College: a UT school
College GPA: 4.0
HS GPA: 3.88 unweighted
ACT: 31
Recs: research at diff medical centers, president of church group, member of disability awareness club, world affairs club, played basketball, worked at a grocery store & Panera bread
Essays: idk… talked about how life’s challenges made me want to study biology
My hopes are pretty low but we’ll see what happens!
@jazziscool I’m also applying from a California Community College! I think I saw you in few threads, have you applied to UCs and USC too?
@gabsPL Nice! what college do you currently attend? Yea I applied to USC as well! Unfortunately, I couldn’t apply to any UCs because I am a freshman right now and I don’t have enough credits.
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I‘ve just logged back into my Coalition account just to check how sh***y my Columbia app was, and I’m cringing so hard!!! I can’t wait to get my rejection letter so that I can get this out of my head LMAO
@teenybee I did the same thing too and I know exactly how you’re feeling but it’s probably the waiting/anxiety that’s making us feel this way! You got this!
@hsc927 Thank you thank you ? I really regret not spending a lot of time on my application… but oh well… I guess it is what it is, hahaha. Good luck to you!! 
@teenybee I also did the same thing and I found a grammar mistake in one of my supplements that for some reason I didn’t notice so woot rejection let’s go!! But honestly, there’s nothing we can do now but wait. good luck :))
@teenybee @waterfalls723 I was panicking because I couldn’t see my main Why Transfer essay in the generated PDF but I realized we had to attach a separate personal statement file when we applied haha
I would very much like for this application process to be OVER.
@hsc927 I saw you in the mit transfer forum too. Howd it go?
Btw GL for Columbia.
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does anyone know if Columbia rescinds transfer acceptances because of grades? I had a 4.0 cumulative gpa at the time of applying (I’m a rising sophomore) but with the pandemic and moving out and everything my GPA is getting dragged down to a 3.68 overall
not that I’m getting in lol but on the chance I do that would be such a let down to get rescinded
Yes, Columbia reserves the right to rescind any type of acceptance. I don’t think we have too much documented cases of Columbia rescinding transfer admissions, but this is what they say on their general FAQ:
"If a candidate is offered admission, Columbia reserves the right to withdraw that offer of admission if:
Columbia further reserves the right to require the applicant to provide additional information (and/or authorization for the release of information) about any such matter."
In your case, I think what this means is that most likely, if Columbia feels that your academic performance dropped too much since applying, they may ask you to provide information on that. In my personal opinion, a college 3.68 GPA isn’t too bad given the pandemic, so if they ask you about that, they will definitely take the pandemic into account. I wouldn’t worry about it too much unless it gets worse.
Thanks @eliuusa! My grades dropped for two classes but as they have nothing to do with my major I’m hoping for the best but you never know.
Best of luck!
when i submitted the mid term grades form, I thought I had a B in one of my classes when in reality I had an A. I’m really pissed
@jazziscool same here…
Oh boy today is the day. We are less than 10 hours away now.
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I’m so nervous about being able to check it because I’m going to be at work and 5pm is like our rush hour
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