Revived Columbia RD thread

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<p>I used to live on the ED Penn boards, but I got deferred, woohoo! (seriously. i'm actually really really happy not to have gotten rejected.) But, alas, it means that my friends who got rejected/accepted have left and I need to find new people to talk to lol.</p>

<p>So let's make this a sort of, RD countdown. No annoying "stats" posts, those can have their own thread. This is for Columbia chatter and what everyone is doing, on applications or off. Anything you hear about Columbia, anything you want to know about Columbia. And hopefully we'll have each other to cling to as April approaches.</p>

<p>Off you go!</p>

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<p>Good thinking. </p>

<p>Only 105 Days (~907200 seconds) until April 1.</p>

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<p>Good luck you RDers!!</p>

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<p>wait..u guys applied already..ehh ahh?:&lt;/p>

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<p>We'll see how it goes... every bit of mine's in but the essay, which I'm polishing and re-polishing like a fiend.</p>

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<p>I submitted mine and very long time ago by mail, but have not received any confirmation. Is this normal?</p>

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<p>haha hi renny =P
i'm still hanging around sometimes
i'm applying RD but i think i have less chance of getting into columbia than getting stuck in the eye of a hurricane in five minutes</p>

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<p>yeah, RD here. should we start a roster? I will in a minute...</p>

<p>about the app...I filled out the two main parts and submitted, but not the fin aid forms. Can I just fill out the CSS and FAFSA for all my schools rather than meticulously filling out each school's individual fin aid forms?</p>

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<p>maybe this will be the year Columbia's acceptance rate falls below the mystical 10% threshold</p>

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<p>lol hey afa. I come back when i'm bored. and soul, that's a horrible thought.</p>

<p>Columbia just gained a few points in my eyes because I started this exact same thread on the Cornell and Dartmouth boards...and NO ONE REPLIED there. so hurray for lion-wannabes, you rock.</p>

<p>I sent in my app online...I didn't realize the Why Columbia thing would be so important so i seriously wrote it in 10 minutes and it was pretty much a LIST. I think my GC has yet to send out the transcripts and recs though...one kid got into Fu Foundation early from my school, and he DOESN'T SPEAK IN CLASS, EVER. EVER. as far as i know all his grades suck besides math. i'm like DAMN, i'm not going to get into Columbia because I actually talk in class. and because they'll read my app, laugh, douse it in kerosene and set it aflame. :)</p>

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<p>yea about that why columbia thing: it sucks doing the online app! there were hardly any characters allotted for a response. i had to use & instead of and to save characters!</p>

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<p>I don't think you really would have had enough room to write what you wanted to write on the paper app if you were scrounging that bad for characters. Maybe if your handwriting's tiny.</p>

<p>And btw, I wrote the 'Whither Columbia' thing in about 10 minutes too, but I wrote it completely from the heart and I displayed a bit of knowledge about the faculty, so I think it'll do pretty well.</p>

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<p>they give practically no room to write about ur fave ec..that sucks..</p>

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<p>i'm so uncomfortable with online apps; i'm doing all paper except columbia and uva... the only reason i'm doing columbia is because it's "STRONGLY RECOMMENDED." ugh.</p>

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<p>I much prefer online. My handwriting sucks :) and I'm a computer person anyway. It's much easier to make revisions on the computer.</p>

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<p>i didnt send my app yet well everythings been sent except thatlast part..u knwo the most imp part.</p>

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<p>actually FU early acceptance is really really really huge</p>

<p>CC is SO hard to get into X(</p>

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<p>"why columbia"...haha, I remember writing that like as soon as the online app came out this fall...it was corny but cute...</p>

<p>i'm worried that my uploaded picture and essay didn't work...my computer has serious problems doing stuff sometimes</p>