<p>well my friend is very active in school and outside, he tries his best all around. I just dont understand how theres no sympathy in having to deal with disease and still do well in school. I disagree 100 percent. Sympathy is the key towards gaining admission for a colored person from a bad neighborhood with sub-average scores.</p>
<p>Incredible.. How desperate these days people are in getting into the top schools..</p>
<p>Btw, are you your friend?</p>
<p>I have to admit i didn't fully understand your friend's excellence at first..Yes,,he is great,,in some means,he fight the disease and can still do a great job at school.I think he is trying to impress the dean with his courage when facing trouble because everybody apply IVY is good and he trie to stand out.He conquers the difficulty and does great job.But what else?? He really need some other things to prove what else he gain from this experience.</p>
<p>I always try to compare his situation with mine.I think my life is no easier than that of his .In my opinion,,I had to fight the disease because I want to live,to learn,and to grow up and make a difference to the world.I also thought if my experiecne as a lukemia survivor can give me something beneficial,something like the deans would be moved by my courage when facing disaster( I never missed one schoolday during the chemotherapy and remained all As) However, I finally come to the conclusion that the colleges might pay some extra attention to these special condition,but it is very limited.They need much more..</p>
<p>personally,I completely understand your friends greatness when facing trouble,but the deans can't make a deicison emotionally.There are millions of people suffered in the world,and some of them are great as well..If Coulmbia admit all those people,it might no longer be a college,it would be a charity!The admission officers will evaluate your friends in the way they evaluate normal applicants:GPA,SAT,ECS,Recommendations,Essays..and this experience is not the most influential part of them...may be considered part of your character.</p>
<p>therefore,I have tried to use my experience to make a bigger difference..I have talked about our marrow donnating & volunteering organization...I really love the things I have done.Several patients have found their suited donor in our organization and done the bone marrow transplant successfully.We also held many national non profit performances to raise money for the leukemia research&the cost of leukemia cure..not to mention the numerous times of hospital volunteering,answer some emails that ask for help.writing articles to ask more people join us......I think I really help people and make some difference.,but i don't know if Coulmbia will like it and admit me because the competition among international appllicants want fianancial aid is very intense.</p>
<p>by the way,,if you think your friend's experience is an advantage..what do you think about my experience? amazing? excellent? I am not very optimistic..Anyway,,just try to do your best,,,you will never regret...</p>
<p>JHL,,I am the leukemia guy answer Bronx's question..I don't think my experience was tough..I just fought for my life and tried to make my life meanful.
It is not desperate but inspiring and educational..</p>
<p>^I don't understand why are you saying this to me..and don't understand what you were saying.. my reply was directed towards BronxBombaz90</p>
<p>Is it bad that I have no clue when or how I'm going to be getting my decision? is it through email?</p>
<p>How are you all going to spend the day that admissions decisions come out?</p>
<p>No matter what, I'm going to go out for a very over-priced, yet well-prepared, dinner, and I'm going to cry.</p>
<p>I'm gonna get wasted regardless of decision. I'll be in the middle of finals, but heck, for my first acceptance/rejection, it's completely worth it.</p>
<p>so are we notified by email or by mail? i heard from a friend that she got her columbia ED letter Dec. 7th. is there an exact date?</p>
<p>E-mail. And I've noticed a trend in ED dates. The first Thursday in December, around 5pm EST? Is this just me?</p>
<p>Yes, I noticed this too, but the 6th seems a bit early.</p>
<p>In the thread "When do ED decisions come out", someone said that they talked to the admissions rep and they said it will be on the 11th...</p>
<p>The 6th would be cool, though...</p>
<p>so they send emails not mails??... no package at all i guess?</p>
<p>They send both. The release date for decisions will be December 6th or 7th this year. They usually like to release it on the Thursday.</p>
<p>Wait, the 6th or 7th?? That's only two weeks. Eh...</p>
<p>I heard that if you live close to NYC, you get the package first but most everywhere else gets the email first.</p>
<p>Is the decision in the email?</p>
<p>yep. but ive heard the subject iwll be the same for acept/deferral/rejection... </p>
<p>i searched but... can any former columbia applicants here post the subject heading and letter body of their letters, so we can get prepared for The Day? hope im not asking for too much :p</p>
<p>Man, that's abrupt...</p>
<p>just reading this makes me nervous!</p>
<p>hi everyone. i just found this website while i was browing for some facts about columbia. anywys, this seems like a great little online community to get through this hell aka application process.</p>
<p>i applied ED for columbia and am nervously awaiting dec 7th like the rest of you it seems like. i haven't been able to get a good night of sleep lately because i keep having dreams. </p>
<p>anyways best of luck to all of us. </p>
<p>17 days!</p>