<p>Congratulations to all who got in Columbia!!! Columbia is also my son’s dream school, many thanks to all of you who posted your stats, they are very helpful for my son next year’s application!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR, 730 M, 700 W
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 720 USH, 700 M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67 (Probably killed me)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably in the top ten percent
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): LangComp: 5, USH: 5, Calculus BC: 4, Latin Lit: 3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Language and Literature, AP Probability and Statistics, AP Art History, AP Government and Politics, AP European History, AP Latin Vergil
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Latin Exam Silver Medalist, Debate Award, Best Attorney in Mock Trial, AP Scholar, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics, Mock Trial, Model UN, Fencing, Junior Classical League, etc
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteer
[<em>] Summer Activities: Studied Attic Greek
[</em>] Essays: probably mediocre, well written but too academic
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: good?
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: It went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: classics
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[<em>] School Type: large, suburban, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: My interests, My extracurriculars?
[<em>] Weaknesses: My GPA, it was a dealbreaker
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My GPA was all A’s before junior year. Junior year was hard on me personally. I had a lot of family issues. I didn’t tell Columbia that. But I guess it made me look lazy, because I started getting B’s. If the problem were just that other more impressive candidates applied from my school, I think they would have at least deferred me.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no other results yet[/li][/ul]**General Comments:**I just want to know what was so bad to have been rejected outright. I’m taking this more personally than I wanted to.</p>
<p>Accepted? Congrats!</p>
<p>Join the [Columbia</a> Class of 2014 Facebook Group](<a href=“Facebook Public Group | Facebook”>Facebook Public Group | Facebook)!</p>
<p>For those deferred, is it possible to schedule an interview if we have never had one?</p>
<p>ACCEPTED TO COLUMBIA- oh and I went to the CE2 program too.</p>
<p>hey guys- sorry to all those who didnt get in, im sure youll be great in another school!
for anyone who did get in, that welcome site for me only has the video and nothing else, is anyone else getting past that?</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred (CC)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR 800, M 730, W 800
[</em>] SAT II: US History 760, Bio 720
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): 97ish
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/400
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Stats, Wind Ensemble (honors), Syracuse University Economics, SUNY Oswego English, Foundations in Media Arts, Journalism, PE
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit SF (national), ESSPA Silver Award for Feature Writing (state), a couple of school awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): school newspaper (2 yrs; Editor-in-Chief, Alumni Editor), marching band (5 yrs; section leader), ski club (4 yrs; secretary), National Honor Society (2 yrs; secretary), wind ensemble (3 yrs), powderpuff football (2 yrs)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Harvard Summer Servers, Youth Court (chief judge)
[</em>] Summer Activities: Harvard SSP, marching band
[<em>] Essays: no one looked them over… but I thought they were good.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see them, but they were both teachers who loved me and I’ve heard one of them writes ridiculously good recs
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she adores me, so I’m sure it was good
[</em>] Interview: went well, the guy seemed to like me
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yep
[</em>] Intended Major: poli sci
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (repping upstate)
[</em>] School Type: public, a crap one with a grand total of 5 AP classes, rarely sends students to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60,000-$84,999
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT score, NMSF
[</em>] Weaknesses: generic ECs, overrepresented state, not sure about essay/rec quality
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: everyone who applied was just as qualified as I am.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to Drexel.
[/ul]General Comments: This blows.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED AND OFFERED A PLACE IN THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM!!!</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2150- 720 (CR) 640 (M) 790 (W)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: Spanish: 730 Biology (M): 660
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, Western Philosophy I Honors, Calculus I Honors
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Cum Laude Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National Achievement Semifinalist
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gender Equality Forum (President); Gay-Straight Alliance (President); Photography Club (Co-President, Co-Founder); Diversity Committee (Co-Clerk)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked as receptionist at hair salon summer of 2008
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: volunteer for Garden State Equality Campaign
[ *] Summer Activities: TASP 2009
[ *] Essays: I wrote about how cleaning my room made me realize how much of an outcast I was within my family
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: awesome!! (went on a service trip to Mexico with one of my recommenders and he wrote about that)
[ *] Counselor Rec: amazing!
[ *] Additional Rec: Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Cornell
[ *] Interview: 45 mins, not that bad
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yuppp
[ *] Intended Major: idk, maybe Gender and Sexuality Studies or Philosophy
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Independent
[ *] Ethnicity: African American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: under 60K
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: recommendations and extracurrics
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b I was also offered a place in Columbia’s Undergraduate Scholars Program because I was name a Kurg Scholar. :-D</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS!!1</p>
<p>[ *] SAT I math 800 Cr 730 writing 750 2280
[ *] ACT: 33 (didn’t send)
[ *] SAT II: math II 800 Physics 800 Chemistry 800 Math I 690 Bio 710 other…
[ *] Unweighted GPA 4.0
[ *] top 10
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: rigorous
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): a lot of SPORTS (captain of two varsity teams)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Hospital experience, math tutor, soccer referee
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 400 plus
[ *] Summer Activities: johns Hopkins CTY program, other
[ *] Essays: EXCELLENT
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: EXCELLENT
[ *] Counselor Rec: Ok
[ *] Additional Rec: idk
[ *] Interview: none
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yeah
[ *] Intended Major: biomedical engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: over 500 billion dollars a year
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): AA, first generation
[ *] Strengths: definatley my extracurricular activities and some test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: I can’t fly
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: LUCK, AA, I prayed every single day (thank you so much God), ecs
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted UConn full scholarship but who cares (cause I’m going to Columbia!)</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M-720, CR-690, W-740
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math I-680, Spanish Reading-750, US History-730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/543
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comparative Gov’t and Politics (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography SL (4), Spanish A2 SL (6)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, IB Math SL II, IB Biology HL II, IB English HL II, AP US Gov’t, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB History HL II
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President), Spanish Club (Secretary), International Club (Co-Coordinator of Hispanic Heritage Festival), Key Club, MUN, It’s Academic/Scholastic Bowl
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Distributing potable water in Latin America to areas ravaged by Hurricane Stan, Studying indigenous cultures in Guatemala
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer Residential Governor’s School for Humanities (VA)
[</em>] Essays: Unorthodox, but amazing according to all who read it
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Only one of my teachers submitted it, which probably killed me. The teacher that did submit it wrote an excellent recommendation, the best he’s ever written for anyone.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably Generic
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Political Science, Latin American Studies
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~55,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First Generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I have the highest test scores in my school?
[</em>] Weaknesses: One of my teachers never sent in her recommendation, though she constantly told me she would. =/
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: One of my recommendations wasn’t sent in
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: As of yet, nowhere.
[/ul]General Comments: My IB Coordinator was extremely ****ed that I got rejected, apparently, I was the Ivy League capable one at my school, and well, it didn’t happen. He offered to write me a recommendation for my other schools and pull some strings to help me out in my other applications, so I guess, I have something to be thankful for. I might end up attempting to transfer into Columbia, though that is FAR in the future now. But my new first choices are equally appealing to me now, so, I’m not letting this rejection ruin my optimism for the future.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M,650R,640W
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: 780 math2, 710 chem, 690 hist
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 out of 356
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), English Lang (5), US History (5), Spanish lang (5), Chem (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, AP US Gov, AP Eng Lit, AP Calc BC, Material Science, Leadership
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nationals cross country, national track, national merit commended, national hispanic recognition, wendy’s heisman all-american state finalist, couple MVPs, captains etc. etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC (capt), track (2 time capt), VP of the school, Spanish Club executive board, work, student senate (vp)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 12hrs/week at a gym
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: very little… scrounged around for little stuff to put on
[<em>] Summer Activities: no major educational programs
[</em>] Essays: I wrote about horcruxes… unique
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was typical, other was pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: no idea
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: Interesting… turned into a debate. I had a lawyer who played devil’s advocate on everything. Very intellectual debate on a lot of things.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): WA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: decent public
[</em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[<em>] Gender: male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100k about
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): hispanic, I had a couple letters sent to me from the coach (not sure if he helped me out, I wasn’t recruited), immigrant?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: rank
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good leadership, class rank
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li][/ul]General Comments: very excited and shocked</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted CC[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):CR: 770 M: 800 W: 800
[ *] ACT:33
[ *] SAT II:Chem: 780 US: 720 Math IIc: 790
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):91.32/ 100
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):School does not rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):AP European History (4), AP Spanish Language (5), AP English Literature, AP French Language, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP US History
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP English Literature, AP French Language, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP US History, Precalculus</p>
<p>[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Volunteer during free periods, Violin lessons
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered extensively in a nursing home, Peer-tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities:Travelling, volunteering, classes
[ *] Essays:AMAZING…wrote about how witnessing poverty in South America changed my view of the world
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:Awesome; both love me
[ *] Counselor Rec:Great…said she was really writing something special for me
[ *] Additional Rec:Nope
[ *] Interview:Went very well…very casual we joked and stuff…
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:YES
[ *] Intended Major:Chemistry, Biology, Economics, not sure
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):USA
[ *] School Type:Specialized High School (Bronx Science)
[ *] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Not sure
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:SAT scores, essay, course load,
[ *] Weaknesses:GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Great SAT scores, demanding course load, essays, recs written by great teachers
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:Going to see if I can get across binding agreement and apply to Yale, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Brown, Sophie Davis, Dartmouth, Stanford, NYU, etc.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Columbia University received 2995 Class of 2014 early decision applications and offered admission to 631</p>
<p>@bulldogandy- is that a joke? if you “get out” of the binding agreement you’ll be blacklisted from every college in america</p>
<p>My good friend got deferred with a 2400 (single sitting) SAT and a 3.9 UW GPA from an elite NYC prep school… just goes to show how hard it is to be an unhooked Asian female applying for premed I guess, but it was still pretty surprising.</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 730 M: 690 W: 780 Total: 2200 (one sitting)
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] SAT II: Lit: 730 US History: 780
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.32 (out of 100)
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/199
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language: 5 US History: 5 World History: 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Euro, AP Gov, AP French, AP Enlgish Lit, Jazz Band, Philosophy
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing huge, mostly music-related…I was named best high school jazz guitarist in Western New York
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Jazz Band (Alternate Band Leader); Model UN (President); Mock Trial; Kairos Retreat Program (Retreat Leader); School Spirit (Organizational Director); Varsity Rowing; Community Service (co-organizer of many community efforts); Canisius College Pep Band (Alternate Band Leader); Eastman School of Music Community Music Program
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I edited adds for my Dad’s physician recruitment firm for a couple years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: over 300 hours
[ *] Summer Activities: many summer music programs, worked for a local assemblymen for a few months, camp counselor for underprivileged inner-city kids, a couple of trips with school clubs and organizations
[ *] Essays: one of the best parts of my application
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I only read one but it was OUTSTANDING. My PhD English teacher wrote it so that is understandable
[ *] Counselor Rec: I think it was good but I didn’t read it
[ *] Additional Rec: One from my jazz theory teacher at the Eastman School of Music
[ *] Interview: nope
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: um…YEAH
[ *] Intended Major: Music with Concentration in Jazz Studies
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): New York
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Catholic
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: I honestly don’t know.
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Essay, extra curriculars, recs, MUSIC SUPPLEMENT - apparently there was a very good response
[ *] Weaknesses: test scores could have been better but I don’t care now!!!
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that my music played a huge part. I have a pretty extensive resume that I included in the additional info and my audition CD sounded great. I have headed-up a lot of community service projects also and my extra-curriculars are pretty good (our school has a lot of opportunities).
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730M, 730CR, 800W (2260 total)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 740 Bio-M, 740 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Toughest available, my school has 3 course designations (College, Mixed, and University), and I took all the University level courses (which are the highest)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing special[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Professional Web Developer (Company owner), Own a blog with over 10,000 visitors/month and publish web development tutorials weekly, DECA (President), School Magazine (Head of Technology/Journalist), Investors of Tomorrow - investment club (Treasurer), Peer Tutoring (Biology/Math Tutor), Debate Club, Bodybuilding (4 years), Played alto saxophone (8 years), Intramural Basketball
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Web development wouldn’t really count as a job since I’m self-employed, but it would fall under work experience
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 80 hours at the local YMCA
[</em>] Summer Activities: Primarily web development for 40 hours/week; volunteering; took American History as an extra course in summer school
[<em>] Essays: I wrote on how I became interested in computers when I was 5, and how that interest led to my creating a web development company and a blog teaching over 10,000 people web design/development
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was great, one was pretty good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: He didn’t write one for me because he didn’t know me…he called the admissions office and they said it was optional…this is probably what brought me down
[</em>] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview: Didn’t get one[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology/Biochemistry
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: About $80,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothing generally defined as a hook
[/ul]</p>
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I thought that web development would be a major asset. Even though some other kids do it too, I was told that establishing a company AND a tutorial blog is really impressive and it stands out. My GPA was high too, I guess.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Community service hours. I could’ve done more productive activities during the summer (like I got invited to that People to People thing at Harvard, but it was too expensive for me to go there)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think that absolutely nothing personable from the counselor was bad. I can’t really say anything otherwise, maybe I just wasn’t what they were looking for. My essay was also longer than 500 words, but someone else on here (can’t remember who) got in with a 750 word essay.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Haven’t applied anywhere else yet, but I’m now applying to Harvard, Dartmouth, UPennsylvania, Brown, Cornell, JHU, Northwestern, Swarthmore, and Rice
[/ul]
General Comments:
I’m really REALLY PlSSED. Everybody in my family, including people who’ve had a lot of experience with colleges recently, thought I would get in. I’ve been brooding for the past 2 days.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800-R 710-M 800-W = 2310
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 740-Bio, 780-US, 700-Chem, 780-Lit, 740-Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): let’s say 15%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), Chem (3), Lit (5), Euro (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: very heavy: Calc, Orgo, Cold War, Shakespeare, Contemporary Social Issues, and Philosophy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, Semifinalist at NY State Forensics Tournament, AP Scholar with Honor[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Forensics, Newspaper (Layout Editor), Medical Science Club (Vice-President), Sophomore Retreat (Coordinator), Freshman Advisor, Mid-East Culture Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Office Assistant of sorts at major Manhattan hospital, tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teaching Assistant at Preschool for underprivileged, volunteer at food pantry
[<em>] Summer Activities: attended national youth leadership forum on medicine, tutored, volunteered at food pantry, volunteered at aforementioned hospital (they liked me they so much they hired me to work part-time once I started senior year!)
[</em>] Essays: How my interest in medicine has developed, how I felt working in a hospital
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I waived my right to see them, but I’ve been told they were stellar
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Ditto
[<em>] Additional Rec: My immediate boss at the aforementioned hospital wrote a great rec
[</em>] Interview: They wouldn’t give me one
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yup, and received some
[</em>] Intended Major: English (even though I’m premed)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: very selective private Catholic school in Manhattan
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper-middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Minor legacy (great-grandfather went to CC and Columbia med); started website for highschool students interested in medicine looking for doctors who want interns
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: The hospital job, teacher and counselor recs, high SAT/SATII/AP scores, one of only 2 from my class applying ED (he also got in)
[<em>] Weaknesses: relatively low GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think the admissions committee recognized I was a good intellectual fit with the school and appreciated the extent to which I was pursuing my interest in medicine
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Columbia was my dream school and ED school…I didn’t apply anywhere else.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
A good friend of mine, Harvard '13, advised me that when answering “Why [School]?” don’t be general. Be as specific as possible. So I was, I talked in detail (well, as much detail as is possible in 600 characters) about what my experience was like on my overnight stay.</p>
<p>If you got deferred/rejected, apply to NYU. It’s a great Manhattan university, albeit one less intellectually rigorous than Columbia, and you get to write a haiku!</p>
<p>Change the “Acceptance” template color from green to blue. After all, we’re Columbians now!</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>OHMIGOSH!!! THIS IS CRAZY!!!</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED, considered crawling in a whole forever. wanted to go there since beginning of freshman year. dont like any other colleges at all</p>
<p>doing this for closure, never posted b4</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M-760, W-800, CR-730 (2290- thought it was good enough to at least get deferred :‘( )
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: MathII- 770; USHist- 690 (didnt take AP Course); Physics- 640 (only blemish, didnt know it would contain AP Physics material)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.16(W) and 3.9+ (UW)?
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5% barely
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Micro (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: ALL AP’s and Photography for art requirement
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): regular stuff
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[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): co creator and VP Peer tutoring. 4 years of baseball alll year round and other common clubs
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Shoprite Cashier (20 hour weeks during junior year and canvasse on Jon Corzine campaig)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 100 hours. probabaly less
[<em>] Summer Activities: baseball all summer. some comm. service
[</em>] Essays: good. def not great. not enough space. talked about how my parents specificallly left their fortune in india so i could come her to get a good educaiton. why columbia? read an accounting book by columbia professor. might not have believed it. a-holes 
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: very good; generic;
[</em>] Counselor Rec: idk, above average
[<em>] Additional Rec: GREATTTTT
[</em>] Interview: “ill put in a good word”
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[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, needed a full ride. probabaly shouldnt have asked for it. idk there was some confusion about my residential status. i put down permanent resident but since i didnt get my green card yet but i has been approved i sent them an email explaining that. idk if was need blind or went into the international pool.
[</em>] Intended Major: econ, then biz school (accounting)
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India i guess if i was in the international pool :’(
[<em>] School Type: public. pretty good. #1 ranked kid is def going to Harvard. No doubt
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian/Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: lowest probably.
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
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[</em>] Strengths: sat. grades. good sense of direction in future plans
[<em>] Weaknesses: lack of summer program.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: maybe cuz of financial aid if i went into the international pool :‘( i shouldve at least been deffered so i wouldnt feel so lost. idk why i was sucha bad candidate
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: none yet[/li][/ul]General Comments: anyone who wants to get in check out whoever got in. more than half of them have scores less than mine by a good 100 points. yet they were all either a minority or interned somewhere great or did like upwards of 400 hours of community service or got some summer research program at some college. im not kidding, look at their summer activites line, thats the only thing im missing. but so for the last 4 years when ive LITERALLY dreamed about going to columbia ive been misguided. my parents knew bothing about how to get into college in the US. i didnt know that i shouldve taken part in all of the summer programs that i got offered into. i thought they were a waste of money for my parents, i was looking out for them :’( im a guy and i feel like crying everytime i think about this. DO SOME SUMMER PROGRAMS AND INTERNSHIPS AND LOTSSSSSS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE if Columbia is your dream school</p>