Official Columbia Early Decision Class of 2016 RESULTS

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<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED SEAS **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270, didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 780 Chemistry, 700 English Lit
[</em>] GPA: w-4.212
[li] Rank: 48/1517 D:</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Essays: I thought they were terrible, super rushed.
[</em>] ECs: HOSA, research, NHS, various academic teams, nothing special.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Evidently AHMAZING. or at least better than I expected :wink:
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been pretty good.
[li] Hook (if any): uhno. :/</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] State or Country: Texas!
[</em>] School Type: HUGE PUBLIC. D:
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: had a terrible interview. most awkward hour of my life, def. :stuck_out_tongue:
General Comments: I’m still amazed/confused/happy to the max that I got in. I saw some really strong applicants on cc, so I guess Columbia Adcom is pretty fickle. Best of luck to everyone! Congrats to those accepted, I look forward to seeing you around next year! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED COLUMBIA COLLEGE!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1580, didn’t send

  • ACT: 25
  • SAT IIs: 530 Math II, 550 Bio E, 550 US History
  • GPA: UW: 3.5 W:3.6
  • Rank: 71/522
  • Essays: Talked about my Dad!
  • ECs: Wrestling and thats basically it.
  • Teacher Recs: Very good relationship with both teachers but did not read it.
  • Counselor Rec: Who knows
  • Hook (if any): Don’t know what you mean by that…
  • State or Country: NORTH TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA BABY!
  • School Type: Public
  • Ethnicity: Vietnamese
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>

<p>Thank god I’m good at a sport ;)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (Columbia College)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400 (one sitting)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II: 800, Chem: 800, Bio: 800, US History: 780 (all one sitting)
[<em>] GPA: 4.1/4.3 unweighted
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[<em>] Other stats: This is super secret, bro… Okay, psych, I just don’t have anything else.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought my common app was really revealing of myself. For future generations, remember to let your personality shine here! I talked about my unique family situation and related it to my love for math and science. My supplements were okay… talked more about my science extracurriculars. My Why Columbia was average I thought. I wrote about how I make YouTube videos in the extracurricular short answer, and I thought that really revealed my personality well.
[<em>] ECs: Lots of science/math stuff. Went to Ross Summer Program. I do Odyssey of the Mind. Involved in band. Blah blah blah. Activities were parallel to my interests.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: One of my teacher recs from french teacher was pretty good (she showed it to me). My other one was from my chemistry teacher, and she told me it was amazing and I was the best student she ever had, but I didn’t see it.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She told me it was amazing and I guess it should have been pretty personal, since I talked to her about myself with her frequently.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m a handsome Asian male.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: New Jersey
[</em>] School Type: Large public high school; pretty competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese!!!
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: I really think my personality shone through.
General Comments: I suggest everyone to really explain their unique situation to Columbia when applying. Columbia University is looking for an interesting new class, so let them know why you are special. I talked about my personality and how I’m not the average Lee Wang Hang who studies every night. The essays are super important!!!
Congrats to everyone else who got accepted! PM me and we can celebrate together! :smiley:
And to those who weren’t so fortunate, remember that it’s not the end of the world. Something better will always work out for you.</p>

<p>Also, I know a lot of people from my school are going to stalk me and ■■■■■ this post… Please do not .__.</p>

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<p>WTH. most of these acceptances are b-s.</p>

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<p>I wasn’t able to get in, but congratulations to you all! It’s clear from these stats that you all deserved to get in, so I’m happy for all of you. It’s a silly thing to say, but enjoy Columbia and New York City, especially next year around this time. It was my dream to walk around Times Square with all of the blinking lights, or stand under the bridge at Central Park or Columbia’s walkway at night with all the snow, so although I won’t be able to live my dream now, you all will, and I am so, so happy for all of you. :)</p>

<p>But weird question, would any of you who were accepted be able to send me your Columbia short answers? My application was strong, but I’m pretty sure most of my short answers killed me; only one short answer could have been considered to be amazing. However, I have a few other applications to do for RD, but I’d like to see exactly what I did wrong in my short answers, and I’d like to see a few examples of what constitutes a great short answer. Message me if you’re willing.</p>

<p>And no, I won’t plagiarize or steal ideas since I have all my ideas down already, and I just need to see the structure of the short answers.</p>

<p>However, if you all are uncomfortable with sharing your short answers since they might be too personal, I understand. :)</p>

<p>Thank you, and best wishes to all of you! :D</p>

<p>Update: Dang. I reread my post, and boy do I sound like a suck-up in the first half. :confused: But know that my words are genuine, and I really wish you all the best of luck.</p>

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<p>I’m not trying to be mean but kristinababyxoxo you have to a ■■■■■ you don’t have good stats or extracurriculars unless you’re the daughter of a billionaire you bought everyone on the ad comm a yacht or have the single most inspirational life story I’ve ever heard, I have no idea how you were accepted.</p>

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<p>@collegekid0094 - I totally agree. Going over this with my friend who got deferred and we’re very confused…</p>

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<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Accepted!!![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2270 (M:800 CR:740 W:730)
[ *] SAT IIs: Physics 800 Math2C 800 Chem 780 Japanese 790
[ *] GPA: 3.98(unweighted)
[ *] Rank: -
[ *] Other stats: AP Calculus 5 PhysicsB 5 PhysicsC Mech 5 Chem 5 Art History 5 Micro 5 Macro 5 World History 4
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Main essay about my habit. I think it showed me very well.
[ *] ECs: Decent. volunteering club leader, art club leader, science club leader, AMCs, AIMEs
[ *] Teacher Recs: one from calculus teacher, one from english teacher. Pretty good, I believe.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent.
[ *] Hook (if any): A well-rounded engineering female student.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Korea, Republic of
[ *] School Type: Independent
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments: [ /b]</p>

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<p>@neon321 A lot of very strong applicants got deferred. Don’t know why. I think Columbia has a really different strategy/policy when selecting ED applicants. The real competition may be in the RD round…</p>

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<p>@jp4ever I really hope your right.</p>

<p>I have finally calmed down enough to move my stats, so here they are.</p>

<p>**Decision: Deferred **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2360 (800 Math, 760 Reading, 800 Writing)
[</em>] SAT IIs: (800 Math, 800 Physics, 770 Chem, 770 Chinese, 750 World History, 750 Bio
[<em>] APs: *Macro and *Micro economics, World History, *Computer Science A, Statistics, Psychology, Calculus BC (and AB subset), Physics B, Biology, Chemistry (All 5s); English Language (4); US History (3); Environmental Science, Physics C, US Government, Human Geography, English Literature (taking this year); * indicates APs taken online
[</em>] GPA:GPA: 4.0 UW, 5.43 W (out of 6)
[<em>] Rank:2/749
[</em>] Other stats: Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist (index: 232), National AP Scholar, AIME qualifier</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays: hard to judge my own writing
[</em>] ECs: School Math Team (all years of high school, de facto captain, placed multiple times at the national level, Vice President of school chapter of Mu Alpha Theta), Florida Math Team (called Florida Student Association of Mathematics, active since 11th grade, attended the international competitions PUMaC, HMMT, and ARML (team placed 2nd in B division at ARML), Vice President of Public Relations and Finance of the organization), Co-captain of school’s science bowl team and academic team (Brain Brawl team won county championships and advanced to semifinals in states last year), Co-vice President of Science National Honor Society, Chess player since 2003 (Placed top 10 at Nationals in 9th grade, started a volunteer program at the local library to teach chess to elementary school kids) Member of NHS, EHS, and Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honor Society), attended Columbia HSP Session II this summer (took Corporate Valuation, and received one of the best rec letters given out).
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Very Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn’t read
[li] Hook (if any): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type: 3500 students, top 1% in nation (don’t really know what that means though)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments:
I feel like I messed up my Why Columbia essay by not writing about the core. Maybe that would have been the difference?</p>

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<p>@Yin4TheWin Competition among Asian/Asian American applicants is HUGE!!! At least for this year’s ED. I don’t think not writing about the core hurt your chance. Maybe because you have too many academic ECs?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2290 single sitting=superscore, CR 750 WR 740 M 800
SAT IIs: 800 Math 2C, 800 French w/listening, 720 Spanish reading, 700 Lit
GPA: around 3.8/4.0 unweighted (not really an upward trend either +
freshman GPA > sophomore GPA, Junior 1st sem> Junior 2nd sem, Senior 1st quarter)
Rank: Not ranked.
Other stats: IB Predicted (41~42/45)
AP Psych 5 French Language 5 Spanish Language 4 English Language 4</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: They were okay… My CA one was about my nomadic life and what I learned from one of the environments I lived in. A lot of my other essays (supplements/activity essay) were related to languages. My activity one was about translation work, the one about favorite class was about Chinese, the one about my preferred major was about comparative literature. The one about cultural event was about an ink-and-wash exhibition. My why Columbia essay was pretty conventional- (diversity, Core, NY)</p>

<p>ECs :
(this part of my app is pretty mehh, leadership role is close to non-existent)
-Wrote Korean folklore stories in French and shared them with French kids at European school.
-School literature magazine: wrote poetry (10-11), helped create a new section for foreign languages
-Paid intern at media company during the summer
-Translation work at radio broadcasting station
-Staff writer for school newspaper (11-12), school magazine (12)
-Spanish Culture Club</p>

<p>Teacher Recs: Should be good enough, although I was not personally close to both :relaxed:.<br>
Counselor Rec: My counselor told me he would write an awesome rec :relaxed: I am sure his rec really helped!</p>

<p>Hook (if any): huh?
Location/Person: South East Asia
State or Country: Asia.
School Type: International school with IB (10-12) public local school (9)
Ethnicity: Asian.
Gender: Female
Other Factors: Never had an interview (THANK GOD), took many language classes + classes that would improve my writing throughout high school
General Comments: Sweet :D. Will start believing in miracles. Feel the peak of senioritis coming already. Will start worrying about prom. Congrats to each and every fellow 2016ers. COLUMBIA FTW. Best of luck to everyone :relaxed:</p>

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<p>**Decision: Accepted! **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (770 CR, 730 M, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 World History, 730 US History, 750 English Lit, 710 French
[<em>] GPA: 4.15 weighted
[</em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[<em>] Other stats: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar w/ Honor, won an award for Mandarin Chinese
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were really personal and very strong. Writing is generally one of my fortes.
[<em>] ECs: Editor of school newspaper, volunteering at a human rights nonprofit, youth mentor, peer tutor, co-president of two clubs, other community service
[</em>] Teacher Recs: wasn’t allowed to read any of my recs, but I think they were all quite good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: see above
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: very competitive private school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian/white
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors: I had an interview and thought it went pretty well.
General Comments: Congrats to all my future classmates! We did it!</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230 Composite (800 CR, 750 W, 680 M)
[</em>] SAT IIs:790 USH, 760 Span, 750 Eng, 700 Bio-E
[<em>] GPA:3.75 UW
[</em>] Rank:No school rank
[<em>] Other stats:AP: 5 USH, 5 EuroH, 4 ENG Comp+Lit
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays:Excellent (from testimony of english teachers)
[<em>] ECs: Presisent of Congress section of debate team, founder and leader of a youth service group, Senior writer in school opinion journal, Co-Founder and Co-Editor of music publication, Lector and Eucharistic Minister at local parish
[</em>] Teacher Recs:I don’t know (obviously)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Same
[</em>] Hook (if any):Both parents went to SEAS (though I applied to CC)
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:NJ
[</em>] School Type:Independent Catholic prep school in NYC
[<em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic (Cuban)/White
[</em>] Gender:Male
[/ul]Other Factors: Did not get an interview
General Comments: I’m levitating right now =D</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to CC</p>

<p>Stats:
•SAT: CR 750 Maths 800 WR 730
•SAT IIs: Chem 800 Phy 800 MathII 800
•GPA: It’s 93 on the scale of 0~100
•Rank: 2~3% by estimate
•Other stats:TOEFL 114
Subjective:
•Essays: Talk about my identity as a local Chinese and a global citizen
•ECs: many many…
•Teacher Recs: Pretty good I think
•Counselor Rec:Good.
•Hook (if any):I’ve done a chemistry project on my own.
Location/Person:Shanghai
•State or Country:China
•School Type:Public
•Ethnicity:Chinese
•Gender:Male
Other Factors:
General Comments: Dream comes true.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected from SEAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 720 CR, 740 M, 790 W, 2250 total (superscored)
[</em>] ACT: 35 composite, 36/English, 35/math, 35/reading, 32/science, 10/writing
[<em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 790 Chinese, 680 Physics, 680 Biology, 690 USH
[</em>] GPA: 4.33 W, 3.74 UW
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] Other stats: 5s in AP Calc BC, APUSH, AP Lang Comp. Got a 3 on AP Physics B but didn’t report it.
Currently taking: AP Prob Stat, AP Physics C, AP Lit Comp, AP Computer Science, AP French
National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Merit, 3rd Place in Declamation for Forensics States, 1st place business ethics for FBLA States, several local speech awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, I guess.
[</em>] ECs: Forensics Speech and Debate (Fundraising Chair/Treasurer) - several awards
FBLA (Webmaster) - went to nationals last year
Created my own creative writing club freshman year
Officers in two other fundraising clubs since sophomore year
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Okay, I guess. I didn’t see them.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be okay.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Went to HSP at Columbia, went to several Columbia events (Women’s Engineering forum, Columbia Master Class)
Father worked at Bell Labs, which is closely affiliated with Columbia
My forensics speech record
Creating and managing my own club
I also corresponded with the admissions officer in charge of my region. I especially looked up his email address and told him about the Columbian events I went to, asked questions, etc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type: Large, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: I should not have applied for SEAS…my math and science grades suck (always been B/B+s while I got As in my other classes). My SAT II scores were low as well, especially physics, since I talked about it in my “favorite class” short answer. My interview went alright, I guess, but my interviewer was more intrigued with my creative writing experiences than any engineering stuff. So yeah, really should have applied for the College. And finally, my ACT score probably wasn’t factored into the decision since it came out pretty late (I took it on standby). It arrived on Nov 30, and I sent an email to my admissions rep about it, but he didn’t reply (he usually replied to my emails within a day).</p>

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<p>Decision: DEFERRED to CC</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: CR 770, M 710, W 720 (single sitting)
SAT IIs: 800 Eng.Lit., 770 USH, 750 USH
GPA: 4.5 weighted
Rank: Top 2%</p>

<p>Other stats and awards: Lots of Poetry awards , National Commended, AP Scholar, Science award, NHS.</p>

<p>Essays: strong.</p>

<p>ECs: several w/ leadership and regional recognition. Lots of public service and tutoring.
Teacher Recs: strong
Counselor Rec: very strong!</p>

<p>Hook: legacy.</p>

<p>State or Country: SW USA
School Type: private.
Ethnicity: Euro mutt
Gender: Female</p>

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<p>good luck to everyone else who is deferred and going for RD</p>

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<p>**Decision: Rejected **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130 (700 M, 710 CR, 720 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 US History, 750 French, 720 Math I
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 W, (school only reports weighted)
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank
[<em>] Other stats and awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, High Honor Roll 9-12, won international science competition, won French poetry award, won lots of essay contests
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My common app essay was really unique, well-written, and mature. My guidance counselor kept raving about it.
[<em>] ECs: I had a lot of leadership positions. Founder of school’s science club, model UN captain 10th grade-present, founder of school’s French Club, founder of school’s sports fundraising association, science olympiad, varsity volleyball 9th-present, I tutor an underprivileged youth in math/science/english every week for free…and some random things I can’t think of right now.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I have really close relationships with both of those teachers. They both worked with me outside of the classroom.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I go to a small school, so my guidance counselor and I have a pretty close relationship too. I always go to her when I am having a problem @ school. She really encouraged me to apply to Columbia, thinking at the least I would be deferred…I know she wrote me an outstanding recc. (I thought it was a crapshoot all along…)
[</em>] Hook (if any): nothing…lol
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments: Well I thought I would be a lot more devastated than I am. I thought I would cry, but I guess because I was expecting a rejection, I wasn’t so surprised… then again, all my friends/teachers got my hopes up by telling me I was GOING to get in…Columbia was a dream.
To the accepted: Congratulations. Columbia is really a special place. :slight_smile:
To the rejected: Take this rejection with a grain of salt. It doesn’t mean that you are not worthy of going to or won’t succeed at Columbia…Stay strong! and know that in the next months, you will be getting amazing offers from other schools.</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats: </p>

<pre><code>SAT: 2260 Superscore (2160 in one sitting) Highest: 700 Writing 760 Math 800 Writing
SAT IIs: I guess these were kinda low :frowning: 700 Physics 660 Biology 640 Math II
GPA: UW 95.4 W 101.7
Rank: My school doesn’t rank…
Other stats: Took AP BC Calculus as a junior and received a 5, AP English Language (4), AP World History (4), AP U.S. History (4), AP Physics B (5), AP Biology (5). Currently taking AP Economics, AP Government, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP Chemistry. Took two science courses every year since sophomore year.
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>Essays: Common app essay was amazing. I wrote about the ways in which my religion, Islam, has provided me with a solid foundation but has allowed me to develop as my own person, especially growing up in a society that is not so tolerant of Muslims.
ECs: National Honor Society Treasurer (2 years), Model Congress Finance Chair (4 years), World Language Honor Society (2 years), Math Tutor (2 years), Volunteer at South Nassau Communities Hospital as a messenger (2 years), Varsity Badminton Captain (4 years), Key Club (4 years), Summer Camp Counselor (1 year), Old Bethpage Village Restoration Volunteer (1 year)
Teacher Recs: Two were from teachers who knew me really well and who I believe wrote excellent recs. One was from my Physics teacher who writes very generic letters… but I didn’t find about this until after I had submitted my recs…
Counselor Rec: Amazing- my counselor absolutely loved me because I moved to New York from California the summer before my freshman year and took the most challenging classes I could possibly take at my high school. Regardless, none of it was enough…
Hook (if any): None :frowning:
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>State or Country: Suburban town in New York (might be why)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Bengali (South Asian)
Gender: Female
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors: Was born in Bangladesh and moved to America when I was 5 years old.
General Comments: Columbia was my first choice school. I guess I shouldn’t have been optimistic about getting in but I couldn’t help it. Oh well, life goes on. I’ll get in somewhere better :P</p>