Current Columbia University student, here to help

jw2149
Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:42:11 +0000

@Falcon1,

You’re absolutely right! As someone who has been here, I am no means an complete reference for an entire perspective on 4 years at Columbia. However, I can give you my perspectives on what life is like as I see it and have heard from many of my upperclassmen friends. Also, I was ED and have been interested in Columbia for many years, so I do have a vast knowledge on basic info of the school.

As to my work in the admissions office, as a member of the URC our work isn’t clerical. Tours are given, recruitment trips are taking, workshops are given, etc… so before we join the committee we have to spend time training to learn all the extensive background.

Along with that, I spent my last year of high school working on a documentary about the Ivy League admissions process/history based on the book “The Chosen” by J. Karabel, so I gained a little bit of information from that process.

And lastly, both of my parents are professors at Columbia as well as my grandfather, so I’ve been around the institution my entire life. I’m here to help. Nothing I say is absolute, but I am just extending the small bit I know about the University to those who are interested in becoming part of the community!

Thanks for your input though!