Oh, okay. Since I was rejected, I figured that in Columbia’s eyes, I could be anywhere from almost-deferred to total trash. And if I was closer to total trash than almost-deferred, I would have figured that I was aiming too high and should readjust accordingly.
In your opinion, which combination of rec letters is better? I’ll definitely keep the econ teacher’s letter but between the chem teacher and language arts teacher, it’s a bit of a tossup. My chem teacher doesn’t particularly like or dislike most of his students, including me. I thought that my language arts teacher didn’t particularly like me, but a friend said that she did because I participated in class.
USC isn’t a UC, though UC Berkeley did request 2 LOR! I hope they won’t think too much about the LOR, but I didn’t submit 4 to either school, since CMC requires and allows 2, while USC requires none and allows 3.
Best of luck to you as well! Maybe I’ll see you next fall 