Columbia vs. NYU

Hope2getrice
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:31:36 +0000

yes, your grades are good, but the rest of your resume is nothing impressive.
I got into columbia.
I took 14 AP’s by the time high school was over.
I had straight A’s and one or two blips (B+'s or A-'s) in my transcript.
Founded Three Clubs, President/Editor in two others, and did tons of outside work involving the inner city etc along with piano, art, violin, and two sports.
Got very high SAT’s and SAT II scores.
Top 2-3% of my class (very competitive school).
and a few other things.

I’m not saying you need my resume to get in or whatever, but it’s a pretty personal example of an applicant I know who got in I know people with resumes even better than mine that got denied (because of crappy essays)…so yeah.
and fyi, I’m not attending Columbia, but a different prestigious University that I find equally amazing in Baltimore :)