<p>so im either going to cornell or georgetown. once i make that tough decision. but my heart will always be set on columbia. </p>
<p>i know you guys are gonna tell me to wait on transferring and that i might love my school, but i've died to go to columbia since my freshman year. and i got rejected because i screwed up my ED app (which actually was a godsend since i learned what i did wrong and made sure i did my other apps well). regardless, i would still love to go to columbia. im going to maintain all my high grades during my senior year instead of falling prey to senioritis. </p>
<p>and in college, im willing to work my tail end of to manage a high GPA and i plan to participate in research opportunities and develop strong relationships wiht my professors. so thoughts?</p>
<p>on a side note, when i say i messed up my apps it was because i moved here from india when i was ten and my parents went to college in india, where you just take a test to get into college. so they didn't know anything about the college application process in the USA and i was all alone when applying because my guidance counselor was no help in that regard. i messed up because i completely didnt mention my internship at a doctors office. i worked there for more than 1.5 years and definitely logged at least 500 hours there. (10 hours a week). as you can imagine that migght have REALLY helped my chances. also, when it came to the short answer "why columbia?" i messed up. i just listed reasons instead of actually writing and didnt realized till later on that it should have been an essay of sorts itself. if i apply to transfer, will columbia still have my app on record be able to see how horrible my essay was? lol</p>
<p>also, i contacted my regional director for admissions after being rejected. i just tried to convey my passion for columbia because my guidance counselor told me to, even though i told her that columbia had a no appeals policy. will that be held against me if they think i was being desperate? </p>
<p>an answer to any of my questions would be nice! haha</p>
<p>^honestly, don’t even think about transferring, go to college X with no regrets and aim to make the most of it, few people make it to their top choice (on CC you only hear about the ones that do). if you dislike your college after a semester or a year, then think about transferring, you definitely do not want to go in with that mentality. I don’t know you, but many people would absolutely kill to go to Cornell or Gtown, both great schools which will offer you a lot.</p>
<p>i know i know. i know exactly what you’re saying. they are definitely both great schools.
but i dont want to regret messing up my application during my senior year for the rest of my life. which is exactly what i’ll end up doing if dont even bother to apply to transfer. columbia was/is the biggest goal of mine since the beginning of high school, when i visited the campus.</p>
<p>maybe you should got to your schools give yourself some time to like them…then think of transferring…they are good schools and i mean you could go to columbia for grad.</p>
<p>read this
[College</a> Essay or Transfer Statement?: Dan’s Frustration Pours Out](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/sample_college_essays_7.htm]College”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/college_admissions/sample_college_essays_7.htm)</p>
<p>its starts off with an essay…but by the middle of the page youll understand why i posted this.</p>
<p>just my 2 cents…not necessarily right for you but i hope it helps</p>
<p>that was a really helpful post, thanks. i appreciate it. i’ll definitely keep this in mind. but just like the person in that post, i want to apply to transfer. and i might not go if i love cornell/georgetown. but i still want to apply. </p>
<p>any help on my original post guys? lol pwease :(</p>
<p>Although I absolutely agree with the above posts to give Georgetown or Cornell a fair try, I will try to help you out. Yes, if you apply as a transfer, Columbia will have your original application and will look at it, but it won’t be held against you. The phone call to the area representative will have no bearing at all. The main reason behind a successful transfer is for academic reasons. So loving New York or hating Ithaca or Washington will not work. It needs to be for some real academic resource that you cannot get where you are (hard to think what that could be from either of those two places). Your GPA needs to be as close to a 4.0 as you can manage. As a transfer applicant, letters of recommendation are far more important than they were when you were applying as a freshman and they will be harder to get. You need to establish a strong relationship with at least two professors who will be able to write on your behalf. Think about this when you pick your classes (it is had to stand out in a lecture class with 300 students). If you have work study, get a job working for a professor. Also try to develop some interesting extracurricular interests. I doubt if Columbia turned you down because you forgot to mention working in a doctor’s office. That is a very typical pre-med kind of activity that probably would not have made much difference. A small part of Columbia’s transfer admission process looks at what you have taken that can fill some of the core curriculum requirements, so you might consider that when planning your program. Nothing can substitute for CC or LitHum, but the foreign language and science requirements are easily transferable and music and art humanities moderately so. But, again, I urge you to go to Cornell or Georgetown and love it there!</p>
<p>thhank you so much! and i definitely am trying to love it. im leaning towards cornell i guess. and i can see you doubt me, but when i emailed my regional rep for admissions she pretty much told me that the “why columbia?” is actually a big part of their admissions process because they want people who fit into the university. and that my extracurriculars are weak. so thats how i came to those conclusions of as to why i was rejected. well i LOVEEEE the fact that columbia has a core curriculum (it was part of the reason i was my number one) because i like all kinds of subjects and dont want to just be restricted to my major. would that be a good reason to write about in my essay, you think? would the infinite internship opportunities of NYC be a good reason to write about? that is also something that interests me alot. </p>
<p>also, will i be able to get one of the professor recommendations from the professor that i work for, if i do that work study that you’re suggesting? or does it have to be from two professors whose class im in?</p>