Official Columbia 2012 RD Decisions Thread

rappasani · March 31, 2008, 5:22pm

waitlisted…how is columbia with their waitlist…do they take a good amount of ppl

danggeun · March 31, 2008, 5:25pm

Also waitlisted, also wondering about stats in years previous. However waitlisted from Columbia was better than I expected, and at least I have a minute chance of going!

Tobman · March 31, 2008, 5:26pm

Accepted…

Duygu · March 31, 2008, 5:26pm

OOH WAIT IT CONTINUES LOOOOLL

JOHN JAY SCHOLAARRR!!!

i’M not KIDDING BTW IT’S AL TRUE(I HONESTLY CANT BELIEVE THIS SI HAPPENING) AND I’M INCREDDIBLY SURPRISEEED!!!

Nickel_Xenon · March 31, 2008, 5:30pm

I thought for sure with this crappy 1850 SAT I score I’d get rejected. xD But I was waitlisted…which isn’t much better. -_-

metaldragon2400 · March 31, 2008, 5:30pm

Waitlisted. My 4th waitlist too…

_Indian · March 31, 2008, 5:31pm

Waitlisted - berkeley here I come!
Agan, how is Columbia with their waitlist?

warhol · March 31, 2008, 5:33pm

I was waitlisted as well, and I’m pretty excited, even though I know chances are slim to none that I’ll actually get in. What about you guys? Are you CC or SEAS, and do you plan to accept a spot on the waitlist?

lehcar · March 31, 2008, 5:34pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? no
[] SAT I (breakdown): 760 M, 730 CR, 740 W
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 770 chem, 710 Math2, 720 Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/250
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):4 euro, 5 lit
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: most challenging
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): don’t feel like listing
[] Job/Work Experience: lifeguard
[] Volunteer/Community service: lots
[] Summer Activities: mostly working
[] Essays: good
[] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[] Counselor Rec: good
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: caucasian
[] Gender: female
[] Income Bracket:upper middle
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl engineer?
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: wasn’t good enough?[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!! I’m actually kind of excited I got waitlisted because it helps narrow down my choices. Congrats to all who were accepted! Goodbye Columbia you were cool while there was still hope.

paolaCZ3 · March 31, 2008, 5:37pm

rejected…but it’s ok I prepared for it. congrats to those who got in!!!

sylenteck0 · March 31, 2008, 5:37pm

Is anyone not getting a decision? >_>

Skramata · March 31, 2008, 5:42pm

Decision: Accepted @ SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA?: No. (RD ftw!)
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (780 CR, 780 Math, 720 W)
[] SAT II: 800 Chemistry, 780 World History, 750 Math I, 750 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.7? School goes on 100-point only
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S. History (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Physics C, Gym, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Linear Algebra, AP Microeconomics, AP Calculus BC
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): GW’s SEAS medal, team high-scorer in state’s math league, Bronze Poetry Award from ESSPA

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta (VP), Math Team (Co-captain), National Honor Society (Secretary), Academic League, English Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, school newspaper contributor, school literary magazine contributor, cross country
[] Job/Work Experience: secretary, waitress, fast food crew member
[] Volunteer/Community service: baby-sitting, tutoring, church service, helped homeless, helped organize fundraiser for local family
[] Summer Activities: sleeping, reading, swimming… did got to China for language study last summer.
[] Essays: Pretty good. Talked about how the various environments I’ve lived in will contribute to Columbia
[] Teacher Recommendation: I’m guessing one great, one decent
[] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[] Additional Rec: No.
[] Interview: No.
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NEW YORK, NEW YOOOORK
[] Country (if international applicant): USA USA
[] School Type: Public, baby.
[] Ethnicity: Half Asian (Filipina), half Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): girl engineer, very well-traveled (military family)
[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My essays were very solid, including the very short ones. I had a very wide and kind of eclectic reading list.
[] Weaknesses: no real specific passion
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Strong girl engineer applicant (>.>)

[/ul]General Comments:

To the accepted: This may actually force me to get a Facebook. Oh dear. (yes, I’ve been living under a rock.) Congrats to all of us :D

To the waitlisted: Of the acceptances you currently have, choose your favourite and enroll. However, if you still desperately, desperately want to get into Columbia, e-mail your regional admissions officer about what you can do. Send in new information to the admissions office. Bother them worse than the Golden Trio.

To the rejected: Please, please read [thread=484003]this post[/thread]. It is brilliant and amazing and so freakin’ true. A tip of my hat to Dr. Seuss.

Milkmagn · March 31, 2008, 5:45pm

rejected… ****

frankchn · March 31, 2008, 5:47pm

**Decision & School: Accepted SEAS (Davis Scholar) **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal: 800
[] SAT Math: 800
[] SAT Writing: 730
[] SAT Total: 2330
[] SAT II: Math2 / Phy / Chem = 800 / 800 / 800
[] A-levels: AAAB/H3: Dist/GP: A
[] See <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/409766-international-chances-penn-ed-stanford-columbia-cornell-nyu.html?highlight=frankchn[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/409766-international-chances-penn-ed-stanford-columbia-cornell-nyu.html?highlight=frankchn</a> for ECs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: IMO, Mediocre, but that’s probably turned out alright
[] Teacher Recs: Should be superb
[] Counselor Rec: Good
[] Hook (if any): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[] State or Country: Singapore
[] School Type: Large Public, Sends 20 (including me yay!) to HYPSM
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[] Financial Aid: No
[/ul]
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congrats to everyone who got in!

Kristina · March 31, 2008, 5:48pm

Decision: Rejected

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT/ACT: 2370 (800 CR/ 800W/ 770M)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/800/800</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW, above 4.5 weighted.</li>
<li>Rank: top 10% for sure. School doesn’t rank, though.</li>
<li>APs: Calc B/C: 5, Bio: 5, French Language: 5</li>
<li>Course load: most difficult</li>
<li>Other stats: Qualified for AIME</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they were pretty good?</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: One was really good, didn’t read the other.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Pretty good.</li>
<li>Interview: none</li>
<li>Major EC’s: black belt, President of something, co-president of something, treasurer of two things, co-captain of waterpolo. 2 years varsity waterpolo & 2 years JV, 4 years JV swimming.</li>
<li>Work experience: business internship, and various tutoring</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
<li>Notable weaknesses (if any):</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Pretty competitive public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>Income Bracket: middle/low</li>
<li>Financial aid?: yes</li>
<li>Intended Major: biochem</li>
</ul>

byan1007 · March 31, 2008, 5:49pm

Decision: ACCEPTED

Stats:

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2100: 700CR, 740M, 660 W</li>
<li>SAT IIs:760 Math, 750 US History</li>
<li>GPA: 3.91 uw, 4.35 w</li>
<li>Rank: NA</li>
<li># of AP Classes by Senior year: 6</li>
</ul>

Subjective:

<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty good. leadership, wrote about how i love the fact that columbia is very encouraging of civic engagement. </li>
<li>Hook (if any): asian girl = none or city appointed public servant, tons of other leadership activities, activist. </li>
<li>Teacher recs: 1) very good, 2) don’t know</li>
<li>Counselor’s rec: Good</li>
</ul>

Location/Person:

<ul>
<li>State/Country: SF</li>
<li>School Type: Public, very competitive</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese</li>
<li>Gender:F</li>
<li>Major: Poli sci/math, minor: was gonna be asian american studies, but at columbia, i don’t know.</li>
</ul>

hopelesslylost · March 31, 2008, 5:49pm

Waitlisted. Columbia was my first choice.

But accepted to MIT, Harvard, and Brown.

salamander · March 31, 2008, 5:50pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? No
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (760 CR, 700 M, 720 W)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 740 Chem, 710 Math II, 570 Spanish
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64 with a strong upward trend
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/119
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calculus BC (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Psychology, UConn Co-op Physics, Honors English, Programming I and II, Photography, Law and Society, Science: Contemporary Issues
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Quiz Bowl Team (captain), yearbook committee, Gay-Straight Alliance
[] Job/Work Experience: ~20 hours/week at McDonald’s for 10 months
[] Volunteer/Community service: 6 hours/week at local nursing home
[] Summer Activities: Work, volunteering
[] Essays: Fantastic, or so my English teacher says, and I trust her.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Superb
[] Counselor Rec: Good, not great
[] Additional Rec: Didn’t read
[] Interview: n/a
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
[] Country (if international applicant): Domestic
[] School Type: Semi-competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 40-45K/year
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, for sure. For any other college, I would’ve said SAT scores, but Columbia probably prefers a 2200+, and I just missed that.
[] Weaknesses: Course rigor and grades could’ve been better, weak ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See weaknesses. [/li][/ul]General Comments: Congrats to everyone who got in! For the rest of us, it’ll be okay…life goes on…

xmobile · March 31, 2008, 5:56pm

**Decision: Rejected **

Stats:[ul]
[] SAT Verbal: 690
[] SAT Math: 710
[] SAT Writing: 710
[] SAT Total: 2110
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 730 Math I
[] ACT: 35 (34E/35M/34R/36S)
[] AP/IB taken/scores: Calc AB (5), Stats (4), English Lit (4), Comp. Govn’t (4), US Govn’t (4), IB Chem (6), IB Mathematics (7)
[] GPA weighted: 5.33
[] GPA unweighted: 3.96
[] Rank or % estimate: 2/309

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Essays: I thought it really portrayed me. My English teacher loved it.
[] Teacher Recs: FANTASTIC!
[] Counselor Rec: MIND BLOWING!
[] Hook (if any): None…just an ordinary kid.

[/ul]Location/Person: [ul]
[] State or Country: FL
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Recruited Yes/No: No
[li] Important ECs: Worked in a Vietnamese Orphanage; Volunteered at a Muscular Dystrophy Camp; Lots of Environmental things[/li]
[/ul]Other Factors:

**General Comments/Congratulations/etc ** : No big loss at all. After visiting I hated it and had no desire to attend. Probably going to Brown or Dartmouth :)

shockwaveride · March 31, 2008, 5:57pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] Deferred EA? Nope
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M/780CR/770W
[] SAT II: 800Chem/790IIc
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 8x 5 (BC, C Mechanics, English Lang, Chem, Euro, US, MicroE, MacroE)
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN (Pres. since soph.) Journalism (3x editor positions), JSA, Mock Trial (Sr. Capt.), Freelance photographer, Varsity golfer
[] Job/Work Experience: Senator’s intern, photography work, tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service:Relay for Life captain x3
[] Summer Activities: UCD YSP, UCLA Summer Sessions, SCPGA Junior Golf Tour
[] Essays: How I enjoy rearranging my desk. It was ok…
[] Teacher Recommendation: Should be pretty good
[] Counselor Rec: Should be pretty good
[] Additional Rec: Research mentor loved me
[] Interview: NONE?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Income Bracket: No finaid for me
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No clue…
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Testing? Research? (is that even unique anymore) Non-stereotypical asian? Really, no clue
[] Weaknesses: GPA, ethnicity
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments:
To rejected/waitlisters… keep your head up!

PUCK FENN! (and Stanford/Yale too) Seriously though… they could have rejected me ED.

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