The OFFICIAL and REAL Columbia RD 2013 Decisions Thread***

figment42 · March 31, 2009, 9:33pm

Decision: Accepted SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (M: 780, CR: 730, W:740)
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: Physics: 800, Math II: 780, US History: 720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/504
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5), AB Calculus (5), English Lang (5), US History (4), Micro (5), Macro (5), Music Theory (5), World History (5), Human Geo (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Good-ole traditional HS
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP English Lit, and Chamber Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Negative. Unless National AP Scholar or NM Commended count…
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music is my thing. Youth Orchestra concertmaster during our Carnegie Hall performance, now play principal Viola, lots of random small-ish violin competition awards, played my concerto in China with my school orchestra for this pre-olympic cultural festival. Jazz Band Bass guitarist for 2 years, Mu Alpha Theta (Team Captain), Tri-M (fouder/President)
[] Job/Work Experience: I set up my own business model in junction with a violin shop about three hours away. I basically work as a local contact/sales representative selling and renting violins to students (and even a few professionals) in my area. I also teach violin anywhere from 6 to 8 hours a week.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Not much here. Most of my extra time is spent working or practicing I did spend a few days in New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity though. I think I have something like 130 hours total.
[] Summer Activities:Im either at music camp or Im working, teaching, or practicing violin. Last summer I got to go to China with my orchestra (so amazing!) and the summer before that was NYC for Carnegie Hall (When I fell in love w/ the city and decided to apply to CU =])
[] Essays: Eh. Nothing spectacular. My main one was about the business perspectives I’ve gotten through running my own business. I think my why Columbia/engineering essay was what got me in though, since I managed to spin my non-mathematical/non-sciency experiences into an engineering “asset.”
[] Teacher Recommendation: One from my English teacher that was glowing and one from my calculus teacher that was extremely bland/unoriginal. I guess it worked out alright though.
[] Counselor Rec: Bypassed the counselor rec and instead sent one in from my Vice-Principal, who is an excellent writer.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Nothing great. Not entirely bad though…
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Large noncompetitive Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: upper middle…unfortunately…
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores good enough, Classes in school that were rigorous enough, and a clear demonstrated passion for music (although I’m not sure how much this helped me for an engineering school…)
[] Weaknesses: Scores not perfect, essentially no credentials to back my validity as an engineering applicant.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Divine intervention. I guess my love for Columbia came through and they liked me enough to reciprocate =)
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone! This was a rough year to apply to college, and we’ll all be fine wherever we end up. Cheers!

superman09 · March 31, 2009, 9:36pm

Accepted!!!

GrayAreaGirl · March 31, 2009, 9:49pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR/ 640 M/ 640 W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 750 US, 730 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20ish out of 300ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Brit Lit, AP Bio, Honors Calc, Int’l Relations, American Gov’t, Internship (newspaper)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Coca Cola Scholar, Free Spirit Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar, Gold Award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founded newspaper, Drama Club Secretary/Assistant Director, Stuco…
[] Job/Work Experience: Job for 4 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: 200ish hours
[] Summer Activities: Went to Colombia for Gold Award; donated $1000 in art supplies
[] Essays: Walking in Independence March in Colombia
[] Teacher Recommendation: Spectacular English essay
[] Counselor Rec: Okay?
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: Went pretty well… he drove me home?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, bad
[] Ethnicity: Colombia
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 50000ish
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, Essay
[] Weaknesses: GPA, SATS, everything else.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Grades aren’t that spectacular. Ecstatic about even waitlist!
[/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

ColonelMandrake · March 31, 2009, 9:53pm

accepted. american citizen living abroad attending foreign high school. very pleased with this result as i like the 3/2 program at Columbia and living in nyc would be cool. waitlisted at harvard. axed at princeton, yale and stanford. no worries. its easy to be “fooled by randomness” in this admission process. i think at a number of these schools after a certain point the adcoms might as well draw lots for the places.

disiny2003 · March 31, 2009, 10:08pm

** Decision: Accepted **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): M 590 R 650 W 560
[] ACT: 28
[] SAT II: USHis 620 MI 620 Lit 660
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/475
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo (3), World His(3), Eng Lit & Comp(3), Chemistry, US History, Physics B, Calc AB, European
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP and 3 Honors
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (secretary), NHS, FBLA, Medical Academy, Academic Quiz Team
[] Job/Work Experience: started 1st job senior year
[] Volunteer/Community service: 100+
[] Summer Activities: Dual enrollment Courses
[] Essays: Really Good!!
[] Teacher Recommendation: Glowing
[] Counselor Rec: same
[] Interview:Phone interview went pretty well

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Black/ Haitian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: <60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st generation

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: none
[] Weaknesses: test scorea
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essay and full package. Seprerately everything sucked. And of course GOD!!! [/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!

anjew09 · March 31, 2009, 10:10pm

Pick one:
Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2240 (710CR/780M/750W)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: US Hist: 760, Math2: 760
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0ish? ~98-99
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/383
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Lang (4), Lit (5), Euro (4), US Hist (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Bio SL (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB Candidate
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Honor Society (President), Thanksgiving Day Dinner (Chairman), Mathletes (Captain), Student Government, Spanish Club, Dollars for Scholars Student Board, Temple Youth Group etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: City camp counselor, concession stand-worker at a local baseball stadium
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours for full IB, conducted a Thanksgiving Dinner that fed 4,000 in my community
[] Summer Activities: Worked two jobs
[] Essays: I honestly don’t even remember them…
[] Teacher Recommendation: Very good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec: ?
[] Interview: Nope
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, 1800+ Students
[] Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~100K
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, rank, community involvement
[] Weaknesses: My essays?, scores to some extent
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m pretty well-rounded, but my essays weren’t that outstanding.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Honestly, I thought I was going to get rejected, so it’s a nice surprise. I’m not sure if I’m going to take a spot on the waitlist because Columbia isn’t too high up on my list. I’m picking between UC Berkeley and Northwestern now. Anyways, I’m really glad to see that a lot of URMs got in! Congrats!!

Eyelykemaths · March 31, 2009, 10:12pm

Wow disiny, I don’t know what I did wrong :(

gbau · March 31, 2009, 10:24pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1490/2210 (CR: 720 M: 770 W: 720)
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: 710 Lit 720 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): W 4.2
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): only IB
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Bio (5), 7 more this year (full diploma candidate)
[] Senior Year Course Load: All IB classes
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Classical Ballet - 25+ hours a week of classes/rehearsals, National, science, and french honor societies, peer mentor
[] Job/Work Experience: small internship, french tutoring
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ CAS stuff, art outreach stuff
[] Summer Activities: studied with houston ballet, boston ballet, orlando ballet, washington ballet (5+ weeks)
[] Essays: I loved them
[] Teacher Recommendation: one glowing, one pretty good but weird/interesting
[] Counselor Rec: love my counselor, and i’m pretty sure she returned the favor
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: It was whatever - he was an intense republican and it was the day after the election, it was tense.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 150k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nothing
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: applied ED? one intense “passion”
[] Weaknesses: sat 2’s, generally not spectacular enough for the toughest year ever
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: I’m quite bummed after being deferred and then rejected.

toastmaster · March 31, 2009, 10:37pm

**Decision: ACCEPTED **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT I (by section): 750 CR 780 M 710 W
[] SAT IIs: 780 Phys 800 Math II 740 Chem
[] ACT:
[] APs: Chem 5, Lit + Calc + Physics Senior Year
[] IBs:
[] GPA: 3.9/4
[] Rank: 2/285
[] Other stats (AMC/AIME/USAMO, PhO, ChO, etc):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] ECs listed on app: Varsity Math Team (Tri-Captain, #2 High Scoring Junior), Destination Imagination (School’s Chapter Founder, Global Finalist Team), National Honor Society, Community Service
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor
[] Essays (subject and responses): One about Thanksgiving, another about my Volvo…
[] Teacher Recs: Awesome!
[] Counselor Rec: No idea!
[] Hook (if any, such as RSI or URM):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: NH
[] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:

eating_food · March 31, 2009, 10:55pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 720 M, 780 W</li>
<li>SAT II: Literature (750); Biology-M (740); World History (760)</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 29/316</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,4 (two of my 5’s were self-studied)</li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: Differential Equations, AP Calc BC, AP Lit, Musical Theatre, Wind Ensemble, Independent Research, AP Music Theory</li>
<li>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semi, National Achievement Semi, National AP Scholar, Maryland Distinguished Scholar</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JSA (Founder/President - Winners of National Chapter of the Month), FBLA State Officer, Young Democrats Club (Founder/President), Piano (I take lessons and do chamber music at a really prestigious conservatory), Band (flute and piano), Drama!!!, Baltimore Cappies Critics Team, School Chamber Music Society, A couple honors societies, County-Wide Student Government (Secretary)</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Year-long internship in the FCC regulatory dept. of a REALLY big satellite firm in DC, Office Assistant at my dad’s office, Tutoring Service (Founder/President)</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service: Appointed by County Executive to the Environmental Sustainability Board, Student Member of 2 other commissions confirmed by the County Council, Member of a lovely troupe of traveling kids that give presentations to parents on how they can better communicate with their teens (Elected Secretary), Teen Advisory Committee for my community, Participated in a fairly prestigious community service organization sponsored by my county, LOTS OF WORK GETTING KIDS INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT!</li>
<li>Summer Activities: Summer@Brown, Prestigious Music Camp (for piano)</li>
<li>Essays: I’m a writer through and through</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: N/A</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: He said it was the best he’s ever written</li>
<li>Additional Rec: N/A</li>
<li>Interview: Lovely</li>
</ul>

Other

<ul>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid?: hmmm… I forget</li>
<li>Intended Major: English</li>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): Maryland</li>
<li>Country (if international applicant): hmmm</li>
<li>School Type: Competitive Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Black</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Income Bracket: Middle Class!</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</li>
</ul>

Reflection

<ul>
<li>Strengths: Race, EXTREMELY INVOLVED (I do a bit more than I listed, but I feel like I’ve given you an accurate reflection with what I’ve provided), neat accomplishments!</li>
<li>Weaknesses: Teacher recs, test scores</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted: i mean… what do you want from me?</li>
</ul>

General Comments: HOORAH! I didn’t think I would get in.

Also got into: Harvard, Princeton, Yale SCEA, Berkeley, UCLA, USC

dococtopi · March 31, 2009, 10:56pm

OH MY GOD.

Decision: Accepted SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (720M 690R 670W)
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 770MII, 690Chem, 660Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.05ish?
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CS A (5) Chem (5) Gov’t (5) English Lang (4) Latin Lit (4) Vergil (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Math SL (7)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 5 IB HL’s, 1 SL, AP Calc AB
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): ThinkQuest - 1st place
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of music club, president of cultural group division, secretary of math club
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Taught weekend music classes, numerous other volunteer experiences
[] Summer Activities: Cornell University Summer College 2008
[] Essays: Pretty good, apparently.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One awesome, one good
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public, IB Magnet
[] Ethnicity: ASIAN!
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: ~ 80k-100k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays? ThinkQuest probably helped a lot.
[] Weaknesses: SAT scores. GPA/rank.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably essays and programming experience. I also wrote them a letter with links to things I’ve made online.
[/ul]General Comments: WOW I had no idea that I would be accepted here. I feel like there are so many other people here who seem to deserve this more than me… I said in a previous thread that if I were accepted, I’d be shocked and humbled. I feel exactly that.

yuyis09 · March 31, 2009, 11:17pm

Rejected…but congrats to all!!!

lolcats4 · March 31, 2009, 11:27pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2320 superscored (800 CR, 770 M, 750 W)
[] SAT II: 2400 + 780 (800 Literature, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 Math 2)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.87 UW for the 74 college credits I’ve taken (I’m home schooled)
[] Senior Year Course Load (College classes): Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, U.S. History, Honors Intro to Shakespeare, Honors Organic Chemistry I and II (with lab), World Politics
[] Senior Year Course Load (Home School): Western Literature, Philosophy, Government
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Scholar candidate (not really big unless I get Semifinalist or Scholar)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Strategy game design, website management; Violin and Youth Orchestra; Boy Scout Venture Crew (Eagle Scout); Varsity Swim Team 
[] Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, Venture Crew, Eagle Project
[] Summer Activities: Rayado program, major trips w/ Venture Crew, otherwise nothing major
[] Essays: Wrote it on my work in the video game industry (risk).
[] Teacher Recommendation: One stellar, one good (from college professors)
[] Counselor Rec: My dad wrote this (as I’m home schooled) and it was good in explaining my home school situation
[] Additional Rec: Had one written by my “boss” at the website I work for. He was an Oxford tutor and it was stellar.
[] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): AZ
[] School Type: Home School
[] Ethnicity: White (Caucasian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Below $60k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Test scores that validate my advanced college coursework, overall well-roundedness while having a very unique “edge” (video games)
[] Weaknesses: Video games are a risk, essays weren’t brilliant
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Columbia, Duke, Pomona, Georgetown, USC. Waitlisted at Harvard and Princeton, and rejected from Yale.
[/ul]General Comments: Received a likely letter. It’s between Columbia/Pomona for me right now, although coming off the Harvard waitlist could change that.

Branyon214 · March 31, 2009, 11:57pm

Decision: Accepted to Columbia College

For Stats, see: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/671386-official-ucla-decision-thread-class-2013-a-7.html#post1062048986[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/671386-official-ucla-decision-thread-class-2013-a-7.html#post1062048986</a>

4th_house · March 31, 2009, 11:58pm

for S:

Decision: Accepted; Columbia College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800cr, 740m, 760w = 2300 total
[] SAT II: Math 2: 800
World: 800
Physics: 800
Chem: 790
US History: 790
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.32
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school does not rank; anecdotally #1 out of 63
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC: 5
Chem: 5
Eng Lang.: 5 (self-studied)
World: 5 (self-studied)
USH: 5 (self-studied)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hardest available: Multivariable Calc, AP Physics C, etc …
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Intel Semi-Finalist, Stockholm Junior Water Prize – State Champ, #7 in nation, Moody’s Mega Math Challenge winner, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Secretary General), Investment Club (co-founder), Academic Team (Captain), NHS (President)
[] Job/Work Experience: Congressional internship, quantum computing mentorship
[] Volunteer/Community service: USY (co-president)
[] Summer Activities: CTY 4 years, Harvard SSP (Edward Fein Fellowship)
[] Essays: doesn’t everyone think their essays are great?
[] Teacher Recommendation: alleged to be very good
[] Counselor Rec: see above
[] Additional Rec: Harvard TA
[] Interview: very good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
[] Intended Major: International Relations
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[] School Type: public magnet (top 10 in the country)
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none of the “classics”[/li][/ul]Reflection

Strengths: typical hard-working, well-rounded kid

What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Challenge of coming from a pre-engineering academy strong in math and science, yet personally having great interest in the social sciences

Weaknesses: not an athlete, not a musician, would not be recruited for any such niches

Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Just a strong overall app

Mustafah78 · April 1, 2009, 1:28am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 770 CR, 720 W, 720 M
[] SAT II: 740 French, 750 Literature, 760 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/180 (class rank)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): One non-exclusive, national-level award for academics; Gold Award in national concert band competition, three times.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School concert band, pit band, and jazz ensemble; community wind symphony; volunteering at a foster home; tutoring; tennis
[] Job/Work Experience: 25-30 hours/week at a communications company
[] Volunteer/Community service: More than 1500 hours
[] Summer Activities: Work, independent study, reading, road trips, pick-up tennis and basketball, one leadership conference in the United States.
[] Essays: Very passionate and personal, a story of my upbringing.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Best they have ever written.
[] Counselor Rec: Very good.
[] Additional Rec: from a Ph.D. student at American University.
[] Interview: Very structured; went well.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada
[] School Type: Public; performs slightly below provincial average.
[] Ethnicity: African
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Lowest
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, first-generation college student, low-income, interesting story.
[] Additional Info: John Jay Scholar
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Grades, volunteer work, music ECs, stellar essay and teacher recs
[] Weaknesses: Not a lot of traditional “leadership” positions
[] Why you think you were accepted: You tell me.
[li] Where else were you accepted: Princeton, Amherst, Harvard, Georgetown SFS[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I’m genuinely happy for everyone who got accepted. Be proud! Thank God! And I can’t feel sorry those of you who didn’t get accepted, because you all have great opportunities lined up!

KristinxAJ · April 1, 2009, 1:35am

Decision: Accepted: CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Never took it.
[] ACT: 31 English: 35 Reading: 34 Math: 29 Science: 26
[] SAT II: Math I: 680 US History: 640
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/312
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Composition(5), Macroeconomics(5), Microeconomics(4), World History(4), Psychology(4), Chemistry(1) haha.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): None.
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, Pre AP Chinese, Computer Programming, AP Biology, AP English Literature, AP Spanish
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Eh. Nothing major actually.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club(Editor), NHS, Native American Club, Crime Stoppers(Board Member), Economics Challenge Team
[] Job/Work Experience: A little paper route in the 9th grade haha.
[] Volunteer/Community service: Tons(Toys for Tots, Food Bank, YMCA, etc.)
[] Summer Activities: Lots of stuff with Key Club; helped organize a math camp for Native American kids
[] Essays: Pretty good, apparently. I was nervous about this, but I thought it was pretty unique. Talked a little about ethnicity and my dad’s PTSD. The style in which I wrote it was different for me.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Incredible!
[] Counselor Rec: Generic.
[] Additional Rec: Generic.
[] Interview: Didn’t have one.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Oklahoma
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Native American
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <$60,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essay, teacher rec, essay. I really let them know how much Columbia meant to me lol.
[] Weaknesses: Lack of SAT score, other scores in lower range, no major awards.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Honestly, I know that my ethnicity was a leading factor…which I don’t mind at all. I had a good course load, showed dedication and intelligence, and used black magiks to entice (Jk jk)
[/ul]General Comments: Columbia is my #1 choice. If financial aid works out like it should, I’m definitely going. Otherwise, I’ve got USC and University of Oklahoma(ugh) as a backup. I’m so excited!!!

dragonwriter · April 1, 2009, 1:38am

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800CR 720M 730W
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 770 Math II, 720 Bio M, 650 Lit, 600 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Not Reported
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: 7 Classes: AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Physics,
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): EPA award, All State Music, Science research[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars: Enviro club, leaders org., science olympiad, tutoring
[] Job/Work Experience: 4 years restaurant hostess
[] Volunteer/Community service:hundreds of hours
[] Summer Activities: Interlochen and Medical Research
[] Essays: Good
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived Right - good
[] Counselor Rec:Waived Right - good
[] Additional Rec:Waived Right -good
[li] Interview: N/A[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public, competitive
[] Ethnicity: Did Not Report
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[li] Hooks: Essays [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Essays
[] Weaknesses: SAT II Test Scores, GPA
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: There are a lot of amazing people out there. I feel grateful to have been waitlisted at such a competitive school. I am excited about the school I will attend and wish much luck to the Columbia Class 2013.

Cartelle · April 1, 2009, 1:47am

Accepted!!! Columbia College

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 780cr, 750m, 800w = 2330 total
SAT II: Math 2 - 800; Chem - 790; French - 690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 - only 1 B in multivariable calc (took at community college b/c they don’t teach it at school…)
Weighted GPA: 4.5/5.0 (But should be about 4.75…see below)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Phys C: Mech (5), Phys C: E&M (4)
Senior Year Course Load: Hardest Available - Multivariable Calc, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, Photo (I had no arts credit before this…)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar w/ Hnr, Laureat National in Grand Concours Nat’l French Competition, a few math awards, class prize 2006

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tae Kwon Do (Black Belt, Paid Instructor, Best Student Award 2008), Amnesty Int’l (Co-President, previously Publicities Officer), Photography (I submitted some of my work, won 1st in my district in a PTSA contest), Publicities Officer & Student Teacher for Oxybridges Science Institute, a ****load of sports freshman and sophmore year (soccer, track, xc, field hockey)
Job/Work Experience: Internship at USC synthesizing nanowires w/ high-powered lasers; Internship at Caltech building a program to compare nucleotide and protein strings to find motors on viruses; currently an instructor at my tkd studio; tutoring math, french & chem since 2006
Volunteer/Community service: N/A
Summer Activities: 2005-6 my family and I lived abroad on the French/Swiss border…we spent those summers moving back and forth…I taught myself Alg 2 when we moved back –> Honours PreCalculus as a sophmore (class for juniors at our school); Internship at USC 2007; Internship at Caltech 2008
Essays: I wrote about living in Europe and how on the school ski trip, a depressed girl woke me up in the middle of the night and asked for my swiss army knife…I gave it to her only to sprint after her later…fortunately she didn’t hurt herself; I submitted a summary of my research and explained how there were no honors classes at my school in Switzerland (otherwise my GPA –> 4.75ish)
Teacher Recommendation: one said I was one of the best students ever and the other said i was the best. :]
Counselor Rec: “a most remarkable young woman”
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Y
Intended Major: Physics
State: CA
School Type: Public, but top 100 schools in country
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): um, living abroad

Reflection
Strengths: math & science; sophistication; well-roundedness :]
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: Cultural stuff, well-roundedness
Weaknesses: NO community service, stupid 750 on the SAT (I only took it once and the curve was INSANE.)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Living abroad on top of having the grades etc.; and having 2 x-chromosomes and applying for physics

Charmelody · April 1, 2009, 8:36am

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I: 2370 (800 R, 800 W, 770 M)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: 800 Math II-C, 800 Biology E, 740 Literature
[] Unweighted GPA: 4.0
[] Rank: 1/365
[] AP: Biology (5), English Language (5), United States History (5), European History (5), World History (5), Psychology (5), Calculus AB (4), Statistics (4), Music Theory (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government, Newspaper, Teacher Aide
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar, National Commended Scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award, 2nd in Texas in UIL Academics for Current Issues and Events
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars: [/li] Newspaper (Editor-in-Chief)
Young Democrats (President)
World Affairs Council (President)
UIL Academics (Team Captain, Current Events, Spelling and Vocabulary, Social Studies, Informative Speaking, Editorial Writing, and Headline Writing )
Violin (Youth Orchestra, all region, all area)
Girl Scouts (Senior, Gold Award)
Teen Court (Lead prosecutor, founding member)

[] Job/Work Experience: Taking care of my younger, disabled sibling
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Girl Scouts, Teen Court, Highway cleanups, raising money for AIDS research, library volunteer. About 1000 hours +.
[] Summer Activities: Girls State, caretaking, sleeping, studying for self-study AP exams.
[] Essays: My essays were very strong. I wrote about how my sister is the formative person in my life and how I liked Peter the Great because he was a jack-of-all-trades, master of Russia. XD
[] Teacher Recommendation: They were very flattering. I cannot thank them enough.
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see.
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State: TX
[] Country: US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Not State (White)
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 100,000 - 120,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My stats and extracurricular list, which is hefty.
[] Weaknesses: White, female, no hook.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The interview might’ve tipped it. It went the best out of all of them.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Rice, and Pomona. Rejected at Stanford.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who was accepted/waitlisted!

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