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12-11-2007, 05:18 PM
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#16 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Threads: 3
Posts: 85
| Decision: Rejected Stats:- SAT: 730CR + 660M + 730W
- ACT: 31 composite (31 English, 29 Math, 35 Reading, 28 Science, 10 Writing)
- SAT IIs: 710 World History, 710 English Lit, 790 Spanish
- GPA: 3.6UW, 5.5W
- Rank: school does not rank, top 6%
- Other stats: Vice President of Speech and Debate Team (4th place in DX at Novice States, Quarter-finalist in HI at Blue Key Debate Comp at UF)
Treasurer of Spanish Honor Society
IB Representative in Thespian Society
National Honor Society member
AP Scholar w/ Distinction (from College Board)
AP Psychology award (from school)
QuestBridge Scholar
National Hispanic Merit Recognition Program Scholar Finalist
Class president in 9th grade
Coached elementary school children soccer
Did psychology research at Harvard while in SSP
Worked at law firm 2 summers in a row and now since October
Part-time job (spare hours) at optometrists’ office
Studied and lived abroad in Sevilla, Spain
Subjective:- Essays: My main one, I really liked it.. it’s about the song “The World is Yours” by Nas (it’s kinda my whole ideology.. I even have the tattoo but I chose not to write about that in my essay)
My “Why Columbia” essay was all about the intricacies that I love (How Carman residents leave their doors open to each other, tobogganing down the Low Library steps on John Jay lunch trays, etc.) - Teacher Recs: One whose daughter goes to Columbia, one that might’ve been mediocre from my 10th grade AP Psych teacher?
- Counselor Rec: Written by a diff counselor than my own but my mom got the chance to read it and said it was good?
- Hook (if any): No clue? Just an average girl lol
Location/Person:- State or Country: Miami, FL, US
- School Type: Public magnet (in IB academy)
- Ethnicity: Hispanic
- Gender: Female
Other Factors: Had what I felt was an awesome alumni interview
I did have a discipline issue to explain, however :\ (Was expelled from Harvard SSP) <- I think that's what did it in General Comments
Oh well lol | 
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12-11-2007, 06:04 PM
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#17 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NYC, MA Gender: Male
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| Anyone who doesn't know proper HTML formatting does not deserve to attend Columbia College :P | |
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12-11-2007, 06:54 PM
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#18 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Posts: 36
| It's not HTML - it's BBC code. | |
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12-11-2007, 07:23 PM
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#19 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Threads: 15
Posts: 170
| yeah, but it's similar.. and sort of easy to figure out.
anyway
those are the only people who got in?! | |
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12-11-2007, 08:10 PM
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#20 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: MN --> Northwestern '12
Threads: 9
Posts: 190
| Congrats to everyone that got in!! | |
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12-11-2007, 08:45 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Gender: Male
Threads: 15
Posts: 1,131
| BB code is a simpler derivative of HTML code though, if I recall correctly -- essentially they are one and the same. | |
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12-11-2007, 10:40 PM
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#22 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Threads: 128
Posts: 1,258
| Dang Columbia students are smart.
Congrats brittnay for being smarter than 2 Columbia students here at least.
I'm totally kidding lol. | |
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12-11-2007, 10:52 PM
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#23 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: MI -> Duke '12 Gender: Male
Threads: 42
Posts: 463
| brittnayy I'm sorry you got rejected but I gotta hand it to you, using an Illmatic song for a college essay is worth some major props. | |
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12-12-2007, 10:19 AM
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#24 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New York, NY
Threads: 25
Posts: 2,187
| brittnayy, how'd you get expelled from Harvard SSP? Sounds like it might be a good story, and at this point, one worth telling. | |
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12-12-2007, 10:37 AM
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#25 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Threads: 49
Posts: 3,082
| Re Post 17:
Anyone who insults others over variations in posting formats does not deserve to comment about the worthiness of other students' applications. | |
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12-12-2007, 03:16 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Threads: 33
Posts: 6,942
| Brittnay,
Honestly if you like open doors and tobaggoning on trays Columbia probably wasn;t the best fit anyway. So much more of this at Dartmouth, Princeton, or Brown. Columbia is a much more urban place. | |
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12-12-2007, 05:52 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New York, NY
Threads: 25
Posts: 2,187
| hey now, I tobaggoned on many a John Jay dining hall tray down the steps of Low (and riverside park) in my day.
I still have no idea how I fit on the thing. | |
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12-12-2007, 06:03 PM
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#28 | | Member
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The City That Never Sleeps Gender: Female
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| CONGRATULATIONS! | |
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12-12-2007, 07:10 PM
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#29 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Threads: 3
Posts: 85
| Umm, that was a synopsis of my blurb.. I also wrote about the Core Curriculum and embracing diversity as evidenced in the Italian class I visited, etc. etc.
Denzera, I sent you a PM | |
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12-12-2007, 07:40 PM
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#30 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Threads: 37
Posts: 573
| Denzera, I'm so trying that. That's pure genius. | |
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