Official Columbia University 2016 RD Results

madie0126
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:03:11 +0000

Decision: Accepted - CC

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1860 (Critical Reading:650, Math:600, Writing:610)
[] ACT:28
[] SAT II:World History-680, Chemistry-570, Math Level 1-540, Biology (M)-680, U.S. History- 700
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/170
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), U.S. History (5), Biology (3) Spanish Language (?) U.S. Government and Politics (?) English Composition and Literature (?)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):None offered in my school
[] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP Courses (Spanish, U.S. Gov’t and English), Calculus Honors, Physics Regents Honors, and mandatory classes (religion, gym, and health)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar, Principal’s Honors(throughout 4 years), a leadership award, and two science awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Student Council for all 4 years (class rep), Swimming Club, Volunteered, Saturday enrichment programs, read books, etc
[] Job/Work Experience:Summer Intern at Association to Benefit Children in Harlem
[] Volunteer/Community service:Tutor, Walk-a-thon, help around school, backstage
[] Summer Activities: nothing except for that 1 summer when I got an internship
[] Essays: Good college essay, wrote it about my siblings, mainly the brothers I live with and I was super analytic in my supplements
[] Teacher Recommendation:Student Council moderator/Science teacher-good probably and U.S. history/govt teacher-probably between decent and good, Spanish teacher- good
[] Counselor Rec:Good
[] Additional Rec:none
[] Interview: HEOP interview, I was nervous and probably rambled a bit, but i guess i did good

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):NY
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: All Girls Catholic High School
[] Ethnicity:Hispanic (Dominican)
[] Gender:Female
[] Income Bracket: below $30,000 for a family of 4
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first generation college, older sister went to Barnard College, Hispanic living in the South Bronx, full scholarship student in my high school [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: uhmm, I really don’t know, I’m nothing compared to a lot of people who applied to Columbia… maybe my essays, APs, and recommendations
[] Weaknesses: GPA, volunteer and other extracurricular, SATs and SAT IIs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: HEOP, it was all HEOP. good essays + decent SATs+ minority living in the poorest borough and being poor yourself = acceptance through HEOP (although it was only Columbia that accepted me through HEOP compared to my other NY schools)
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted to:
Cornell University Arts and Sciences
Hamilton
Fordham
Tufts
Vassar
University of Rochester
Wellesley
Colgate
NYU
Smith College
Bryn Mawr
UAlbany
CUNYs (Hunter, City, and Baruch)

Waitlisted by:
Union College
Colby
Haverford
Barnard

Rejected by:
Macaulay Honors (CUNY)
Harvard (deferred then rejected)
Yale
Swarthmore
Bowdoin

[/ul]General Comments:
I am ecstatic. I gave up ever being accepted by any Ivy Leagues because I caught senioritis and I have a 90 solid average and a C in AP Spanish!! I didn’t cry when i got the acceptance but that was because i cried my eyes out when I received my Cornell likely letter, that was when I realized that despite my horrible performance senior year, I was most likely getting into good schools. It is slowly sinking in that I am going to one of the top schools in the world though, HEOP or not, Columbia is an incredible school and I will be put in the same level as those with 700s and achievements I wouldn’t dream of. I am honestly going to work to the potential that I know I have, but never bother trying to reach. In all, scores and grades aren’t everything. Circumstance, personality, essays, and extracurricular also play a role in college acceptances.