<p>So the word count is pretty tough on the why columbia essay… so instead of typing out the whole “in the middle of NYC yet isolated from the city”, i just typed “the ‘bubble’ experience within New York” b/c it flows better.</p>
<p>would the admissions committee understand what I’m talking about if i used “bubble”?</p>
<p>no.</p>
<p>that sentence will not come out clear. something similar maybe…though it’s possible depending on the rest of the sentence. what you quoted, /\ though? nah, i really doubt they’ll catch it (instantly…you don’t wanna make 'em work to figure it out. even just a little)</p>
<p>why not “the island”? refering to manhatten.</p>
<p>No. I have no idea what you’re talking about even after you’ve explained it.</p>
<p>i don’t think it helps that a bubble is round, and columbia is really looooong</p>
<p>the word partition comes to mind…
my hard drive is partitioned
=P</p>
<p>i’ve personally always associated “bubble” with a negative connotation (a bubble where the residents are oblivious to the outside world).</p>