Columbia University (2023-2024)

[rotund ingot]

nah this link works

[fallen fossil]

alright then

[rotund ingot]

thanks

[fallen fossil]

good luck 🫡

[rotund ingot]

you too

[native hatch]

Yes, plenty

in what field?

https://www.lionclubs.info

[uneven tiger]

Does anyone know any courses that analyze love besides ‘The Psychology of Close Relationships’

in Columbia

[wise haven]

u could take psych classes

and look through their descriptions

[glossy ledge]

Can I put manga for the Columbia intellectual development

[native hatch]

core does

literally lit hum

sappho, odyssey, the iliad, the oresteia, the bible

etc etc etc

all have eros

and symposium

yes

look at philosophical classes too i guess

[wise haven]

yea

i did

[uneven tiger]

I am currently looking at them

[wise haven]

damn

[uneven tiger]

okay I will

Im trying to pursue

psych major

[glossy ledge]

Ok thanks

[wise haven]

dont put some weird shit tho

u know that

[native hatch]

ic then def look thru psych classes

[uneven tiger]

and am lookin at all the classes seminars etc they offer on love and close relationships

[wise haven]

like berserk is fine but if u put "rent a gf" or some shit

[native hatch]

idt anything i put was particularly weird on my media list 💀

and i don’t know anyone who put anything questionable either

[glossy ledge]

That’s subjective

[winged hinge]

BERSERK IS FINE

💀

[native hatch]

so it might be a smart idea to forgo anything that could raise eyebrows

[winged hinge]

i put scott pilgrim

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[native hatch]

ya i put a lot of horror movies

and a lot of chess/astro/philosophy/art t stuff

[glossy ledge]

I hope Columbia wants me 🙏

[wise haven]

berserk is fine

imo

IMO

cmon that shit is heat

the ao will forgive u

[native hatch]

columbia don’t want me unfortunately

[wise haven]

i can tell

[native hatch]

that’s why they sent me home

i was too OP

they will se e me again in january.

[glossy ledge]

I was just reading it this morning 😭

[winged hinge]

bro........

eclipse

🤐

[devout mirage]

||u mean the sotry where ppl get r4p3d by demons, horses, and all kinds of other shit all whilst a guy is chasing after a chick thats constantly getting kidnapped and to get to her he goes through literal hell and torture? yea we good on dat||

[winged hinge]

yea

[wise haven]

worth

i regret nothing

peak is peak

[wise haven]

i stand by my statement

[devout mirage]

gangy u messed up

[wise haven]

i didnt put it

relax

i still stand by my statement tho

[devout mirage]

no.

i disagree that u agree with ur statement

[hybrid bay]

this research abstract fml

[weak delta]

I just didnt do it 😭

[uneven tiger]

The courses website is so fucked

Why cant I find what professors teach what course

[bitter iris]

if u did research with a prof outside of columbia does that count

[rain raven]

yay

[native hatch]

Yes

[native hatch]

either

1. the course isn’t offered in the semester you’re looking at
2. there’s an unconfirmed professor for the course
3. you have to look at sections of who’s teaching what

[bitter iris]

i see, i did one project over the summer but there was no paper written that i could find, should i clarify this in addtl info section for columbia

[native hatch]

list as an ec

[split fractal]

is any columbia student able to read two of my supps

[uneven tiger]

I see like two seperate faculty members who teach that course. Should I just mentione the courses name or the prof too in my supp

[uneven tiger]

Also I didn’t see this in common app. I completed research with a mentor in my country does that count? If yes, What do I have to submit?

I replied to wrong message sorry

[native hatch]

course

multiple profs can teach the same course

[native hatch]

there should be a research supplement question

afaik towards the end idk

maybe additional info

[uneven tiger]

I was a research assistant tho I didn’t author it. Should I still submit it

[native hatch]

if you didn’t author it and won’t be named as a contributor if they call up your mentor

then don’t put it

[uneven tiger]

Is being a research assistant being a contributor? Sorry if this question is dumb

[uneven tiger]

I think they didnt offer it at 2023 at all Should I just mention the course either way

[native hatch]

yes

[native hatch]

i would guess so

[uneven tiger]

Can I dm u for a question

[native hatch]

yeah

[steep lodge]

can someone pls give me feedback on my personal essay 😭

[uneven tiger]

Can someone pls look at my supplementals

[rotund rapids]

if ur okay w '28 ppl

i can rq

[jovial flume]

thats what I did

dont think it matters

[fallen fossil]

i can submit it tomorrow morning right

well like this morning ig

[jovial flume]

should be able to yeah, its supposed to be due the night of the first

I think it goes of eastern time tho

[fallen fossil]

yeah i’m in est

[bitter iris]

gonna do columbia now

[rotund rapids]

W

[jovial flume]

at least you can cook

it takes me 7 hours for 150 words

(I cant write btw)

[mental garnet]

caly (current columbia student) sent theirs a while ago

[shrewd blaze]

hi

can i report olympiad scores as wel?

[dense gyro]

yes i believe so!

[devout mirage]

does columbia have a grace period for rd apps

and if so does anyone know how long it is

[split fractal]

for the adversity supplement, would it be fine to write abt how my mom was like suddenly admitted to the hospital once and had a false diagnosis of a major illness & the stress attached w that (obstacle) and how this issue led to my desire to advance healthcare thru tech entrepreneurship (insight gained)

[devout mirage]

yea

that sounds like a good response

[split fractal]

is it like too focused on an obstacle my mom faced tho and not me

[devout mirage]

focus more on the insight

[devout mirage]

nah as long as u emphasize the emotional turmoil u experienced from ur mother's false diagnosis and the burden it put on you and your academics

[split fractal]

ah okay, it didnt rlly affect my academics cuz it was during a summer break but i'll def write the emotional turmoil part

[devout mirage]

yea if you have any siblings

you can talk about taking care of them

and having to become like the man/woman of the household

something like that i dont really know what u experienced

but speak genuinely and connect it to themes of responsibility and maturity

[split fractal]

im a younger sibling 😭 but i think i could weave in some responsibility aspect in there esp as they diagnosed my mom w an illness that my grandfather died from (died before i was born)

so i could maybe write abt taking on more responsibility due to the higher emotional turmoil for my dad and older sister

[devout mirage]

yea that sounds like a good idea

good luck

[split fractal]

ty! are you applying this year too?

[rose zenith]

being youngest with responsibilities as if you’re the oldest one is impressive too

[devout mirage]

yea

gonna cram all my supps in at the last minute lol

[split fractal]

same i have sm due this week and ive barely started them

[split fractal]

gl to you as well!

[devout mirage]

lol tmr im gonna be finishing my personal statement, writing half my harvard supps, and revising princeton

then writing colubia if i have time

they usually have a grace period right

[split fractal]

oooh nice, did you rewrite your personal statement?

[devout mirage]

yup yesterday

i like it a lot more now

but still need to write a good amount

and polish

[split fractal]

yeah i think i saw some ppl on reddit say they applied like a lil bit after the deadline but it was still fine

[devout mirage]

what's a little bit

like an hour or two?

[split fractal]

yeah basically that

[devout mirage]

ok

i mean worst case

it's ok if they dont accept it

i dont even want to go to nyc 💀

yea

tbh i might just not apply

and spend time polishing harvard and princeton essays

and my personal statement

[split fractal]

yeah thats prob smart

[shrewd blaze]

What if it’s not that prestigious

[devout mirage]

if it's a good score/placement u should still report it cant really hurt

[devout mirage]

what olympiad is it

[versed current]

last day guys!!

good luck

if anyone's up for it, we could cross-review each other's supps

[shrewd blaze]

What if it’s a perfect score

[shrewd blaze]

It’s an international Olympiad but i don’t think think it’s as prestigious as AIME, AMC 10

[uneven tiger]

Im up for it

[versed current]

please dm me, i'll reply in a while though

[uneven tiger]

Jus did, dw

[dusk trellis]

wait so i wrote the whole research paper my mentor just gave me tips and feedback etc etc and gave me a roadmap and guided me so what will my title be? author?

[devout mirage]

columbia's 4th supplemental 💀

[shrewd blaze]

do i just state the time i spent or describe each task and the time i spent on it?

[rotund thistle]

Who will review the submitted research supplement, AOs or Faculty?

[native hatch]

are you an author of the paper

if ur an author of the paper yes

[dusk trellis]

yes

like i wrote all of it

ok

[native hatch]

time you spent on it

[native hatch]

probably AOs but if they need to clarify smth, faculty

[shrewd blaze]

but didnt it say that i need to describe it?

[rugged peak]

im still writing my why columbia essay

any tips?

[native hatch]

put whatever you feel is best idk 😭

[shrewd blaze]

Bruh

[dark junco]

Is anyone able to see their supplemental essay responses when they save their columbia application as a pdf?

[fallen fossil]

should i put no for “have any relatives attended columbia university” because my mother never finished her degree

[calm field]

no im pretty sure the columbia app and the supps are separate (as in separate pdfs)

[weak delta]

I mean she attended

So it counts

[fallen fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/kranomia-klopp-happy-celebrate-gif-14221809

[dark junco]

wait so when i hit review and submit application and go to the preview i should see two pdfs?

bc rn i only see one

[fallen fossil]

@weak delta yeah they have a no degree option so imma just say that

[weak delta]

Ye

Should i leave rhe server

I applied to college

[fallen fossil]

i’m gonna leave in february

once i get my ed2

[native hatch]

up to u

[fallen fossil]

if you leave it will be a sad day

[weak delta]

Uchicago

Rn im thinking ill stay to hear ppls decisions

[fallen fossil]

🫡

[arctic spruce]

Are the undergrad research symposium and the engineering and science research symposium two separate things?

or are they the same thing

[calm field]

after you submit your basic info you submit another separate app with just your supps

so there should be 2 separate pdfs you can download from commonapp

wait i also have a question to everyone here,
so for the list supplemental i have authors with multiple books or like a same universe (like sherlock holmes but the series name isnt as obvious) and i want to put "novels by author" but i was afraid that they'll look down on it since they say author names aren't needed

[winged hinge]

lmao i promise they wont look down on you

id avoid putting author names

do u wanna say specifics? feel free to dm me

but i wouldnt worry so much -- j put the titles

[calm field]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[winged hinge]

but if it's from a series maybe j put the series name? idk i put percy jackson series or smth lol

ya u got it

[native hatch]

Yes

[native hatch]

mhm just put names of series / books

[arctic spruce]

ah ok

just to confirm

the undergrad research symposium is open to students from both SEAS and CC right?

and the other one is only for SEAS ppl?

[quasi kayak]

oh my god it’s deadline day

[small wadi]

yes bro make sure to get your app in on time

[quasi kayak]

yeah i just gotta hit submit

[devout wadi]

shit 😭

[winged hinge]

💀

[devout wadi]

i indicated in my common app that i was going to submit a creative writing portfolio but the payment isn’t going through 😀

it’s still the day of the deadline tho no?

[devout mirage]

relative to your TZ no?

[devout wadi]

oh….

😭💀

i assumed it was standardized to est LOL

does that somehow make my application incomplete..

[native hatch]

Yes

hi folks you got this

[native hatch]

no you can still submit

they have a few hours of grace period

[devout wadi]

😭really

i keep getting this error

“PAYMENT ERROR: Declined: 15005-This transaction cannot be processed.”

i emailed them but aren’t they closed for the holidays rn

[golden flint]

drop yall's intellectual text essays

Hanan Mikha’il Ashrawi — From the Diary of an Almost-Four-Year-Old
Dear White People (book)
Movies/tv shows: the shrek franchise, bambi, ratatouille, 90 day fiance, the simple life w/paris hilton
Hood Feminism: Notes from a Movement White Feminists Forgot
Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose By Paris Hilton (her biography)
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) John Locke
The Curse of Beauty: The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel
Happy and You Know It by Laura Hankin
poetry: Evie Shockley, Of Speech, I am not sure, Frank O hara, a regretful mistake by fatima mamoun
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Ash, by Tracy K Smith

Mine's all over the place frrrr

[winged hinge]

bambi

[golden flint]

bambi 😭 i cry every time i watch that movie

[little juniper]

Lmao I love that everything here is from yesterday and then you drop John Locke

[golden flint]

cant forget rich dad, poor dad 🤩

peak hustle fr

[little juniper]

Books:
Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach;
The Guns of August;
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy;
The Coming of the French Revolution;
Frederick the Great: A Military History;
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia;
The Classical Athenian Democracy;
The Making of the English Working Class;
Essays:
The Median Isn't the Message;
Music:
Bringing It All Back Home;
Blonde on Blonde;
Shows:
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.;
Lectures:
The "Game" of Mathematics;
Websites:
Project: World At War;
1914-18 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War;
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (online);
Papers:
On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies

[golden flint]

the difference between our lists is like night and day

i wanted to add that cool show on netflix documenting a twin experiment but i think my ao will think im trolling

[uneven tiger]

Wait that means submitting a few hours after the deadline is okay?

[native hatch]

yeah but i would submit on time

[uneven tiger]

Thank you

Would someone be willing to look at my supps

[rotund ingot]

oh frick

was i supposed to

include authors

[native hatch]

No

[golden flint]

u can if u want

[native hatch]

you were supposed to not includ them

[rotund ingot]

phew

[golden flint]

oh crap

ill edit that thanks

def will double check then to make sure i follow the reqs

[rotund ingot]

Lateral with Tom Scott; The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast; XQchess; Jigsaw Explorer; The Count of Monte Cristo, Around the World in Eighty Days, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days; Sans Famille; The Great Gatsby, In Desert and Wilderness,; That Chemist; NileRed; apoc - Advanced Problems in Organic Chemistry; Atkins' Physical Chemistry,; How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, ; Phineas and Ferb; Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell;

bum rushing this so i was only able to get to 65/100

[uneven tiger]

Wait so no authors?

[rotund ingot]

also guess my major

[uneven tiger]

What if the name of a poem or something is too broad

Shouldn’t we specify the author

[golden flint]

i truly cannot tell

[rotund ingot]

ikr

[golden flint]

guess mine 😭

[hybrid bay]

humanities

Related

[rotund ingot]

history/law/playdoh eater

[little juniper]

I kinda plan on history

History and math

[rotund ingot]

i see

[golden flint]

yessir

[little juniper]

I will eat playdoh for sure

Playdoh is fine dining

Crayons for dessert

[native hatch]

chemistry

[rotund ingot]

close!

chemical engineering

at least i still shower

[rose zenith]

I was late for 1 min

[winged hinge]

oh we're twins

well

past tense

[rotund ingot]

i wish

[native hatch]

smh ENGINEER

[winged hinge]

MAN that's funny tho i also put nilered and kurzgesagt

[rotund ingot]

manifesting rn

[winged hinge]

twinnin

[rotund ingot]

i feel like my essays are fine af tho

[rose zenith]

my list was so bad I swear

69 words

shit ones

[rotund ingot]

mine is 65 words of good literature, football podcasts and good yt videos

[rotund ingot]

like i bet none of you here have ever had rat meat

[little juniper]

I only have one essay left to write for Columbia

That adversity essay

[golden flint]

do columbia aos have a sense of humor

[little juniper]

They aren't demons

[rotund ingot]

nuh uh they are automated robots that runs on lava lamp

[little juniper]

I am sure they have a sense of humor, just don't go too far obviously

[rotund ingot]

they pick out random applications from the pile

[golden flint]

what is to far

[rotund ingot]

then trash em or admit em

[little juniper]

Anything controversial

Or bathroom humor

[dark junco]

ok thanks!

[molten mortar]

how did u list a yt vid

[rotund ingot]

yt channels

mb

[molten mortar]

lkke channel name?

Ohh

[rotund ingot]

yeah

[molten mortar]

no specific titles of a video right

Ok

[little juniper]

Submitted

🎊

All I have left is my Yale application

[bitter iris]

Math program there is indeed better

[little juniper]

Lmao

Real af

The only two schools where my interest is actually specifically discussed at all are Harvard and Yale

and Stanford to some extent

[native hatch]

columbia math is rlly good

[golden flint]

ik someone who included peppa pig on their reading list

i cant troll like that LOL

[molten mortar]

did any1 include music artists

[little juniper]

I included albums by Bob Dylan

But technically not just artists in general

[rugged peak]

i was crying just two hours ago for not being able to finish the essays

now its submitted😝

[pure sonnet]

anybody who applied recently get their portal yet 🤡

[little juniper]

Why is the Columbia application separate from the writing supplements

So bizarre

[little juniper]

I won't expect it until tomorrow lol

[severe yacht]

why the fuck are the damn essays so short

[little juniper]

Because AOs are evil

This is the problem I have with every college app

I have to cut out like 90% of what I say until it turns into incomprehensible word salad

[severe yacht]

my diversity essay is 500 words and I had to cut it to 150 😢

exactly!!

I hope they step on legos

[little juniper]

I do not understand having 5 billion short essays instead of like 2 long essays

The breadth over depth approach is absurd

[severe yacht]

uchicago does it best

two long essays

no word limit specified

and the option to upload the essays allows me to beautifully typeset them in latex for AO's eyes

[little juniper]

Me writing a math paper for my AOs

[severe yacht]

frfr

I have included math equations in my uchicago essay

[little juniper]

I technically have some in my Common App essay

[native hatch]

latex college app 😭😭😭

[quasi kayak]

the end of an era

no more dm requests

[rugged peak]

somebody's applied to princeton

[rotund ingot]

i love how we can recognize which uni some1 is applying to based on topic and word count

[devout mirage]

it's a problem

[rotund ingot]

ik

[hybrid bay]

nooo

[severe yacht]

hehe

[severe yacht]

what did you put

[little juniper]

Stuff related to the inverse function theorem

[severe yacht]

ahh thats cool

[quasi kayak]

might major in music I AM CRAZY.

[devout mirage]

It's good

Being able to be very concise is important

Very easy to see who can actually write when wc is 150-200

[little juniper]

There's a difference between being concise and asking people to condense the most important parts of their life into a couple hundred words

[devout mirage]

Meh

[little juniper]

No one makes this excuse for Twitter character counts

Why would we for college apps

[devout mirage]

If you're introducing yourself to someone big you would also wanna be concise

It's a skill that you'll need

150 is a bit tight though

200 was better

[little juniper]

An elevator pitch is for products

Not your life story

[devout mirage]

Not really

If my ass met Warren buffet he'd give me like 2 min tops

[little juniper]

I am simply saying that it would be better to have one or two long prompts than like 9 billion short ones

[little juniper]

You aren't going to be giving Warren Buffett a biography

[devout mirage]

I might be soon

[devout mirage]

Short ones make you think about the purpose of every word and sentence you write, I see why they do it

Like I'm 99% sure if I read anyones essays here I could cut it in half and leave more space for specificity or more why us

[little juniper]

You can't ask people to "show, not tell" and then ask them to cut out all of the showing parts

Because that's what goes in the trash when you cut stuff out of your essays

[devout mirage]

Not if you're doing it right

Besides look carefully at the prompts for Columbia

Most of them want to know how you will contribute

Backstory isn't as important

Usually the good essays spend 30-40 words on background

[glossy ledge]

Damn well I ain’t getting accepted then

[devout mirage]

oh thats a fucking gg

cant wait to open "after careful review from the admissions committee, UNFORTUNATELY"

I mean all approaches work

[hybrid bay]

can u do this for me.

[devout mirage]

But generally if you spend less on background you can spend more on why columbia

2-3 things an essay

And tie it to your life story

Show not tell this way ^

[boreal venture]

😇

[devout mirage]

DM google docs

I'll do quick read

[hybrid bay]

thx

[devout mirage]

😇

[boreal venture]

i vouch guest

[devout mirage]

When do u go back

Upstate

[boreal venture]

19th

[devout mirage]

I might visit next sem

[boreal venture]

💀 why

[devout mirage]

Hiking n Cornell

Idk it's pretty

Nyc smells bad

[boreal venture]

lmfao

[little juniper]

I basically tried to weave my showing and telling together

instead of necessarily having separate sections of my essays

[devout mirage]

That's good

Yeah perf

[split fractal]

wait do they call your mentor? mine typically doesnt respond for a few days

[quasi kayak]

this is what my teacher said lol

[quasi kayak]

this is, actually, being concise

[little juniper]

I am quite concise

I still have trouble doing such things

[quasi kayak]

it's possible!

[golden flint]

uh

[quasi kayak]

worried for u guys

[bitter iris]

done!!

time to submit soon

[halcyon flame]

ngl guys

i'm starting my entire application rn.

to anyone who has finished all the supplementals- is this possible

[bitter iris]

yes

there is 2 suppps

that are so easy

[devout mirage]

is the admissions office for columbia closed today

[bitter iris]

anotehr why major

[mystic meadow]

Did anyone get a book from Columbia for applying to their EPC program 😭😭

[bitter iris]

another why us

[halcyon flame]

lets freaking go

[devout mirage]

yes

[halcyon flame]

i'm starting at 420 because magic

[bitter iris]

if u applied harv

[devout mirage]

was it only for people who applied to epc?

[bitter iris]

u can recycle prompt 1

[mystic meadow]

I believe so

[bitter iris]

yeah columbia is p easy

[mystic meadow]

It mentioned it in the letter I got

[bitter iris]

low word count acc helpful

[devout mirage]

it did?

[halcyon flame]

no cap

i do well w low word count

[devout mirage]

i went to epc and received like no letter just a book and a postcard 😭

[halcyon flame]

short direct to the point and they dont tske long at all

[devout mirage]

some of my friends who went didnt even get one at all

[mystic meadow]

I think I’m talking about the postcard

That’s weird bc I didn’t even get accepted to EPC

[devout mirage]

they got accepted to columbia tho

so ig theres no reason to recruit them

[mystic meadow]

Truee

Columbias lost 🥱

Should of accepted me for EPC

[halcyon flame]

r any of you guys familiar with athletic recruiting i need 2 cents right now

someone ❤️

[devout mirage]

did u get into any other fly ins?

[mystic meadow]

I only applied to mit’s and Columbia’s

💀💀

Got into neither

[devout mirage]

damn

well you ended up at stanford so ended up working out in the end

[mystic meadow]

I wasn’t expecting to get into them tho, I rushed them bc my counselor told me about it 2 days before MIT was due

[devout mirage]

i swear everyone rushed epc

i did mine in 2 days and just copied essays lmao

some kid did his in 30 mins

[mystic meadow]

That’s crazy

I don’t know why I didn’t just copy my essays

I wrote every one which was honestly so stressful

[devout mirage]

i used my dartmouth bound ones and some stanford ones

[mystic meadow]

I should have used my usc’s one bc they ateee

I’m kinda sad I never got to turn them in, they’re just collecting dust in my drive

[devout mirage]

why not

[mystic meadow]

Bc I applied through NCM

[devout mirage]

ohhhh

you're a qb scholar

[mystic meadow]

Yess I was afraid tho

[devout mirage]

WTF

and u didnt get in?

thats insane

like i get if you were middle class or rich but qb and didnt score either

that's crazy

[mystic meadow]

The only school I ranked was Stanford

[devout mirage]

W

[mystic meadow]

I think it’s bc the qb application is so intensive I got to expand on my background more

[devout mirage]

actually ur the 2nd kid who ik of who that has happened to

this kid named # didnt get into epc or wise either idt and matched stanford

[mystic meadow]

Waittt I think I know that guy

[devout mirage]

in a good way or bad way

[mystic meadow]

In a good way

I always see him on insta

[devout mirage]

he has opps here

[devout mirage]

lmao same

[mystic meadow]

Wait why does he have opps

[devout mirage]

idk ngl

i dont know too much about it

[mystic meadow]

He seems so nice

[devout mirage]

yeah he is from what i heard

[mystic meadow]

Are ppl jealous or did he actually do something bad

[devout mirage]

idk if he did anything bad

it's just other stuff

i wouldnt worry about it

[modern steppe]

guys am I fucked up my local time is 00.10 am

[devout mirage]

did u not submit?

[modern steppe]

what if I submit it in like 30 minutes?

[modern steppe]

didnt finish it

[devout mirage]

just submit asap

u could be fucked we dont know

[modern steppe]

how will I know

if I'm fucked

[devout mirage]

u wont

[mystic meadow]

Were you able to submit or was it locked or something

[modern steppe]

I'm using scoir

I submitted the first part

just the supplement section

is missing rn

[devout mirage]

i mean you could be fucked

we dont know

like some schools dont even consider if ur late

idk if columbia's that way

just submit asap

[halcyon flame]

just grind you can do it

anything os possible

[small wadi]

How tf are aos going to know what my books and stuff are about

If I shouldn’t list an author or anything lmao

[hazy nacelle]

i dont think that supp is too important

[native hatch]

hi everyone gl

[hazy nacelle]

hi

can u respond to my dm pls thanks

[quasi kayak]

i

slam the doee

i

hit ignore

good luck to my baddies. yall will get in insha allah

[uneven tiger]

Hey how long is that grace period you were talking about

I have like one hour left to submit, but I’m workin on so many stuff

[quasi kayak]

for supplementary materials?

[uneven tiger]

Yes

[quasi kayak]

they don't ive a strict cutoff but they should try and get it in as quick as possible

[split fractal]

if my research is still going on, should i just put like "July 2023 to present" in the time commitment part of the ressearch supplement

[uneven tiger]

Is sending my supps one hour later bad for example?

[quasi kayak]

yes because you won't have a completed application by the deadline

AFAIK*********

[uneven tiger]

Ugh :((((

Thank you tho

[quasi kayak]

i think someone here got away w it but DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT NOR DEPEND ON THEIR GRACE

[uneven tiger]

Yeah I won’t dw

[small wadi]

Columbia sent off 🫡🫡

[devout mirage]

imma do dat and if they email me askin why imma say "cj, the kid with the lightning mcqueen packback (ull see him on campus soon) told me i could" 😔

[wise haven]

dont abuse the grace period thats there because they know teachers can be annoying and that sneding stuff takes a while and there might be prblems

that does not mean there is a reason for YOU to submit late

[quasi kayak]

the grace period is for school materials and your recommenders not for you

i love yall but yall had months for htis

[native hatch]

good job and gl

[golden flint]

ahhh

ediiting words out sucks

@native hatch i revised my why columbia can i send it to you if you're free?

[quasi kayak]

my essays were so goofball

[elfin quiver]

yayyy just submitted lfg

[golden flint]

90 day fiance was one of my intellectual experience texts

[quasi kayak]

LOVE

[golden flint]

im scared they'll hate that refrence even tho i actually learned smth from that show

for the list q should i separate every thing by commas or have sections like books, movies etc

[devout mirage]

separate bty semicolons nd dont have sections

u can group stuff together like u list all ur tv shows then movies then books then podcasts

but dont do like
Books:
ajsd jasjd
ajisod
aijsod

TV shows:
aisojhdfoa
aoisf
ohgosuruho

etc

[split fractal]

do i need to put my name on the research abstract document? or is just the title of the paper & abstract enough

[golden flint]

ty

[uneven tiger]

Giys I only submitted my app

Not my supplements

on time

Am I fucked

[dense fable]

on the common app it said separate everything by commas

[devout mirage]

columbia itself says u can use either

the reason its better to use semicolons is its much more easily interpreted

some titles have a comma in their name and then u dont even know what to think

esp if its not a very well known one

AOs dont have time to google every possible name ur text could have and hope one of them sticks so they can then make sense of the rest of the things u listed

[devout mirage]

If you need to it's fine

Try to do it on time tho

[little juniper]

Why do you say that

I don't see anything in the original question that suggests you shouldn't

[devout mirage]

bc 1) they say u dont have to and 2) it takes up words for literally no reason

[dense fable]

I did
(name of book/podcast/whatever) (TV Show/Podcast/whatever),

So like
"How To Make Best Podcast" Podcast, Star Wars Rebels TV Show, etc.

Those are obviously just examples but you get the picture

[devout mirage]

oh this is a hell no

[dense fable]

You sure lol?

[devout mirage]

the amt of words u used up for nothing bro

[dense fable]

I had plenty of words left

[devout mirage]

this is not good either

[dense fable]

Anyways; that is what my college advisor (who graduated from Columbia) told me to do, so that is what I stuck with.

You typically stay within 5 words of the word limit imo

So thats what I did

I think I did like 9 or something

[stone dawn]

are yall putting author names or just book names

[icy blade]

book

names

[stone dawn]

bet

[dense fable]

It said no author needed

Just the books name

[stone dawn]

❤️

[devout mirage]

This is fine btw

Most ppl ik did this for their lists

[dense fable]

I followed the directions wdym

[devout mirage]

i mean yea its fine i jus personalyl think its suboptimal

[quasi kayak]

No author names, subtitles or explanatory remarks are needed.

literally just put the name

they JUST WANT x, y, z, a, b, o, f, a,

[toxic jasper]

do the essays really carry heavy weight or do people just say that

[devout mirage]

Eh u don't really need all 100 words unless you have really long titles

Just helps the aos with readability

[bitter iris]

they do

[quasi kayak]

yes

[devout mirage]

Depends but if you're a normal applicant yeah

[quasi kayak]

my essays got me in i fear

or must've because my app was mdi

[toxic jasper]

i see \

[dense fable]

Yuh essays that convey your narrative well can really help your chances

[devout mirage]

if they give u 100 words theyre def looking for a student to be able to fill up those 100 words with resources, not with explanatory remarks like "books: aoisjfoas fashf ashf" "tv shows: auhsfudhghi fha"

It's just extra space in case

All my friends separated into media categories

Quite a few aos and consultants recommend you do too

[quasi kayak]

i only used like 60 words lol

[devout mirage]

unless this is confirmed id rather not take the risk

Not a big deal though

[dense fable]

[devout mirage]

wtffffff

[devout mirage]

Well all my friends are at columbia

[devout mirage]

wow can we become freinds pls

u gotta be blessed or sum

[devout mirage]

It's just a make their lives easier thing ig

Also easier for them to search

[dense fable]

Yuh thats why I added podcast/tv show bc some of mine have books and podcasts titled the same thing

[quasi kayak]

the majority of mine were poems so i'm afraid they simply could not find my stuff

[glossy ledge]

So I should do books;
Magazines: , etc?

[dense fable]

It is really up to u

You'll be fine either way but you definitely don't need authors or anything just titles

[glossy ledge]

Ah I just separated by medium

[toxic jasper]

do u think they're gonna look up our book titles if one of them is kinda niche

[quasi kayak]

also lowkey when i took the directions test in fourth grade it did, in fact, get me good

[toxic jasper]

or theyll just be like wtf ok

[quasi kayak]

no

maybe

but they have so many applicant

[dense fable]

I took it in 3rd grade and it got me as well

[quasi kayak]

i am just not that girl

[devout mirage]

btw bois, im prayin yall get into good schools, jus want u gangies to know

[devout mirage]

im seeing a slight confliction here

[chrome jolt]

does anyone have an example of how the first supplemental should look

[quasi kayak]

oh no not again

[chrome jolt]

the list of media one

[quasi kayak]

i am that girl tho

[devout mirage]

it should look like this

Star Wars series; The Hate U Give; Spiderman 1; Frankenstein; Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Day; Livin' On a Prayer; etc etc etc etc etc etc

no authors, no telling them if its a book, tv show, poem, or whatever

separate by semicolons

and jus make it a fucking 100 word brick bro

[chrome jolt]

thanks

[quasi kayak]

we did frankesntein in lit

that was my shizzle

[glossy ledge]

Wait fr I separated mine

[devout mirage]

😭

[devout mirage]

you separated yours? wdym

[glossy ledge]

Books:
Magazines:

[devout mirage]

omfg

ok

its not the end of the world

but u limited ur word count for no reason

[glossy ledge]

I thought u we’re supposed to do that😭

[devout mirage]

like u gave the 100 word limit an extra limit

[chrome jolt]

i’m lowkey worried what if they don’t know what i’m talking about

[devout mirage]

no, they specifically say no descriptors are needed or anything of the sort

[chrome jolt]

whatever they will

[fallen fossil]

i did that too

[devout mirage]

theyll know bro

[chrome jolt]

mhm

[devout mirage]

esp if u mention big names

like if u say harry potter theyre not going to say oh i love that poem

[glossy ledge]

wtf I thought it was just like no authors and stuff

[devout mirage]

refer to cjs beautiful quote

no explanatory remarks are needed

aka

u do not need to tell them if its a tv show book movie play poem or anything else

[glossy ledge]

Oh bruh

[devout mirage]

u just say the name and move on

[glossy ledge]

I didn’t think that’s what it meant

💀

[quasi kayak]

meh that's moreso for "frankenstein, bc the way shelley described the monster i thought he was kinda cute

i'm ambivalent on the medium category

do whateve.r who cares.

[devout mirage]

i mean in any case, those extra words are always nice if u need em

so jus do what i said fr

[fallen fossil]

i named movies that weren’t english, so i think it’s good i made that distinction

but that’s just me

[glossy ledge]

I mean I haven’t turned in my Columbia supplementals yet

[stone dawn]

how they gonna know if its a book/movie/etc

[devout mirage]

did u see any names i listed there and go "wait wtf is that"

answer's likely no

admissions officers whove been doing this for a while and are very educated will know what ur talking about

[stone dawn]

yes lol

[devout mirage]

...

[stone dawn]

idk what The Hate U Give is

[devout mirage]

no way

[stone dawn]

and idk if ur talking about the spiderman video game or movie

[devout mirage]

😐

[stone dawn]

what

[devout mirage]

ok come on 😭

[stone dawn]

idk what shall i compare or livin on a prayer

could be book names or movie names

on god im not lying im genuinely wondering

[devout mirage]

how the actual fuck do u not know shall i compare thee to a summers day

[stone dawn]

aight bro dont answer my question then 💀

why does it matter if i know it or not

[devout mirage]

what was ur question

[stone dawn]

how are they gonna know the content of the material if it's not listed

[devout mirage]

it doesnt, i was jus trying to make the point that aos will know by saying u likely knew all the ones i named bc theyre very very popular

[stone dawn]

ight bro

[glossy ledge]

Should I add some more then and just remove the (books: movies: )

[devout mirage]

because most things students list are going to be popular thats just how exposure naturally occurrs but if theyre curious they can also google it rq?

also if theres possible ambiguity then you can specify

i listed american pie as one of my sources

[stone dawn]

i dont think they got time to google

[devout mirage]

but i meant the song, not the weird ass show abt losing ur virginity

[stone dawn]

what if you put paranthesis and then say like book or something

[devout mirage]

so i said "american pie (don mclean)"

[stone dawn]

or like youtube channel

[devout mirage]

bro its rlly not necessary

u can if ur rlly scared

but its just gonna take up words for nuthin

[stone dawn]

💀

no way you're filling out 100 words of random books and songs without specifying what they are

[hazy nacelle]

That’s what it says to do

[devout mirage]

bro ion know how to respond to u without sounding rude so imma jus say u can do whatever u feel is right

[stone dawn]

bro got offended

aight bro

gl

[devout mirage]

?? 😭

[hazy nacelle]

It literally says no explanation needed

[devout mirage]

u can submit after but why take the risk

mmmmmmm

either way, being on here wont help

get to writing, gl

[glossy ledge]

I’m procrastinating

[chrome jolt]

if i was saying little women the movie would it be ok if i say “Little Women (2019)”

just so they know it’s the film

[devout mirage]

tuh

yuh

bc little women is also a book

[chrome jolt]

ye exactly

[devout mirage]

yes, specify

[chrome jolt]

i’m doing the same with beautiful boy the film

Also could i just say amusician’s name

[winged hinge]

this is so funny

i love how paranoid everyone is

[devout mirage]

must be pretty freakin great getting in huh 😠

ur college is sum ppls dream 😭

[winged hinge]

wasnt mine tho 😋 i do love it at columbia tho

i was ed applicant anywyas 🤷 we balling

[devout mirage]

man 😭

[winged hinge]

i love columbia so sos much

[devout mirage]

i can only imagine ppl crying their eyes out bc columbia has been their dream school since they were born

and ur just there liike man columbia accepted me ig ill go

not harvard but whatever its alright ig

[winged hinge]

sounds abt right

am defintiely very grateful tho!!

the colors are cute :3

is it among ur top choices lol

[devout mirage]

i hate you

[devout mirage]

YES 😭

i have a family friend who went

[winged hinge]

good luck!

hope to see u in the fall

[devout mirage]

and said it would literally be perfect

[winged hinge]

teehee blue

[devout mirage]

preciate it 🙂

[stone dawn]

bro why'd you :3 💀

[winged hinge]

im just a girl

[stone dawn]

regardless

[winged hinge]

:3

[stone dawn]

🤮

[winged hinge]

:333

[devout mirage]

dont forget to tell aos to accept me

[winged hinge]

ofc

ill barge in and go hey let naoyazenin in

[devout mirage]

wait srs question do u know how much columbia likes letter of recs from alumni

like do they partiuclarly care

bc ik some schools LOVE it and some are like eh wtv

[stone dawn]

is research mentor just doctor

[winged hinge]

idk and tbh i dont think they care

[stone dawn]

if i call them dr. blah

[winged hinge]

is the letter of rec?? from a professor?

or just like a person u know

[stone dawn]

r u talking to me

or jjk man

[winged hinge]

uhh

jjk guy

[devout mirage]

yuh

[stone dawn]

ty

[devout mirage]

family friend 😦

[stone dawn]

sorry i was being rude to u idk why im acting braindead 💀

[winged hinge]

yeah dont do that

that wont help

[devout mirage]

dw abt it

[devout mirage]

WAIT DONT???????

[winged hinge]

i mean

i dont think itll negatively impact u

but i dont think itll do anything rly

unless it was like ur interviewer??? but i dont think they care abt that that much

[devout mirage]

oaky im good with that

if it doesnt engatively impact me im fine with that

but if i fuck myself by getting someone to vouch for me thats crazy

[winged hinge]

yeah i mean

i hope u have the normal two/three that are like humanities prof/stem prof/optional research mentor or employer

or idk smth along those lines

but a little smth else from ur family friend isnt going to hurt you no i dont think lol

[devout mirage]

yes yes i have the required rec letters ofc

holy shit u rlly scared me when u said dont do that tho

bc i cant exactly change that rn 😭

[winged hinge]

LOL

nah ur good dw

i j dont think itll help

[native hatch]

crazy

anyway i did my sups 30 min before midnight

and here i am

i almost did jhu ed2

[devout mirage]

[hazy nacelle]

that makes me feel better

[rotund rapids]

i was considerin that

[native hatch]

i was also test optional rd

😂

[devout mirage]

im intl askin for aid so my chances r already out teh window

AND im test optional rd

lets go

[winged hinge]

oh ur intl?

good luck soldier

from where

[native hatch]

rip

all the intls i know here are rich as fuck

[winged hinge]

yuh

[devout mirage]

eu rather not disclose

ill say its a french speaking country

thatll help u narrow it down like a lot

[winged hinge]

valid!

eu weeb huh

how silly

[devout mirage]

WEEB>

no do not lump me in with those guys

[winged hinge]

LOL

[hazy nacelle]

EU requesting aid?

[devout mirage]

i just like ONE series

[winged hinge]

ok

[devout mirage]

ONE

[hazy nacelle]

full aid or just some

[winged hinge]

whos ur pfp??

[devout mirage]

whatever fafsa gives me bro

if they give me even 1k im happy enuff

(and i get accepted)

[devout mirage]

naoya

[hazy nacelle]

then why apply for aid?

if u dont need it

[devout mirage]

no i do need it

[winged hinge]

ohhh

[devout mirage]

i was jus jokin

[hazy nacelle]

bcuz columiba is need aware

for intl

[devout mirage]

nono i need it

[winged hinge]

LOL

[hazy nacelle]

oh

youll be happy but u cant go?

[winged hinge]

r u done w all ur apps lol

[devout mirage]

[devout mirage]

all no columbia yea

[winged hinge]

rip

whats left

[chrome jolt]

lol that’s what i’m doing rn

[devout mirage]

oh man where to start

its a whole ass grocery list of schools

[hazy nacelle]

ur good i havent submitted any yet

[winged hinge]

😭

[devout mirage]

btw mr cow do u know what columbia considers a us citizen

bc technically

like i have a us passport

but im intl

as in im livin and studyin in a diff country

would they love to have me or would they love to shut the door in my face

[hazy nacelle]

i think if ur a US citizen

ur domestic?

this is the question

[devout mirage]

lets fucking go gangy im a citizen

gimme my money

[native hatch]

if ur a u.s. citizen aka ur a dual national w the US

ur a domestic

im EU US dual citizen

[devout mirage]

nd columbia is needblind to me right

[native hatch]

yep

[devout mirage]

YES

[halcyon flame]

yall im done i still havent started my app

[devout mirage]

RUN ME MY MONEY COLUMBIA

[halcyon flame]

i think i need to not do it anymore

[devout mirage]

COUNT UR FUCKING DAYS IMMA MAKE U GO BROKE

[native hatch]

but i study in the US

[devout mirage]

YEAAAAA

[native hatch]

no go do it rn

it’s not too late

[devout mirage]

wait is it basically if u have an ssn ur a us citizen

[halcyon flame]

i dont feel like it and i already applied to barnard sooooo

[native hatch]

if u have us citizenship ur a u.s. citizen

[devout mirage]

columbia > barnard

[native hatch]

this is factual

[devout mirage]

its worth the slight grind

[native hatch]

columbia has a lot more security than barnard

[devout mirage]

come on u got dis

[native hatch]

in terms of housing/finaid/ etc

[halcyon flame]

oh no wdym

[devout mirage]

oh i mean ion know if this is true i jus said that bc im a dude so i have to say that

[hazy nacelle]

how is fordham

[native hatch]

housing security (they won’t take ur housing away), better finaid, etc etc. easier to take columbia classes

[halcyon flame]

realistically i just have a better shot at barnard cuz ive done more feminist things and im t/o and i worked hard af on those essays whereas i have not started columbia ones!

[native hatch]

i was test optional too

rd

[halcyon flame]

dont tell me this rn.....

oh lord

[native hatch]

realistically you could just do what i did

i copy pasted mit essays

and i think combined them with princeton

[halcyon flame]

how did you apply to MIT if u were t/o tho

did u just submit

[native hatch]

i had a test score from forever ago

[hazy nacelle]

does barnard allow trans people genuine question

[halcyon flame]

yes i think

[native hatch]

well i had like a 32 act lool

[devout mirage]

yes

[native hatch]

from forever ago

[devout mirage]

the amt of backlash if they didnt

[halcyon flame]

ah shit mine is 32 too i j didnt submit

[native hatch]

it was just borderline

[native hatch]

yeah i didn’t submit either

ur fine

[hazy nacelle]

lol yea

[halcyon flame]

SHOOT i just dont feel motivated enough to apply tho like i feel liky me essays r gonna be mid if i just rush them rn

[hazy nacelle]

whats the lowest score worth submitting

to Columbia

[native hatch]

33 act

[hazy nacelle]

okay bet

[devout mirage]

whatever the 25th percentile is

[native hatch]

id submit 33+

yeah

[hazy nacelle]

i have a super score the equates to 36 act so ima just submit sat

[native hatch]

nice

[hazy nacelle]

act i did so bad

like 31

[hazy nacelle]

i submitted that too

[halcyon flame]

uggggg shiiiit this is making me wanna j do it

[hazy nacelle]

just not the writing supp

[halcyon flame]

god i dont feel like it at all tho

[devout mirage]

gratz gangy gl

[native hatch]

sigh

yeah y’all should just submit if u feel confident

don’t fear monger over it

[hazy nacelle]

but then if i get rejected ill wish i spent the extra 5 hours

[native hatch]

im sorry i haven’t rlly gotten to dms im editing essays for my sister

💀

[hazy nacelle]

oh damnn

unlucky

[native hatch]

im out of covid quarantine tmr

[devout mirage]

NAH GANGY GOT DA LEGACY

[native hatch]

so that should be fine

[bitter iris]

wdym

[native hatch]

nah she’s not applying to college yet she has a speech

she wants to go to nyu anyway

[devout mirage]

...