<p>Clearly that’s URM…khigh</p>
<p>columbia is not need blind for international students: [International</a> Admissions | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/international/admissions.php]International”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/international/admissions.php)</p>
<p>this means that FA does matter for int’l students. it often only takes students early FA if they are truly impressive. because their int’l FA budget is limited, they will often defer even very very strong students to make sure that they aren’t admitting students who need int’l FA and then not having money to admit more impressive candidates later on. </p>
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<p>for all students - need blind is real. i know it is real. it means that admissions officers aren’t even allowed to question what students put down. if you are international and say you don’t want FA you will be treated like any student. if you are domestic and put down you want FA, you will be admitted regardless of your need.</p>
<p>Is it me or has SAT score almost been inversely related to acceptance or rejection so far…a kid from my school with a 2390 got rejected and a kid with a 2200 got accepted…both whites.</p>
<p>@Silence - clearly… like don’t get me wrong, i’m happy for them, but also insanely jealous</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s really weird. I guess this shows that SAT scores really don’t matter that much, but most of the people with amazing SAT scores here also seem to have great EC’s. I want this to be a mistake so badly, but of course they wouldn’t make such a grave mistake. (I was rejected with a 2260)</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone accepted though. :)</p>
<p>I am a URM, but I had amazing EC’s. I thought I’d be rejected with those scores.</p>
<p>heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp
Whats the url to the decisions website?</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>SAT: 2110</p>
<p>800 Chem 790 Math… 720 US</p>
<p>EC’s decent</p>
<p>Hooks: did research</p>
<p>Essay: pretty good</p>
<p>GPA 4.1</p>
<p>Class Rank: 1/300</p>
<p>i’m so bummed :/</p>
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<p>I’m a legacy and they apparently didn’t like me. I had the option of not signing up for financial aid, but I doubt that would have pushed me into accepted. I would have paid full price to attend Columbia.</p>
<p>@good4college… i had some damn good EC’s too, i’ve been working on community service projects in Romania for the past 5 summers. I’ve taken leadership roles in student clubs, i’ve participated in sports, captain of Cross Country team, i dont know what more i could have done in terms of EC</p>
<p>I was the 1st black captain of the tennis team in the history of my school. also, first freshman captain of any varsity sport in the history of my school. that helped a lot.</p>
<p>Dubfault you are compketely and utterly wrong. I’m an athlete, minority, and a legacy. I got rejected, will post stats later. I’m currently in something like a state of shock.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 USH, 780 Lit, 760 Math II
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.4909 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/473 (when I applied)
[</em>] Other stats: 5s on all 12 AP exams
[<em>] Major awards: National Merit Semifinalist, NCTE Achievement Award in Writing, AP National Scholar, Yale Book Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Funny, interesting, and 100% true to myself; teachers I showed it to called it “very refreshing”
[<em>] ECs: Speech & Debate (Team Captain, consistently nationally ranked in Extemp), Junior State of America (Governor, Lt. Governor, Director of South Florida, Chapter President), Literacy for Democracy (service project focused on education, political advocacy, and community involvement), Titan Tribune (school think-tank, Founder, Editor-in-Chief), Varsity Crew
[</em>] Teacher Recs: excellent (one was very Columbia-specific and showed my passion for the school and my own interests, didn’t see the other)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>] Interview: terrific
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Florida
[<em>] Intended Major: Political Science, Urban Studies
[</em>] School Type: Public, around 2,000 kids
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none
General Comments: I’m really thrilled. I’m especially glad that Columbia thinks we match as well as I think we do. Can’t wait to read The Iliad!</p>
<p>Posting for my son. Rejected.
2400 SAT, 4.0 GPA, many EC’s, few solid leaderships, research during summers, competitive public school , Asian Male.</p>
<p>these were really helpful to me, so here we go even though it hurts…</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>Stats:[ list]
[ *] SAT: didnt take (feel like this may have hurt), but 33 ACT
[ *] SAT IIs: 750 math II, 730 spanish reading
[ *] GPA: 3.74 uw/4.41 weighted (huge upward trend)
[ *] Rank: top 10% (thats as specific as my school gets)
[ *] Other stats: National Merit Commended Student
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: i thought they were good when i submitted them, but after looking at them over and over again the past few days, they feel weak. who knows. wish my why columbia had more pizazz
[ *] ECs: Debate (exec board–secretary/publicity head), Tutoring/Teaching program thing (head of tutoring), Exec board of my school’s biennial arts three-day festival/celebration (publicity), mock trial, student ambassador to my city’s sister city (did an exchange program there this summer)/student liasion to my hs, ice skating, volunteered at an ESL summer camp
[ *] Teacher Recs: didnt see them, assume they were at least okay
[ *] Counselor Rec: again, didnt see, but my counselor and i are tight
[ *] Hook (if any): none–although i had an additional rec from my professor at a summer program i did this summer (fabulous)
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: IL (metro chicagoland)
[ *] School Type: competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: white (eastern european)
[ *] Gender: female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b] i was really bummed out about the rejection. ive been reading past results for the past few days and i have to say that i saw it coming. however, i worked so hard on my supplement. i visited/interviewed/did everything in my power to show interest. but, Columbia’s an ivy league school with a lot of highly qualified applicants. the adcom sees what they want in their future classes, and they clearly didnt see it in me. so many more apps to do!</p>
<p>To emerald: </p>
<p>Yeah a lot of people on here did deserve to get into Columbia. But then again it appears like no one really deserves to get into any colleges. Its up the college I guess but I still don’t know how the whole application review process goes so I guess thats what frustrates me the most</p>
<p>not taking the SAT didn’t hurt you collegegr. columbia is very understanding of folks in the midwest, and the person who read your application reads all the applications from chicagoland, she would’ve seen tons of kids only taking the ACT.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ve calmed down a bit. Sobbed for thirty minutes straight</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to SEAS</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2210 (760-CR, 710-M, 740-W, 11 E)
ACT: 34 Composite 11 Essay
SAT IIs: 730 Math II Chem 690 US History 730
GPA: 3.98 // 5.18
Rank: 1/483
Other stats: IB Diploma Candidate, taking Calculus III at local State University, Questbridge Finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good, I guess they liked them.
ECs:
Violin for 8+ years: Governor’s School for music, All-State several times, out of school youth orchestra ensemble for 6 years
Model UN
Math Club
Chem Club
Sci Oly
Quidditch Club [founder]
Service Club
NHS
FHS
Job since summer of 2007
Sent in photography supplement
Blog with over 2600 readers
Teacher Recs: Great?
Counselor Rec: I think she really likes me
Hook (if any): Single parent family, low income, female in engineering? Don’t think these are hooks, more like tipping factors.</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: NC
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Other Factors: I really don’t know. It’s insane how this happened. My subject scores were awful, and I didn’t have that many math/science related activities, let alone awards or anything!</p>
<p>General Comments: The music started playing, and I couldn’t believe it. This is so SURREAL. Congrats to the others who’ve been accepted and good luck to deferred/RDers!</p>
<p>dubfault - if you want to know more incite into the process, feel free to ask me, i’ve stated it very clear here throughout. </p>
<p>it is a lot more nuanced than you think.</p>
<p>what did the accepted/deferred/rejected emails start with?</p>