<p>Common appl short answer was about my summer research at a local university. My long common app essay was about a trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands (scuba-diving). Then the columbia essays, about how i’m agnostic but reading the bible gave me insight into how the majority of people derive their truth, then why i want to study neuroscience and atted columbia.</p>
<p>i wrote my common app short answer about being editor-in-chief for 2 years and my regular essay about bucket lists that my friend and i make every summer 
then obviously the short answers about how much i love CC, film and about the characters in les mis!</p>
<p>I wrote my essay about my experience at Girls Nation and how the participants were all so different yet we were able to feed off of others ideas and were exposed to different beliefs. During the experience we met President Obama and I got to hug him. I wrote about how that moment emblemized the theme of the week.</p>
<p>I called the admissions office today: IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT IT IS THE SIXTH</p>
<p>wow… I think it’s kind of a good news…</p>
<p>The last thing now is the confirmation email </p>
<p>Ahhhhhhhh… ! Haha this is so weird. I don’t feel old enough to have applied to college… Haha tear for yesteryears</p>
<p>Yeah!!! So happy it’s the 6th!!</p>
<p>oh my… Like I knew 99% it was the 6th.
But there was like the 1% that kept me sane.
Now that is confirmed, I will go crazy</p>
<p>why can’t they just send us the email -____-
this is giving me waves of anxiety
what do you think your chances are you guys?</p>
<p>Where is the email It mist be a hard week </p>
<p>Last year they were sent out at about 9PM but the year before it was like 3PM so it could really be any time this afternoon/evening (eastern time)</p>
<p>Common app essay: connection between shoes and our life experiences, namely my experiences during a 3 week session of jndependent study in Italy (I practically lived in my Nikes). </p>
<p>Supplement: I talked about watching a Columbia head of CC republicans talk about the election and connected it to the history of political activism on campus (protests of 1968 and protests against apartheid)</p>
<p>Painted my room Columbia Blue yesterday!! :D</p>
<p>guys today was the longest day of school ever.</p>
<p>i literally do not know how i am going to make it to thursday</p>
<p>Dear fellow Columbia applicants,
Im an international student from Macedonia (Europe) that recently started following this thread (I intentionally didn’t involve myself in such activities since they raise hope and I don’t want to be crushed! :/)
I JUST KNOW THAT IF I DONT GET IN THEN MY GRANDMA (who naturally doesnt want me to leave Macedonia) MADE A DEAL WITH GOD… AT LEAST SHE SAID SO TODAY ahahahha
Hopes up!!! :D</p>
<p>btw on old topics:
- I applied Mechanical Engineering at SEAS
- My common app was really cool in my opinion. I presented myself as a movie and the whole essay was like a trailer and throughout I used metaphor and popular culture. In the end I wrote Autumn 2013 Do not miss him! ahahahaha
My Columbia one was that the best aspect of Columbia is that it takes 76 Columbia students to change a light bulb: 1 to change it, 50 to protest the lights right not to change and 25 to hold a counter protest
Then I related the liberal Columbia environment with my country’s post communist theoretical democracy</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted </p>
<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): Math 730 CR 720 Writing 700
SAT II: 720 Physics C, 800 Chinese, 800 Japanese, 740 Math 1, 680 English Language, 540 English Lit (I didn’t do too good but I wanted to be honest)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4
AP (place score in parenthesis): Japanese Language and Culture (5), Art History (5), Latin (2), Calculus AB (4), Chinese Language and Culture (5), World History (3), Biology (2), Chemistry (2), Physics C (5)
Senior Year Course Load: African American Literature, African American History, China & Eastern Asia, Calculus BC, Korean Language, Ceramics, Ethics, Styrofoam Mechanics, Environmental Science
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Valedictorian (other kids got caught cheating!!), Cum Laude
Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Black Awareness Club (Leader), Asian Awareness Club (Leader), Muslim Brothers Association (Leader), Anime Club (Leader), Black History Club (Leader), It’s Academic, School Newspaper Editor-in-Chief
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 1500 hours (3 years of full commitment) to Uganda Lacrosse Outreach Program
Summer Activities: Intern at BET Market Research
Essays:
Common App: Wrote about Drake and his music
Book: Wrote about Beloved by Toni Morrison and how her struggles help me understand my racial ID
Why Columbia: Standard essay
Major: African-American Studies (wrote about myself and the struggles african-americans go through)
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty strong, one from my coach/math teacher and another from my Japanese teacher
Counselor Rec: He loved me
Additional Rec: none
Interview: None
Other State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small Private School
Ethnicity: African-American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $500K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College
Reflection Strengths: I am gay (i think it helped me in my essays!!), Athlete (Top Orienteering Team in All-Eastern!!)
Weaknesses: My scores could be ~100 points better, not enough extra curriculars!!
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I am an athlete!! Coach contacts help!!
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Doesn’t matter, Columbia baby!!!</p>
<p>Just want to say I am super super excited!!! I hope you guys also get in!!! I got lucky with my coach!!!</p>
<p>Damn… Valedictorian African American (URM) with 2100+ score, athlete, bunch of oriental studies as a Black student lol When did u get ur decision? btw congratz for admission. you shud be so happy!</p>