<p>i'll look into that. thanks</p>
<p>lol as far as life changing books go.. i'm still caught up in Enders Game and the entire Ender's Shadows series.. it's ridiculously nerdy of me i guess but it's the greatest sci fi story ever.</p>
<p>wow. these are the books you actually read, at age 17...when you want to be accepted to one of the best universities in the world??!? I would seriously suggest something more your age level, as opposed to going back to forth grade.</p>
<p>emigre0518, I recently spoke with a senior who received a likely letter who ONLY put kids books on her application (in the section that asks for books read outside of school). She mentioned the Twilight series and a series written for younger teens among others. I suspect her choice of books actually helped her. It would be quite obvious that she's capable of reading more "intellectual" books, based on her class rank, AP scores, books read for school, etc. Listing kids books on the application may have told the admissions staff that she has a "human" side as well--that she doesn't think she's too good or too smart to read books that the "average" teen reads. If nothing else, it probably demonstrated that she was honest on her application and not just out to impress the admissions officers!</p>
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<p>because every single book I read was just to get into Columbia /sarcasm</p>
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Pleasure Reading: Catch-22, The Bourne Series, Freakonomics, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Alex Rider novels, Red Storm Rising, Blink, Stumbling Over Happiness
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<p>I liked the Alex Rider novels; they're really good considering the fact that they're written mainly for a young adolescent market. I saw my little sister reading one and then I picked it up. :)</p>
<p>welll. one of my favorite books was 'i hope they serve beer in hell' so that should probably make everyone else feel better about their choices.</p>
<p>^^^tucker max! great storyteller..</p>
<p>and what's wrong with 4th grade books? cam jansen rocks my socks.</p>
<p>so i'm sorry that i'm not interested in "intellectualizing" my image by citing more "university-level" books.</p>
<p>i hate how there was so little space :(</p>
<p>my pleasure reading list was:</p>
<p>Warriors Don't Cry, Invisible Man, Death of a Salesman, Catch-22, The Count of Monte Cristo, Slaughterhouse-Five, Introductory
Oceanography (Harold Thurman), The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John Maxwell), The Tipping Point (Malcolm Gladwell)</p>
<p>and required was: </p>
<p>Crime and Punishment, The Trial and Death of Socrates, The Great Gatsby, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Grapes of Wrath,
Othello, Night, The Canterbury Tales</p>
<p>I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE WARRIORS DON'T CRY AND CRIME AND PUNISHMENT fdsgfha</p>
<p>the books weren't that big of a deal. I am positive Columbia will not choose one kid over another solely on the amounts of books he or she has read. Besides I think many people who applied probably lied or stretched the truth so it is sort of unreliable.</p>