<p>I realize you’re both upset, dubfault and doctorje24, but I’m sure that in your rejection letters, Columbia mentioned that they get more qualified people than they have spots to fill - they mean it! You guys are both qualified and they simply didn’t have enough room for you. But just because you’re smart does not mean that other people are not - especially athletes and minorities. Please take a slice of humble pie and bow out gracefully. There’s no need to discredit people who worked just as hard as you and merely had different results than you in this mysterious process.</p>
<p>sat: 2300</p>
<p>not much else</p>
<p>Who else is SHOCKED?
I hardly expected any of these decisions.</p>
<p>Looking at past years’ ED results threads, I thought a lot of people here should’ve gotten in… What happened? Maybe they’re expecting a lot of RD apps so they don’t want to look at a lot of deferred kids?</p>
<p>Kind of lost at the moment, but we’ll be okay.</p>
<p>18 Rejections 4 Acceptances the rest is Deferred.</p>
<p>dubfault - grow the hell up. seriously. you did incite something here. </p>
<p>as someone who knows the admissions officers and what they go through, and how they select candidates, them not having a heart is the furthest thing i would say. they make tough decisions - and have a very particular goal in mind when they admit students - to form the best class of students that will learn and grow together and appreciate (hopefully) the strengths columbia offers. </p>
<p>i have followed many of you on here that now come rejected, i feel horrible, keep your chin up, you’re smart folks, and if you want any advice, or thoughts, feel free to pm me and i’ll get to them as best as i can. </p>
<p>the hard thing, and i’ve said this before, about admissions to schools like columbia is that having the raw numbers really is not good enough. it is about having an attitude that comes out throughout the application, and to develop such a personality that is at once modest and accomplished takes longer than just thinking about it senior year. it takes honing from an early age how to be different and yet play nice with your peers. it is complicated and often requires effort that transcends what is normal for your high school. it is hard to think that way when you start posting a few weeks before apps are due and ask for someone to chance you. </p>
<p>but the bigger perspective. you have a few more weeks to finish applications. all of you will be going to college next year. which is far more than the 50% of folks your age who will not. deep breaths. sure it sucks, mope for a few days, but if you want someone to help pick you up, turn to your friends and family, and if that doesn’t work - find those of us on this board, and we would surely help.</p>
<p>^^^You would be lying to yourself if you say that the admission office prefers non FA students over FA students.</p>
<p>best friend was accepted! :D</p>
<p>stats: </p>
<p>2380 sat
800, 800 sat2
4.0 gpa (i think… he has straight a’s)
a bunch of leadership positions plus a unique ec
asian male
—that’s all i know!</p>
<p>congratulations to all other acceptees!!! so happy for you all! :D</p>
<p>@dubfault
Seriously? Have you seen a single URM get accepted yet on this thread? Don’t blame your rejection on athletes or URM’s because it was likely Columbia could see your terrible attitude through your application and that’s why you got rejected. It sucks, I know, I’m a URM with a 2230 and perfect subject test scores who got rejected as well. Just don’t go blaming others for your own misfortune, it makes you look bad.</p>
<p>Columbia is need-blind, meaning its admissions office doesn’t even SEE who needs financial aid and who doesn’t before they make a decision.</p>
<p>Stats gentlemen, stats.</p>
<p>Silence,
Didn’t ask for aid…2290. Deferred</p>
<p>elbeen - can you really be that naive? they claim that they’re need blind to be politically correct, but behind the scenes, we don’t know if they truly stick to that, in fact, i’m getting the sense that they don’t based on all of us that applied FA and were flat out rejected, not even deferred. I had a wonderful story, my parents came from nothing in Romania, and I have worked my tail off throughout high school, maybe the FA did me in…</p>
<p>This is for closure </p>
<p>**Decision:Rejected **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:CR-780 M-740 WR-660
[</em>] SAT IIs:Math Level 1-710 Biology-720 World History-650
[<em>] GPA:93 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank:No rank
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Thought they were very good and original. A friend in the Columbia English Dept. said it was great
[<em>] ECs:Pretty solid. capt of math and chess team. nothing national or state
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Amazing.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Amazing
[</em>] Hook (if any): Father went to Columbia Business School.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NY
[</em>] School Type: Religious
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:- My school is terrible at getting people into Columbia. A family friend who is on the Board of Visitors wrote a letter for me and placed a call. not enough…
General Comments: Im numb. I cant even describe how i feel. I know I know “its no big deal” but it really was to me. Im sure Ill love wherever I end up. But with my sister in Barnard now…i cant even compose sentences. Im applying to NYU Stern edii, so well see how tht works out. But Ive been telling my self since Nov 1- you have no chance, over and over again. and I envisioned getting rejected but it hurts more than tht. </p>
<p>wtvr its not meant to be–Congrats to all those accepted!</p>
<p>No, I’m not naive. The college has an endowment in the billions. If it says it’s need-blind, it’s need blind. But you can think what you want.</p>
<p>I had a 1890 SAT, and got deferred.</p>
<p>DEFERRED? wow, i hope you realize how lucky you are… did you have any hooks or anything?</p>
<p>@dubfault: yes, we are all frustrated, but don’t blame your rejection on someone else’s acceptance, if that makes any sense. to assume that affirmative action ruins every non-URM’s chance of acceptance and affirms every URM’s acceptance (CLEARLY not true as evidenced by the rejections in this thread) is a ridiculous. at the end of the day: we are never going to know exactly why we were rejected, and thats just the reality of the college admissions game. also, i didnt apply for aid and was still rejected…like i said, well never know…</p>
<p>mee too, 1890 deferred</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit:570, World Hist:510, Chem:550
[<em>] GPA: 3.8
[</em>] Rank: 10/135
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Fine, but I wrote them on Halloween night while eating/stealing candy from my younger siblings.
[<em>] ECs: AYSO, Hula & other Hawaiian school clubs, Spanish Club, NHS
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Very strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My counselor didn’t graduate college. So, bad.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Low income, did an alumni interview, got recruited for NOP
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Hawaii
[</em>] School Type: Independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: Native Hawaiian, Japanese,
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments:</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210 (760-CR, 730-M, 720-W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800-Lit, 700-American History
[<em>] GPA:3.98/4.00
[</em>] Rank: 1st/17
[li] Other stats: ACT-34 (Reading-36, Writing-35, Science-35, Math-31, Essay-9), NHS, National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] ECs: FBLA (Two national competition top ten placings), Catholic Youth Ministry (4hrs/week for two years), Varsity Football (2 years and voted all-league), Farm Work (200hrs/year for 4 years), School Play (4 yrs and lead for two of those), and a bunch of other crap.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Ok
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[li] Hook (if any): Rural/Very Small School</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: KS
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Bohemian
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: I had a cousin who graduated from Teachers’ College.</p>
<p>General Comments: I cannot believe this actually happened. I’m sorry about how arrogant this is, but this is the biggest acheivement that Centre High School has ever had. My condolences to all those rejected; I can’t imagine how much this must suck.</p>