<p>Weirdalsuperfan please post your stats, I got rejected from Fu Foundation. 4.0 GPA from a public school and amazing internship from a Big Bracket Investment Bank. Thanks.</p>
<p>Accepted! I applied early last year got deferred and then rejected. Still can’t believe this is true! I applied from USC as psychology major. If anyone’s interested please pm me and I am happy to share my stats!</p>
<p>Does anyone know if GPA at current school carries over?
And is there a Facebook group for transfer students?</p>
<p>Those who applied to Fu Foundation, did you guys take a SAT II Subject Test for Physics or Chemistry? Does anyone know if it is required in transfer applications? I didn’t take one and am worried that this may be the reason for my rejection. I just confirmed that it’s a requirement for regular decisions. Thanks.</p>
<p>yeah I’m feeling lazy lol. I’m 150% certain “stats” are ********. As long as you don’t have horrible grades you’ll be okay.</p>
<p>School: Washington University in St. Louis, Chemical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, plus a Compsi Minor
GPA: 3.72 + straight As on midterm report
Classes: Took 21 credits both semesters sophomore year. Took 17 first semester freshman year and 19 second semester, except I withdrew from a 3 credit class so that’s technically 16. My courses were pretty average for a good student freshman year (calc III, matrix algebra, diffeq, intro classes like genchem and physics even though I was an idiot and didn’t use my AP credit for genchem. If any hs seniors are reading this, USE YOUR AP CREDIT). This year I took the most rigorous courses possible that simultaneous met transfer requirements, fit with the curricula of the places I applied to, and kept me on track for Wash U’s own curriculum. Everything from 100 to 400 level (mostly 300 level).
ACT composite: 34
SAT: 2200
Took a lot of APs, like 9 or so. Got my IB Diploma.</p>
<p>Other stuff: I’m Hispanic, I do a lot of stuff, I follow my dreams, and I am a TA. I did a lot of work in a research lab, and I’m in a lot of leadership positions and stuff. I’m a national hispanic scholar and a national merit finalist. I have a bunch of other awards from high school, too. My recommendations were decent (one from my PI and one from my math advisor who taught me 2 classes). I honestly thought my MIT recs were worlds better but whatever. My professors weren’t affiliated with Columbia in any way. My essays were good. Also, I got an internship at MIT for this summer but I only informed Columbia about it like a month ago and they never responded so I don’t know if they actually read my email.</p>
<p>I probably left out a lot of stuff, but I’m pretty lazy so sorry for that. I guess this is a bad place to meet other transfer students…doesn’t really seem to be the point of CC…and I mean I don’t even know if I’m going to choose Colum, yet. Hope I was somewhat informative.</p>
<p>Also, for those who are wondering, being hispanic isn’t the reason I got in. I got in because I worked hard. And I got rejected from Harvard and MIT because I didn’t get my stuff together until the end of freshman year, so I had nothing to show for it. Cheers!</p>
<p>I forgot one thing (at least):</p>
<p>I took the SAT II, but only 2 tests b/c that’s all MIT asked for (b/c they were my top choice):
Math II subject test: 800
Chemistry subject test: 780</p>
<p>btw SAT II test scores don’t matter. Seriously…these stats are stupid. Just get good scores. If you get into a good school, your test scores will be pretty good…</p>
<p>And for junior transfers especially, high school stuff is almost worthless.</p>
<p>Rejected… Top 4 Engineering school with 4.0 college gpa and 2230 SAT, 2400 SAT II. applied fu fundation. Probably because I applied financial aid. Anyway, congratulations to those who get accepted.</p>
<p>Accepted with a 4.0 at a top 20 Private school</p>
<p>billyer, I applied for financial aid, too.</p>
<p>Seems like Columbia places a huge emphasis on current school ranking. Most of the people posting acceptances come from top 20 universities.</p>
<p>@sometransfer, I think you’re right. I don’t think my essays were particularly strong, but I did really well academically at Cornell and got some solid recommendations from my professors.</p>
<p>Hi everyone. I don’t usually make posts on CC, but I’d like to get to know some fellow admits. A facebook page would be nice :)</p>
<p>@weirdalsuperfan
Are you international student? because I am.</p>
<p>Accepted - Going to be a soph in American Studies</p>
<ul>
<li>college GPA: 3.85, mid-term GPA: 3.68</li>
<li>Northwestern University</li>
<li>ACT: 31</li>
<li>SAT2:
Spanish: 690, US History: 710</li>
<li>positive recs from an English prof and History prof. </li>
<li>HS GPA: 9.85/12 pt scale</li>
<li>awards:
service award for my tribe, deans list, on exec for my frat</li>
</ul>
<p>other potentially notable things:
- i’m a student manager for the basketball team
- internships with either an NBA team or radio station
- finalist for the a survivor season (CBS) in 2014</p>
<p>I withdrew my application when I realised Columbia didn’t suit my academic needs. Congratulations to everyone who got accepted!</p>
<p>i got rejected but one of my friends got in, and i know he is super stoked about it</p>
<p>oh no i’m not international lol. Sorry you didn’t get in.</p>
<p>my finaid is horrible though…gonna have to find a way to take out an additional $10K in loans or consider penn when they (probably) accept me and stanford or yale if (in an extremely unlikely event) they accept me.</p>
<p>Has anyone received their packet in the mail yet?</p>
<p>@jason2216, my parents said they got the acceptance package in the mail this morning</p>
<p>so for international students, they send it to the permanent address? not the local address?</p>
<p>@DorytheFish, I don’t think so - I had called the admissions office about a week before decisions and asked them what address they had on file for me. They said my school address, and so I had the guy change my mailing address to my home address.</p>