<p>Honestly... (this is in a way a "self-prediction" if you life)... ok.. so honestly what do you think will be the outcome for YOU?</p>
<p>I think it'll be fun to see if we predict our individual fates correctly..</p>
<p>I'll go first.. I honestly think that I'll be either accepted or deferred.. But somehow I'm still strongly believing that I'll get accepted.. Crazy huh?</p>
<p>I am almost positive that I'm going to be deferred, but after that I don't know what will happen. I don't think they will accept me right away, but I think there is a chance that they will after a few months. But I am pretty sure that I won't be denied acceptance at first, if not later. They might wanna hold on to me for a little longer.</p>
<p>I have one thing that may help me... but if it wern't for that thing, I would probobly have been deffered. I probobly still am going to, and thats what I will be expecting.</p>
<p>if i may ask, what is that "one thing" carrera?</p>
<p>yeh what is that one thing that may help you carrera?</p>
<p>Actually, I don't haev one thing, I have quite a few things... that hopefully will help my chances. Not like a rec from a columbia office holder if thats what your thinking.</p>
<p>haha your being pretty vague....what were you referring to in your earlier post?</p>
<p>ok well.. can you tell us what those things may be..?</p>
<p>Just things like I am a dual citizen, I am persian, I am muslim, I got a rec from a close friend of mine that I have know for years, and he is pretty well known in the academic world (not that any of you would have heard of him).... whats the big deal, I am sure everyone has a few things that they have going for them.</p>
<p>oh silver and i didnt mean to be rude or anything, the way you phrased that one earlier post sounded like you had like a really crazy hook to help you out, like being the kid of someone really famous haha. we were just interested! but your right, those things will definetly help you, you would definetly add to the diversity of columbia.</p>
<p>I'm def getting rejected. </p>
<p>But here are some things that are unique/I ahve going for me:
- Ernst & Young Summer Intership - summer of 10th grade in a spanish country too. [I have a letter of rec. from the partner]
- I run 3 businesses. 2 LLCs and 1 LLP.
- Gov School [although I doubt it's that unique]
- Best recs possible [3 Columbia graduates all said best student in my career]</p>
<p>and if there are more, well I forgot them</p>
<p>lol... no, I am not even close to anyone famous.. although I do get 2 hits on google ;)</p>
<p>:) thanks for explaining on my behalf too david!
yep.. i thought you had this amazing secret.. that would guarantee u admission or something carrera lol.</p>
<p>4 days left now!!!</p>
<p>so david.. what about you? what do u think?</p>
<p>mag i honestly dont think ur a def. rejection!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I did an internship at Standard & Poor's last summer.. that might help too. Who knows what these admissions guys want. Maybe they want a muslim French Horn player fron New York... I would be perfect, but maybe they need a Jewish Oboe player from Indiana... I would not fit the bill.</p>
<p>honestly, im preparing for the worst. i have this feeling on the inside that i may be accepted, and everyone around me (family, friends, teachers) have great confidence in me, but i would rather be suprised by acceptance than suprised by rejection. its a defense mechanism i guess.</p>
<p>I think I'm a 55-35-10, acceptance, deferral, rejection...</p>
<p>I wish I had something that guaranteed my acceptance!!!</p>
<p>I will take some pain killers if I get rejected...</p>
<p>j/k :p</p>
<p>davidpien...</p>
<p>I feel the same exact way.</p>
<p>If I were to do percentage... I would say 35 accept, 40 deffer, 25 reject</p>
<p>same here, carrera. i mean, maybe columbia really wants a talented polish tenor from CT, maybe not. i really emphasized my singing in the app (sent a cd too!) because ive been encouraged to pursue performance as a career from many proffessionals and have been told that i am a conservatory caliber tenor.</p>
<p>wow.. really freakish.. ?</p>
<p>hmm i've not calculated my odds like that..
but i'm kinda like david i guess.. i have this feeling inside me that just thinks i'll get in.. and it just adds to it when your parents, grandparents, family friends, close friends, friends, random classmates and teachers are all rooting for you and telling you that you'll get in..</p>
<p>but yeh.. if i actually do get in i'll be soooo surprised i'd be speechless...</p>
<p>the possibilities of a rejection or a deferrance i guess are more real than an acceptance.. even though i wish it wasn't</p>