<p>Decision: Deferred
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770CR, 680M, 750W= 2200
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 710 Chemistry, 700 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7 ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), US History (4), Physics (no exam), Macroeconomics (no exam)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s (Chemistry, Spanish, Calculus AB), 3 Honors, Gym
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): High Honor Roll, Honor Roll, Spanish Honor Society Inductee
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis (JV Captain), Mock Trial, Noncompetitive Fed Challenge, Piano, Guitar
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring (senior tutor), Camp Counselor (head of 9-10 age group)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Camp Counselor, Piano, Tennis
[</em>] Essays: My essay was on the first time I found out Santa wasn’t real and how that shaped my views of innocence. I received positive feedback on the topic and on my writing style.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t seem them. I assume they were ok.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it. I assume it was excellent.
[<em>] Interview: Excellent. 1.5 hours, he said I was a perfect fit.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No, but my mom’s employer provides the benefit of paying for my tuition.
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided, but considering Psychology, Economics, and possibly Biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mixed (primarily Caucasian and African American with some Native American in there somewhere).
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Combined my parents make over $200k/year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, legacy
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Pretty good SATs, URM, great interview, good essay and short answers
[</em>] Weaknesses: Junior year GPA, SAT II’s, Level of my extracurriculars.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My junior year GPA was probably my biggest weakness. I got an inordinate number of B’s compared to my Sophomore and Freshman years so the downward spike sucked. The only person to get in from my school is an internationally ranked fencer that has lower stats than me and the other applicants 
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Not sure yet. I’ve only applied to Rutgers and Columbia. I’ve got some work to do.</p>
<p>Deferred also. I’m very surprised halfrican didn’t get in though considering you’re legacy and URM, so it goes to show how competetive it must have been this year with all of these deferrals and rejections.</p>
<p>rejected.</p>
<p>680cr, 740m, 790wr, 12e
800math ii,740fr–not native…asian female, in fact.
apped for fin-aid</p>
<p>im kind of happy!! i dunno. it sucks that i have to do 10 more supplemental essays, but i kind of felt disgusted by somethings at columbia–especially by how rude some student’s are on this forum. just didn’t want columbia to change me for the worse.</p>
<p>CONGRATS TO THE…3?..PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED SO FAR!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800 math, 800 writing, 740 CR)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 800 math II, 780 physics, 770 US history
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5 out of 600
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (4), Physics (5), US History (5), Studio Art (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental Science, AP Spanish 5, AP Calculus BC, AP English, AP Government, AP Economics, AP Biology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, Oceans Bowl
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 60 hours as chemistry course assistant
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: none
[<em>] Summer Activities: Science Bowl/Job
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: n/a
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[<em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[</em>] Interview: Good
[/ul][ b]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Architecture
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: under 60k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT I, SAT II, GPA
[<em>] Weaknesses: No community service
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Don’t really know why. I did everything I possibly could. Perhaps not enough extracurricular, but if that’s how Columbia judged I’m really surprised. It was probably the application for financial aid that screwed me over.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Salty, Columbia rejects more people than any other early pool. If you are deferred then you have a much higher chance of getting in compared to elsewhere. Also, you have great stats. Don’t be too pessimistic.</p>
<p>Rejected (legacy). Whatever.
I’ll post my stats when the site decides to function.</p>
<p>I wish everyone else luck!</p>
<p>it’s not really the deferral that bothers me. it’s everything else i have to do because of it. plus i bet my dad is happy i got deferred</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720CR, 760M, 720W= 2200
ACT: Did not take ACT
SAT II: 750 Biology, 750 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History and English (5) Latin, Calculus AB, American Lit (5) Biology, Special Permission Biology Research Seminar
Major Awards: High Honor Roll, Honor Roll,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Water Polo (Varsity Captain), Varsity Crew, Varsity Swimming,
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring (peer tutor), Special Olympics coach
Summer Activities: Rowing and internship in surgery lab at Harvard Medical School
Essays: My relationship with my sibling, and how it affects my outlook on life
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t seem them. I assume they were ok.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it. I assume it was ok.
Interview: Official visit rowing with overnight stay
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided, Biology or Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Boarding School in MA
Ethnicity: Mixed (primarily Caucasian and Hawaiian).
Gender: Male
Hooks: recruited athlete</p>
<p>rejected… it sucks but i moved on after the moment i didnt see the “congratulations!” and everything. i just read through rejection letter and thats it. oh well congrats to those of you who got in</p>
<p>Wow, so 1 accepted so far? </p>
<p>Brutal.
(Congrats to rowerfan though)</p>
<p>Don’t give up those who were rejected. There are other places for you! :)</p>
<p>deferred 10char</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted, Columbia College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to CC!!!</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): CR 730; M 610; W 730 (2070)
ACT: n/a
SAT II: German with listening 800; Literature 670
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/74
AP (place score in parenthesis): Didn’t submit scores
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Calculus, Spanish IV, Economics, Physics (the toughest classes offered at my tiny, rural school)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): President’s award for academics (received twice); Top World Literature Student and Top Chemistry Student at my HS
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Horseback riding; Knowledge Bowl; NHS (treasurer last two years); Spanish Club (secretary, president)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 200 hours (25 at public library and 100 at a horse training facility; rest are small, random events)
Summer Activities: Nothing outstanding
Essays: They’re probably what got me in
Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful
Counselor Rec: also great; very personal
Additional Rec: I don’t know
Interview: didn’t have one
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Pre-med? Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): Washington
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Black-Brazilian and German
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM (kind of)
Reflection
Strengths: Essay, recommendations, reading list (haha)
Weaknesses: SAT scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See “strengths”
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Western Washington University
General Comments: I would have been surprised by a deferral–that’s how unqualified I felt! I still feel as though I’m dreaming…</p>
<p>Congrats to those accepted.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Math - 770 Critical Reading - 660 Writing - 720
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] SAT II: Math II - 770, US History - 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (3), Spanish Language (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, Physics, French II, Student Government, AP Calc AB, English IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vice President of Senior Class, President and Founder of Animal Rights Club and Surfrider Foundation Club. Volleyball freshman and sophomore year + cross country sophomore year. CSF, NHS. Self-taught musician
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Two jobs, one internship with Surfrider Foundation
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Internship, Beach Clean-ups, student tutoring, deeds for darfur club at school
[<em>] Summer Activities: Cambridge Summer Programme (Basically summer school/camp at Cambridge University), INternship with Surfrider Foundation, Statistics at community college
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were decent.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Decent
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Polysci or Architecture
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public but a very good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mexican
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Top
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: idk, not enough i guess…
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: GPA and SAT probably
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: N/A[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>I gave it a shot and I can’t say anything about it. Sure it sucked to be rejected, but hey, it’s Columbia. It’s tough as **** to get into, so I’m not too down.</p>
<p>Accepted 
10char</p>
<p>Deferred. I think I’ll post full stats in the regular decision round.
SAT: 800/720/780: 2300 (superscored)
Bio M: 800 Lit: 760
GPA: 4.74 W
Rank: 9/660
AP: chem: 4, physics, us history, world history, psych, bio, lang: 5.
ECs: Track, xc, co editor in chief of newspaper, treasurer of jsa, TA for ap chem, some internships, columbia summer program.
Essay: I thought it was good.
Recs: Alright probably. </p>
<p>Congratulations to those who got in. For those deferred: “Columbia made a mistake. Hopefully they will correct it later.”-Text from my friend, made me feel a little better.</p>
<p>how did they defer so many people?</p>
<p>Rejected</p>
<p>Don’t be to down in the water guys…(or library).</p>
<p>Just move on…I’m not sure how strong you guys are mentally (not academically) but i hope a good portion of you are …i actually posted a note on facebook of my rejection letter and i’m having a pretty good time cracking up here.</p>
<p>So just try to tell you have to tell and go on to the next best thing! </p>
<p>I mean, i bet if you see the other applications that were rejected, you’ll be shocked yourself.</p>
<p>It’s all a chance…and unfortunately the probability wasn’t in your…no…OUR favor. </p>
<p>Next Stop: NYU forum!</p>
<p>Wow so many deferred. My dad has theory on my deferral despite my hooks. My mom actually works for Columbia’s department of medicine and one of her job perks is that, should I be accepted to Columbia, the tuition would be free. He believes I was deferred because, even if I was accepted to other schools, I would still choose them for the financial benefits. So they’re free to recruit more hook-students like athletes and other URM’s early and they can still take me later. Any thoughts on this? Or maybe we’re both just desperate to justify this situation…</p>