OFFICIAL Columbia University Class of 2017 ED [RESULTS ONLY]

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<p>Accepted!!! I’ll post stats later :)</p>

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

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 800 M, 800 W = 2370
[</em>] ACT: 34 (didn’t send)
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Biology M: 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.45
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):4’s on Biology and Stats
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, AIME Qualifier
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: about 150 hours at a hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities: Research
[</em>] Essays: Decent, I think
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Both should be pretty generic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Generic as well, most likely
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t request one. </p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Selective private school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >$200,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT maybe?
[</em>] Weaknesses: definitely my GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Rejected…ill post stats later</p>

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<p>I am rejected either.</p>

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<p>Rejected from CC, SAT 2320, uw GPA 3.95, California FBLA state officer</p>

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

<p>Objective:• SAT I (breakdown):2290 CR-770 M-770 W-750
• ACT: N/A
• SAT II: Math Level II- 790 US History- 800
• Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.65
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/460
• AP (place score in parenthesis):All 5’s (World History, US History, Psychology, Macroeconomics, US Government, English Language, Human Geography)
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None Whatsoever
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
• Job/Work Experience: Umpire at a local little league
• Volunteer/Community service: Started a program to boost the morale of pediatric cancer patients
• Summer Activities: Baseball(not recruited), Study Abroad, International Volunteer work
• Essays: I think that they’re pretty good and unique
• Teacher Recommendation: probably good
• Counselor Rec: Very good, she really likes me
• Interview: Didn’t get one
Other• State (if domestic applicant): Texas
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: Urban, Ghetto, Public ~2200 kids
• Ethnicity: White (actually half Asian but I was advised against putting that)
• Gender: Male
• Income Bracket: Upper middle class
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I go to a really terrible school, passion for an unpopular area of study
Reflection
• Strengths: Essays, achievement in the context of my school
• Weaknesses: I haven’t done anything amazing, no awards,
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UT Austin, waiting on UChicago
General Comments: I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!</p>

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<p>****…looks like I won’t be getting my hopes up about Penn a week later lol.</p>

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<p>Rejected. Not gonna go through the stats but 1930 sat and 620, 730, 710 Sat subjects. I was expecting this but still sad. It character building though right?</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred - SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 720CR, 760W = 2280 single sitting
ACT:
SAT II: 800 Math 2C, 710 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 uw out of 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/800
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 -> Stats, Calc AB, Calc BC; 4->Spanish Lang, Chem, Computer Science A
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: TA, AP Psych, AP Econ, AP English Lang, AP Physics C, Multivariable at Community College
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): LA Country Fair Community Hero, JPL Invention Challenge 2nd Place, Lions Club Student Speaker Contest Club Level Winner, “Top 10” student of sophomore class, AP Scholar w/ Distinction, National Merit Commended, City Outstanding volunteer</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): </p>

<p>FIRST Robotics Competition: Founder/President/Team Captain. Participated in 10th grade then team got disbanded and I spend a year restarting it serving as team captain.</p>

<p>FBLA: National Western Region Treasurer, National Treasurer’s Council, Developed national sponsorship plan and fee waiver, Created financial management kit</p>

<p>Link Crew: Captain</p>

<p>Track: Hurdles 10th and 11th</p>

<p>Officer positions in two other small clubs</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Private tutoring</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: 500+ hours; District Treasurer for Leo Club (many leadership positions for 3 years), Chapter Treasurer for CSF; Relay for Life 3 year participant, Won multiple community service awards</p>

<p>Summer Activities: Intern for Valet Parking Company; Intern for an International Airport (wrote in e/c essay about the hard work to get the internship and the sacrifices to participated in it (private tutoring to pay for metro ticket to airport); Misc. Summer conferences and academies</p>

<p>Essays: Common App -> about how I grew up in a hispanic culture even though I was asian. Essay is about how the way you can tell a lot about someone based on how they hold their chopsticks and I connected my sloppy way to holding chopsticks to my personal background; Supplements -> they were OK. Talked about what I wanted to do at the school (create FRC mentoring organization). Also talked about how my experiences led me to want to pursue a Business oriented engineering career.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Should be pretty good; had 3</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Should be decent
Additional Rec:
Interview: none available
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public -> large competitive
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 5k / yr (retired)</p>

<p>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): aviation interest and internship
Reflection</p>

<p>Strengths: Very good leadership positions and e/c’s. I tried to have as many non-cliche e/c’s as possible. My essays were extremely unique but I took a chance by talking about chopsticks</p>

<p>Weaknesses: COULD be the essays. Lack of awards.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred CC</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 W, 800 CR, 720 M)
ACT: didn’t take
SAT II: Bio 740 Math 1 710
Weighted GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis):lang and comp 5, french 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP psych, AP macroecon, accel physics, calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Siemens Semifinalist, national merit commended, other small things</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience: research at cancer center
Volunteer/Community service: LOTS of temple stuff, clubs at school, etc.
Summer Activities: Research
Essays: loved them
Teacher Recommendation: one’s good, other’s eh
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: mentor from research, really good but with tons of mispellings…
Interview: amazing :)</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: VERY competitive public (#1 in state)
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: ~200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): research?</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT?
Weaknesses: sat 2s, GPA (wanted to study science but did not particularly excel in science)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: definitely my grades held me back.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: nearly a full ride at Tulane
General Comments: pretty bummed. totally sucks that I have to wait another 4 months and write more essays. at least i didnt get rejected!! :smiley: always a silver lining. congrats to all accepted!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected - CC</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT: 34 (35E/11W, 36M, 32R, 34S)
SAT II: Math 2: 800, Chem: 740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.57
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% (Highest reported at school)
AP (place score in parenthesis):5: Euro, Calc BC, English Lang 4: US History, Stats, Chem 3: Physics C M&EM
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Calc 3 (MVC)
AP Lit
AP GoPo
AP Biology
AP Enviro
AP Mac/Mic Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): BPA Nationals Top 10, National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BPA, Scholastic Bowl, Math Team (Captain)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: Teaching Assistant at Chinese School, Museum Intern
Summer Activities: Research
Essays: Decent
Teacher Recommendation: Wonderful
Counselor Rec: Generic
Additional Rec: Professor from UChicago, wonderful
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Awards from math team and scholastic bowl
Weaknesses: GPA, didn’t try to do stuff like Intel or Siemens
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: w/e
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Minnesota Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman: Civil E</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted SEAS</p>

<p>Objective:• SAT I (breakdown): Did not take
• ACT: 35 (35/36/34/34/8)
• SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Physics
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
• AP (place score in parenthesis):
AP Euro 4
AP CS A 4
AP US 5
AP Physics B 5
AP Lang 5
AP Stats 5
• IB (place score in parenthesis): None offered
• Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc BC
AP Lit
AP Physics C
AP Psych
AP Gov
AP Macro
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar with Distinction
AIME Qualifier
MIT Math Prize for Girls Qualifier
Subjective:• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Math Team, WYSE (like Science Olympiad), Robotics, Tennis
• Job/Work Experience: N/A
• Volunteer/Community service: Barely any…
• Summer Activities: Nothing important
• Essays: Make sure your person is shown in the essays. Show admissions you are more than numbers.
• Teacher Recommendation: Math teacher (Geom Honors and AP Stats), English teacher (tennis coach and AP Lang)
• Counselor Rec: Don’t know, usually do not talk to her unless it’s for class
• Additional Rec: None
• Interview: Did not receive
Other• State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
• School Type: Small public, ~350 for my class
• Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: ~$150k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Literally none, maybe female in engineering but I’m also Chinese
Reflection• Strengths: Lots of math/science focused activities
• Weaknesses: Not enough community service?
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My scores were good enough to get me in the door; my essays were probably what got me accepted
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Columbia is the first decision I got
• General comments: SEE YOU GUYS IN NYC IN AUGUST</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected- CC</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown):
• ACT:35 (36,36,36,32)
• SAT II: Math II: 800, USH:800
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/648
• AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5’s
• IB (place score in parenthesis):
• Senior Year Course Load: 5 AP classes, toughest possible
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NMSF, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): AcaDec (state medal), Mathletes (regional awards), English honor society (treasurer), Youth and Government, math and art honor societies, soccer for 3 years
• Job/Work Experience:
• Volunteer/Community service: 60 hrs of random stuff
• Summer Activities: volunteering
• Essays: My common app essays were meh, I really liked my columbia supplement
• Teacher Recommendation: Great, both glowing and extremely positive
• Counselor Rec: didn’t know her well
• Additional Rec:
• Interview:none
Other
• State (if domestic applicant):IL
• Country (if international applicant):
• School Type: crappy public, 0 to ivies last year out of over 400
• Ethnicity: white
• Gender:m
• Income Bracket:100k
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):absolutely none
Reflection
• Strengths:stats
• Weaknesses: ecs, essays
• Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:weaknesses
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments: I post this because these threads have been helpful for me in the past. It is disappointing, but I really am excited about the other schools I am applying to. It is not as bad as I expected, although I didn’t think I would be outright rejected.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred - CC
Stats:
•SAT:2230 (Math:750, Critical Reading:720, Writing:760 one sitting, didn’t take it a second time though maybe I should have)
•SAT IIs:US:770, Bio:750, Chem:770, Spanish:800, World:760, Math II;780
•GPA:4.0
•Rank:2/450
•Other stats:Soph yr: AP world-5, AP Psych-5
Junior Year:AP US-5, AP Chem-5, AP Bio-5, AP English Language-5, AP Calc BC-5
taking AP Physics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Spanish, AP English Lit, and AP Gov my senior year
Subjective:
•Essays: wrote about my mixed heritage (Dad is Mexican and Japanese; Mom is Irish, Italian, Russian, and Romanian), and my weird feelings about it growing up
•ECs: president of math team, vice president of sci olympiads, also involved in Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society, and art club
•Teacher Recs:didn’t see them but I’m sure they’re good
•Counselor Rec: we have a pretty good relationship so I’m guessing it’s good
•Hook (if any): part Mexican so I guess I can be considered a URM
Location/Person:
•State or Country:California
•School Type: large public school (about 450 kids?)
•Ethnicity: mixed
• Income Bracket:middle class
•Gender:F
Other Factors: National Merit Semifinalist, also did volunteer work in a hospital junior year. Didn’t do it freshman or soph year so kinda regret that:/
Reflection
•Strengths: GPA, standardized scores, and URM
•Weaknesses: maybe not enough extracurriculars? idk</p>

<p>General Comments: Bummer. oh well. Everything happens for a reason I guess. Actually kind of looking forward to the regular decision round. This should be interesting^_^</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted - CC</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 780 Math, 800 Writing (2380 total)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 U.S History, 760 Literature, 720 Math 1
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.8333
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s (Human Geography, European History, Psychology, Calculus AB, English Language and Composition, U.S History)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics C, AICE Marine Science, AP English Literature, TA for US History
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist,
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tutored after school, Animal Rights Club (officer)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Cleaned pools (one summer)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Fed homeless (three years)
[<em>] Summer Activities: None really
[</em>] Essays: Subjectively, very good - the best part of my app
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Solid, but nothing incredible
[</em>] Counselor Rec: OK
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Got his “highest recommendation”</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: <100000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, SATs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably due to the competitiveness of the applicant pool
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Nowhere yet</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Good job to those accepted and good luck to those also deferred</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected4lyfe - CC
Stats:
•SAT:2240 (Math:760, Critical Reading:740, Writing:740 one sitting, didn’t take it a second time though maybe I should have)
•SAT IIs:Math2c:790, Chem:780,
•GPA:94UW
•Rank: no rank
•Other stats:Calc BC-5 Macro/micro econ-5 psyc-4 enviro sci-4 Gov pol-5 EPGY multivariable calculus, Lang, Human geo, AP euro
Subjective:
•Essays: not feeling like writing
•ECs: decent
•Teacher Recs:didn’t see them but I’m sure they’re good
•Counselor Rec: Decent I think
•Hook (if any): No hook rly, just ORM
Location/Person:
•State or Country:Korea, republic of
•School Type: small private (~130)
•Ethnicity: Asian…
• Income Bracket:upper class
•Gender:M
Other Factors: Worked at office of the chairman of Korean National Assembly, did lot of work related to politics
General Comments: I was kinda expecting but it hurts to be outright rejected. Now my fingers are crossed for UChicago EA</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred</p>

<p>Objective:
• SAT I (breakdown): Math 750 Reading 770 Writing 730 Overall 2250
• ACT: 35 Composite, 36 M 35 S 34 W 34 E
• SAT II: 770 Literature, 740 Chem
• Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
• Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/315
• AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB 5, Statistics 5, World History 4, Chem 4
• Senior Year Course Load: AP English Language, AP Bio, AP Physics, AP French, AP Art, Economics & Gov
• Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
Subjective:
• Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NAHS (President), Art Club (President), Science Olympiad (Captain), Literary Magazine (Editor), French Club (Secretary
• Job/Work Experience: Over the summer, I worked at a paid 40hr/week, 9 week science internship where I worked with biomedical robots + cadavers.
• Volunteer/Community service: 150 hours at Hospital, 50 hours tutoring, other miscellaneous things
• Summer Activities: The internship. Also, went to Kenya one summer for an environmental conservation project.
• Essays: Common App essay was really good. English teacher asked for a copy to show next year’s students. Short answers were alright.
• Teacher Recommendation: One was really great – she always compares me to her own daughter. The other should be good.
• Counselor Rec: Generic, I think.
• Interview: Ehhh. He was a corporate lawyer, and I couldn’t really see emotion on his face, so it was rather intimidating. He verbally said he was impressed three times, though.
Other
• State (if domestic applicant): Ohio
• School Type: Public, semi-competitive
• Ethnicity: Asian (sigh)
• Gender: Female
• Income Bracket: Medium-ish
• Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Went to Kenya for a big intercultural conservation project.
Reflection• Strengths:
• Weaknesses: Scores. Ethnicity. Also, perhaps the short answer essays.
• Why you think you were deferred: My scores are alright, not amazing. Honestly, my short answers may have weakened me - they were just alright, not great.
• Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Have applied to uChicago EA
General Comments: Honestly, this may have been for the best. Although my parents said ED was alright, I was somewhat worried about the whole financial situation, considering Columbia’s one of the most expensive schools out there. I was surprised at how upset I was, considering that I thought I would be rejected. Columbia’s a dream for me, and I’m still going to chase after it. This has really given me a lot of motivation to work hard.</p>

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<p>accepted. holy ****</p>

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<p>I AM IN!
Posting stats in a few.</p>