ECs:200 service hours, editor of a school magazine.
Counselor Rec:don’t know
Hook (if any): No
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<p>Location/Person: Northern Virginia</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Virginia
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:M
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments:
Asian kids suffer a lot in Columbia ED application.
Ask for financial aid is a big disadvantage if your family income qualifies you for a big chunk of aid. I have to advise these who want to apply to ED, applying for financial aid will get you rejected unless you are super-qualified.</p>
<p>hello all.
so basically ive been stalking the columbia page for a while now but never made an account because i didnt want to get obsessive/too tied up in the college admissions process (isnt THAT a joke?!) anyway, i applied ed and was…rejected. not a huge surprise, but i am just disappointed. 33 act 750 math II 730 spanish reading. im white and female. boring and totally unhooked. i knew that this all would hurt, but now that it has actually happened, it feels strange. i dont know about you all, but i can’t help but wish that i had done so many things differently in my application. i dont want to have to write more essays, but im excited start exploring some other options i suppose. to those accepted-congrats, i am eternally jealous. to those deferred/rejected-i feel for you all, but i think we need to put this whole experience in perspective. we are the best and brightest of our generation and where we go to college will not and should not define who we are. i have the utmost confidence that we will be successful no matter where we end up. sorry this is so long. peace and love to you all. good luck with whatever your futures may bring!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:1830 superscore.
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 spanish with listening, 680 literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 weighted.
[</em>] Rank: 10/91, but my school is weird cause we’re a satellite school so technically 12/458
[<em>] Other stats: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Thought were pretty good. my main essay was about how John Galt, ayn rand’s male protagonist in Atlas Shrugged really influenced the way i see my life and the way i think. as for my supplement, i talked about how columbia felt like home to me. guess they thought differently
[<em>] ECs: latino heritage club, nhs, international club, a lot of volunteer work tutoring and such. did a 2 1/2 month internship at penn state hershey medical center. bleh
[</em>] Teacher Recs: have no idea. i know the one was really good and the other was probably ~meh.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: pretty generic i’m guessing. our old councilor, whom i knew very well, was fired the start of my senior year, so that kinda </em><em>ed me over
[</em>] Hook (if any): URM, immigrant, english second language
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: PA, US
[</em>] School Type: satellite/private. you have to apply to get in. very competitive for the area that i live in
[<em>] Ethnicity: Dominican
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
i feel like this almost isn’t real. i felt like columbia was so good for me. i still do. call me naive, but i’m certain that the admissions made a mistake. i just feel like columbia as an institution is everything that i could ever want in a college. from the people, to the location, etc. and being rejected…it’s like telling someone that you love them and them just flat out telling you that they don’t want you. this really hurts.</p>
<p>also, i know that, even if many of you would never say it, a lot of you are probably looking at my SAT scores, or the future 2016 hopefuls will look at them, and say, “well, no wonder.” i’ll tell you what, SAT scores are NOT everything. i am as certain as the rejection letter sitting in my toolbar that my SAT scores were NOT my downfall. they do not show who i am, they are merely nothing but an outdated, skewed, and obsolete testing system. and while i don’t exactly prove it, any of you looking at this post in the future with a score like mine, but shines in other areas, don’t be dismayed. you still have a chance, because as you can see, even the 2300+'s got rejected. everyone has as much a chance as any other. don’t lose hope.</p>
<p>thanks for the kind words, but i think we can all agree that anything that anyone says to us to attempt to console us are just going to be seen as empty words… :/</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2070 (690 math, 690 writing, 690 CR)
SAT IIs: 730 Math I, 680 Math II
GPA: 4.3, I think. 4.0 unweighted
Rank: 3/500ish</p>
<p>Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: A little last minute, but I was pleased.
ECs: Destination Imagination, Girl Scout (Gold Award), Academic Team A team member, NHS secretary, drama company treasurer and stage manager, morning announcement senior anchor/co-producer, second chair flute in top band/marching band
Teacher Recs: I never saw them, but I assume they were good.
Counselor Rec: I never saw it, but he loves me.
Hook (if any): </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Maryland
School Type: average public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>very true. trust me, im going through it too and theres no sugar-coating that it sucks…just realized that this is stats only whoops but really good luck everyone</p>
<p>I’m surprisingly calm. Want to know my secret? I see myself in 10-15 years. To be completely honest, I won’t care about my rejection from Columbia. You just have to develop futuristic eyes. It truly isn’t the end of the world, even if you feel like it is.</p>
<p>I hear you, I wish that I could just snap out of it… I just felt this was going to be so right. I had alot going for me, my family came from nothing in Romania, and I wanted to prove to everyone, everyone who ridiculed me or told me that i would never make it where i want, I wanted to prove everybody wrong :/</p>
<p>^^yes, but that percentage is always a little higher among CC’ers. I expect most of the accepted are off celebrating rather than posting their stats.</p>
<p>the athletes is what ****es me off more than anything, in Romania they have specific colleges for SPORTS, not to interfere with those who actually deserve a spot at a great school. :/</p>
<p>@doctorje: I completely agree with dubfault. Perhaps if you have not applied for FA and choose to be in 200k debt after graduation of pathetic undergrad…then they would have accepted you. Columbia is cruel.</p>
<p>Also:</p>
<p>“I wanted to prove to everyone, everyone who ridiculed me or told me that i would never make it where i want, I wanted to prove everybody wrong”</p>
<p>Trust me bro. That’s how I am too. I think though the ultimate proof of your success will be when they call you in the future Dr. [insert name here]</p>
<p>You just need to put things in perspective.</p>
<p>Essays: Great Essay
ECs: Founder of a Website, Wrote a novel, varsity sports, clubs, spoke several languages, editor of magazine, published poems, have a job, play piano, the whole shabang
Counselor Rec: good
Hook (if any): great letter from alumni </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: CA
School Type: private school
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Kind of surprised to see more rejections than deferrals this year…friend (chinese male) just told me he got in, but he says that he didn’t think he had a good chance.</p>
<p>Guess there is some luck factor involved. Anyway, congrats to the people that got accepted, and good luck to the others for other college admissions.</p>