>
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C E&M, AP European History, AP Biology, AP Spanish, AP Psychology, AP Macroeconomics, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research was my major extracurricular; I have a patent pending. Also took a lot of classes out of school at colleges (A in general chemistry at Harvard). I play the violin (not exceptionally well, but well enough). I have other, less important extracurriculars but I don't want to write a book here.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Sales associate at Marshalls , work at science firm, SAT tutoring for non-English speakers (Mandarin). These added up to 20+ hours/week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Heavily involved in political campaign, peer tutoring, and volunteer at hospital + library
[</em>] Summer Activities: Enough with all these questions; I had a lot of summer activities that were continuations of my ordinary extracurriculars
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were good... obviously, I wasn't the only one
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Additional Rec: Harvard professor/TA--Great
[<em>] Interview: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low, but only because my father just lost his job; otherwise it would be upper-middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I don't believe in hooks
[/ul][ b]Reflection*[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: test scores, recommendations, extracurricular activities
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I applied RD last year as a junior and got waitlisted so...
[/ul]General Comments:* I am quite thrilled.</p>
<p>DECISION: REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<ul>
<li>SAT: 2030, C.R. 680 Math 700 Writing 750</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 740 Math Level II, 600 U.S. History</li>
<li>ACT: 32 composite</li>
<li>GPA: 3.67 not weighted</li>
<li>Rank: N/A, Top 15%</li>
<li>Other Stats:</li>
</ul>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<ul>
<li>Essays: Excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Awesome</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I’m Japanese, Czech, and Slovak. Also, I have appeared on a Connecticut high school academic game show, which my team won. (I was the captain.)</li>
</ul>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<ul>
<li>State or Country: Connecticut</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Biracial (Asian / Caucasian)</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Intended Major: Film Studies or English</li>
<li>Major Strength / Weakness: Strength: Extracurriculars, Weaknesses: GPA and SAT Scores</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>Independent Filming</li>
<li>Video Yearbook and Film Club</li>
<li>Cross Country and Track and Field Athlete, Varsity Letter Winner</li>
<li>Academic Challenge Team Captain and Co-President</li>
<li>Participant in the Yale Physics Olympics (Captain of School’s Team)</li>
<li>Student Government Class Rep.</li>
<li>National Spanish Honor Society</li>
<li>National Honor Society</li>
<li>Peer Tutoring</li>
<li>School Newspaper</li>
<li>Volunteer Work Outside the School</li>
</ul>
<p>I personally don't care. I'll just do my other apps. Later guys, and congrats to those who got accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:
From a ritzy college prep school in Philadelphia
* SAT I (breakdown): 790 CR, 780 M, 760 W
* SAT II: 800 Math 2, 740 Literature
* Unweighted/weighted (school doesn't weight) GPA (out of 4.0): 3.81
* Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn't rank
* AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 (BC Calc)</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
</code></pre>
<p>Asians (head), XKCD Club (head & founder), Science Olympiad (co-head), Political Debate (head), Peer Tutoring, Touring
* Job/Work Experience: Intern at Neurobiology lab
* Volunteer/Community service: None on application
* Summer Activities: Interned
* Essays: I'm not the right person to ask
* Teacher Recommendation: Not a clue
* Counselor Rec: Dunno
* Additional Rec: Yup, dunno how that was (guy I interned with for two summers)
* Interview: Dunno, felt good.</p>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>* State (if domestic applicant): PA
* Country (if international applicant): US,
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: Bi-racial
* Gender: Not gonna say
* Income Bracket: Middle-class
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Sort of legacy (no parents, but I have eleven relatives who either went or worked there, several both)
</code></pre>
<p>Reflection</p>
<pre><code>* Strengths: I am pretty cool?
* Weaknesses: No sports, don't play an instrument
* Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am interested in science and CC doesn't get a lot of kids like that. Also, good school, good grades for that school, and tougher-than-toughest-possible workload.
</code></pre>
<p>General Comments: Yay!</p>
<p>Image:FedColumbiaCartoon.jpg</a> - WikiCU, the Columbia University wiki encyclopedia
here's what i think we all feel like lol</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (ED/CC)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: CR: 710, M: 700, W: 680
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Biology M: 650, Math I: 680
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/445
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History: 4, English Comp: 4
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, AP BC Calculus, AP Government and Politics
[</em>] Major Awards: Nation Honor Society, Spanish/Foreign Language Honor Society
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Internship at a hospital, 1,000 Music Related Things (all principal trumpet/guitar. President of Symphonic Band)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Bus Boy at EB Elliots, a restaurant on the water
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Madagascar thing (below), Group Work Camps (Below), various activities with my church youth group
[</em>] Summer Activities: IYLF China- Medicine, Group Work Camps- West Virginia, and went with Stony Brook to Madagascar to run a small free clinic in a rural vilage
[<em>] Essays: Very me, I refused to play on my race and I thought that was disadvantageous.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful from both
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Old family friend, had both of my older brothers...
[</em>] Interview: None, my neighbor got one though.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Malagasy
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: $250,000+
[<em>] Hooks: Very URM lol
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Relevant, focused EC
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, in comparison to some of the gods on here.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted: Optional Photograph
[/ul]General Comments: Haha...</p>
<p>I got in!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so happyyyy omggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I'll post stats later. I'm going craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazyyy right now.</p>
<p>*Decision: Deferred (CC) *</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 720 M 770 W 720
[</em>] SAT II: 710 Lit 720 MathIIC
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[</em>] Rank or percentile: No rank, top 5%
[li] AP/IB Scores: IB Bio SL (5)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Major Awards: None
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Classical Ballet (30 hr/week, if not more)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot of varied stuff
[<em>] Summer Activities: 6 Week Ballet Summer Intensives
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I got overall positive feedback and I put A LOT into them (obviously)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I never saw them, but I know one of the was glowing and unique and I'm sure the other one was fine, if not good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw, but I love my counselor and I'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual.
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: I guess it went fine, nothing really substantial, not that the interview ever really helps.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Location: Northern VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): just my insane commitment to ballet</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Passion for one strong EC, and I was SO proud of my Why Columbia answer
[</em>] Weaknesses: Eh not really sure I guess my volunteer stuff could be stronger
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Who the </em>* knows, all I know is I don't know if I can stand waiting another 5 months.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
FML I can't wait till April. And I don't want to do these other apps.</p>
<p>REJECTED</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2270 (M: 780, W:730, R: 760)
[ *] ACT: didn't bother
[ *] SAT II: IIC: 780, Lit: 730, US History: 730
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Pysh: 5, AP Lit: 5, AP Chem: 5 (taking 5 additional APs this semester)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): High Honor Role past four consecutive semester, Honors Roles before that, Concertmaster, Captain of Basketball team, 1st Place Talent Show 3 years running, MVP Basketball, Most Improved, etc...PSAT Finalist Scholar
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience: part time jobs, cashier,
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: some
[ *] Summer Activities: 3 consecutive summers at Columbia University
[ *] Essays: Very Good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent (Atleast that's what they told me)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[ *] Additional Rec: Very Good
[ *] Interview: No (was not given one)
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Chofu,
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Japan
[ *] School Type: Private, Prep
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: Parents very affluent
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] </p>
<p>No clue, I thought I would be deferred at the least</p>
<p>i'm sooo happy! congratulations to everyone. if you have a facebook join the '13 group so we can really get to know each other. and good luck to everyone else! hopefully all of you will be accepted in april. =)</p>
