<p>Why did you choose/are you choosing specifically Columbia over any other school?</p>
<p>Anyone please respond..but if you got accepted to columbia could you please state that you were accepted to columbia and then state why columbia.</p>
<p>I haven’t been accepted yet, I’m just applying and really hoping for the best. But Columbia had everything I had ever hoped for and more. It’s in New York City, the student body is made up of so many diverse and interesting people, there’s an amazing dance program (very important to me personally), a ton of clubs and organizations to get involved in, and, of course, stellar academics.</p>
<p>As someone who does Columbia alum interviews and has probably asked this question in one way or another…
dancerjen, great answer! Unless the Columbia app has undergone incredibly drastic changes (much more than just switching to the common app and a supplement), I’m assuming that’s still an essay/paragraph question on the application. Obviously you’ll want to expand upon what you said, but that seems like a great outline/beginning. It’s good that although you mentioned that Columbia being in NYC was part of why you want to attend (it really is the greatest city in the world, and to overlook that would be…weird I guess), that it wasn’t THE reason you want to go to Columbia (a lot of alums/admissions people look at applicants that go on and on about NYC and nothing else and wonder why they don’t just go to NYU or a CUNY school). Also probably good to mention the Core Curriculum when talking about academics, but great start!!</p>
<p>CUboundscholar, make sure you keep in mind that the reasons someone else wants to go to Columbia may not be the reasons you want to go to Columbia, and make sure you write your Why Columbia essay based solely on why YOU want to go to Columbia. It’s not solely about determining whether you’re right for Columbia, but also whether Columbia’s right for you (wow that sounds cliche, oh well). If you write your Why Columbia about how awesome the Core is based on what you read on here, but you really wanna go through college taking only classes in your major (which some people do, to each his/her own), then although you may get into Columbia, you’d likely be much happier at Brown.</p>
<p>thanks guys. I did my why essay like a week ago. I think it is pretty good.
I agree with u metsfan. i went to the informational session and they said that they didnt want to hear that you want to go because its in ny.
Good luck Dancerjen.I hope I see you next year.</p>
<p>i know you might have heard what you wanted to hear, but the reason why i am applying to Columbia is because it is an absolutely amazing school located in New York [like dancerjen(:] and by the blue book Columbia sent me and doing research i found out about the Julliard-Columbia program. It is able to offer me an exceptional academic program while still allowing to pursue my dreams in music. Even if i am not able to attend the Julliard-Columbia program, i feel as if the core classes Columbia offers and has freshmen take will be able to help me find the right path for me to pursue. And lastly, because I feel like, unlike the other schools in New York, such as NYU or CUNY, Columbia has a long history and has been the learning institution to great historical leaders such as john jay and alexander hamilton. These two people have always grasped my attention during history classes and to even think that i will be able to walk the same hallways or area that these men have walked on will be such an inspiration in my everyday college life. i don’t know about you guys… but these are my reasons haha</p>
<p>I was accepted and leave town to move into my dorm in a week, and one thing that I love about Columbia that I didn’t really notice until I went to days on campus (the admitted students weekend-thing where they convince you to attend) was the sense of humor. The student body in general seemed to share my sense of humor, which I really appreciated. There was a sense of self-awareness that I didn’t find at some of the other, comparable schools I toured and considered. In short, they didn’t BS you. Additionally, I like the idea of the core curriculum (although don’t quote me on that after my first week of LitHum and FroSci/U Writing), the diversity, and the access to so many cultural events/opportunities. Free museums, holler.</p>
<p>well jayskye…u can write about whatever u want. I thought it would be helpful for most ppl to know what the admission officers said. i like the hamilton and jefferson part btw.</p>
<p>@itdoesdeath
i was wondering a lot about the personalities there cause I thought that I probably wouldnt fit in. However wht you mentioned there kind of cleared things up for me.</p>