<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2040 (670M 670V 700W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 US Hist, 640 Bio, 760 Spanish
[<em>] ACT
[</em>] GPA: (weighted) 98.85
[<em>] Rank: 3/578
[</em>] Other stats: 11 APs (including this year’s)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: OK I guess…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: 1 very good, the other not so much
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not sure, didn’t read it, but probably really good
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: NYC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weak ECs
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Dont have spectacular stats, didn’t have many ECs</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210 (M 760, V 770, W 680)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math 2c 800, physics 790, USH 790, chem 780
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: AIME, USNCO, state journalism award
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: GREAT alumni loved it. It got me in.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: ok i found one of teachers hated me and i was worried
[</em>] Counselor Rec: my former counselor’s rec was good according to my current counselor
[<em>] Hook (if any): nothing hooks are overrated
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: VA
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: General Comments: OMG I HUGGED MY MOM I’m so happy.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800 CR, 700 M, 800 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Lit, 770 US History, 690 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 100 W, ~95 UW
[</em>] Rank: 34/580
[<em>] Other stats: NM Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably impersonal but decent
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Texas
[<em>] School Type: suburban public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: My ECs were kind of blah General Comments: This wasn’t at all unexpected, but the rejection email still stung :(</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 800M, 600V, 700W: 2100 (My first take was 1800 -_-: 800/490/510)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math 2, 730 Chem, 700 Bio M (first take)
[<em>] GPA: I goto a British school… so no GPA
[</em>] Rank: School doesnt rank, but I’d say top 5%
[<em>] Other stats: League Basketball Champions, volleyball team, great commitment to art - designed school yearbook, did alot of poster jobs in school and hired as a graphics designer outside of school.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I wrote one about my gigantic black hairy birthmark on my leg. It was pretty good but not stellar… I liked it though
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Not perfect… around 4/5 I’d say.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Around same as teacher recs.
[<em>] Hook (if any): Both my bros goto SEAS. Alot of commitment to art and designing… in addition to excelling at math and science at school and doing lotta sport… diverse? I also sent in a portfolio of my graphics work.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Hong Kong
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Taiwanese
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: N/A General Comments: Have faith and be ambitious. I thought I wouldn’t stand a chance because I didn’t get called for an interview and everyone else in my school who applied to Columbia (all to SEAS) did. That and Columbia didn’t receive my SAT/TOEFL scores till early March. But I guess be ambitious… I tried to sell myself by talking about art alot in my application even though I got a C in my A level art exam :/… and then i tried to justify my grade in my additional essay so I risked alot looking desperate etc.</p>
<p>It’s also important to have ONE huge commitment to a hobby/extracirricular and the more unique it is the better… e.g. playing the harp. </p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2320
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Spanish, 800 Bio-E, 760 Math2
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 uw
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: ehh can’t think of any!
[/ul]**Subjective: **[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Main essay about why I decided to study Japanese
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Both from university professors
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know for sure, but she likes me!
[<em>] Hook (if any): URM
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: african american
[li] Gender: male[/li][/ul]Other Factors: lingustics research w/ a university professor, 90 college credit hours, study abroad at a university in Spain… i also sent in my photography portfolio General Comments: I’m really excited! I can’t decide where to attend! Accepted Also At: Harvard, Yale, Swarthmore</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 640 W 700 M 740 R
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 MIIC 730 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.4 W 3.95 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good?
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good?
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): I pursued my goal of majoring in CS very seriously with extra classes, self-teaching, etc?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NorCal
[<em>] School Type:Public ~ Way too competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: not much
[<em>] Why I think I was rejected: Not that great stats, not much EC
[</em>] Other thoughts: I’m all good. Got into 7 other colleges incl. Cornell, UC Berk, UCLA, etc.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2210 (790M, 690V, 730W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 IIC, 750 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 33 (35M, 31R, 33E, 34S, 11 Essay)
[</em>] GPA: 4.28
[<em>] Rank: 3/450ish
[</em>] Other stats: PROMYS
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: No one on CC liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Wonderful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Hook (if any): First generation
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Alaska
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: None
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Luck of the draw!
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I am so happy!</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED COLUMBIA COLLEGE!!! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 670V 710M 660W (2040)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680Bio-M 670MIIC 700USH
[<em>] GPA: 3.79 UW, 5.4/6.0 W
[</em>] Rank: 11/421
[<em>] Other stats: National Achievement Commended, AP Scholar, all those generic awards like National Honor Roll, etc.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I used my common app essay, which was extremely well written. My short answers were also very good.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: I have no idea…probably good, though.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Kinda generic…
[<em>] Hook (if any): I dunno…being a URM didn’t get me in, but it probably helped.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Baltimore, Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: African-American
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: Lots of ECs and awards probably helped my case as well. I also sent in an update letter a few weeks prior to the major application reviewing period. General Comments: I am so shocked right now. To be perfectly honest, I completely left Columbia out of consideration because I was so sure that I would be getting rejected. Now I have to choose between Columbia, Cornell, Michigan-Ross, and Hopkins…AHH!!!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2120 760CR 620M 740W (took once)
[</em>] SAT IIs: no SAT IIs (unusual circumstances)
[<em>] GPA: 4.25
[</em>] Rank: no ranking, but top 3/80
[<em>] Other stats: 17.27 / 20 on the French Baccalaureate, all A+ grades in 12th grade (French Bac: Math, Econ, History-Geography, Philosophy, Spanish + IB English HL + PE)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: well written and constructed, interesting
[<em>] Teacher Recs: excellent, I presume (did not read)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: same as above
[<em>] Hook (if any): Franco-American, born and raised in Paris, have lived and studied in both countries, highest honors on the French Baccalaureate (which is extremely difficult)
[</em>] Applied early? No
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: San Francisco, CA (12th grade), Paris, France (9-11)
[</em>] School Type: Small, private, international HS (12th grade)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] ECs: won French national poetry prize, published poems in English and French in HS newpaper, created a website on cultural diversity, created an association for the development of street basketball in Paris, captain of HS basketball team (10th grade), won Paris Baketball Cup [/ul] Other Factors: graduated in 2005, started college in France this fall at an elite Grande Ecole but withdrew, and did not have time to take SAT IIs[/li]General Comments: I am flabbergasted!</p>
<p>Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Columbia
Rejected: None
Waiting: Princeton</p>
<p>Dude, numbers aren’t everything…I would think that you would know that by now. You have no right to spoil my celebration. Take your attitude elsewhere.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2120 - 740 Critical Reading, 680 Math, 700 Writing
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 - MathII, 660 - US History, 640 - Literature
[<em>] GPA: 3.9 uw, 4.7 w
[</em>] Rank: 9/426
[<em>] Other stats: AP USH, Govt, CalcAB Scores - all 3’s
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Amazing
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Glowing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[<em>] Hook (if any): ?
[</em>] Important ECs: Theatre (Student Director, Stage Manager, Designer, Drama Club Historian), Film Society (President, Founder), Varsity Crew for 4 years (Vice President), Figure Skating for 7 years, Successful Web Developer/Designer for 6 years
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: VIRGINIA (Richmond)
[</em>] School Type: Public, Suburban
[<em>] Ethnicity: White - but very poor
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Strengths = essays, passion in EC’s, extra courses I take; Weaknesses = SAT SCORES!!
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted: don’t know!
[/ul]Other Factors: General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Whatever…I GOT INTO HARVARD AND NYU TISCH…</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2340 (790M, 790W, 760CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800Math2C, 780 something and forgot next highest
[<em>] GPA: 4.8
[</em>] Rank: 4 of 850
[<em>] Other stats: NMF, AP scholar with distinction, blah
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good and personal, why columbia was clever i thought
[<em>] Teacher Recs: pretty good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: eh, large school
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type: large public, competitive at top
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[li] Gender: Female[/li][/ul]Other Factors: I don’t know if this affected it, but I didn’t send in anything other than the 2 pages. I know many people included extra pages physically or online with the document attachment. So I had 5? lines of ECs and 2 lines of awards, just like the paper app lol. General Comments: I’m pleased enough. At least with that terrible app haha.</p>
