<p>Like… 2008? Ahahah.</p>
<p>LOLSAURUS: They emailed me about a week and a half ago about it. </p>
<p>nondairycreamer: 8th grade year is when I decided that Columbia was where I wanted to go…then I read the book “How to get into the Ivy Leagues and other Highly Selected Colleges” and that book basically put me on the path that I am on today haha</p>
<p>mid to late november??? haha, whaaaat! like you solidified the fact in your mind that Columbia was the right decision after submitting the app? I went on my college visits over spring break. I went to nyu, columbia, harvard, cornell, union, brown, tufts, and penn. Once upon a time i thought i wanted to be a business man and was all over wharton. then i decided that is an ostentatious life. then i thought i wanted to be like my dad and go to hahvahd. But, at fbla nats over the summer i met a guy who is now a freshman at columbia (he got in ED). we talked about the school and life and i decided right then and there, columbia people are cool, columbia people are inquisitive, columbia people are intellectual, columbia people are creative, and i want to be a columbia person. I decided applying to any of the three was essentially the same (a crapshoot), so i went on that gut feeling that my closest, and most personal, connection to any of the schools was with Columbia. That was in july</p>
<p>I approached the idea of applying ED to Columbia through a rather circuitous path, albeit one that I believe is indicative of my nature as an individual. The year was 1999 and I was meditating in eastern Tibet. That morning, I had just come down from Sagarmāthā (which, for those of you not fluent in Nepalese, means Mt. Everest) and I was participating in a group meditation session in a small Buddhist temple. I thought of the time that, as a toddler, I had formulated a hypothesis for proving Fermat’s last theorem, recalling the great intellectual passion I had felt at such a young age. It was a pivotal moment in my life. Three years later, after penning my ninth novel, I came to the realization that my life had been spent pursuing selfish endeavors. I decided to thenceforth dedicate myself to helping underprivileged Koala bears access a greater supply of eucalyptus. This was all fine and dandy for the next seven years but I still felt unfulfilled–after all, my life in the Australian jungles prevented me from receiving any formal education. That next week, I earned my elementary, middle and high school diplomas, during which time, I self-studied 36 of the 37 APs that are offered. I chose not to take environmental science on a matter of principal–I believed my life in the wild would give me an unfair advantage on the test. Never before had I been so happy. I realized that education was the next final frontier in my life, the undiscovered country, if you will. </p>
<p>And of course, I believe that we all agree that Columbia is the finest institution to pursue such a noble desire.</p>
<p>LOL mega props.</p>
<p>haha that was hilarious</p>
<p>From you, LOLSAURUS, that is quite a complement.</p>
<p>Guys am I essentially screwed with my 2120 SAT? I know it’s bad :(</p>
<p>@TobiasFunkeBlue</p>
<p>■■■■■.</p>
<p>And yea, I decided pretty late. I meant to say mid-September I decided to apply ED. NOT Nov. that wouldn’t make so much sense. But yea… it was after I went for a tour of Columbia’s campus, and there was just one moment of the tour where something clicked and i decided to apply ED…</p>
<p>@Saahil No, you are not screwed. YOU’RE @&!*@#…Nah just kidding. The middle 50% SAT scores of accepted students at Columbia are around the 2050-2320 range. You are in the middle.</p>
<p>Just hypothetically guys…I was wondering…So ya know how they want students with interesting life stories, ya know, the “hook”. Well, lets say someone had a brief stint in prison. Do you think that could be worked advantageously into a college essay. I mean, it would be very unique…</p>
<p>I think being in the Blue Man Group as well as being a certified analrapist will definitely get you in!</p>
<p>Well, under work experience I put that I was a nanny/housekeeper for a lovely family. Also, I interned at an add agency and was featured in an advertisement for a fire sale.</p>
<p>@panthertrax how is math HL treating you?</p>
<p>^Wow. You basically just said what i was going to say! And when i say you i mean zekaje. Haha! I love that there are several Arrested Development fans of here. I can’t wait for the movie and new season!</p>
<p>It’s crazy to think that in a week we possibly may know our decisions.</p>
<p>Yea…If I don’t get in, then somewhere on my application…</p>
<p>I’ve made a huge mistake…</p>
<p>@bigapple3: Terrible, terrible segue.</p>
<p>Haha…i’m aware. But it’s late and i’m trying to finish an English essay and study for a calc test that I know i’m going to fail. Yaaaay.</p>
<p>I really hope we all get accepted, because I feel like there could be a massive AD marathon going on. Of course, the new season’s coming out in 2013, so hypothetically we’d be there when it premiered…</p>
<p>I don’t know about you guys, but I love how we’re building the Columbia '16 community while we are still in high school. I love it</p>