Science Research Supplement

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>Columbia's website says:
If you have been involved in scientific research and you are interested in studying engineering or the sciences at Columbia, you are welcome to provide a 1-2 page scientific abstract for our review.</p>

<p>I'm currently working on a science fair project and it's not done yet so I can't really do an abstract. Does anyone know if we can submit an official research plan/proposal instead? Mines is a little more than a half-page and it serves the same purpose as an abstract.</p>

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<p>Hi! I got in ED and just submitted a half page long abstract.
Hope this helps!</p>

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<p>How detailed does the abstract have to be?</p>

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<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>Do we have to follow up with our results? Or can it really be as simple as an abstract?</p>

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<p>anyone know if we can submit a proposal abstract?</p>

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Is the 1-2 pages double or single spaced?</p>

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<p>They said they want one page. I submitted a one page single spaced abstract and was admitted ED - I think that it really helped me get in because when my regional admissions officer sent me a congratulations letter afterwards, she mentioned that she really appreciated my research supplement. I think that as long as you keep it at one page you should be fine (Columbia is somewhat notorious for not making applicants limit their supplementary materials)</p>

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<p>sorry i meant *for making applicants limit their supplementary materials</p>

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<p>@hobbesette do you mind sharing a bit about your research? i want to submit an abstract but i’m not sure if the depth of my topic is sufficient enough for review, you know?</p>

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<p>Sure, I actually did historical research rather than scientific research. My topic was on the Nixon Administration - Some previously secret telephone transcripts from the administration were recently released so I spent about 2 years analyzing them and writing a paper that was eventually published. Why do you think that your topic isn’t in depth enough? If you’re concerned about sending in an abstract, another option may be to have a research advisor send in a supplemental letter of rec. Do you have a teacher/mentor/supervisor for your research? I had also planned on applying to Yale (before I was accepted to Columbia), and the Yale rep told me that a letter of rec from a research advisor is often more helpful to the admissions committee than just the abstract itself because it places the research in context and gives more insight into you as a researcher. I hope this helps!</p>

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<p>The only ready-to-go abstract I have is from my semester lab report in AP Bio… it’s about indications of sexual activity between yeast cells (lol)… but yeah… I don’t know how common that lab is or if it’s even interesting to an admissions officer.
I have some research ideas on the back-burner that I could draw up, but… I don’t know.</p>