<p>Official Columbia Early Decision Class of 2016 Results</p>
<p>STATS ONLY</p>
<p>Use the format below, delete spaces between the brackets when you post to get the right formatting. *Thanks Silence1113 from class of 2015 for this format</p>
<p>Hey guys, I think this is all stuff that fits under categories addressed in the template (other stats, general comments, other factors). As I’d prefer not to create a new thread so close to the deadline, and for consistency’s sake with last year’s thread, this template will remain. @ToBePremed, last year I saw many people put “accepted to SEAS” or “accepted to CC” as either their decision or somewhere else in the template. I would push for that.</p>
<p>Once again, guys, this thread is for STATS ONLY. Please refrain from making other comments until people actually start posting results.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110, 2130 superscore, CR 700, WR 760 M 670
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 770, Lit 700, Math II 630
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.34 W
[</em>] Rank: 1/80
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[</em>] Essays: Common App-good I think, but risky as highly abstract. Wrote about witnessing the death of the horse and how it made me appreciate the beauty of life. Supplements-also decent, i think. Wrote about multiple perspectives of New Yorker magazine, love of philosophy
[<em>] ECs: Competitive event rider ranked nationally, ride 6x week and compete almost every weekend
Co-Founder and Co-Editor of School Newspaper
Executive Board Louisville Science Center, helped plan Regional Youth Science Summit of 150+ attendance
Lead in School Play
Chairman of Student Run Charitable Foundation
150+ Service Hours
2 summer internships-one was 40 hrs per week paid at Fortune 500! company, one was a competitively obtained internship at the James Brown Cancer Center in Louisiville
Head of Mock UN Club, won several awards
Numerous other things
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Should’ve been outstanding, both loved me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should’ve been great-though the guy’s a little crazy so who knows
[</em>] Hook (if any): Want to be a philosophy major-kind of obscure so Idk if that would help
[/list]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: US
[</em>] School Type: Private Independent
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: Really good interview (?) General Comments: Wasn’t really expecting anything, not too crushed atm.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 (790CR 750M 760W) one sitting
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 USH, 800 WH, 790 Math II
[<em>]GPA: 3.98/4 (4.0 if you only count HS classes)
[</em>]Rank: –
[<em>]Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist… 5s on all APs (Macro, Micro, Lang, World, US Gov, CS A)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not my best work, but probably unique topics… including ~the scarlet letter~ and ~alexander hamilton~ (about how much I liked them hah)
[<em>]ECs: Summer research internship, Youth Lieutenant Governor of MD through Youth and Government, 3 year volleyball player (1 year manager), NHS treasurer, volunteer work at museum, tons of helping with school events
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Both from teachers who really like me, one of whom I’m student aiding for. I assume they were both quite good.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Generic.
[</em>]Hook(if any): Adopted by gay (now separated) parents, wrote common app essay about my (sort of weird) feelings about it.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>]State or Country: MD
[</em>]School Type: Public, 2500+ kids, competitive magnet program
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: Schedule this year was kinda loaf because of scheduling problems, which I forgot to mention and I doubt my counselor did cause she was on maternity leave from May to October 28th… General Comments:
I love you all. Really. Whatever it says next to “decision”.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2240
[</em>] SAT IIs: Literature, 790 & U.S. History, 760
[<em>] GPA: 104.4/100.0
[</em>] Rank: 2/214
[li] Other stats: APs: World History, English Language, Human Geography (5s): Calculus AB, Psychology, U.S. History (4s), Calculus BC (3) [didn’t send in that score lol][/li]Also, I’m taking AP Environmental Science, AP Government, AP Macro Economics, and AP English Lit this year.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Main essay about my overcoming of an eating disorder, and how it led to finding strength and solidity in myself
[</em>] ECs: President/Captain of NHS, Interact, Quizbowl, and Academic UIL: Have been an Athletic Trainer all 4 years of high school, trained football and basketball, lettered in it
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One from English teacher whose been my NJHS/NHS head and personal friend, one from my government teacher
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been pretty good, she likes me and knows me well.
[li] Hook (if any): Attended Summer HSP at Columbia, attached a glowing recommendation from my professor (who’s an associate professor at Columbia) which, among other things, states that he wants me to come back as a T.A.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Texas
[</em>] School Type: Small, rural
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: I work as a hostess about 14 hours a week.</p>
<p>General Comments:</p>
<p>…dammit. Time to work on other apps, lightning speed. Congrats to all who were accepted! We’ll all end up where we’re supposed to.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2070
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 English, 770 US Hist 610 Math 2
[<em>] GPA: 4.17 weighted
[</em>] Rank: 3
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Okay… I guess?
[<em>] ECs: Nothing special, some sports, clubs.
[</em>] Teacher Recs:
[<em>] Counselor Rec:
[</em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments:
Well, that’s the end of the line. I was kind of expecting it, but it still hurts… Goodbye my dreams of New York, goodbye.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone that made it, I’m jealous, but I’m really happy for all of you. It was great talking to everyone during the waiting…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2160 M:710 ,CR:730 WR:720
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II:740 Physics:600
[<em>] GPA: UW:3.9 W:4.56
[</em>] Rank:11/110
[<em>] Other stats: Taking Calculus 3 at a community college, 6 IB Math SL, 5 AP USH
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:About transition to public school
[<em>] ECs:
[</em>] Teacher Recs:two great ones, one from my calc teacher who is a former columbia student
[<em>] Counselor Rec: generic but i guess good enough
[</em>] Hook (if any):URM (Black)
[/ul]Location/Person:Pittsburgh[ list]
[<em>] State or Country: PA, United States
[</em>] School Type:Public
[<em>] Ethnicity:African American
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/list][ b]Other Factors:** General Comments:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2330 (CR: 800, Math: 790, Writing: 740)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Lit-740 Math I-760
[<em>] GPA:4.35 weighted 4.0 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good, I talked about how I overcame OCD and used rowing metaphors throughout
[<em>] ECs: 6th in nation in lightweight rowing, SADD, National Honor Society, Blood Club, Arrupe
[</em>] Teacher Recs:Very good. One was from a math teacher and the other was from a English teacher
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Awesome, my counselor loved me and I talked with him frequently over the past couple of years.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Athlete
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Ohio
[</em>] School Type: Large Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors: I have self studied a few AP classes and gotten 5’s on 5 tests and 4s on two tests General Comments: Guys its been really great getting to know everyone on this forum over the past couple of months, and I know that for those of you who were rejected it feels like the end of the world. But I can promise you it isn’t, I have a lot of family members who have been rejected from their “dream” school only to attend a less prestigious school later and all of them absolutely love the school they are at now. College is seriously what you make of it no matter where you are. (Corny I know haha).</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2350
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math II 790 Japanese 770 Physics
[ *] GPA: 3.52 UW/4.33 W
[ *] Rank: –
[ *] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Wrote it in LaTeX…'nuff said
[ *] ECs: Co-captain of math team, Robotics, Tutoring, Learn a Language club
[ *] Teacher Recs: Amazing
[ *] Counselor Rec: Who knows
[ *] Hook (if any): Taught myself Japanese, placed in a national competition with those skills…
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: Magnet
[ *] Ethnicity: White Jewish
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: I feel like I messed up my supplement…thanks for making me submit it a month early counselor >.> [ /b]</p>
<p>SAT: 2180 (800 CR, 640 M, 740 W)
SAT IIs: 750 World History, 740 US History
GPA: 3.67 unweighted (our school weights for no one)
Rank: Nor do they rank…
Other: AP Scholar with Distinction </p>
<p>Subjective</p>
<p>Essays: I thought they were pretty dang good.
ECs: Captain of the track team, Editor in Chief of school newspaper, internship, Co-President of Environmental Club,
Teacher Recs: Good
Counselor Rec: Good
Hook (if any): Mom went to grad school there… I guess none, really.</p>
<p>Location/Person</p>
<p>State or Country: New York
School Type: Competitive public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Other Factors: I thought the interview relatively well. I mean, it was awkward at points but I asked a lot of good questions and the (relatively young) woman seemed to warm up to me by the end.
General Comments: Good senior 1st quarter grades (As and A-s). Keeping my fingers crossed!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Reading 740 Math 740 Writing 710
[</em>] SAT IIs: US History 710 Physics 740
[<em>] GPA: school doesn’t use 4.0 scale
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[li] Other stats: [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty unique, concentrated on political stuff
[</em>] ECs: Yearbook Editor, Newspaper copy editor, curling team, Subway Sandwiches, some other minor stuff
[<em>] Teacher Recs: All fantastic, saw all of them
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Fantastic, saw it
[li] Hook (if any):[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Canada
[</em>] School Type: Large, Public, Competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]</p>
<p>The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :D</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2080
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 French, 770 History, 750 Spanish
[<em>] GPA: 3.744/4.000
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I was told they were good.
[<em>] ECs: Lots of tutoring (150+hours), Community service (300+ hours)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: They all really liked me, but since I didn’t read them I can’t really judge.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: We’ve really connected over the years, and she knows me really well. But once again, I didn’t read it so I couldn’t rate it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): Latino, Native of the Americas
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: MI
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Latino
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul][ b]Other Factors: General Comments: Too bad. Now I gotta wait for Michigan. Haha. Congrats to y’all who were accepted! And good luck to those who were deferred/rejected!</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2250
[ *] SAT IIs: 730, 710, 680
[ *] GPA: 96.5
[ *] Rank: 17/ 257
[ *] Other stats: Rensellaer Medal, HMMT 11th Place, etc
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Idk
[ *] ECs: Worked on top 100 iPod app, published technical paper, doing more research now…etc
[ *] Teacher Recs: 1 From someone who worked admissions @ Columbia…that helped -<em>-
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (if any): Talked with Columbia professor who told me I’d get in -</em>-
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NJ
[ *] School Type: Mid Size - Sends like 3 to Ivies a year
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Kind of dissapointed, but its whatever. CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT ACCEPTED</p>