Transfer Essays and chances for transfer

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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<p>I wrote several versions of my Columbia engineering transfer essays and am not sure which ones I should use. Anyone interested in looking over them?</p>

<p>Also, out of curiosity, I wanna know how confident I should be about getting into Columbia Engineering as a transfer student. But anyways, here are my stats. Feel free to comment.</p>

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<li>Canadian citizen (Asian American)</li>
<li>Female, first generation university student</li>
<li>previously applied to Columbia College: rejected</li>
<li>College GPA: 4.17 (4 year Canadian university, not very well known)</li>
<li>College courses: Multivariable Calculus (A+, top student out of 200), Probability and Statistics (A+), Microeconomics (A+, top student out of 500), Macroeconomics (A-),
Intro to Programming in C++ (A+, top student in 200)</li>
<li>IB: Math HL(7), Physics HL(7), Chemistry HL(7), Biology HL(6), History HL(7)
English SL(6), French SL(6)</li>
<li>SAT I: 2200 (Math 800, Writing 710, Reading 690)</li>
<li>SAT II: Math IIC (800), Physics (800), Biology M(780)</li>
<li>EC's:

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<li>local awards for violin competition, 11 year of violin playing, regularly plays in a local church's symphony orchestra</li>
<li>Tutoring: high school subjects tutor at a local Indian tuition centre (almost 1 year)</li>
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<li>Rec's should be very good as my profs were very eager to write them (but problem is the classes are very big and they don't know me very well)</li>
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<p>Anyways, that's about it. Nothing spectacular (except perhaps the grades...). But yea feel free to comment.</p>

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<p>pm me with your essay if you want</p>

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<p>Location: Antarctica, and they rejected you? Sheesh, and I though CU was big on diversity :slight_smile: </p>

<p>All kidding aside, it was probably your lack of thorough EC’s that worked against you. I’ll be happy to read your essays, though, but why are you applying to SEAS this time and not CC?</p>

<p>I hope you have a more solid reason than the fact that it’s easier to get into as a transfer (not that I know whether it’s the case or not…)</p>