Columbia University (2023-2024)

[devout mirage]

LOL

ive only skipped one class

im so studious

[quasi kayak]

apply during your junior year for a combined BA and BS engineering

[winged hinge]

i skipped once on accident

[south hemlock]

You rite

[winged hinge]

how lithum

[devout mirage]

teacher is chill

fuck i have essay due

clock whats ur major

[south hemlock]

Well that’s stuff to think about if I get inn😍 friggen EPC

[winged hinge]

i haven’t written anything since i got here LMAOOOO

[south hemlock]

Let’s guess

Architecture/industrial

[winged hinge]

besides club app

i wish

[wise haven]

im lookign at it more and more nad hoenstly SEAS is jsut better for me

[winged hinge]

i’m not cool enough for architecture

idek if that’s in seas

[wise haven]

dont think so

[winged hinge]

seas on top

[wise haven]

also architecture is cool but i am not buitl for that

[south hemlock]

Industrial ?

[winged hinge]

nah

maybe but nah

[wise haven]

industrial is diff i thoght

[quasi kayak]

i almost applied to cornell arch school for urban planning but i cna't do all of those designs

[wise haven]

industrial is there

[quasi kayak]

i'm dumb and have no artistic eye

[south hemlock]

Mech Eng ?

[wise haven]

SAMEEE

[quasi kayak]

CC HAS ARCH THOUGH OMFG LIKE IT'S PERF FOR ME

[winged hinge]

no 😍

[wise haven]

yeah do this

[winged hinge]

i don’t like cad

[devout mirage]

what are yall opinions on barnard kids

[winged hinge]

or at least i don’t think i like cad

[quasi kayak]

ed'ing this school <3

[wise haven]

dont know em

[winged hinge]

barnard kids are cool:)

[wise haven]

i woudl liek to but idk if i get my essays done in time

[south hemlock]

Don’t tell me computer engineering 😞

[quasi kayak]

gonna have to be in constant classes w em bc my program is barnard

[winged hinge]

@devout mirage what do you think of barnard kids 💀

[quasi kayak]

did my stars essays the day before

[winged hinge]

nah but ce is cool

[wise haven]

ok bro ur built diff

im not

[south hemlock]

BLE

[wise haven]

i am average man

[quasi kayak]

i'm built the same as everyone else

[south hemlock]

BLE

BME

[winged hinge]

ur kinda bad at this 😭

no

[devout mirage]

i spent like 3 days on them

[quasi kayak]

just prettier

[wise haven]

u are NOT built the same as everyone else

[south hemlock]

Chem

[winged hinge]

ooo close

[quasi kayak]

apply columbia college

[winged hinge]

thats what i applied as

[quasi kayak]

i'm begging

[winged hinge]

not rly related to what im doing now 💀

but what i applied as!

[south hemlock]

Material science ?

[devout mirage]

u just need to hone ur essays more

[quasi kayak]

my essays were p generic i'm ngl

[weak delta]

fake ivy leaguers

[south hemlock]

Earth & engineering

[devout mirage]

i love barnard

[winged hinge]

too smart for me

[winged hinge]

no 💀

bro 😭

[south hemlock]

I’m trying

Ok last guess

[devout mirage]

enviro engineering

[quasi kayak]

columbia 3-2 is perfect

[winged hinge]

non but im thinking of doing research in climate modeling!

lamont doherty is very cool

[wise haven]

Someone explain all the engineering to me 💀

So many diff t types

[quasi kayak]

what are u even applying for

[wise haven]

CS

Probably

[winged hinge]

at columbia?

it's pretty tame

[wise haven]

But im a general engineering guy

[south hemlock]

Electrical engineering ?

[devout mirage]

https://youtu.be/NRb7ytIscOQ

[quasi kayak]

columbia marketing is so fire

[winged hinge]

no too cool for me

[south hemlock]

Mechanical engineering ?

I give up

[quasi kayak]

i picked stars over dartmouth flyin because who wants to be stuck in the woods

[winged hinge]

u alr guessed that 😭

[quasi kayak]

did they already guess civ eng

[devout mirage]

u got into dartmouth fly in too??

[winged hinge]

no but thats not it either

[south hemlock]

what is it

[quasi kayak]

no i didn't even apply lmao

dartmouth is corny

[winged hinge]

probably cs i like coding nya

[devout mirage]

i love dartmouth

[quasi kayak]

you could not pick an ivy more different from columbia than dartmouth

[winged hinge]

i like cs in a silly way tho :( i j wanna have fun

all the engineerings are so sick i wish i was smarter ngl

[quasi kayak]

ur literally just like me

[winged hinge]

my parents want me to think abt OR/fin eng

but idk not the vibe

[wise haven]

What’s OR

[winged hinge]

maybe ill like it more later but idk

[quasi kayak]

i think half of the reason i got into STARS was bc i'm a rural kid applying for urban studies 😭

[winged hinge]

operations research

[devout mirage]

i have my personal reasons

[winged hinge]

:D

[wise haven]

What’s in OR

What does one do

[south hemlock]

Situational irony 🤣

[quasi kayak]

research operations? idk

[winged hinge]

https://ieor.columbia.edu/operations

[wise haven]

Bro had to have written about this

[south hemlock]

💰

[winged hinge]

optimization

[wise haven]

It looks cool

[devout mirage]

i did

[wise haven]

Fuckign knew it

[devout mirage]

its so fucking cool

i wanna do it

[quasi kayak]

what did you even write ab

[wise haven]

I saw it but wasn’t sure how to fit it in so I just kinda skipped it

[south hemlock]

Mfw I get called bad writer

[wise haven]

Classes newspaper personal clubs

[quasi kayak]

ou..

[devout mirage]

noooo ur not, i think ur just misguided sometimes 😭 😭

[wise haven]

A bit generic

[south hemlock]

Well if you insist 🤭

[devout mirage]

like ur a good writer

wrong topics

[wise haven]

But it tied in my personal interests so

[quasi kayak]

also don't you live in NYC? i have an idea as to why u didn't get in

[wise haven]

Wasn’t terrible

Mannn

😔

I do live in NYC

[devout mirage]

i talked about tying in my culture with it

[wise haven]

Yeah I just can’t seem to process this

[quasi kayak]

my flyin essays were a pride parade and i won't apologize for it

[wise haven]

CJ u cna tell me why I won’t be hurt 😭

Matter of fact please tell me 🙏

[south hemlock]

I have a rich culture and I’m immersed in it but I guess since it’s so normal to me it’s hard to remember that it isn’t normal to other people N

[quasi kayak]

BC UR FROM NYC PLSSSSS

[wise haven]

The other essays were shit I know for a fact they were

[quasi kayak]

IT'S A FLYIN

[south hemlock]

Why would they fly you out to visit if you’re in nyc ?

[devout mirage]

same

[wise haven]

listen

Give me 5 bucks for the subway

that’s it

[winged hinge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/791657901194215434/1024201554913394699/10B1145F-FFBB-4875-9B5C-5FCDAE83F49D.gif?width=1044&height=1152

[quasi kayak]

or you could just visit

???

[wise haven]

I will

That’s the best part

[mental garnet]

i swear this is the most active college thread i already love the vibe of this school

[south hemlock]

Me whenever I write

[wise haven]

Im visiting tmrw

[devout mirage]

well actually us americans have rich culture, it's called pizza and burgers

[wise haven]

I scheduled a visit like a month ago

[quasi kayak]

ed ed ed ed ed ed ed

[south hemlock]

RIP to the caps lock

[wise haven]

It’s a great school

[south hemlock]

Look at how you’ve changed 😍

[wise haven]

Also it’s just like me CJ Bertha Brandon and the freshman in Columbia

[south hemlock]

Proselytizing commitment, didn’t think you had it in you 😍

[wise haven]

Didn’t u cause that

[quasi kayak]

silly

[devout mirage]

im rea stanford 🥱 stay safe yall

[winged hinge]

cowumbia

[wise haven]

Real

[quasi kayak]

love this school

so excited for STARS

[south hemlock]

EPC and stars laid waste to our population

[wise haven]

It did

[south hemlock]

Rawr

[wise haven]

I knew I was getting rejected tho

[quasi kayak]

simply get in

[devout mirage]

yall had more??

[wise haven]

I’m still invested

[quasi kayak]

we had like 4 stars applicants here

[mental garnet]

too rich for fafsa too broke for ed without merit scholarships ☹️🙏

[quasi kayak]

now it's down to me

[wise haven]

There were more

[devout mirage]

i only applied to epc for the waiver tbh

[south hemlock]

Kace, cj, Michelle Obama

[wise haven]

I’m getting a waiver regardless

I’m poor 😍

[south hemlock]

What I told myself but my brain didn’t listen 😂

[quasi kayak]

my net price is 14k 😭 hopefully that'll go down on my actual fin aid offer

[devout mirage]

oh yeah michelle rlly got her heart broken

[winged hinge]

columbia unironically gives very good aid

[quasi kayak]

michelle did get into LEADS though

[devout mirage]

i dont think michelle even applying to columbia anymore

[mental garnet]

Viveka

[wise haven]

Yay!

[devout mirage]

IK

[quasi kayak]

that's what i've heard.. not really worried ab it as much rn

i love columbia it's just perfect

[devout mirage]

stanford channel is dead

[south hemlock]

The money will come 🙏

[south hemlock]

It’s a sign bro

ED Columbia

[mental garnet]

same except they don't have my major

[devout mirage]

no

[quasi kayak]

what is it?

[devout mirage]

i must follow my family's legacy

[mental garnet]

☹️ let's revive it

[south hemlock]

Not even an I’ll think about it

[devout mirage]

nope

[quasi kayak]

oh...

so yall rich rich

[devout mirage]

nope

well

[south hemlock]

Filthy legacy 🤢

[devout mirage]

im richer compared to most

but

not like rich in my area

so

[quasi kayak]

pls

[south hemlock]

Make your own path dark Brandon !!!

[quasi kayak]

I'M LIVING PROOF YALL DON'T NEED CRAZY ECS WE UP

alexa play empire state of mind

[mental garnet]

Journalism

It's so weird bcuz their graduate program is top tier

[south hemlock]

Mfw when I’m 4.0, 36 😍

[quasi kayak]

i just realized columbia doesn't have journalism

[mental garnet]

But no undergraduate major☹️😭

[wise haven]

W

Wait @south hemlock u remember my Ecs that I showed u?

[devout mirage]

i have a 3.6 and 1450 i need ecs to compensate

[south hemlock]

Not really lemme check

[wise haven]

I still kinda need to redo them but when I’m done cna u compare it to my old ones and see how it looks

Bet ty

[mental garnet]

Your ecs are crazy pfft

[wise haven]

What’re CJs Ecs

[quasi kayak]

i'm sure you could just major in english or cw??

[devout mirage]

i grew up on the reservation bro i aint always been like this

rags to riches type shit

[mental garnet]

oh yeah im applying as a cw major but im saying Columbia isn't my first pref bcuz i wanna go to a school with a journalism major yk

[quasi kayak]

being a baddie all the time

WTF WHAT HAPPENED TO MY GIRL /SHRUG

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wise haven]

Real

[mental garnet]

HAHA

[quasi kayak]

jk we're fine

[winged hinge]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[mental garnet]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wise haven]

/shrugs

[mental garnet]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[wise haven]

WHATTT

I’m just bad 😔

[devout mirage]

ya i dont like how rigid columbias curriculum is

[wise haven]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[mental garnet]

me when people say don't make your ecs quirky:

[wise haven]

Nvm I’m dumb

[mental garnet]

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[quasi kayak]

i will tell you that i didn't do any NPO work or never founded a club, i lsot all of my presidential bids for every club

[mental garnet]

YOU BROKE MY FLOW

[wise haven]

Oh ok this is me

[quasi kayak]

it's never that serious

[wise haven]

Good

[wise haven]

Deserved

[devout mirage]

tbh ive never joined a school club

[wise haven]

Real

[devout mirage]

i went to environmental club once

[quasi kayak]

i did found ~something~, just not a school club

[mental garnet]

I lost stuco by 2 votes😭

[wise haven]

Oh…

[quasi kayak]

lost stuco by a lot but i gave my speech to the whole hs about building a ball pit

[hybrid bay]

if not an NPO or a club, i wonder what else.

[quasi kayak]

bc i knew i was gonna lose

[mental garnet]

I joined one and became prez lol

[wise haven]

I shoduve ran for student gov I would’ve won

Mannn

[mental garnet]

that's so mood

[quasi kayak]

yeah i wonde

[hybrid bay]

i have a few school things, but penn literally looks for school impact too so thank god!

[quasi kayak]

lmfao i have no impact

[wise haven]

Woahhhh

[quasi kayak]

i'm just vibing

[wise haven]

Same 💀

[quasi kayak]

i do have internships though

that might be important

[wise haven]

CJ being a normal person but with god tier writing is over boosting my confidence

[quasi kayak]

esp for someone who lives in like the smallest county

[hybrid bay]

im genuinely j not an engineer or stem like i j applied to epc to apply

[quasi kayak]

my writing isn't god tier plss

[hybrid bay]

im fully a business major

[wise haven]

How tf else u get in 💀

[devout mirage]

they do???

i have none 😭

[quasi kayak]

so glad columbia doesn't have a business major so i don't have to worry ab that nonsense

[devout mirage]

i have literally done NOTHING w my school

[hybrid bay]

thats what the AO told me

[quasi kayak]

i was just good enough i guess idk

[hybrid bay]

but im sure its fine

[devout mirage]

everythings been independent

[hybrid bay]

i mean columbia likes u

[devout mirage]

we stay on top ⬆️

[quasi kayak]

my stats were probably important for STARS

[wise haven]

Wait guys my B+ in photography is gonna show on my transcript

Fuck

[devout mirage]

i have a c bro

youll be chill

[wise haven]

LMAO

Alr I’m fine then ty

[quasi kayak]

i have a P/F from covid and i didn't use my a. info ab it

bc it really isn't that serious

it was also an HS class in middle school so

[devout mirage]

i got a c in french 3

[quasi kayak]

PEIROD

[devout mirage]

penn prob likes u

cuz ur legacy

u a moneymaker for them

[hybrid bay]

i hope so

i plan to be

penn's scoring

[devout mirage]

ohh community

[hybrid bay]

so school/community

[devout mirage]

tbh

[wise haven]

I’m so fucked for community 💀💀

[devout mirage]

if it came down to it id prob choose penn over columbia

[wise haven]

Hm why so

[devout mirage]

but i have to go to the fly in first to see

[devout mirage]

bc idk if im cut out for big city life yet

[wise haven]

Oh

[quasi kayak]

my sister in christ ur literally in philly

[wise haven]

Living here is an experience I’ll tell u that

[devout mirage]

its still like

less people than ny

[quasi kayak]

columbia is jsut slay though

[wise haven]

Philly is not anywhere near the amount in NYC

[quasi kayak]

i love columbia

[devout mirage]

i agree

[wise haven]

and nyc has so many varying sections

[quasi kayak]

i can't believe i almost didn't ED

[devout mirage]

my college decisions are gonna be based on financial aid

[wise haven]

Same

[quasi kayak]

the opportunity to be done by december...

[hybrid bay]

thats why im eding Penn

[devout mirage]

so if penn gave me less financial aid im coming to columbia

[hybrid bay]

is he not a guy

[quasi kayak]

i was gonna do that as well but after the calcs thye're all giving me roughly the same packages

[quasi kayak]

everyone is a sister to me

[wise haven]

He says sister as a relatable theme

[devout mirage]

they differ SM for me

like tell me why at some im paying 30k and others im paying 15k

[wise haven]

U just do the online calc right??

[quasi kayak]

my family doesn't make a whole lot and i also have siblings in college... the fafsa changes screw that up for me but i'm hoping fin aid offices will give me an ear

[wise haven]

What fafsa changes happened

[quasi kayak]

college sibling discount gone, assets for all family businesses (not just those w 100+ employees) have to be reported

[winged hinge]

👍

[quasi kayak]

anecdotal evidence suggests that a lot of kids at columbia get better packages than what is given by NPC (@winged hinge pls back me up on this) so i'm really happy for ED

[devout mirage]

my parents arent paying for my college so imma just be broke

[quasi kayak]

my parents aren't either

not that much anyway

but regardless columbia will probably be cheaper than my in state school bc of the way they do aid there

[hybrid bay]

love paying $80k!

[winged hinge]

ye!

[quasi kayak]

slayyyyy

and it won't hurt to just ask fin aid if it's not good enough... i doubt that'll happen though. my stars portal is talking a big game ab how it's affordable so they better be fr

[hybrid bay]

ur getting money

[wise haven]

@quasi kayak guess whos therss when u are

im visitn tmrw but i also fuckign said id go with my friend to this

so guess im visiting twice

[devout mirage]

so we're prob gonna get the same amount of aid tbh

we gon both be broke 🤣🤣

[quasi kayak]

under 150k is guaranteed to be tuition free

so 😌

[devout mirage]

oh

[wise haven]

what does this mean

[devout mirage]

still room & board

[wise haven]

or is it quite literalyl what it says

[hybrid bay]

wait does fin aid noit cover room and board?

[devout mirage]

no

it does

sometimes

if ur like

70k or less

or something

[hybrid bay]

ohhhh

[wise haven]

it depends

[devout mirage]

yeah it depends

[wise haven]

if aid doesnt cover me enough im staying with my parents

assuming i get in

[devout mirage]

stanford its 100 for full ride i think

[wise haven]

travling an hour to go to class isnt that bad

been doing it for years alr

[hybrid bay]

this is batshit insane

[wise haven]

normal

tuition is high but the rest is fair priced

[devout mirage]

billert i thought nyc residents hated columbia

[wise haven]

imo

[quasi kayak]

columbia factors it in so if u can't afford it they'll pay for some of it

[wise haven]

im an odd one

tf is "fees" tho

[hybrid bay]

idfk

oh well

[wise haven]

and whats books and supplies??

[hybrid bay]

textbooks

[wise haven]

they aint paying for my textbooks bro

[quasi kayak]

textbooks and supplies i think

[devout mirage]

it goes to the student clubs and professors

[hybrid bay]

i spend like $600 on textbooks in hs

so bad

[wise haven]

oh i see

[hybrid bay]

i j didnt buy them this yr

and got them all online

[wise haven]

i would just pirate them man

[quasi kayak]

what kind of desolate school do you go to that doesn't give you textbooks

[wise haven]

yeah

exactly

bro is being ripped apart

[hybrid bay]

private.

[wise haven]

i go to a private

[quasi kayak]

ew lol just go to a normal school

[wise haven]

wait no this makes sense

[devout mirage]

harvard westlake

[hybrid bay]

acc our math teachers write their own books

[wise haven]

some privates make u pay

others dont

mine doesnt make me pay

but im also on scholarship aid so idk

[quasi kayak]

ban private schools

[devout mirage]

i dont go there

[wise haven]

bro hates rich peopel

so do i

but still

[hybrid bay]

transportation is a grand?

[quasi kayak]

correct!

[hybrid bay]

on what ubers?

[devout mirage]

im not rich

[hybrid bay]

tf

[devout mirage]

pls leave me alone

[wise haven]

brandon in tears

[small wadi]

😎😎

[quasi kayak]

columbia b school campuys is so fire i should do business again

[devout mirage]

my income is just above 150k thats all

[quasi kayak]

oh...

[devout mirage]

it doesnt mean anything

[wise haven]

it doesnt

but it is above most peoples

but ur right it doesnt

[devout mirage]

gallon of milk is 9 dollars here

[wise haven]

oh.

disgusting

its like 5 here man

so much

shoudlve bene 4

[hybrid bay]

it is rlly nice

i dont want an mba tho

[devout mirage]

eating out anywhere is like 70-100 dollars for a family

[hybrid bay]

i j want undergrad business

[wise haven]

yeah its fuckign wild

(idk where u live)

in nyc it depedns on wher eu go

[hybrid bay]

nyc is so expensive

wait im going next month

[wise haven]

NYC rent is higher than you wnat it to be

for the place ur getting

but its not that bad

[hybrid bay]

idk if im going to this or not

[devout mirage]

technically im "rural" too

[quasi kayak]

my girl the reason cost of living is crazy is bc you live in [location here} PLSSS

[devout mirage]

i hate it

we dont even ski

[quasi kayak]

if you live in a fancy resort town you're gonna pay hundreds yearly liek

[devout mirage]

we moved before the market went crazy up

it used to be affordable

[quasi kayak]

i'm shocked you guys don't make baseline like 500k

[hybrid bay]

u live in a ski town TF

[devout mirage]

avg income

[devout mirage]

nope nowhere near

just above 150k

[quasi kayak]

that's crazy

for that area too

isn't housing insane there

[devout mirage]

yes

[quasi kayak]

@winged hinge do you come from near NYC?

[devout mirage]

our taxes are crazy high

[devout mirage]

1000 sqft house is like 2 million

[quasi kayak]

we live in hell actually

[devout mirage]

we got ours for like 300k

so profit ig 🤣🤣🤩🤩

[quasi kayak]

ik that fafsa hurts like a bitch

[devout mirage]

it do

tbh im easily among the lower end of income at my hs

[stuck badger]

woah thats fast

[devout mirage]

are u ed emory

[quasi kayak]

let me live actually

[stuck badger]

no????

[quasi kayak]

i'm ready to be done w this mess

[stuck badger]

wait

huh

[stuck badger]

im rlly confused?

[devout mirage]

wdym

[stuck badger]

no i mean that in a good way

[stuck badger]

why shld i ed emory 😂

[devout mirage]

i mean if we ed columbia its almost guaranteed right?

[devout mirage]

l e a d s

[stuck badger]

no way my parents would let me+ i have a twin

[stuck badger]

lmao theyll only let me ed vandy or penn

[devout mirage]

vandy bruh

come on

[stuck badger]

they love tennessee

[quasi kayak]

conflicting results

i think maybe? idrk t ho

i don't want to take it for granted

[devout mirage]

i mean i havent heard of ed + fly in get rejected

[stuck badger]

id assume its pretty good chances but theres still a possibility for defferal

[winged hinge]

nah ohio

[devout mirage]

yeah definitely

[stuck badger]

yeah u get deffered if u dont get in

[devout mirage]

ya me neither

idk much about it

[winged hinge]

also anyone feel free to dm or tag if u have any seas questions :)

or columbia

[devout mirage]

ive heard of rd waitlist and reject but not an ed > deferred > waitlist/reject tbh

[quasi kayak]

i'm dm'ing you <3

[native hatch]

oh fr ur visiting tmr?

[native hatch]

i’m here for columbia college questions / core curriculum / anything student life and/or research really as well

[stuck badger]

i mean ik someone who did penn's fly in and got waitlisted through QB then rejected

[devout mirage]

can u give me a tour of it

[devout mirage]

pif or peep?

ive heard of that with penn as well for both

[stuck badger]

PEEP

[quasi kayak]

i've heard of it for PIF

[stuck badger]

emory ed acc rate is like 30 percent

[devout mirage]

does the admissions office even help with peep/pif

[stuck badger]

wdym

[devout mirage]

like in running the program and doing apps

[stuck badger]

yeah

[quasi kayak]

i wish EPC/STARS info was more known bc i don't want to be overconfident on ED bc of it 😭

[stuck badger]

there was a writing workshop

[winged hinge]

yee

[devout mirage]

tbh i havent heard of it with stars since its so small lmao

[exotic mortar]

bro this would be so agonizing

[stuck badger]

i got my penn essay done

lmao

[exotic mortar]

you just keep on getting jebaited

[quasi kayak]

stars is new this year

[devout mirage]

oh thats why

ce^2 theres not much info either

[quasi kayak]

but stars IS really small so i think i'd b a little confident but idk!

[stuck badger]

yield or acceptance rate

[devout mirage]

acceptance mb

amount of kids who get accepted

so ig not acceptance rate

[stuck badger]

well early congrats on dartmouth

[devout mirage]

but amt of kids who get accepted

[devout mirage]

i could still get waitlist

[quasi kayak]

stars must have been more selective than ED but just... idk everything scares me so much

[devout mirage]

i just didnt say reject

plus i didnt go so idk if it applies to me

[stuck badger]

dont think abt the selectivity rn

[devout mirage]

stars/epc has a lower acceptance rate than the actual school

[stuck badger]

most fly ins have lower acc rates than the school

[wise haven]

i am indeed

[quasi kayak]

idk. i'm worried.

[wise haven]

ok! i proabbyl will at some point

[exotic mortar]

let the information shown in the fly in be the thing to influence your decision on where to ed

[stuck badger]

why

????

[exotic mortar]

not your acceptance into the flyin

[devout mirage]

yeah ^

[stuck badger]

fly ins are so persuasive

[exotic mortar]

what the fly in shows is that you are a qualified applicant

[devout mirage]

they rlly are

[wise haven]

listen CJ if u like teh school a lot and would go if admitted ED

[stuck badger]

when i was done with the washu fly in i left wanting to ed

[wise haven]

if u want optiosn u dont have to

[stuck badger]

they were that good 😆

[exotic mortar]

i don't know if they stamp an "admit this kid if they ed" onto your application

[hybrid bay]

Its like not a boost

[stuck badger]

nope, but they definitely flag ur app

[exotic mortar]

i feel like the 70% figure mentioned earlier is definitely more correlation than causation

there probably is some level of causation

[stuck badger]

even if u get rejected that doesnt mean u arent qualified

[small wadi]

Flag it? Surely they’d just read the ec

[devout mirage]

yeah it is

but ik they flag it

[exotic mortar]

but those kids probably would've made it in even if they didn't apply to the flyin

[devout mirage]

for dartmouth

[wise haven]

proabbly

[south hemlock]

Do it

[quiet bolt]

wdym flag it

[stuck badger]

wdym

[devout mirage]

its put on ur application like a flag

or something

[quiet bolt]

ah

[devout mirage]

like it indicates you went

[quiet bolt]

to the flyin

?

[devout mirage]

but idk if they do that at other schools

[devout mirage]

yes

[stuck badger]

just have fun at the fly in and decide whether u want to ed.

[quiet bolt]

ah alright

[devout mirage]

like for penn i doubt it

[quasi kayak]

no i'm def set on columbia for ED bc i love it i'm just worried i'm being too cocky and won't actually get in

[stuck badger]

yeah theres a list of names AOs keep

rlly beneficial

[exotic mortar]

oh

[wise haven]

cant knwo till u get the acceptance can u

[exotic mortar]

don't worry about it

[hybrid bay]

they dont flag it for penn

[stuck badger]

how do you know

[quiet bolt]

you chilling just don't be too modest now

[stuck badger]

wait they said that they do

[wise haven]

hes a Penn AO

[exotic mortar]

cj i'm sure you have a really good shot at getting in

don't they literally

[south hemlock]

Don’t worry about it— and if you are worried, just have other apps ready 🤷‍♀️ I really think you’ve got it

[exotic mortar]

get admisssions officers

[stuck badger]

please dont say something you dont know

[devout mirage]

ill ask for you when i go to columbia @quasi kayak

[exotic mortar]

to read your application

[south hemlock]

Columbia thinks you’re sexy as hell

[hybrid bay]

i talked to this penn ao...

[wise haven]

columbia better think teh same of me

[hybrid bay]

its j a good indicator

[exotic mortar]

i'm pretty sure stars has workshops where columbia admissions officers help you with your application

[stuck badger]

they said that they will know if u went to the fly in

[small wadi]

like idk what you mean by flag. Why wouldn’t the fly in be anything more than an EC they like to see

[wise haven]

its not allowed as an EC i think

[quasi kayak]

ask what LMFAO... i'm going there too???

[south hemlock]

Fly in is for the school?

[hybrid bay]

i think its diff for peep vs pif

[south hemlock]

He is earlier than you

[devout mirage]

IK LMAO if it helps

[wise haven]

like they dont use it as a factor in EC

[exotic mortar]

@quasi kayak

[stuck badger]

why would u put washu preview as an EC when you are applying to columbia????/ even if it is tf why would u

[devout mirage]

Ill get u the answers early

[small wadi]

yh. Is that not what we’re taking about?

[wise haven]

brandon when is EPC

[hybrid bay]

8-10

[exotic mortar]

ur going to epc over dartmouth?

[wise haven]

fly in

[south hemlock]

It’s not an EC?

[devout mirage]

im not going to dartmouth

i gave it up for epc

[small wadi]

what

[hybrid bay]

i don't just fabricate thoughts...

i'm just repeating what I heard

[small wadi]

What’s a fly in then

[devout mirage]

they fly u out for like 3 days for free

its not rlly an ec

[quiet bolt]

you get a free trip to go to the college

[stuck badger]

I asked an AO??

[south hemlock]

School wants u to visit them, they think you have what they want

[quiet bolt]

i would say its more of a educational "experience"

[devout mirage]

guys it differs by school

[quiet bolt]

when they ask for summer programs

[stuck badger]

@strange scroll i literally asked a Penn AO they know u did the fly in

[small wadi]

ohhh i thought it was like more of a camp thing

like a pre college thing kinda

[devout mirage]

not really

[quiet bolt]

nah flyin's are much better than that

[devout mirage]

u dont rlly learn anything

[stuck badger]

no

[small wadi]

ah i see thanks for clearing it up

[devout mirage]

u learn about the school

its like

[winged hinge]

silly time

[quiet bolt]

think of flyins are like a free trip to that university: a elongated tour

[devout mirage]

a marketing scheme to sell you a timeshare

thats what a fly in is

[stuck badger]

i saw on a reddit thread that almost all the fly in attendees for epc got into the school

but this is reddit

so it might not be true

[devout mirage]

it would make sense tbh

theyre choosing 100 out of what like 5000-10k range?

[hybrid bay]

the AO i talked to said that he doesn't... it could vary by admissions officer? ik penn focuses on regional first

[devout mirage]

same admissions office too

[stuck badger]

its never that many applicants

[hybrid bay]

is it not director of special programs office that does fly in admits?

[stuck badger]

i mean maybe like 3k max

lol

[devout mirage]

no

[quiet bolt]

MITES is that

[devout mirage]

epc is much larger from what i heard

[hybrid bay]

ahhh

[stuck badger]

no it is the office of admissions

[quiet bolt]

but usually flyins are conducted by the admissions office

[stuck badger]

so like the actual committee

[devout mirage]

dartmouth is the same admissions office

the same people who are reviewing ur app

[stuck badger]

same w/washu and penn

[quiet bolt]

guys dartmouth 28'!!!!!!!!!

[stuck badger]

cant speak to other fly ins tho

[devout mirage]

columbia too

[stuck badger]

i think theres also a diversity director

reviewing ur app

[devout mirage]

the diversity director is an ao

[stuck badger]

how??

brooo

[devout mirage]

college access program

but thats all i talked to her abt

i just asked her about epc

and that i knew the president of a club and we were talking about them

[stuck badger]

yeah they said that but they know u do the fly in when they review ur app

[devout mirage]

LMAO NOOO

[stuck badger]

BRO

I KNOW

[exotic mortar]

bro literally

[stuck badger]

ive been trying to figure out how to word that politely tho

[exotic mortar]

when we had the colorado college ama a month ago

[hybrid bay]

but fly-ins are specifically meant for certain groups of people, and they're constructing a different class for the actual admissions

[exotic mortar]

he was like

"i recognize the admissions officers voice"

i was like NANI!??!?!?!?!

[stuck badger]

but you do

[exotic mortar]

LIKE

HOW

[devout mirage]

i just stayed with all of them for a week for a program

[small wadi]

lmao that’s not unintentional

[stuck badger]

ur college access program sounds so cracked

how do u apply

[small wadi]

Everyone likes a little exaggeration

[devout mirage]

its like qb college prep scholars they have those connections too

[stuck badger]

is there a lot of ppl in your program or nah

[exotic mortar]

nah bro i swear to god

he's actually built different

like read the thing i said about colorado college

[stuck badger]

you rlly hit the jackpot brandon ngl

[devout mirage]

who basically were our camp counselors for the week

[stuck badger]

wow is everyone cracked

in your program

[devout mirage]

no

most kids only applying to state tbh

tbh i was one of the only ones that took advantage of talking to everyone i could lmao

[stuck badger]

oh

did u apply to the barnard fly in?

[devout mirage]

😭

im not exaggerating with my info tho

i mean how i present it maybe

but its all factual

[exotic mortar]

bro i stg chibosi would somehow get into the barnard fly in

[devout mirage]

i got rejected from amherst

[stuck badger]

i mean i believe u ur just crazy connected

[exotic mortar]

like i'm not even joking

[stuck badger]

you got the workshop tho

thats better than nothing

its basically a kinda admit

the 18th

BARACK

[devout mirage]

@quasi kayak u should make a columbia epc/stars instagram

[stuck badger]

this week

wish me luck

AAGH

if i get rejected from this too columbia/barnard rlly hates me

[devout mirage]

in terms of my life, its definitely been hard

[exotic mortar]

bro

this would be a doxxing network

like legitimately

because only 25 people get into stars

don't do it

i beg you

[devout mirage]

lmao 😭 prob

[stuck badger]

yeah im sorry. super happy you're clutching all these w's

[devout mirage]

like i have all these benefits sure but actually getting to use them has been a struggle 😭

like none of these schools were really on my list sophomore year

[exotic mortar]

good on you for using them thoughh

[stuck badger]

uhm idk they said its rolling

[devout mirage]

it was rlly the program that made me realize i actually had a chance tbh

[stuck badger]

you've def been using ur resources rlly well

[stuck badger]

i was mentally committed to my state school till recently lol

[devout mirage]

thats why i try to help everyone i can lmao

[devout mirage]

yeah honestly imma volunteer for that program once i get into college

maybe become an ao for a bit too

[devout mirage]

i will lyk tho in penn in terms of the diversity director ur in such good hands i cannot recommend a better person

ive heard the same with columbia from my friends too

[wise haven]

i jsut wanna reject people

[wise haven]

bro is using his conenctiosn well

[devout mirage]

tbh i just wanna make sure kids know they have a chance

[stuck badger]

i dont wanna be an AO but id like to intern in an admissions office

[wise haven]

fair

[devout mirage]

idk how my college admissions are gonna go tho 😭

[stuck badger]

this

[stuck badger]

probably amazing

[devout mirage]

we can hope

but

expect the worst

like no offense id be delusional to think i have a shot at mit

i might have connections but i still have weaknesses

[small wadi]

connections?

[quasi kayak]

huh

i mean i might post stuff to socials but i'm not like "HEYYYY EVERYOEN"

[native hatch]

like on a tour?

or

i could let you in buildings if you want

just not libraries apparently

[devout mirage]

nooo

like

yk how theres

like

those fly in instas thats like

[wise haven]

yeah

[devout mirage]

look up @peep23_

[wise haven]

oh shit nice

can i ?

it starts at 1

[native hatch]

yeah for sure

[quasi kayak]

i'm too lazy

[native hatch]

just lmk

[wise haven]

gotchu

ill let u know when it ends

[native hatch]

my class finishes at 2:25

[devout mirage]

its like

[wise haven]

oh we probably end same time then

thats fine

[native hatch]

wait i lied it’s a monday

[devout mirage]

yk those class of 2027 pages

[wise haven]

mhm

[devout mirage]

where it introduces everyone

[wise haven]

do u end later?

its fine if u cant

[quasi kayak]

yea i looked it up

[devout mirage]

ya like that

[quasi kayak]

i just don't wanna make one 😭

[wise haven]

i have off tmrw tho

[native hatch]

nope i’m free from 12-4

[wise haven]

oh nice

lets gooo

[native hatch]

i have frosci and lit hum tomorrow yes

[wise haven]

i shall let u know when it ends then

im assumign 2 to 3 ish

[native hatch]

that sounds good

[wise haven]

bet ty

[devout mirage]

do you think theyre gonna give us keycards

for the fly in

[quasi kayak]

prob not

[native hatch]

maybe temp keycards

idk

i’m not sure honestly

the libraries are all keycard only

you can only swipe urself in

[devout mirage]

maybe just for the dorm

[native hatch]

for everything else you can swipe guests in

[quasi kayak]

live laugh love columbia

[devout mirage]

can you swipe into engineering building

[native hatch]

Yes

i can swipe into every single building other than the law building

💀

[quasi kayak]

L why not law

[native hatch]

idk i tried to visit the law library and they told me L + ratio no undergrads

i’m in the international affairs library rn

[quasi kayak]

can u go iinto teacher's college

[native hatch]

in SIPA

yep

one of my classes is in tc

[quasi kayak]

slayyy i just think teacher's college is pretty

[native hatch]

i could totally sit in on the hillary clinton class

im in the same building as her rn

[devout mirage]

she teaches??

[native hatch]

yes

lmao

[exotic mortar]

Isnt that the person who ran for president

[native hatch]

yes

she was a former first lady

ok i need to work on physics pset i’ll see y’all later

[quasi kayak]

i need to go to here

[small wadi]

that’s sick

If only I could go to columbia

[quasi kayak]

why not

[devout mirage]

zimbardo teaches at stanford billert

we stay on top

[exotic mortar]

🥺 please post any interesting mechanics problems in #1093757575381655572 please

[small wadi]

my mum doesn’t want me to

[exotic mortar]

Dawg i know no one

[quasi kayak]

l

[devout mirage]

u dont know ZIMBARDO?

[native hatch]

if you want to solve sure 😂

[devout mirage]

the creator of the stanford prison experiments

[native hatch]

there’s a few typos on here

[small wadi]

😭she says she doesn’t like nyc social life

[quasi kayak]

bummer!

[exotic mortar]

Yas please

I know like zero physics

But i wanna try

[native hatch]

😭 okay

maybe i’ll post it after i finish this problem

[devout mirage]

what other famous professors yall have

[exotic mortar]

I want to see ivy league physics

I’m applying princeton physics

[native hatch]

idk specifically you’d have to look them up but i know a lot of professors who’ve written bestselling books and shit + done novel research

and have some sort of laureate

[devout mirage]

like hillary clinton level

[native hatch]

dragomir is my favorite rn

idk

https://reddit.com/r/columbia/s/8wzj3ZTvnC

here

oh yeah

Brian Greene

[exotic mortar]

dawg don't you have a pset to do

[native hatch]

Mike Massimino

ye

im waiting for a friend to get here but i’m also distracted

i should go

cya later

[exotic mortar]

can i see the first problem

🥺

[native hatch]

sure

[wise haven]

i read 3 lines ans stopped

im not processing that

[native hatch]

the whole pset has been seriously easy

there’s just some typos that make it a little bit iffy

[exotic mortar]

the first one is just dimensional analysis

i think

basically what you do to bs on the usapho

[quasi kayak]

yeah

[hybrid bay]

did u take usapho

[devout mirage]

Fin eng is so cracked

[devout mirage]

Nerd stfu!

[wise haven]

edit my ecs?

[wise haven]

are u in it

is this ur major of choice

[devout mirage]

I would but I have 3 essays

[devout mirage]

No

I might transfer

TS so good

[wise haven]

ah unfortunate

[wise haven]

what are u now then

[devout mirage]

Econ polisci joint

[warped jewel]

why is columbia so expensive 😭

[hybrid bay]

what would u do in OR

[wise haven]

real

[warped jewel]

like i think i have an ok chance of getting in ed but i'll get like no finaid but my parents still cant afford it all

welp

might just go to state school (purdue) bc its still good and very cheap

its literally in a ghost town tho

[quasi kayak]

go to purdue wtf

what r u majoring in?

[warped jewel]

uh cs ik ur probably thinking purdue is definitely a reach for that but my school's a massive feeder for purdue even the competitive stem majors

oh wait arent you that guy who got accepted into that flyin whatever thing for columbia

congrats

[quiet bolt]

@warped jewel purdue is awesome bro

i want to go

[warped jewel]

true purdue is sick but i just feel nyc is more interesting

[native hatch]

yes

[warped jewel]

lol

[native hatch]

id legit consider fin eng if i were SEAS

[wise haven]

its taht good?

damn

wait can u double major in columbia in SEAS

im assuming u cant double across things

[native hatch]

you can double major in cc, not seas

[wise haven]

ahh

[native hatch]

i’m physics + cs in cc

[wise haven]

unfortuante

[wise haven]

wait this is way better

[native hatch]

seas you can’t double but you can minor

[wise haven]

mannn

across or no

[native hatch]

you can minor across

for seas

[wise haven]

i see

[native hatch]

but it doesn’t work the opposite way

[wise haven]

thats good

oh ok

[native hatch]

you can double major in cc and seas

you just grad in 5y

it’s a 2+3 program

[wise haven]

oh the 3 2 thing

i see

interesting

[native hatch]

ye

[wise haven]

i just hate core im ngl

i cant do history

i hate writing papers

[native hatch]

there’s no history you need to do

[wise haven]

wait

hmmm

[native hatch]

it’s all lit pretty much

[wise haven]

oh thats still bad

[native hatch]

you do classical literature and philosophical literature

and then music and art

[wise haven]

i hate music and art

[native hatch]

😂

[wise haven]

or writing on them

as art forms theyre great

[native hatch]

then columbia isn’t the school for you if you HATE them

okay