<p>hey guys, i'm new to cc, but i've been perusing the site for a while. just wondering if anyone happened to get an email recently from the columbia multicultural recruitment committee? the email invites me to attend perspectives on diversity on april 18th to april 19th, but it also says that days on campus are on april 19th to april 20th. would these two events conflict, causing me to miss a portion of days on campus? in the email i received earlier this month, it mentioned that students could choose from one of two sessions, one from april 19-20, the other from the 22-23, but the recent email just mentioned the earlier date. anyone know if the second session is still an option?</p>
<p>sorry about the spelling mistake in the thread title. i know some of you guys are anal about that kind of thing :P</p>
<p>I was just wondering when you got these emails. I haven't heard from CU since my enrollment confirmation in December :(</p>
<p>well, i applied ED, and the first email they sent was a likely. last week of feb, i think. i got the second one this week.</p>
<p>bueller, bueller?</p>
<p>bluesteel, to answer your question.. i'm pretty sure the events on the 19th will overlap with one another on the 19th. BUT i wouldn't know for sure since i haven't received information on either of the events. </p>
<p>I applied RD, I'm curious... how many other people received information on the upcoming events at columbia?</p>
<p>Engineering Days on Campus: Friday, April 17 - Saturday, April 18
Columbia College Days on Campus #1: Sunday, April 19 - Monday, April 20
Columbia College Days on Campus #2: Wednesday, April 22 - Thursday, April 23
(received from an email asking student groups to table at the Activities Fair) </p>
<p>The one about diversity, I think, last year, was one day tagged on to Days on Campus. The first day of Days on Campus do not start until the afternoon and I believe Perspective on Diversity ends at around noon of the second day.</p>
<p>I'll apparently be speaking on a panel at Perspectives on Diversity.</p>
<p>I find this hysterical, since I am a cookie-cutter pasty white boy from the 'burbs. I hope to speak movingly about my diverse experiences running around with my golden retriever in the forests of the Northeast, playing ultimate frisbee with my "bros", and how video games brings people of different socioeconomic backgrounds together, to work themselves into a boiling competitive rage after another railgun cheap shot.</p>
<p>I also look forward to the free brunch :)</p>
<p>thanks guys
lmao denzera. you're the poster child for diversity!</p>
<p>Yeah i had the same question pinky, did you apply RD bluesteel?</p>
<p>ahhhh, yeah. i meant to say i applied RD in my earlier post. got the likely letter/email sometime in late february, got the second email last week</p>
<p>I don't see why it is thought of absurd to have a "white" boy speak at a diversity event. Diversity is (supposed) to be holistic and all inclusive. A presentation targeted solely to minorities would not be diverse, just as, parallely, a university full of white, upper middle class students would not be diverse. In order for something to truly reflect the diversity of Columbia, you have to include students from all backgrounds.</p>
<p>I agree, diversity /= just race as well ^_^</p>
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I don't see why it is thought of absurd to have a "white" boy speak at a diversity event. Diversity is (supposed) to be holistic and all inclusive. A presentation targeted solely to minorities would not be diverse, just as, parallely, a university full of white, upper middle class students would not be diverse. In order for something to truly reflect the diversity of Columbia, you have to include students from all backgrounds.
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Technically speaking, I agree with you - but in practice, these events tend to be put on so that people of underprivileged backgrounds can more easily picture themselves at a place like Columbia, and would be more likely to attend.</p>
<p>I mean, I probably have meaningful things to say on diversity. While at Columbia I made friends who were Indian, Chinese, Korean, African-American, Nigerian, French, Russian, and so on. After graduating I lived with a classmate who'd grown up in the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Europe, and New Jersey at various periods. I can, at the very least, speak to the pasty-white-boy contingent and let them know what value a "diverse" school holds for them, even if they consider themselves of a typical background.</p>
<p>But it's still pretty silly to put me up there, when you think about it.</p>