<p>I know that the likely letters were sent out via email to engineering applicants.</p>
<p>I would just like to know what this means. Am I correct in assuming that:</p>
<p>a.) They are only sent to applicants so qualified such as the top quartile of the entering class, that there is little probability they can be turned down.</p>
<p>b.) Just because you haven't received one is no reason to panic, because it just means that your test scores didn't jump out at them, and there is still a great chance of acceptance after the application is reviewed.</p>
<p>c.) The admissions office is sending these emails prior to putting the applications through formal review. The letter is no guarentee.</p>
<p>I applied. I'm really trying to get away from NJ, though, and was accepted to other schools that are farther away (still on the East coast). But Columbia will always hold a special place in my heart. ;-)</p>
<p>And anyway, haven't you criticized Columbia students for not being as intellectual into the Core as perhaps the brochures imply? If so . . . that's very disappointing.</p>
<p>Don't I know it. The obvious reason is that most people at Ivy League schools are trophy hunters who aren't as interested in an education as they are in a diploma. My Lit Hum class has 14 students and I get the feeling that only half are genuinely interested.</p>
<p>Then again, that could be because it's at 9am on monday and wednesday.</p>
<p>I think the core is pretty cool. I mean I know there will be classes I will probably hate, but then there will be classes I wouldn't have normally chosen that I will actually like. </p>
<p>To sax, Columbia has a lot more than the core. It has New York City which is a draw for many people who don't want to be at NYU. There is also the Ivy draw. There is also the lesser mentioned situation with girls. Basically you have Columbia and Barnard. I would say for me personally the whole city thing and the core were the biggest draws. I really don't care about it being Ivy so much, and Columbia was the only Ivy I was going to apply to.</p>
<p>If I had a choice I would have the class more often than Monday and Wednesday. Wow, there's a lot of time between those! The class size is good, though.</p>
<p>College classes don't meet like high school classes do. Frankly, though, I like it a lot better - when you do meet, there's so much to discuss. You really want to be there. Assuming it's a good class, that is.</p>
<p>jono - it sounds like alot of time, but when you have between two and three hundred pages of reading to get through between classes you'll probably find that the spacing is pretty good. Not to mention other classes.</p>
<p>Lit Hum is 2 hours long, though, which at least allows us to get through alot in one sitting. Most classes are only 75 minutes.</p>