Columbia University (2023-2024)

[quasi kayak]

core reqs

[native hatch]

one person is better than none.

[devout mirage]

He don't want u

Smhh

[native hatch]

ha ha ha

HA H AH HA.

ok bro

well he likes me as is which is fucking crazy

he thinks i’m beautiful as is which is like wow. crazy amirite bc i’m about to get like 10 blood tests done tmr and i was formally undiagnosed with pcos in lieu of probably thyroid issues

[devout mirage]

Besides I found wifey

Zzz

[native hatch]

which means my metabolism is about to be back in track which means i’m about to be hot

which means i’m about to be hotter and more beautiful and more grossly overeducated

so keep crying! im winning

[native hatch]

uh huh

[devout mirage]

Yes

Over for u

So many rich ppl here

[devout mirage]

I also win tho

I solo u

[native hatch]

how is it over for me

[devout mirage]

Better gpa richer friends better first sem over for u

[native hatch]

solo me in what bruh

[devout mirage]

Over over over

Better s/o

[native hatch]

u don’t even have a s/o

[native hatch]

i had a good first sem

good friends

idk about gpa but ur fucking polisci econ

[small wadi]

bro said richer friends

thas crazy

[native hatch]

like beeee so fr

[native hatch]

he hangs out with ppl for their money

[devout mirage]

I love making rich friends

[native hatch]

i hang out with people for their company

[devout mirage]

Not true I pay for my shit

Always

But rich people r better

[native hatch]

except for when ur room was stocked with liquor u didn’t buy

AND were on billionaires row like 10 times this month

mhmhmhm

[small wadi]

bros lost it

[devout mirage]

I paid for it's..

[devout mirage]

Got invited

Cool place icl

[native hatch]

with ur mom’s credit card bruh

[devout mirage]

No

My momey

I pay back my parents

[native hatch]

uh huh

still ur mom’s credit card

[devout mirage]

Billionaires row kinda kid

Mid

[modern steppe]

fuck dartmouth 😦

[devout mirage]

We going Dr soon

[native hatch]

what’s dr

[quasi kayak]

how are my pookie bears

[devout mirage]

Dominican

Republic

[native hatch]

wtf

why

[devout mirage]

Spring break

[native hatch]

im good cj hru

[native hatch]

nice

[devout mirage]

I need to go upstate

Once

At least

It's so pretty

[exotic mortar]

i had a dream yesterday that i got into here

[quasi kayak]

never been better

delulu into premed

[quasi kayak]

its fate mashallah

[exotic mortar]

maybe i should submit my supps

[native hatch]

im gonna go to montauk

to see the dark sky

with

yeah

in spring

[devout mirage]

Delulu

Ggggg

When wedding

[small wadi]

🤨

[native hatch]

lmao

i mean we planned smth the week we get back too

so

[devout mirage]

Wtf

[native hatch]

MET + central park midnight picnic

cute

[devout mirage]

Actually in

[native hatch]

that weekend

so yeah

🔥

[native hatch]

what

[small wadi]

wait is this a situationship

or is it real

[native hatch]

im not delulu we have a list of places

[native hatch]

situationship atm but he’s more of my best friend

[small wadi]

um

my condolences

situationships arent real

[native hatch]

it’s not rlly a situationship it’s more of a we’re best friends and before we take things any further we need to get our mental and physical health in check

so yeah both a work in progress

[small wadi]

ok well

i hope it goes well but ive always liked people more than my mental health so cant relate

[winged hinge]

yo go upstate w me

[native hatch]

there’s liking ppl more than ur mental health and ur mental health being so bad that it hurts the person u like so yeah

case of the latter

anyway

[pure sonnet]

how many things did u guys list for the first supp

[wise haven]

Idk like 90

80

Ish

[native hatch]

what

[pure sonnet]

h u h

[devout mirage]

So complicated

I Either date or block

Gg locked in 3.9 this sem

Cum award 🙏

[native hatch]

all grades posted?

[devout mirage]

No

Left.withlit.hum

Either 3.9 or 3.99

[native hatch]

only frosci posted for me

💀

[devout mirage]

Depending on that

I got calc music and uw

[native hatch]

i’m not checking frosci.

😄

[devout mirage]

Check

So scared

[native hatch]

nah

[devout mirage]

Ggg

I win

[native hatch]

LMAO

i don’t want to check my like 3.5

😭

lit hum i secured an A in

she needs to post those

idk what i got in frosci

[devout mirage]

LLL

3.5

No deans list

Over

[quasi kayak]

i can’t wait to add to the cavalcade of boy problems in the columbia thread next yr

[native hatch]

sigh.

[quasi kayak]

what.

[native hatch]

do not wish for issues

trust me

[quasi kayak]

i beget the issues mama

[native hatch]

😭

[pure sonnet]

did u all reach the 100/100 limit for prompt 1

or is that weird

[quasi kayak]

no

i got up to 62 lol

if you find yourself putting stuff that you’ve just read and don’t really care ab then you’re done

[winged hinge]

what 💀💀

[devout mirage]

oh trust me i do

bad game is better than no game

[wise haven]

all or nothing

[wise haven]

i did

but i put things i liked

and got up to there

[native hatch]

guest’s way of saying he can’t make female friends

[native hatch]

…not true

LOL

if u want game just go on hinge

lowk if i stuck to hinge so much of this wouldn’t have happened

[devout mirage]

i tried i don't have enough hinge-oriented pictures

also it was too scary

[native hatch]

what’s that even mean

just readjust age and radius

[devout mirage]

like i have snap selfies saved

but not like

group photos

[native hatch]

oh

[devout mirage]

or like

posing in front of something cool

just selfies

[native hatch]

u don’t rlly need that

[devout mirage]

and then the cropping makes them look weird

[native hatch]

but it might be diff for men

i think i willingly matched w 3 guys and i still talk to 1

[devout mirage]

the only "hinge-worthy" photos i have are the ones on my singular insta post

[native hatch]

but as a friend

[native hatch]

hmmm

then idk

[devout mirage]

i think im too youthful for it

[native hatch]

give it a try next yr if u want

not rlly necessary

[devout mirage]

even though i am older than guest i am ultimately still a high school senior

[native hatch]

ya

[willow sun]

guys if i list LaLa Land as an intellectual development in the list of things, would that be ok lol

[willow sun]

or would putting things like attack on titan be fine lmao

[devout mirage]

did attack on titan contribute to your intellectual development as a person

i get LaLa Land

[weak delta]

just submitted my app lemme in columbia

[devout mirage]

gl

[willow sun]

ye i would say it had me doing a lot of research and looking into the symbolism about wars and the idea of people dying

[weak delta]

you submitted all right?

[quasi kayak]

insha allah

[devout mirage]

im not an ao but i wouldnt do it

[weak delta]

i didnt put any tv shows/movies

bc mine werent rlly intellectual

i did put some ted talks

that i found intriguing

[devout mirage]

i put like

kerzinghjagjasfd in a nutshell

[exotic mortar]

should i put skibid

[devout mirage]

no balls

put skibidi toilet

[weak delta]

put kai cenat

[loud bay]

kurzgesagt is my goat

fr

me when i put andrew tate in my list of sources!!!

https://tenor.com/bm0A6.gif

[weak delta]

brandon did you submit all of your apps

[devout mirage]

nope have northwestern

[glossy ledge]

Guys am I dumb if I can’t find computer science related things at Columbia to about in the why u want to do engineering all the programs and stuff for ms

[weak delta]

where does columbia rank on your list

[loud bay]

im too scared to send them in lmfao

[devout mirage]

stanford, princeton, yale, columbia, penn, brown, then northwestern

[quasi kayak]

i out mostly movies lmfao

not mostly but a lot

[weak delta]

are u not applying harvard

[devout mirage]

i am

if northwestern offers shit aid i'd prob go there

[weak delta]

ah ok

how many total?

like 15?

[devout mirage]

18

[weak delta]

nice

[devout mirage]

cuz i also have duke, williams, dartmouth, usc, neu as my other reaches

[weak delta]

whats ur major again? i think ive asked u but i keep forgetting

[golden flint]

Ahh someone answer

[devout mirage]

i only talked about one really

[golden flint]

Thanks

I wrote about public health and then I heard the the school is axing concentrations so I switched to writing about sociology

[devout mirage]

wym axing concentrations?

[glossy ledge]

Idk what to write about for comp sci😭

[native hatch]

i put reddit

[golden flint]

But I’m applying as a political science major first

[native hatch]

lol

[devout mirage]

reddit's better than attack on titan

[native hatch]

i forgot what my list was let me check

[golden flint]

They want to remove special concentrations and concentrations I believe

And make them as minions

Minors*

Like public health, business admin

[native hatch]

ya y’all can’t do concentrations

[devout mirage]

i feel like attack on titan is bad because it not only portrays japanese imperialism as victims but also has holocaust references, which does not look good with current world events

[native hatch]

we can

[devout mirage]

oh for like majors?

[native hatch]

is this the prompt

[devout mirage]

wtf i wish i did mine like urs

i just put like 10 things down i liked

[exotic mortar]

i only did books

shit

maybe i should do other things too

[devout mirage]

i shouldve put kendrick lamar

[native hatch]

ours were separated

[exotic mortar]

wait bruh

[native hatch]

we had books AND other media

[exotic mortar]

how is hikaru nakamura intellectual content

[native hatch]

idk i like chess

i put horror movies

[devout mirage]

kendrick lamar contributed massively to my intellectual development as a person

[native hatch]

i don’t think it has to be strictly intellectual

it’s just showing ur personality

[exotic mortar]

"chat chat chat. so you know what i was saying right chat? so yea basically chat i was eating food. and did i forget to mention i was eating food? and basically i was eating a banger ass burrito. and it had rice in it. and it was basically a burrito chat"

[native hatch]

ya

basically

but like. don’t try to make it strictly intellectual lmao

[exotic mortar]

i just put andre aciman

[native hatch]

who tf cares about what defines intellectual

[devout mirage]

can i send you mine

[native hatch]

yes

[exotic mortar]

i think mine is kinda cringe

can i send u mine caly

[native hatch]

yes

[weak delta]

i talked about my first 2 clearly and indirectly included my third interest

[weak delta]

we arent supposed to categorize for ours

ours is 100 words max anything that contributes to intellectual learning

separated by comma with no explanation or author or subtitle etc

[native hatch]

that’s how it was for the books prompt last yr

makes sense

[devout mirage]

Xd

[hybrid bay]

can i send u mine caly

[native hatch]

yeah sure

[winged hinge]

i put gotham lol

[wise haven]

lol

https://tenor.com/view/the-rook-gothamchess-levy-rozamn-levy-rozman-gif-27538319

[orchid loom]

can some1 help me with my conclusion im uncertain which one might be better

[native hatch]

twinsies

[undone leaf]

starting columbia supps today! how doomed am i

[loud bay]

not

just bang that shit out

[wise haven]

you can make it

[loud bay]

don't waste your time asking

use your time doing

💀

1v9 mentality fr

[dense fable]

I feel like all my Columbia essays suck even though I submitted it like 2 weeks ago lol

[hazy nacelle]

never look at ur essays after submitting

worst idea ever

[wise haven]

Lmao real

[wise haven]

Shit has traumatized me

[dense fable]

I said the word community too many times

they probably think I have a speech disorder

[weak delta]

Fax

[wise haven]

Same

[dense fable]

my essay like

i like community because community and community and commmunity is important because of community and community is the most communious thing that exists in a community

[wise haven]

I have said it too many times for all my supps that I’m writing

[wise haven]

Did u have a stroke

[dense fable]

no

thats not a real excerpt lmao

[pure coyote]

can someone look over my list of things for the first question and tell me if any of them are "bad"

like i know they can't really be wrong but i don't wanna sound too political or anything and have my ao hate me

@native hatch can i send you mine 👀

[modern steppe]

anyone submitting a maker portf?

[native hatch]

yes!

[coral star]

Hey, can I send you my supps as well?

[native hatch]

yeah

[coral star]

thanks

[molten mortar]

can i send it tmr as well?

[native hatch]

yeah

[quasi kayak]

caly 😭😭

[native hatch]

what

[undone leaf]

2/5 done! slow progress but its happening

[rose zenith]

columbia asks for many questions about family

what to fill for occupation & position if my parent is unemployed

[thorny crystal]

you can leave that blank

[reef glacier]

anyone have like a 2-page research abstract they can share with me? I'm not really sure how this is supposed to go

also by faculty they do mean faculty from any college/uni right? Not just columbia

[pure coyote]

Abstracts usually aren't a page but they are basically just a brief explanation of what you worked on

Sort of like a sophisticated outline

[split fractal]

yeah faculty from any

[jovial flume]

for CS is this just a why major essay or why major at columbia essay

[velvet laurel]

Should I submit the research supplement if research is already mentioned on my activity list?

[jovial flume]

wouldn't hurt

[velvet laurel]

will they review the entire paper later? imagine if i think its good, but it gets torn up by the faculty 😭

[jovial flume]

thats a good question, um. im not sure id be able to give a good answer tho, sorry

[young bay]

both

[jovial flume]

i was told its just why major

college vine said that too

cuz they have the separate prompt this

[south hemlock]

...

[modern steppe]

interesting

thx god I withdrew my app from columbia

hustlers uni ED acceptance 😍

[south hemlock]

It’s still why major at Columbia

That one is just why columbia

[south hemlock]

This is just why columbia

[little juniper]

Hikaru has an intriguing memory technique that I think could be considered intellectual content

Have you seen the stream of him doing memory tests

[mental garnet]

bro does columbia not have an indian students club or smthn

[quasi kayak]

there’s ISAC?

[glass panther]

guys

i cant submit the writitng suplement

[rain raven]

uh don't you have to submit the application first

[glass panther]

i did

alr

[undone leaf]

just have the list question left

[glass panther]

so when i put y research it doesnt work. but when i dont put the research it works

hmmmm

[devout mirage]

they do

[golden flint]

Columbia is ruining me

The essays are so hard

[quasi kayak]

i’m ngl i found other essays harder bc they’re so much longer

[rose zenith]

can I pm any current/admitted student? I got one question regarding supplemental essay about navigating through differences

[quasi kayak]

sure idm

[golden flint]

I prefer the longer count! Especially Cornell’s main essay the 650 words was amazing

[weak delta]

Wrf

Wtf

No

[hybrid bay]

ok

[weak delta]

650 is insane

[golden flint]

It was great

[weak delta]

I prefer 250-300

[golden flint]

So much to say

[weak delta]

Anything less is restricting

[hybrid bay]

yeah this is perf

[weak delta]

Anything more is yapper territory

[golden flint]

I like 350 to 600 personally

[hybrid bay]

princetons 250 vs harvard 200

[weak delta]

Time wasting tbh

[hybrid bay]

like michigans 500 is insane

[golden flint]

you don’t have to yap too much

[weak delta]

I fucking hate harvard dude

Why not just keep 250

[golden flint]

yeah 500 was too much for that prompt

[quasi kayak]

WHAT

[weak delta]

Mfs are making me cut 50

Words

[hybrid bay]

bro my princeton diversity essay i filled every word of the 500

[golden flint]

Yeah the 200 words was hard

250 would’ve been easier

[weak delta]

My cornell essay is 634

Im not adding another sentence

[weak delta]

Fr cus i alr wrote 250 for stanny and duke

[golden flint]

Before I submit I have to trim down so much ughhh

[quasi kayak]

250 is perfect

[hazy nacelle]

meanwhile columbias are all 150

[quasi kayak]

yes

they want to see how cogent and impactful you can be with a limited space

[wise haven]

250 is great

[calm minnow]

are there psets at columbia, similar to MIT? i wanna reuse one of my MIT essays for columbia lol

[zinc tinsel]

are y’all being creative w/ the columbia supps?? i feel like the word count is too short

[native hatch]

yes

there’s psets in physics and math

[calm minnow]

Cool beans

[wise haven]

new pfp?

[native hatch]

for not

now

i’m just a girl.

🎀

[jovial flume]

how is columbais core cirriculum differnt?

[native hatch]

different from what

i mean for one it’s a lot more structured (33% of the courses you take at columbia will be core) and for two it’s very worldly

you get a strong liberal arts education while pursuing whatever else it is that you intend to pursue

and they’re usually pretty decent for your gpa

[calm minnow]

i have no idea what to write for the why us essay, literally im applying because its t20 cs, the campus was really nice when i visited, and its in new york lol. i dont wanna name drop some random professors or courses i looked up but idk what else to say thats unique lmao

[split fractal]

is writing abt the core curriculum too repetitive for ao’s 💀 i feel like practically everyone writes abt it

[native hatch]

so i’d talk about where you came from & where you want to go and how columbia will take you there

academically personally etc

[calm minnow]

does columbia have a pretty good entrepreneurship program?

[native hatch]

mm yeah i’d say so

anything finance/econ here is pretty good

[small wadi]

What is an entrepreneurship program

[calm minnow]

ill probably just talk about why i got into cs, what i want to learn more about, and then some specific resources they have that I could use

[calm minnow]

getting people involved with startups

[native hatch]

oh there’s huge startup culture lol

and lots of funding for that too

[calm minnow]

nice nice

[devout mirage]

has any1 been accepted? i could use sum help with these supps theyre killin me

[loud bay]

holy shit

i cannot answer the 100 word list LOL i do fucking nothing outside of school

my lazy ass is not allowed at columbia i think

worse comes to worst i just spam all of the piano books i have and fill that shit up instantly

[native hatch]

unfortunately i’ve been accepted and attend

😟

[loud bay]

i think it might be the piano book angle

💀

[native hatch]

das crazy

i put some school books

[loud bay]

🗿

[devout mirage]

could i dm u

or was u not talkin to me 😭

[native hatch]

you can

just be warned i’m kinda sick rn so i might disappear randomly and i’m also not good at responding to dms quickly

[loud bay]

evaporates irl randomly

https://tenor.com/bzz4j.gif

there's something going around i think

[devout mirage]

alr 🙏

[loud bay]

my eldest sibling came home from college near philadelphia with a sickness

infected me

💀

same symptoms as other ppl on my swimming team

joever

[native hatch]

im literally dying and it was only after i got home

[molten mortar]

r u busy

atm

i wanna send u my suppl too

[native hatch]

im not busy

[molten mortar]

Ok

[native hatch]

feel free to send

i’ll prob get out my laptop in 30 min

[molten mortar]

do yk whats the dating life at columbia like Btw?

[loud bay]

THE important questions.

[native hatch]

HA HA HA

ha hahahahahah

umm

hahahahaha

[molten mortar]

im srs 🤣

its NYC

so im liek

is dating cool

??

[native hatch]

dating apps

[molten mortar]

Hookups?

[civic valve]

@native hatch ur pfp is so cute

[molten mortar]

BROO

[native hatch]

hookups

yeah

[molten mortar]

columbia kids got time for that?

[native hatch]

mainly hinge/grindr/tinder

[native hatch]

yes

plenty of time for that

[molten mortar]

YESS

[native hatch]

too much time one might say

it’s easy to find people to date but most won’t commit

so yeah

but i feel that’s dating in general

[molten mortar]

i need to fall in love at Columbia University.

[loud bay]

oh fuck

i can literally just copy and paste the sources i used in debate

LOL

https://tenor.com/zbNkZ4lqHj.gif

it's not a lie

im such a fucking fraud LOL

[native hatch]

ha ha ha

oh to be young and in love in nyc.

i am.

[loud bay]

damn

🐸

is it fun

[quasi kayak]

realest ever

[native hatch]

there’s a lot of aspects that are fun and a lot that are frustrating as fuck

as is with most things in life

hard to get bored of doing things in nyc tho

[molten mortar]

NEWW

YORKK

[quasi kayak]

i knew i wanted to be in nyc and nyc for four years w need met is the way to be!

[native hatch]

nyc is a fun place to be in ur late teens and early 20s

[jovial flume]

could I as well pleaseee

[quartz yoke]

this 100 word list is cooking me

[wise haven]

light work u guys need hobbies or smth bro

[quartz yoke]

did u list any websites

its mostly the formatting thats making me tweak

this stuff is weird

[devout mirage]

i personally did

but dud this diversity essay is violating me horribly

[quartz yoke]

i recycled hella supplementals its just the list now

how much of the link did u include for the websites

[devout mirage]

none, just say the name

[quartz yoke]

and howd u format it

like the list

[devout mirage]

as a fucking phat brick of words

😭

[quartz yoke]

im boutta list google as one of the websites

[devout mirage]

ayyyy welcome to the rejection squad gangy

[quartz yoke]

you list any youtubers?

[devout mirage]

yuh

i listed a song 💀

but naw i deadass did develop from it

good music rlly hits u like dat frfr

[molten mortar]

i listed carti and drake

am i cooked?

[devout mirage]

WTF LMFAOOOOOO

[molten mortar]

its over 😭

[devout mirage]

bro imagine a 90 year old admissions officer

looking thru and seeing

playboi carti

and being like wtf

whos that

if they get curious and listen to a single song ur done for

[molten mortar]

nah word its filler rn i might change it later

[quartz yoke]

anyone else get sent a book from columbia

[devout mirage]

what..

[quartz yoke]

they sent me a whole ass signed book from an astronaut

[devout mirage]

HUH??????

bro

who tf are u

the child of a celebrity or sum?

[quartz yoke]

idk but they just sent me a whole copy

ima list it down so theyll think i read it

[devout mirage]

wait

this is such a hit or miss

theyll either be like oh nice he read our book W

or theyll be like well yea no shit ur gonna put that down monkey we sent u it

[quartz yoke]

its such a long title tho bro my word count is gonna get cooked

[devout mirage]

😭

[quartz yoke]

Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut's Guide to Achieving the Impossible by Mike Massimino

bro

thats half the supplemental right there

ima do it i have a fee waiver anyways

[glossy ledge]

I used a 10 word long book

[devout mirage]

no

dont put authors

thats prolly where ur word count went

[quartz yoke]

no authors?

[devout mirage]

only put authors if theres another book reasonably popular with the same name

or like

for example i listed the song american pie

which shares the exact same name as that shitty ass raunchy ass show abt kids losing their virginity

so i had to specify its don mcleans american pie

not shitty mcshitfaces american pie

[quartz yoke]

what if the dudes an astronaut from columbia university

[devout mirage]

then theyll know the book was written by him

i mean they sent u the damn thing ffs

if they dont know that an alumnus wrote it id honestly cry

[quartz yoke]

should i whip out the AP textbooks and youtube videos

[devout mirage]

oh fuck no

[quartz yoke]

too desperate ur right

[native hatch]

u don’t have to specify it was written by mass lol

they know mass

everyone knows mass

[devout mirage]

@native hatch can u check dms pls 🙏

[native hatch]

yes give me a few

[quartz yoke]

i have a pretty solid list ngl

though its heavily tech oriented

am i cooked?

[glossy ledge]

Nah I put just stuff I like

[devout mirage]

if u ask this one more time gangy

nah but fr tho its fine

[civic valve]

oh i lit just put my hobbies and stuff

[devout mirage]

as long as ur applying for smth tech related

[civic valve]

i put no like scientific journals and stuff HAHAHS

[devout mirage]

it wouldnt make sense to have 90% be tech shit and apply for art

[quartz yoke]

yeah i just dont wanna appear one dimensional tho

[native hatch]

i did not either

don’t worry

[glossy ledge]

I put no tech but I’m doing comp sci am I cooked

[native hatch]

no

[vernal scroll]

is it easier to get into SEAS or CC for CS?

[devout mirage]

no

[native hatch]

seas has a slightly higher acceptance rate

[quartz yoke]

i talked about tech in three supplementals am i cooked

[native hatch]

but both are hard to get into

[devout mirage]

bro omg

[glossy ledge]

😭💀

[devout mirage]

no unless its all the same story rehashed 3 times

[native hatch]

tldr it doesn’t matter ur not cooked ur fine

goes for everyone here

[quartz yoke]

nah its not the same story

[native hatch]

they evaluate holistically

[molten mortar]

i'm COOOKEDD

[devout mirage]

yea if its 3 diff things then ur fine bro

if u like tech this much you shoulda applied mit bro

[quartz yoke]

i woulda if they werent tryna be so different with their MyMIT app

[devout mirage]

ikr

[quartz yoke]

(im lazy)

[devout mirage]

and georgetown too

like who tf yall think u are

[atomic sluice]

most of mine are one word names so i'm let with 30 ish words

[quartz yoke]

would listing resources for cooking technically count for intellectual development

like some famous chefs

[atomic sluice]

I would say so

[quartz yoke]

based

80 words i think im chilling

[devout mirage]

im ean yea

[atomic sluice]

I have 67 💀

like 27 resources

[vernal scroll]

How do you know? I can't find any information online.

[quartz yoke]

now i just need to tweak the diversity essay and write the why us essay

but ngl 150 word count is painful

i need atleast 300

[vernal scroll]

Are you guys CS?

[native hatch]

some weird statistic you can find in # admitted/applied to seas vs cc

[native hatch]

i might be a cs double? rn im astrophysics and math maybe cs-math

[vernal scroll]

I would like to persue a CS or CS-Math + Philosophy double major. I really don't know what would be a better choice to do. I wouldn't mind not studying phil, I just want to get in. I don't have published research and only have a 1540 (780 M). Would SEAS or CC be better for me?

[quartz yoke]

im CE

[vernal scroll]

I've gone to ISEF but my project was in embedded systems

[quartz yoke]

depends how much u wanna specialize in CS i think

if u like CS alot then SEAS

how should i refer to SEAS in a supplemental? just SEAS or like Fu Foundation or the full name

[calm minnow]

dawg columbia would cost me about 48k per year based on npc, no chance im going now lmao. ill still apply tho cuz you never know, not as outrageous as the 59k at cornell bruh

[golden flint]

@quasi kayak ahhh cj i finished my why columbia essay do you wanna glance at it and tell me if its good or not

idc if ur opinion is subjective

[native hatch]

CC

Cs-math is only in cc

and same w philosophy

i was test optional and didn’t have published research and im in cc

[wise haven]

i have a 1540 ur fine

[golden flint]

so for my text prompt i included a really cool poem by a Palestinian author, will an AO get pressed?

it sucks that i have to worry about this but

[vernal scroll]

@native hatch you've been a godsend. Would you mind reviewing my Columbia supps?

[loud bay]

this is pretty funny

my 100 word list is like

all things about the prison-industrial system

💀

bc i just did debate my freshman year

[jovial flume]

does columbia have any people related CS classes?

[quasi kayak]

i didn’t have published research and a 1540 is good lol. CC if you want to do anything humanities

[low hedge]

oh my god i finally finished the essays

i just need to answer the research paper question

[lyric mist]

btw what if my referee for the columbia's slideroom maker portfolio is too late to give their recommendation letter?

[quasi kayak]

columbia will accept lors or supporting materials after the deadline

[hybrid bay]

nah slideroom is due same day as app

that's fine slideroom doesnt require a rec letter

its optional

[quasi kayak]

hope this helps!

[hybrid bay]

pooookieeee

slideroom has a section for rec letter

its specifically an extra one for the maker portfolio

they're not supposed to send directly to columbia

[lyric mist]

its optional?

[hybrid bay]

yes

[quasi kayak]

okay whateva

[lyric mist]

this is for teacher recommendation letters in application

not slideroom

[lyric mist]

but for me it shows an astrix infront of the referee question

[quasi kayak]

hm. i don’t know if they care

as in i don’t know if they consider that LOR

[devout mirage]

Worst case they'll just reach out to referee latee

[lyric mist]

ig that makes sense

[quasi kayak]

they require someone who can corroborate your artistic work

[devout mirage]

Ik they reached out to my referee for arts sup

[lyric mist]

but they are also askign my referee's phone number

[devout mirage]

Even tho she alrd wrote rec

[devout mirage]

Yeah so they can contact

[quasi kayak]

not that they need to write a letter of recommendation. they just need to know you do what you do fr

[lyric mist]

i dont have it, and he is not responding to my emails

i wish he does soon

[quasi kayak]

not a teacher?

[lyric mist]

ig

[lyric mist]

he is a teacher

and a club mentor

[quasi kayak]

put your school’s number + extension?

[lyric mist]

ykw

good idea actually

i was thinking of putting my school's contact info for the phone number

its outside of the US anyways, so prob they wont contact it

but you people think it will be fine if he submits his letter to corroborate my efforts after the deadline

[quasi kayak]

yes

[rotund rapids]

Anyone willing to read a Columbia supp 😭

[wet cape]

@quartz yoke sry for the ping but I saw u got moonshot as well. did u get into epc perchance?

[quartz yoke]

nope

i did it mostly for the fee waiver since i heard about it last minute

[wet cape]

prolly sent it out to everyone who applied to epc then ig 😭

[wet cape]

ya same lmao

[quartz yoke]

im still debating on actually including it on the supplemental

idk if it sounds pretentious or not

[wet cape]

I don't rly know if it would help or hurt so if u have a good narrative to write off it u should do that!

[proud hawk]

idk what other ooks to writeeee

[quartz yoke]

my why us is so scuffed

[uneven tiger]

My list of text resources and music is all mostly fun stuff rather than intellectual

Is that okay

I have a few that I consider to have helped in my intellectual development

however not all of them

[regal knoll]

well u should be answering the question

they're asking those that *helped with ur intellectual development *

so if the fun stuff ACTUALLY did help develop your intellect then fine

but if not then it's better to put in educational youtubers or books or sth

[devout mirage]

not the best look but it’s fine as long as ur not lying abt them helping ur development I suppose

[uneven tiger]

Some youtubers and podcasts helped with my development aswell

but they’re too ‘popular culture’

if that makes sense

[devout mirage]

I put down peaky blinders 😭

ur fine as long as ur deadass I think

[uneven tiger]

Okay good then

[vernal scroll]

for journals, can we abbreviate for example CVPR vs Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

[regal knoll]

Can anybody please read my Columbia essays 🙏

[blazing jungle]

Literally every college has psets

[sturdy dagger]

🧊 Hi, I need to name someone as a mentor. I don't have any would it be okay If I put my parent's name and details? 🧊

[regal knoll]

nani why me????

uhhhh

[sturdy dagger]

Sorry wrong ping 🧊

[regal knoll]

what is this mentor thing for?

[sturdy dagger]

🧊 Research/Makers portfolio🧊

[regal knoll]

oh

yea then idk i'm not submitting anything

sorry can't help

[sturdy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/cubemelt-cubemelt-gif-ice-cube-ok-okay-gif-15633646

[sturdy dagger]

@quasi kayak

🧊 Maybe you can help 🧊

🧊 @native hatch, sorry for ping but if you can look into it 🧊

[native hatch]

no

if you didn’t have a mentor for research you shouldn’t be putting it in the abstract w a contact

[sturdy dagger]

🧊 But the contact is mandatory to give for makers portfolio🧊

[native hatch]

ohh for a maker portfolio

yeah probably idk

else see if u can name a teacher

[sturdy dagger]

🧊 My teachers don't know my subjects well 🧊

[native hatch]

i would try to avoid naming a parent over someone else in ur life

[sturdy dagger]

🧊 Any ideas on whom can I name?🧊

[native hatch]

have you worked with an advisor or asked anyone for help regarding your maker portfolio that you know irl

[devout mirage]

V good

[sturdy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/cubemelt-cubemelt-gif-icecube-no-nope-gif-15633648

[dusk trellis]

caly did u submit your research abstract when u applied?

i have a doubt regarding that

[native hatch]

i didn’t

all my research was done at a summer program

so i just submitted that LOR

[winged hinge]

i wish i had gone to like. summer programs for research

[regal knoll]

@native hatch can u read my Columbia essay pls

[exotic mortar]

i mean you're here

so like

[regal knoll]

🙏

[exotic mortar]

did it matter

[regal knoll]

[native hatch]

i might not be able to read everything i have covid rn and haven’t been feeling the best but i’ll try to look through dms in an hour or so

[regal knoll]

oh no god bless you

i'll send you my supps but if u can't read it it's fine

take care of urself first

[jovial flume]

amen

[native hatch]

doesn’t matter that much or really at all tbh. i just got rlly lucky (i only applied to one program i thought was cool and happened to get in) and that was my only real shot at getting research in the field i wanted to in hs

[jovial flume]

for Columbia's essays, i said my aspect of diversity was humility. can I mention how i would further that/connect it to something else in another columbia sup

[native hatch]

Yes

just don’t reuse content completely

it’s fine to have overlaps

[jovial flume]

but i mean like are they expecting differnt answers or?

[winged hinge]

nah but it woudlve been more fun haha

[winged hinge]

slayy

[native hatch]

they’re not expecting anything and you shouldn’t cater to what they expect

it’s whatever you want to voice

you shouldn’t cater to one audience you should voice yourself how you want to unabashedly

[exotic mortar]

imma be honest i hate the essays that ask you to talk about one aspect of your lived experience

it's so lazy and it's so bad

it doesn't help that i have a bad essay written for it and need to think of abetter one

[winged hinge]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-spilling-milk-milk-spilling-gif-25553835

[exotic mortar]

me rn

unironically

i tried to pour milk this morning into a cereal bowl

but i was so tired

that i poured it like

outside the bowl

for a solid 10 seconds

before realizing what was going on

if that makes sense

[winged hinge]

💀

bro

💀

LMFAO

im just chlllin

[coral ibex]

does columbia maker have a difference in app process

like choosing to do one

for cs

[wise haven]

I’m officially a college student like Caly now that I’ve woken up at 1:30

[native hatch]

wtf i woke up at like 8am

today

[rotund rapids]

Does Columbia email ur research advisor for the abstract submission. My RA was asking so he could be on the look out for an email

[winged hinge]

slay

i woke up at 11

[uneven tiger]

Does columbia admit by school

Like different ao’s for columbia college and columbia engineering

[wise haven]

Today

[native hatch]

Yes

[native hatch]

not usually

[rotund rapids]

gotchu thanks

[uneven tiger]

Thank god

[primal kernel]

has anyone done reasearch at Columbia?

[proud hawk]

i think imma give up on columbia

[devout mirage]

do it for nyc

listen to empire state of mind for motivation

[native hatch]

im trying to lol

😭

next sem hopefully

[jovial flume]

do you guys understand how to do Columbia's intellectual influence free response?

it sats no authors or anything but then what does it mean by " subtitles or explanatory remarks are needed." ?

[native hatch]

i mean technically i am already

[native hatch]

like just list the names of the media u consume

you don’t need to explain what it is or who wrote it

[jovial flume]

oh so like if its a book, put it under teh book tab type of thing?

[native hatch]

ye

[jovial flume]

when it says intellectual influences does it really mean like anything?

[wise haven]

Yea

[jovial flume]

like even if I put down people that they do now know?

[primal kernel]

wdym?

can u dm me if its a long response

[native hatch]

im in a club technically working w a lab rn and conducting research into building a certain space instrument we’ve been granted funding for

[primal kernel]

a columbia lab?

[native hatch]

Yes

i go to columbia

[primal kernel]

ohhh, sorry i meant for high schoolers

[native hatch]

oh okay i have no clue then 😭

[primal kernel]

like do professors in columbia allow high schoolers to come and do research?

[native hatch]

sometimes

but it’s generally low level

you can find which labs take high schoolers on their web pages

[primal kernel]

low level?

[native hatch]

like, you won’t be doing anything novel

[primal kernel]

oh yea, i assumed

[primal kernel]

the web pages of the lab?

is it the ciumc thing cuase thats what im on rn

[native hatch]

Yes

[native hatch]

CUIMC is the medical center

rather the medical campus lol

[jovial flume]

can I put down people that they do now know?

for columbia list

[hybrid bay]

Finally got the Nasa book

[boreal venture]

cuimc cute

[native hatch]

i listed subreddits

they will know what r/ means

[true wagon]

Good day

[jovial flume]

stressed day

[jovial flume]

i have 30 words left for my intelectual development thing, is that fine?

[hybrid bay]

Yes

[jovial flume]

really?

[devout mirage]

if uve concisely conveyed what u wanted to convey in 120 words, ur fine

no point in making it 140 and shoving 20 random words down aos throats

[coral ibex]

if ur a cs major and dont do a maker portfolio

[jovial flume]

its (100 words or fewer)*

[coral ibex]

is that decreasing chances a lot

im still doing research supp

[devout mirage]

oh fuck yea mb but point still stands

[jovial flume]

yes

[rotund rapids]

yeah it's more than fine but tbh i think for that question u probs do engage with some other media to an extent?

so maybe add whatever u have but ofc if u did everything then it's calm

maybe some big poop culture things u engage with could be nice too since it could maybe connect u w an AO if they use that source of media too

[jovial flume]

yeah, like i jus didn't think its a good idea to start listing of like tik tok body builders or something yk

[rotund rapids]

😭

okay i feel that but idk any yt channels, podcasts, etc too

but again if u exhuasted everything, then it's more than fine

[jovial flume]

for where it says to include technical remarks would that mean like

something like this

Magnus Carlsen - chess grandmaster

to specifcy when needed

[native hatch]

i guess so. they’ll know who he is though

[hazy nacelle]

yea i wouldnt specific magnus carlsen

maybe if its someone more less known

or something less known

[mental garnet]

omg please take care 🫂

[fallen fossil]

does anyone know where i can find a course directory for columbia? every time i click on the link its an error

[blazing jungle]

Everyone knows Magnus Carlsen lmao

Also to anyone who doesn’t, calling him a chess grandmaster is a vast understatement

[native hatch]

uhh ssol

i think they built it into um vergil now

if you want me to look smth up for you i can

you might need UNI for that

[bitter iris]

so then how would they expect you to list courses

if its open to current students

[hybrid bay]

they dont

[native hatch]

^

i just remember they built ssol into vergil

mid semester

[bitter iris]

ah ok i see

[fallen fossil]

so basically i can’t find it

damn ok

could i talk about a major for the “why columbia” that i also mentioned in another response

[native hatch]

Yes

but i would try to refrain from completely reusing content

[fallen fossil]

mmmmmmmmm ok

could i talk about a club

[native hatch]

ye

[fallen fossil]

alright

[lyric mist]

do you think it is a good idea to put my code for game development in the columbia's slideroom portal for my maker's portfolio?

but the problem is that there are just too many scripts in it, so it might be just a clutter of coding mess

[tardy hedge]

how many things is a good range to list for the first supplement

[hybrid bay]

my one columbia essay has 6 em dashes

im cooked

[wise haven]

Gg

[deep warren]

would it be fine to put music artists in my list for columbia

[split fractal]

why does columbia ask for the mailing address of the research mentor?

[spring turtle]

On common app does columbia have an option where you can upload a resume?

[proud hawk]

i rushed finished cornell

i dont think imma get in but doesnt hurt to tru

[uneven tiger]

Can someone look at two supplementals Im writing

I can review and read back if anyone wants

[dusky mirage]

is it a 🚩 to mention Joe Rogan’s podcast in the first resources prompt 🥴

[modern steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/death-gif-20834117

[dusky mirage]

y’all i’m serious 😎 don’t wanna be autorejected

[devout mirage]

i wouldnt

too mcuh weird shit goes on in there

[dusky mirage]

i don’t want to be associated w his chronically online fans

just really like his debates 💀

[dusky mirage]

i’ll take your word for it

was ab to submit 😭😭

[devout mirage]

there are so many debaters who are much better n knowledgeable and much less toxic

[dusky mirage]

i wrote ben shapiro at first 💀💀💀💀💀

then realized

[devout mirage]

better than joe rogan

[dusky mirage]

oh?

[devout mirage]

but prolly not great for US

he has some certain takes that ppl dont like

REALLY dont like

[dusky mirage]

right

i’ll just do neil degrasse or some shit

[livid tendon]

does anyone have like an example verson of their list of resources for intellectual development

like idk about mine I think it might be like

more just things I like than things that are very

studious or whatever😬 😬 😬

like should if be like just academic stuff or is it a place where I can just put stuff I genuinely like that I feel have shaped me kinda

[modern steppe]

why collumbia college essay

or why major essay?

that attraction one?

[quasi kayak]

you are the third person to ask this

[modern steppe]

hey

did you do that essay like that

this

[quasi kayak]

read the directions yall

your woes will be fixedc

[rain raven]

cj I realized I never turned in my writing supps until now 💀

[quasi kayak]

ur fine tho?

[rain raven]

yeah I just forgot

hopefully AOs haven't thrown out my thingy

[quasi kayak]

review doesn't start untnil the deadline ends

ur fine

[tardy hedge]

how many things is a good range to list for the first supplement

[dusky mirage]

my bad

[quasi kayak]

i'm just joking

but like i woulden't do it

[dusky mirage]

yeah dw I deleted it

[stone dawn]

i just put videos and some conferences ive been to on my resource list

i dont need to put books/journals right

[fallen fossil]

do you guys think it’s worth mentioning at all that my mother used to go to Columbia but had to drop out? it’s an interesting story but i don’t want to try to shoehorn it in and make the essays seem awkward

[rotund ingot]

legacy 😮

[fallen fossil]

not legacy

she didn’t finish her degree

[rotund ingot]

rip 🙏

half legacy then

i'd talk abt it

[fallen fossil]

i put columbia as an unfinished degree for her on the family section though

[fallen fossil]

yeah but idk where to put it and i think it would be awkward to smush it into an essay where it’s not that relevant

i think i can either put it in my additional info section (only for columbia) or just not mention it

[rotund ingot]

additional info? (maybe you just tick yes on the legacy question)

holymoly

[fallen fossil]

nah i won’t say im legacy when im not 😭

maybe i’ll try to mention it in the obstacle essay idk

[rotund ingot]

is there any clubs/programs @ columbia that allows undergrads to come back to HS and tutor em

[fallen fossil]

there are some tutoring clubs, but they’re mostly for elementary and middle schoolers. if i recall correctly, one included kids up to 9th grade

[rotund ingot]

gosh darn it

[fallen fossil]

https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/life/here/clubs/listings

if you scroll down to the “service” category you’ll find them

[rotund ingot]

nice thanks

the student groups link

keeps linking me to get a columbia domain

[fallen fossil]

that’s weird, i can see it. would you like me to just take screenshots of the tutoring groups?