OFFICIAL Early Decision Applicants Thread (Columbia Class of 2014)

<p>Anyone got there decision yet?!</p>

<p>YUEPPP - Defered… :confused: gayyyyy</p>

<p>deferred… WORST SITUATION EVER.</p>

<p>Rejected 10char</p>

<p>I got in !!!</p>

<p>yay accepted!</p>

<p>Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 720CR, 760M, 720W= 2200
ACT: Did not take ACT
SAT II: 750 Biology, 750 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): NA
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History and English (5) Latin, Calculus AB, American Lit (5) Biology, Special Permission Biology Research Seminar
Major Awards: High Honor Roll, Honor Roll,
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Water Polo (Varsity Captain), Varsity Crew, Varsity Swimming,
Volunteer/Community service: Tutoring (peer tutor), Special Olympics coach
Summer Activities: Rowing and internship in surgery lab at Harvard Medical School
Essays: My relationship with my sibling, and how it affects my outlook on life
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t seem them. I assume they were ok.
Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it. I assume it was ok.
Interview: Official visit rowing with overnight stay
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Undecided, Biology or Biomedical Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): CT
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Boarding School in MA
Ethnicity: Mixed (primarily Caucasian and Hawaiian).
Gender: Male
Hooks: recruited athlete</p>

<p>Rejected.</p>

<p>But congratulations to everyone who’s been accepted.</p>

<p>Deferred. gah.</p>

<p>Congrats to all the accepted! i’m so jealous lol, now I have till April to see if i get into Columbia, PLUS all the other college essays i have to write by January… :(</p>

<p>does anyone know the percentage of EDs that got deferred from last year or so?</p>

<p>Accepted!!! Happiest day of my life.</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 760CR, 710M, 770W= 2240
ACT: 35
SAT II: 760 Math 2 720 US History 710 Lit and Spanish
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/280
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) Lang (4) Lit, Spanish, Calculus AB, Music Theory, Psychology
Major Awards: Principal’s award, placed in state for National Spanish Exam</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: president of gay-straight alliance, chief justice of varsity debate team, acting (lead roles in musical and play)
Volunteer/Community service: tutoring ELL kids, helping local not for profit organization
Summer Activities: summer musical theatre, part-time job @ bookstore
Essays: being short (I’m 4’10" =P)
Teacher Recommendations: probably were good. I don’t remember. My boss wrote an additional rec
Counselor Rec: very good
Interview: spoke for a good 1hr and 10 minutes, even though the interview is only 45 min long ish
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
School Type: public school in nj
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Hooks: heavy involvement in theater? also did columbia SHP</p>

<p>ACCEPTED! Wow, I am in total shock!</p>

<p>I will post stats later. I tried earlier but the lag earlier was really bad.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!
and I couldn’t be happier :slight_smile:
Congratulations to all of my future fellow classmates!</p>

<p>deferred :/</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 650CR, 730M, 700W= 2080
ACT: Did not take ACT
SAT II: 790 Chemistry, 710 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9789
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/460
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), Chemistry (4), Calculus AB (5), Biology (5), English Language (4), Government, Econ, English Lit, Physics C, Spanish Language, Calc BC
Major Awards: Student of the Month, AP scholar with distinction, student athlete award, best attorney (for mock trial)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: EIC of newspaper for 2 years, mock trial lawyer for 4 years & captain for 2 years, president of young women leadership program, president of rotary club, vice president of environmental science club, varsity tennis co captain, martial arts teacher at local dojo, volunteered at zoo for 4 years,
Summer Activities: volunteered at jewish summer camp as a counselor, traveled around europe, visited columbia
Essays: amazing essay that was really unique about my love for culture and association with it despite living in a cultural wasteland
Teacher Recommendations: pretty good
Counselor Rec: principal wrote it, pretty good too
Interview: he said i was a great fit
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: biology (i want to go into medicine)
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: good public school
Ethnicity: Hispanic/ Caucasian
Gender: Female
Hooks: my leadership positions… </p>

<p>SAT one of the factors why i was deferred… im so sad but i guess it could be worse</p>

<p>ACCEPTED :slight_smile: Regardless, of all of the decisions we received today, we all stuck together throughout the whole process and it truly made this easier for all of us! Thanks for all of the support :)</p>

<p>Sheesh Columbia really didn’t care about URM or legacy status huh?</p>

<p>accepted. =D</p>

<p>accepted ;D best day of my life. ;D</p>