Official Columbia University 2016 RD Results

amodestproposal
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:01:14 +0000

Decision: Accepted - SEAS

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800W, 800CR, 790M (single sitting)
[] ACT: –
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 760 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st decile
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), Chemistry (5), Music Theory (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): –
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Physics, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics, Marching Band, Philharmonic Orchestra, Leadership (ASB)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Key Club (Lieutenant Governor, past President & Treasurer), Marching Band (alto saxophone section leader), ASB (Treasurer), Piano since age 4, and then scattered (not long-term) participation in Link Crew, Mock Trial, JV basketball (quit due to an injury).
[] Job/Work Experience: none
[] Volunteer/Community service: extensive hours with Key Club, teaching piano weekly on a volunteer basis to a special needs child, coached basketball at the local Boys & Girls Club
[] Summer Activities: (before junior year) SAT prep, community college classes, travel, band camp; (before senior year) COSMOS, ASB camp, band camp.
[] Essays: frank, straight-forward, nothing particularly out there.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Waived the right to see them, but I’m sure one was stellar; the other may have been a bit impersonal
[] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see, but probably very good
[] Additional Rec: Letter from the mother of the girl that I teach piano to, not sure if it made a huge difference or not
[] Interview: none

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Competitive public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: $200k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: scores, leadership positions
[] Weaknesses: ethnicity (lol), essays, not very many AP classes (took as many as were offered at my school though), + I’m not very involved in anything math- or science-related despite applying as an electrical engineering major.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’ll never understand this system, haha. Your guess is as good as mine.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCI, UCSD, UCLA, Berkeley, USC. Rejected Stanford EA (and with legacy too…so I rewrote all my essays in 2 weeks) Harvard Yale MIT CalTech. (<-- lengthy rejection list, I know ;P)

[/ul]General Comments: Essays count, and I wish I’d put more time into mine. But still ecstatic about Columbia Good luck to future applicants!