<p>Not a lot of new info here, but thought all you new Columbia admits might be interested in reading this:</p>
<p>Admissions</a> Sends Early Decision Packets to Record Pool of Applicants | Columbia Spectator</p>
<p>It's an article in the Spec about the Early admissions packets being sent out....</p>
<p>Not a lot of new info here, but thought all you new Columbia admits might be interested in reading this:</p>
<p>Admissions</a> Sends Early Decision Packets to Record Pool of Applicants | Columbia Spectator</p>
<p>It's an article in the Spec about the Early admissions packets being sent out....</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!! CC</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 - Critical Reading 790, Math 700, Writing 750</p>
<p>SAT II: Lit: 740, Math1 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/560</p>
<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Ballet, Classical piano, Environmental activism.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: 200+ hours; non-profit performing groups for ballet/piano. Founded an environmental organization, volunteered at Girls Inc. </p>
<p>Summer Activities: Auditioned for/accepted to a lot of professional ballet schools. Trained with Joffrey Ballet in NYC, American Ballet Theatre, Orlando Ballet, Rock School. </p>
<p>Essays: Awesome
Teacher Recommendation: Got them from my two favorite teachers, so they were great.
Counselor Rec: Good
Additional Rec:
Interview: Went really well. </p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: 1500ish
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Deeply involved in my artistic endeavors
Strengths: I think my passion and dedication really showed.
Weaknesses: not sure
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I dont know but Im SO excited and honored!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred CC</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2330- 800 Reading, 750 Math, 780 Writing
[</em>] SAT II: Lit- 780, Math1- 770, Math 2- 750
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.122 unweighted
[</em>] Rank or percentile: My school doesn't rank, but I know I'm #1 or #2
[li] AP/IB Scores: 5 on USH, 5 on Calc AB</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Major Awards: Scholastics Gold Key, Commencement Marshal, Visual Arts Award, Ruth Krouskup English Award, French Ntnl Honor Society
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Academe, art & literary magazine- editor, editor of school newspaper, Class President in 10th and 11th, National Honor Society, Amnesty International, Mu Alpha Theta, art lessons
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 internships: one for the month of January (6 hrs/day) at a research center in local hospital, 1 for 6 weeks in the summer working a medical research lab
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer at retirement home
[<em>] Summer Activities: Governor's School for art, internship (see above)
[</em>] Essays: I felt it was strong- a reflection on a experience at Governor's School and what it meant to me
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn't see them, but they were from my math teacher who has taught me since sophomore year & in whose class I have always excelled, and the other from my sophomore year & senior year Biology teacher who is also my advisor
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't see, but I assume it was strong
[<em>] Additional Rec: no
[</em>] Interview: didn't get one; I wish I had, but there are no alumni in my area, I guess</p>
<p>[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>] Location: Winston-Salem, NC
[</em>] School Type: small, private
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: high
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): submitted a (strong) art portfolio</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: excel in school, but also have specific passions and am very social
[</em>] Weaknesses: in my personality? sure. in my application? none that I can see.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I don't know, I guess it just came down to chance. </em>* happens.</p>
<p>[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>My friend was denied with a 4.3 gpa and 36 act. Played varsity tennis and had good community service.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (ED/CC)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (780 CR 770 M 790 W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800/800/780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not sure
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World 5, US 5, Bio 5, English 5, Spanish 5
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs and an elective
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Amnesty International (President), Track and Field (horrible at it!), various academic/science-y things
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: intensive unpaid summer work
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer for Democrats, at local library
[<em>] Summer Activities: research in South America
[</em>] Essays: very me
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ?
[<em>] Additional Rec: from my research advisor/employer
[</em>] Interview: alright
[/ul]Other*[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: too low to pay comfortably but too high to get good help :/
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): legacy, Hispanic Jew (unusual?)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:* I can't wait to meet all of you!</p>
<p>-sorakeyes</p>
<p>Yep, moved to Alaska 2 years ago. I lived in Wellington for 8 years. Which city do you live in? Auckland?</p>
<p>Nah, Gisborne - the middle of nowhere lol. </p>
<p>Is everyone joining the facebook group?</p>
<p>so already did!</p>
<p>I wanted to make a "college confidential people" discussion so we could all really meet each other, but then I got scared :<</p>
<p>yeah i know! although i really wish all the college confidential ppl who got accepted can get to know each other.</p>
<p>Just mention in your wall post on the facebook group that you're a colconfidential, then we can all add each other as friends!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (ED/CC)</p>
<p>Yay! I'll post the rest of the stats later.
To all those who got deferred: don't lose hope!!! Doubtless I'll be seeing some of you guys come September.
To fellow Columbians: CONGRATS!! WE DID IT! =)</p>
<p>And I can't wait to see all of you next year!</p>
<p>hey everyone! Just joined.</p>
<p>I got rejected from CC ED, but I'm planning to apply Transfer next year. Isn't it harder than first year admission since there are fewer seats?</p>
<p>I heard that it was easier to get transferred.....that's what I'm planning to do too if I get drowned in the Big Pool</p>
<p>Depending on the year, it's either much harder or about the same. The acceptance rate fluctuates between 5% and 10%.</p>
<p>@justbelieve, eurydice, sorakeyes: post in this thread! <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/615040-columbia-class-2013-students-check-here.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/columbia-university/615040-columbia-class-2013-students-check-here.html</a></p>
<p>Pick one:
Decision: Accepted (ED) SEAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math: 730, CR: 640, Writing: 600
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: Math I 690, Chemistry 650
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96, weighted 4.26
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/396
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc AB 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP US History, Honors Brit Lit II, Honors German 4, Zoology, Honors Physics, Advanced Chem II, Business Marketing, Computer Programming Using Java
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Student of the Month for School November, 2 Distinguished Delegate awards at Model UN, medaled in Science Olympiad 4 times.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Scrimmage(Captain 12) Video Coordinator for School football team, Debate Team (Captain 12), Biology Club (President 12), Model U.N, Science Olympiad, National Honor Society, Student Council Rep, Envirothon team (Captain 12), Video Coordinator for Volleyball team.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cashier/Service Associate, for a year and a half.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Church volunteering, Soup kitchen.
[<em>] Summer Activities: International Diplomacy summit, at Columbia and George Washington
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about why I wanted to become a Earth Engineer, English teacher said it was good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea how these went
[</em>] Counselor Rec: No idea how this went either
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Went very well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Latino (father born and raised in Chile)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation, football.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: I do a lot of stuff.
[<em>] Weaknesses: School only offers 2 AP classes.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea, college admittance people see something different in everybody
[/ul]General Comments: REALLY HAPPY, wanted to go since 8th grade</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred SEAS</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770M 700R 720W (once)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 770 Math2, 760 Chem (took twice, first time 670), 680 m.bio
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk, but probably not very good (frosh year was mostly a's like two b's, soph year was mostly b's, junior year was mostly a's a few b's)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/295
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): bio(5), english lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ap stat, ap chem, ap calc ab, ap english, h spanish V, research in molecular bio honors (ap credit)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): basketball (captain[12], mip[11]), track (captain[12],school record[10-12]), area band (1st chair[10]), region band (1st chair[9,11]), key club, fbla, interact, nhs, spanish nhs,
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutor summer08 of sat math, tutor now of 8th grader
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: never found the time :(
[<em>] Summer Activities: cty frosh year, then just tutoring
[</em>] Essays: okay i guess. i wrote about working hard to get my school record in track
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: math - ok, chem - good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: glowing - she loves me. she talked about how i am modest and down to earth yet amazing.
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: went well, he said at the end that it seemed like i really liked columbia and he would write about that.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): nj
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl in engineering? columbia science honors program?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: cshp, personality
[<em>] Weaknesses: grades in school, summer/volunteer extras
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: for those^ weaknesses.
[*]General Comments: i thought i had a chance bc i'm a girl in engineering and an asian in sports and asiany stuff with acceptable sats but i guess nottttt i'm screwed [/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (ED- CC)</p>
<p>*Objective: *
SAT I (breakdown): Math: 730, CR: 640, Writing: 650
ACT: didn't do it.
SAT II: Math II 780, Chemistry 740
** Go to an English boarding school so I don't have APs, GPAs, ranks and all that. **
Senior Year Course Load: AS (<- English exams) Economics, A2 Math, Chemistry and Economics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Deputy Head of House for my boarding school, Student committee member, Charity event organiser, Charity fashion show model and I play the guitar (take lessons)
Job/Work Experience: Cashier/Service Associate, for a year and a half.
Volunteer/Community service: I raised funds for Burma after the cyclone
Summer Activities: I go to Burma every year to teach at a girls' orphanage.
Essays: I wrote about Burma: what I've done there and what I wish to do in the future
Teacher Recommendation: I wasn't allowed to read them but my teacher said they were really good
Counselor Rec: Very good.
Additional Rec: Excellent. (the teacher LOVES me)
Interview: Didn't get one.</p>
<p>Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong/ England
School Type: Private boarding school
Ethnicity: Chinese and Burmese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Brother, uncle's a professor.</p>
<p>Reflection:
Strengths: I'm really involved with charity stuff. My brother's there and he's doing really well and is really involved with a lot of stuff.
Weaknesses: My english exam grades were average.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea.
General Comments: Sooooooo happy! I can't wait til August!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (ED-CC)</p>
<p>Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 W 800 CR 730 M
[ *] ACT: 35
[ *] SAT II: 790 USH 720 Chem
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/539
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (5), World History (5), Statistics (4), US History (4), Psychology (5), English Language (5), Chemistry (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP US Government, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Language, Advanced Mixed Concert Chorale, AP Calculus AB, Honors Anatomy, AP English Literature
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, Who's Who (useless award) </p>
<p>Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chorus (secretary, section leader), All-State Chorus, District Honor Chorus, Interact (vice president x 2), Unite for Sight (event coordinator), NHS, Science NHS, Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica, Mu Alpha Theta, Renaissance Student Leadership, Beta Club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Score! Tutor in 2007 during the school year.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Planned a community fundraiser benefiting a poor-performance elementary school in a low-income area (two years in a row), clean up parks and rivers, peer tutor, and serve as a peer counselor.
[ *] Summer Activities: Duke TIP in 2005 and 2006, take summer classes for credit, went to CC science invitational this year
[ *] Essays: I wrote about my childhood obsession with medicine and my dream of becoming a doctor. Everyone who read it (incl. AP Lit teacher and Honors program director) thought it was really unique and well-written.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Came from AP Biology teacher (and Science NHS director) and 9th grade lit teacher (Honors program director). I didn't read them but I thought they'd be pretty good.
[ *] Counselor Rec: My guidance counselor is a useless person... I assume it was pretty generically good.
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview: None =[ </p>
<p>Other
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Low-income
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really, besides being poor and from the South. </p>
<p>Reflection
[ *] Strengths: Essay, test scores, grades & courseload
[ *] Weaknesses: Maybe ECs (too broad, but I do have two clear passions in there), lack of an art supplement.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I guess it all comes down to chance. Maybe it's the lack of a good hook... </p>
<p>General Comments: My fingers are still crossed for RD. Columbia is the only thing I've ever wanted since I was 12 years old. If I don't get in my parents will kill me over the money we spent visiting it this summer. </p>
<p>Congrats to everyone who did get in, hopefully I'll see you all next year!</p>