Chance Me ED (class of 2025)

ipuppy177
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 04:38:25 +0000

Hey there! Your resumé is INSANELY impressive. Please take a breather and focus on doing that things YOU love to do, not what you think others want to see on a resumé. I was just accepted with half your stats and not nearly as many awards. I hope this calms you down a little bit ?

1. 32 ACT (33 super scored) and no other standardized tests

2. AP: Art (3), World history (5), American history (5), English Comp/Lang. (5), Statistics (4), Psychology (5), Physics (no test)

3. 4.55 weighted GPA

4. I'm not a minority of any kind (white heterosexual female)

I took 5 classes senior year (AP Spanish, AP Art (2D), AP English Lit, AP European history, AP Economics/Government) and 1 dual credit Calculus class (that I got my first C in lol)

I’ve never won any big fancy awards and honestly thought I was behind the pack because of that. Something that I did realize I had was a big focus on the one career I wanted to do.

I applied to Columbia as a Film and Media Studies major. I had a PA internship at New Mexico PBS, make short films on my spare time (no awards but I tired entering festivals), design characters/storyboards for animations, and started a film club at my school. I wrote essays about my filmmaking experiences and had my screenwriting mentor write me a recommendation.

Needless to say, I think I was accepted because I have a passion for what I do and a serious focus on that activity. Columbia also loves to brag about how global of a university it is (because I REALLY is). I tried to bring the focus of some of my essays on how I love travel and experiencing new and diverse cultures. Finally, Columbia loves the humanities! My common app essay was about how I’m a Francophile living in a Russian household lol In it, I basically raved about my love for French history and culture and how my Russian parents helped me with that.

If you center your activities more around your major/career of choice you’ll immediately get accepted with your Statistics. Especially if you show how much you love foreign things and the humanities ? you’ll be golden, hon.