Hi, everyone! I recently finished my “why columbia” supplemental essay and was very proud of how it turned out. I focused my essay on the core curriculum. But then I stumbled onto an article saying that the core curriculum is a bad topic to choose for this essay. Does anyone have any insight on this? I don’t have a lot of time to rewrite it but don’t want to risk my chances, as this is my dream school! Thanks!
If the Core Curriculum is the most important part of Columbia for you, then I don’t see a reason why it would be bad (personally). Why did the article say that?
The article said that it is seen to be a very surface level answer that a lot of people write about.
It’s overdone. Think of the adcoms and what they might be reading. I can picture them reading lots of essays about the core curriculum. They are probably yawning now. If you somehow made it lively, and an interesting read you could wake them up, but otherwise, pick something else more unique.
If you like it, submit it. It doesn’t matter what the topic of the essay is.