<p>I never received anything about an interview and nothing about an account to set up. But I also never received anything about missing files from my app. Should I be worried?</p>
<p>Divy, neither did I, and then I wound up getting a likely. Don’t fret; just check the portal to see that they’ve got everything from you that they require.</p>
<p>That’s another issue I never got a portal login.</p>
<p>Is it too late to be contacted for an interview? I actually like alumni interviews, as weird as it sounds. It gives a chance to learn more about the college from a former student’s perspective.</p>
<p>@Divy1234- Your login is your Columbia ID number. They should’ve emailed it to you about a few weeks after you submitted your application.</p>
<p>Did anyone who got a likely letter get a financial aid estimate too? I’m just curious as to whether or not we’ll get an early peek at that as well.</p>
<p>@Catsmeller I just got a letter summarizing their financial aid policies, but no estimate. I think that’s going to come in March. And I know I asked this before, but does anyone know if students with likely letters can join the Facebook group? I’m afraid to ask to join haha</p>
<p>Just got a likely letter!!! (well, e-mail i guess) AH IM SO EXCITED. I’m not a recruited athlete and I don’t have outstanding stats, but I am an URM (native american), so I guess that probably played a part. Here are my stats for anyone who is interested:</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Total: 2190 M: 680, CR: 760, WR: 750 (so @trackandhp7, i think you’re fine with 2330 :))
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: Literature: 750, Math 2: 740, Physics: 640 (i know, really bad)
[</em>] GPA-UW/W: 3.98/4.27
[<em>] Rank: 6
[</em>]AP/IB classes: US History (5), World History (5), English Lang (3), currently in: Music Theory, Studio Art, English Lit, Gov, Calc AB
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: really solid. Both my mom (an experienced writer), and my english teacher (who is extremely tough on essays) said they were good. I worked soooo hard on these. Well, except my “Why Columbia” one. I wrote that like 15 minutes before submitting the app.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: I don’t really know, they were probably ok, but not phenomenal. wasn’t super close to the teachers.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Probably genericish
[</em>] EC highlights (leadership in parentheses): Cross country 4 years (captian, top varsity runner), track 4 years (varsity distance), mock trial 4 years (president, lead attorney), NJROTC 4 years (Executive Officer, Safety and Training Officer), choir 3 years (alto section leader), I also worked two years at a summer camp as a crafts leader/counselor (wrote my EC essay about)[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul][<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: Medium/Large Crappy Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Native American
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]
Other Factors, hook?: URM</p>
<p>General Comments: I also submitted an art portfolio, 15 pieces, was ok i guess.</p>
<p>For financial aid, how do we send the selective service verification? :O</p>
<p>@shelly318 no harm in asking!</p>
<p>Yep I’m from London!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2300-- 710 reading/790 math/800 writing
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Math Level 2, 760 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/256
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Can’t take AP’s until senior year
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP Euro, AP English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Top 10% in physics at NJ Science League; Couple of awards at a local science fair; nothing national[/ul]Subjective:
[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interact Club (President), Environmental Club (President), Debate (VP), NHS (Secretary), Spanish Honor Society (Coordinator), Math League, Science League, Newspaper
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Library Volunteering, SAT Tutoring
[<em>] Summer Activities: Library Volunteering, Research, SAT Tutoring
[</em>] Essays: Talked about my love for science. Had a great introduction where I oddly described the physics of skateboarding. Worked on it for a week. Didn’t talk about ME too much, but it WAS option number 6.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: One was great (from my research mentor), and the other one, which I saw later, was from my physics teacher and was a POS. They probably figured out that my physics teacher was a lazy moron :).
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably mediocre. I switched counselors in the beginning of my senior year. She probably checked off top 1% and whatever, but the letter probably was meh.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Columbia doesn’t want these. I did put in an abstract from my research and listed my awards as a supplement.
[</em>] Interview:In an endocrinologist’s office. It went pretty well, but he did frown upon the fact that I hadn’t visited Columbia. Otherwise, he seemed kinda impressed, I guess. When he emailed me back after I gave him a thank you email, he said he hoped that I got in. Take that for what it’s worth…[/ul]Other
[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): Murrica!!!
[<em>] School Type: Public and Crappy
[</em>] Ethnicity: African American (1st generation)
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>]Income Bracket: Doesn’t matter anyway; need-blind admissions, right?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):URM, 1st Generation[/ul]Reflection
[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Science Research, kinda good essays, good test scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: Recommendations were meh, school doesn’t have a lot of AP classes
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: URM + Actually Qualified
[*] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Rutgers-New Brunswick and Waiting for Harvard, Yale, Brown, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and U of Rochester[/ul]General Comments: Yay.</p>
<p>yoyoma908, you just got accepted RD?! why so early and how?? but congratulations!!!</p>
<p>@EDhelp123 i think perhaps yoyoma908 meant he/she received a likely letter? i’m just guessing but if that’s not true then CONGRATS yoyoma908! that’s awesome!</p>
<p>does anyone have any plans on how to spend march 28th before 5pm?</p>
<p>Hey guys. I forgot to mention that I got a likely letter. Thanks for the congratulations; you won’t believe how butt-hurt my classmates are!</p>
<p>@yoyoma908 - Congratulations!! :D</p>
<p>@lucya01995 - For me it’s going to be March 29th 4 am (here in India). </p>
<p>I know I won’t be able to sleep. So I guess I’ll have a movie marathon and then play FIFA to pass time!! Haha!! :D</p>
<p>Ohh, btw - I am too lazy to see if this has been talked about before, but does anyone know how much time it takes them to update your financial aid application status - after you’ve faxed them the tax forms/etc??</p>
<p>^That’s my question too…I have faxed them my father’s tax return thrice!!!</p>
<p>
call them once and ask them. theyll prolly update by the end of the day.</p>
<p>Think I saw on the Yale or Brown site that they update it every 3-4 days. I presume Columbia is the same.</p>
<p>I guess I’ll take Iboss’ cue, wait for a day or two and then send them an email. :D</p>