<p>1800s don’t need an explanation.</p>
<p>well, I dont know whether it needs an explanation or not but it will certainly not hurt. I know someone who got into cornell with 1850, and another person into stanford with 1820. It is extremely rare but it is worth a shot. The rest of my profile is good. </p>
<p>There have been some people on this forum who were grounded by this arrogant crowd for their stats but they got in, - some of the 800ers that overlooked them, did not. So go and figure… my counselor tells me that the admissions process is like a game. I dont have anything to lose, besides energy I put in everything.</p>
<p>I love how the OP keeps trying to convince himself about his own score. I feel like the guy made the thread just to hear only the responses that he wanted to hear, and then got very distressed when he didn’t hear them.</p>
<p>His exchange with Columbia2002 is also quite indicative of his poor logic/inference abilities. I love International students and diversity - but not people who feel entitled to a school.</p>
<p>ytf are you in this forum anyway when your name is stanford09? hmmmmm?</p>
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<p>And where is that? You keep referring to your home country as if it were some big secret. But regardless, even if amazon.com doesn’t ship to your country (whose name we dare not speak) what about ebay? Lots of sellers on ebay ship internationally to many countries. </p>
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<p>From the tenor of this it sounds like you lived somewhere relatively underdeveloped (but of course, without knowing where you’re from there’s no way to tell). My question is frankly, if mere months ago you didn’t even plan on attending college, why are you now applying to the Ivy League? Forget if you can pass “the admissions game,” do you have the skillset necessary to succeed in such rigorous institutions? </p>
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<p>Debates are actually pretty commonplace on this board. On a public forum where anybody in the world can make an account and offer whatever second-hand advice they pull out of their ass, debate is not only helpful, but necessary. If you want to hear misinformed responses that put your mind at ease, you’re in the wrong place.</p>
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<p>It’s easier to be candid with someone on an anonymous message board. Chances are that your interviewer was simply being polite. He’s right that they’ll take it into consideration – it’ll inform them that you’re a whiner.</p>
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<p>I’m so glad you’re convinced you’re getting in. If I were a betting man, I’d bet a lot of money that you don’t get into any top schools. But that’s just my opinion, as it is your opinion that you somehow deserve – and are qualified for – admission to top schools.</p>
<p>“is that? You keep referring to your home country as if it were some big secret. But regardless, even if amazon.com doesn’t ship to your country (whose name we dare not speak) what about ebay? Lots of sellers on ebay ship internationally to many countries.” </p>
<p>HAHA GODFATHERBOB…even though there was porbably not too much comic intention behind that</p>
<p>just wondering mr. STANFORD, where are you from…because that may be the only legitimate rationalization for your score and existence on this forum</p>
<p>Your points have been made. Stop berating him and let it die.</p>
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<p>he perhaps found that you were profoundly dislikable, and then devised a way to see you crash and burn.</p>
<p>I am profoundly disturbed at the tone of some of the Columbia threads. Granted, I’m a dad, but I don’t see how the chilling effect of some of these posts can help the greater Columbia community. Remember, these are young, often confused, high school students who post largely to ask questions which, to them, are important. Is is not good for Columbia to appear to embrace, rather than reject, potential students? I know some of the respondents are not yet (nor may ever be) members of the community, but many appear to be students or alumni. What purpose is served by belittling arrogance? If you don’t think the tone has an effect on the discussion, I invite you to visit the discussions of some of Columbia’s rivals, where the discussion can be effective, yet civil. My son will be entering Columbia College next fall and I hope, with all my heart, the face-to-face discourse is more pleasant than the anonymous dialog seen on some of these threads.</p>
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<p>Columbia’s a tough place. You need to be able to stand up for yourself and take a lot of sh** to thrive there. People at Columbia, just like in other walks of life, come in all shapes and sizes – some are nice and friendly, and others are jerks. You’ll have your good friends, people you’re friendly with, random acquaintances, people you don’t particularly care for, and maybe a few people you can’t stand. It isn’t some place where everyone is best friends with each other because you all happen to go to Columbia.</p>
<p>And Columbia will not suffer if people on here call out some illogical person for insisting on pursing a point that is completely asinine.</p>
<p>pbr, this is particularly bad thread, people here on low patience mode, but then you can’t really turn a blind eye to the OP’s comments, he/she asked for half of what is on here, the other half I agree with you - is condescending such that it’s counter productive.</p>
<p>I understand that Columbia is a tough place. I went to NYU law school, which is also a tough place, and I’m the CEO of my firm. If tough love is the goal, I’m not sure that an anonymous web site is the place to express it. I simply invite all to tone down the discourse. I suspect that the discussion would be more pleasant if it were face-to-face.</p>
<p>And Columbia2002, I respect your points-of-view, as unnecessarily vitriolic they can be, and I’m both pleased and offended that you did not flame me in response. [insert smiley face]</p>
<p>…major hostility towards one another, i agree, the note wasn’t really needed, but nor were the harsh remarks to the OP, let’s just relax, is no big deal ^-^</p>
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<p>With all due respect, rejecting potential students is sort of Columbia’s thing. Just look at the numbers, really. And this board is anything but an official subsidiary of CU. Just another internet msg board.</p>
<p>It’s honest current students giving their time to share their opinions on a process they left behind years ago out of nothing nothing but nostalgia and altruism (the 2008-version of altruism). It’s really a unique (and direct) point of view that’s not available anywhere else on or off the web- I say this as an applicant who immensely benefited from it last year. </p>
<p>Granted some of the comments on this thread do border on personal attack but yknow, this is not the nicest of applicants and we’re not that old! Maturity doesn’t just pop once you graduate from high school/college/grad school/starting position. Especially on the web…it has a tendency to bridle on everyone’s part.</p>
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<p>When someone’s writing is coherent and they actually make a point that is supported by some sort of reasoning, it’s quite easy to have an intelligent discussion. However, that’s not the case with a lot of the stuff on here, e.g., the OP’s posts.</p>
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<p>My goal isn’t tough love. My goal is to make clear, effective points – and make them quickly. I’m not going to spend 15 minutes writing some long post that’s sensitive and where the substance is buried so as not to offend the person. It’s better for everyone to just write “you’re completely wrong because ______”</p>
<p>Given your apparent devotion to Columbia by your commitment to this website, Columbia2002, I had assumed that you feel tremendous devotion to the institution. I respect and admire that kind of devotion to one’s alma mater. It may be a leap, but I suspect that you wouldn’t want another potentially great fellow alum to decide not to apply to Columbia because he or she felt (irrationally, granted, but these are 17-year old folk) “put off” by the CC “experts”?</p>
<p>This is pretty ridiculous. Be nice or they won’t apply? This post from lionhead on another thread sums the whole issue up in a way i couldnt agree with more.</p>
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<p>With all due respect, sir, you might be underestimating the mental capacity of 17-year-olds, or more likely the mental capacity of 17-year-olds who can get into Columbia. Those who decide not to apply to Columbia because some CC posters were brutally honest with them probably wouldn’t get in to Columbia in the first place.</p>
<p>lionhead or undisclosed, would you really say that face-to-face to another human being? Or would you “say” things like this only from behind the curtain of the anonymous internet message board? At moments like this, I am even more grateful that neither of my sons consult this website.</p>