Miracle story

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>My friend from Finland just sent me his stats in an email! I can’t freakin believe it. I would swear he is lying about this stuff, but I know for a fact he isn’t. He got in!</p>

<p>Finland born and raised… holla
SAT: 1140 (640M, 500V)
SAT II: English writing(510), Math IC(600), Korean with Listening(410)
AP Classes: Korean (2), Calculus (4), Euro (3)
IB classes: Art History
GPA: weighted: 3.122, unweighted: 3.001
Rank: 44/112</p>

<p>Activities: Karate, Varsity Soccer, Math Club member, Key Club (club representative)</p>

<p>Awards: Most Changed in Four years (senior personalities in yearbook), School academic award in Korean, Local Kiorni Math Competition (3rd)</p>

<p>Essays: Ok. One was about a trip to Korea and how I fell in love with a girl named Miki. She broke my heart, but it was a good essay topic</p>

<p>Rec: Korean teacher wrote a stellar piece. Math teacher was ok.</p>

<p>Other: Legacy, Father is a government employee in Finland</p>

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<p>Legacy…? ;)</p>

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<p>That sounds like BS to me…</p>

<p>what the hell was his catch?</p>

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<p>lol…wow…sats- avg…grades- below avg…then wat the hell does he/she have?</p>

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<p>I`m just wondering. Is there even such class as AP Korean?</p>

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<p>I don’t believe it…that just proves how random the admission process is…-_-</p>

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<p>haha the AP Korean should give it away. The guy is fake. And how the hell can someone get the School Academic Award in Korean w/ a 410 on SAT II korean!!! lol and the Korean teacher wrote a stellar peice…yea right</p>

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<p>not surprising… they took im just cause he is finnish : adds a lot to their stats etc…
at info session they sayed they let in guy with 1000 sat cause he was international… to all you rd’ers out there, go get urself a canadian passport so ull get in…</p>

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<p>I believe there is no AP Korean…</p>

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<p>And I doubt the adcoms would appreicate an essay on a love interest…this is just crap.</p>

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<p>I feel a lot crappier for being rejected. :o</p>

<p>J/K, I feel fine. :slight_smile: I’m still kind of bitter that I won’t be able to join you guys drinking in the West End on those boring Thursday nights though, I would have reall enjoyed hanging out with you people. CARMEN dorms are where its at.</p>

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<p>i don’t know, man~~ that doesn’t sound too convincing to me.</p>

<p>i know that some scholo explicitly states that people with SAT lower than 1350 should not apply.</p>

<p>although columbia didn’t say that, but i think they’ve got to have some knid of bottom line.</p>

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<p>His SAT score is understandable. A foreigner scoring an 1140! not bad! </p>

<p>But the only thing that makes me doubt the post is the AP Korean. There is no AP Korean, so I just guess this is a post to aggrevate the rejected kids!</p>

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<p>Note, this was sent to me, and I am not posting it to be funnt or hurt feelings. I don’t belive it either. I looked too, and there is no AP Korean. I don’t know what he was talking about. He did get in though, I promise. Maybe he said Japanese, but I’m pretty sure I copied and pasted what he said. Weird. At lease we know there’s hope for everyone.</p>