The OFFICIAL Columbia Countdown Thread

<p>When you guys log in, is there a picture of this random guy playing frisbee? lol...</p>

<p>@ Eyelykemaths</p>

<p>Yeah same picture when I login. For those denied it's almost like "Look, this is what you'll never get to be a part of" lol</p>

<p>Or maybe it's a guy who was rejected and now has nothing to do but play frisbee. That would be more like a "Look, hopefully you won't be this guy!"</p>

<p>My humor mechanism is broken. Blame AP Gov essays.</p>

<p>Yeah, like an "Oh well, at least you're not this tool displayed here."</p>

<p>Or at least that's how I'll interpret my rejection.</p>

<p>THE day has arrived! 17 hours in counting...</p>

<p>Wait, have people already received Columbia acceptance letters. A friend has claimed to have already gotten in (and she didn't apply early decision-or early action? i'm not familiar with columbia)</p>

<p>Ugh, I wish they hadn't mailed them already. I live 35 minutes away so when I don't have something big and shiny at home I'm going to know about my rejection already. Great.</p>

<p>So... feel free to disregard my ramblings but I feel like venting and rambling somewhere - everyone's got to. What better place to vent than somewhere where everyone else present is going through the same trauma and turmoil?</p>

<p>This college admissions season has been disastrous. I've dreamed of going to Columbia for years - the curriculum is amazing, I've spent extraordinary amounts of time on the campus for a Texan like myself, and basked in every minute of it, I've been to the city scores of times in the past year and fallen in love, and I'm in love with a girl who lives in Morningside Heights.</p>

<p>And every college has spat in my face. Waitlisted at both GW and Georgetown. I know Georgetown is rough... but GW was my safety! And, not to be conceited, but I know I look good on paper. My SAT scores are each over 100 above GW's 75th percentile, I'm captain of my debate team, nationally competitive, won national awards for writing, National Merit Finalist. My class rank is not amazing, but I'm in the top 10%, and have taken as many AP classes as my school allows me to. I don't say this to brag. I say it because it shifts the meaning of such an ambiguous decision. It's not a condemnation of academic merit - it's a condemnation of ME. Something about my personality, my character as a human, wasn't up to the standards of my safety school. So what does that mean for the college I've spent my nights dreaming about, that I've already been haunted by since my deferral?</p>

<p>I, like everyone here, have worked my ass off for four years. My grades dropped this year in the wake of a parental affair and the ensuing and ongoing tribulations of divorce. I tried to tell my schools, but it seems like a shoddy excuse for stress and senioritis. Situations beyond my control have condemned me - but I guess that always seems the case.</p>

<p>I know my rant isn't that unique - everyone has a story, trauma... everyone has academic achievements to (admittedly) brag about. And I know my little dialogue probably ****es off those who were rejected from schools rather than waitlisted. I know I should be thankful, but nevertheless, it's hard. It's just an extraordinary experience now. My classes in high school haven't educated me - really, debate was my teacher. I've learned more in debate than I think I would have learned in a lifetime without it. But I worked my ass off in school because it was supposed to bring me somewhere amazing. What happened?</p>

<p>I know: number of applicants, increasing competition, just because a school rejected you doesn't mean you're wrong, simply that the school wasn't right for you. It's just rough. I know I'm repeating trite cliches in fancy rhetoric. But, you know, I needed to ramble, needed to rant and vent. And now I have. Hooray!</p>

<p>Well, there's tomorrow. I'm certain I'll be rejected or waitlisted. Perhaps I'll try Columbia for grad school - I just long for the experience CU has to offer.</p>

<p>I think I'm going to make a pot of tea and listen to In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Perhaps on repeat all day tomorrow, though I'll take out my earbuds for my three tests.</p>

<p>Peace. Good luck to everyone! I'm sure many others are having similarly disjointed, anxious internal dialogues. I'm just crazy enough to type mine out to a group of strangers on a forum I've not really been that terribly involved in. I've lurked the forums though... and I like this community. So I hope you don't all think I'm crazy!</p>

<p>14 hours and 40 minutes!!</p>

<p>and ^^^^^OutHere
I feel for you. This year's applications has been through the roof. The competition just gets more and more intense. I wish all of us good luck.</p>

<p>^Your lucky - you'll find out two hours ahead of the east coast.</p>

<p>^^^^lol, but it's still the same waiting time. XD </p>

<p>and we do technically find out at the same time. so huge anxiety!</p>

<p>i thought everyone found out at 6 pm eastern time.</p>

<p>^ so basically my friend is lying about her "acceptance"?</p>

<p>i'm embarrassed about how much time i spend on this forum.</p>

<p>6 PM? Damn, I thought it was at 5 PM EST. That means I get Brown and Columbia at precisely the same time. Lovely!</p>

<p>nvm it is 5 pm est. all ivies are 5</p>

<p>^Wheatbread, your friend might have received a likely letter which basically means acceptance.</p>

<p>14 hoursssssss :d</p>

<p>14 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg</p>

<p>outhere:</p>

<p>unless your grades are seriously awful, you probably got waitlisted at gwu because they might have thought you applied as a safety, and admitting you might lower their yield rate.</p>