#Columbia University (2025-2026)

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willow sparrow
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Boston

glad sentinel
willow sparrow
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yep

glad sentinel
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princeton x columbia

willow sparrow
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where are you from

glad sentinel
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im from rural colorado

willow sparrow
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omg in the mountains or flat

glad sentinel
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flat

willow sparrow
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aw

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still wicked cool thuogh

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i want to visit colorado again

glad sentinel
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its really sad

glad sentinel
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we have about only 57% of our snowpack right now

willow sparrow
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yeah you guys are getting pummeled

glad sentinel
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our ski resorts r empty with snow

willow sparrow
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well

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reverse pummeled

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it doesnt usualyl start snowing until january for us here

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so maybe its just late

wary forge
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weve barely gotten snow so far this year :(

glad sentinel
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its december and colorado

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is hotter than san diego

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this is not something that is normal

willow sparrow
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what the hell

glad sentinel
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and on top of this trump is trying to move the nation’s leading climate change lab out of boulder

willow sparrow
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yeah michael bennet blocked the bill about that though

glad sentinel
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after he already ripped the military build we have from colorado springs

willow sparrow
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right

glad sentinel
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and put it in alabama

willow sparrow
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alabama does not deserve ts

glad sentinel
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alabama is already where the space force is so its not like its a random place

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but a lot of colorado’s economy comes from our industrial military

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the entire region between denver and pueblo is military

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the backbone of those economies

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and cities

willow sparrow
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no yeah

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and colorado springs has had AFA for so long

glad sentinel
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and we have NORAD as well

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cheyenne mountain

untold ore
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shore

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there’s a lot of people double majoring i think

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or at least doing a major and a minor

glad sentinel
untold ore
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yo that’s absurd 😭???

glad sentinel
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its only me and one other person applying from my school

untold ore
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see u all at admit day

glad sentinel
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i will cry

untold ore
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yeah it’s so barren

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jena’s barnard so idt she has the same core :O

glad sentinel
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makes sense why she isnt taking lithum!

untold ore
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barnard has smth called like the foundations or smth

untold ore
glad sentinel
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my counselor is stressing me out a bit because my recommendation letter is still not uploaded

untold ore
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i’m sure they’ll get to it :D also i think their letter can come in a bit later

glad sentinel
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but i have faith in her + columbia has a flexible deadline

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i love her so so much

untold ore
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yes yes dw about it

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you just need to get ur stuff in by jan 1

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and all the other stuff has like a couple weeks grace period

glad sentinel
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historically

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my school receives very few columbia applications

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wait

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i said that wrong

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columbia receives very few applications from my school

untold ore
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columbia aos when they’re asked why rural colorado

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ā€œuhm i love to ski or whateverā€ - jessica marinaccio

glad sentinel
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and i dont even have the mountains! im the opposite rural šŸ’”

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i got corn fields and a big beaver gas station.

untold ore
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BUCCEES

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i’m in texas rn and they love that fat beaver

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i saw an inflatable outside someone’s house

glad sentinel
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that beaver is everywhere

untold ore
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there were hella people with festive bucee shirts

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yo an inflatable is only 200 dollars

glad sentinel
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i think columbia needs one next to the alma mater

untold ore
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if some club can get bouncy houses up we could get a bucee up

glad sentinel
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it will be like the walt disney statue holding hands with mickey

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but alma and bucee

untold ore
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sob emoji

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greatest minds of the generation šŸ’”

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yo the guy who made alma mater also made the lincoln statue

glad sentinel
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that tracks

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they low key look similar

untold ore
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he also made john harvard!

willow sparrow
untold ore
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thanks columbia

untold ore
willow sparrow
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actually the british museum would never give it back

untold ore
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i didn’t even know that library had a basement

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yo what

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???????

glad sentinel
untold ore
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were they targeting the statue or 😭

willow sparrow
untold ore
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this poor statue

glad sentinel
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for vietnam war

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and kent state shooting

untold ore
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yes it was

willow sparrow
untold ore
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bring back this type of school rivarly

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now all we get is bitching about rankings and prestige on sidechat

willow sparrow
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honestly yeah

glad sentinel
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bearial but we bury cornell’s bear

untold ore
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i too would like to douse the ezra cornell statue in paint

willow sparrow
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big red more like big dead

untold ore
wary forge
untold ore
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yo wtf 😭

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bro goes to stuy

wary forge
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are u an nyc kid

untold ore
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LMAOOOO wait that’s crazy

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no far from it but i do know stuy co29 girl

glad sentinel
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alice are you a nyc kid?

untold ore
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all the nyc hs r insane bro im looking at the brooklyn tech decisions page

willow sparrow
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Avenues is crazy

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they beat us this year at empiremunc at nyu

untold ore
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what is avenues

willow sparrow
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its a private school i think?

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or a public feeder

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but they wer egood

untold ore
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oooh

simple ruin
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Doable

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Urban studies easier

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To double w polisci

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My goat cmc

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Rb1

snow aurora
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i took ap lang and i got a 4 on the exam

celest ocean
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😭

wary forge
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yeah btech has an insane amt of kids per grade 😭

ionic remnant
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nyc high schools scare me

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the more I learn ab them the more fear I feel

red bluff
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my mom went to a hs in manhattan

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she was literally the only person in her graduating class to not attend a T20

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she went to bard

meager bloom
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My mom went to bths and then barnard

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I wish I still lived in nyc I would of attended there too

ionic remnant
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I think I would have been too stressed out

meager bloom
wary forge
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like it’s only a bit toxic around app season and u can def avoid the toxicity

glad sentinel
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like stuy does

meager bloom
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My school should lowkey do that lmao

glad sentinel
glad sentinel
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they also have a senior crush wall where you put up the names of anyone you’ve ever liked

wary forge
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we do have a crush wall tho

meager bloom
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Thats crazy

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That sounds fun lol

drowsy gulch
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I’m so jealous of everyone else’s schools lol

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My school just has high schoolers hitting mailboxes and rocking back in forth in front of the vending machine

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Can’t wait to get out

maiden iris
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seas applicants are you guys submitting just research or maker portfolio as well?

untold ore
untold ore
narrow sun
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For the diversity question, should we stay stuff like ā€œI’m going to start x clubā€ or can we talk about softer things like a value we’ll bring

burnt plover
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bro why am i scared to even apply here

autumn minnow
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harvard, princeton, etc.

autumn minnow
untold ore
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why pton :O

untold ore
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but yes you could also write about bringing a value

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i mean w this the aos just wanna know what about you as a person is unique and interesting and anything you think is unique about yourself you could write about it and how it connects to columbia

narrow sun
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I see, is it okay to just discuss the way I’ll interact w my classmates and such? Do they like to see essays like that or do they prefer tangible impact on the campus

untold ore
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i think if youre able to bring a unique perspective to the communitys conversations you can write about that

glad sentinel
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i think the biggest thing with the diversity is they want to know what part of you, and only you, does columbia not have that you will bring. were you raised a certain way? have a background?

once you find out what exactly makes you, well you, then incorporate that into how its shaped the way you live and what that will translate to if you were to go to columbia.

untold ore
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e.g. like if you have a partciular lived experience that would e.g. make a club understand its mission better

glad sentinel
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think of it more about what one experience, value, identity, or something that you hold that nobody else on campus will hold or understand but you! then use that to help you shape how it can translate to columbia

narrow sun
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Hmmm okay, I think I understand a little bit more now!! Thank you both. I’ll see if I can tie it up nicely. I already have the background part written and how it shapes the way I learn

glad sentinel
# narrow sun Hmmm okay, I think I understand a little bit more now!! Thank you both. I’ll see...

your admission officer has no idea who you are or your background besides your school, your activities, potentially your personal statement if they read it before supplementals, and thats it! so the best way to use this essay is to talk about something so unique and special that makes you, well you, and excited to be who you are in the present that it will be undeniably a disservice to columbia by not bringing you into their community.

now that you have an idea of your background, think about how its shaped the way you approach the world today and what that means for you not just in the present, but also the future. think about how your background enriches not just who you are today but propels you forward

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then you can begin to tie in what that means for columbia through how you will shape clubs, like you said, or bring something so valuable to campus

narrow sun
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That’s kind of poetic

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Thank you so so much!!

chrome panther
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thats was one of the best I wrote..

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gave me guidance for the rest of my apps as well

simple ruin
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The more specific the bettrr

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650 is so much better

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The less words the harder to write an actually good essay you have to make every word count

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Like Yale is the hardest out of all

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Imo

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Columbia used to be 250 but now they're 150 too iirc

wary forge
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columbia is sooo short 😭 😭 it took me so long to cut it down and i feel like my supps were so lifeless bc of it

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that was the main reason why i thought i wldnt get in

chrome panther
meager bloom
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Can someone review my columbia supps i worry some of my essays I approached differently and the possibly of being wrong

meager bloom
graceful zealot
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Hii

short cradle
graceful zealot
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Congrats

narrow sun
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Can someone look at my diversity essay?

maiden coral
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Thats the essay im confused about

wary thicket
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did columbia increase undergrad size starting this year or next?

glad sentinel
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nothing is for sure

wary thicket
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wait so should i apply if its boutta be easier

glad sentinel
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thats not how admissions work

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and the class size increase isn’t confirmed or rejected yet, we won’t know likely for some time

wary thicket
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its not?

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if the class size is larger isnt it easier to get in

glad sentinel
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more seats doesnt mean less of a standard

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so while they will accept more, it still will take the same amount of effort as if you applied this year

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does that make sense

wary thicket
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naw...

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then how would it be the same standards as last yr if there are so many kids that meet the standard?

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like the extra kids that get in that wouldn't have gotten in last yr

glad sentinel
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when seats expand at college the expectation is still the same among applicants. columbia will not drop the expectation of what they look for in candidates just because an extra 200 seats exist at their college

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my point is while they may accept more people making it ā€œeasierā€ to get in, it doesnt change the fact your application is still viewed the same way as it has in the past

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does that make sense?

wary thicket
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the kids on the waitlist have worse apps than the kids on the admit list

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like the same amount of waitlist people will be admitted this year cuz around the same ammount of yield %

glad sentinel
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there is a lot to go into how colleges decide who is admitted and waitlisted, its not simply based on a ā€œworse app.ā€

institutional priorities exist among schools, and sometimes they reject or waitlist individuals purely because they aren’t a fit for the institution despite having a stellar application

autumn minnow
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it’s not like some threshold where they’ve lowered it to increase acceptances

autumn minnow
wary thicket
wary thicket
short cradle
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shoot ur shot

wary thicket
glad sentinel
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columbia does not distribute decisions based on having ā€œbetterā€ or ā€œworseā€ applications and then putting ā€œworseā€ onto the waitlist

wary thicket
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"worse" im not referring to like lower SAT score or something, im talking cumulatively including the fit to the school and character they value

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"worse" from columbia's reference for admission

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that could include money if they value that- like if student A and student B have the same app but one can pay full tuition, then the other could be considered "Worse" for admission i don't mean objectively "worse" applications

glad sentinel
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columbia is need blind

wary thicket
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this is hypothetical again

glad sentinel
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its not hypothetical

wary thicket
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not just money but any aspect that columbia values

glad sentinel
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because its blatantly incorrect

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you cant create a hypothetical situation which never happens because columbia does not consider income in their evaluation of you being accepted or not

wary thicket
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so its not easier for qualified applicants that meet their standards this year?

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its exactly the same as any other year then for qualified applicants?

autumn minnow
glad sentinel
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what you’re confused on is you are assuming more seats means more flexibility in getting admitted

wary thicket
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the standards for admission are the same ofc

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but for the people that meet the standards its more of a chance?

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they arent gonna lower their standards for 200 people, but would people that meet the standards (and wouldve been waitlisted previous years) have a higher chance of getting accepted?

autumn minnow
# wary thicket wouldn't i have a better chance of getting in this year than last?

i mean the chance has yet to be seen. i think the chance is a different metric than "easier" which you all were discussing earlier, i don't think it will be "easier". whether the chance goes up or down a few 0.x% may be a valid perspective on your end, but i also am largely of the belief that minor chance optimizations like that are statistically insignificant.

wary thicket
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a higher chance doesnt mean easier?

glad sentinel
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statistically it is very, very, very likely your application will be reviewed and dealt the same admission decision regardless of if you applied last year, this year, or next

wary thicket
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wait did this happen this yr or last

autumn minnow
wary thicket
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whats it based on

autumn minnow
wary thicket
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so chances?

autumn minnow
# wary thicket so chances?

it's visualized as luck on our end, but luck here really serves as a perceivable representation of the school's priorities and the AO's personal judgment, which are not perceivable

wary thicket
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so if the class size increased by 200, its just 200 more lucky people that should've gotten in but wouldve gotten waitlisted before?

autumn minnow
simple ruin
simple ruin
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I doubt they will actually increase again but they're discussing it

random cosmos
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What are some aspects about columbia that are very unique? Anything underground that i might wana know?

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Other than the core

glossy cedar
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I think the city is important, maybe u can mention some Columbia specific pipelines for your future career that other school in the city don’t have

willow sparrow
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guys im getting so attached

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it will be so sad when i’m rejcted

glad sentinel
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im manifesting

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we got this

clear blaze
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genuinely how do i fit why i want to go to columbia in 150 words

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šŸ„€

glad sentinel
clear blaze
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i saw a yt vid saying that

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but lowk with 150 words its genuinely impossible

meager bloom
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It can condense trust

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I actually preffered this it was less to write making it easier 😭

wary forge
short cradle
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150 words gives u an opportunity to say what matters

autumn minnow
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unless it’s important to you

clear blaze
woven helm
glad sentinel
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cause keep in mind, NYC has some amazing colleges

chrome panther
autumn minnow
autumn minnow
glossy cedar
near ruin
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yeah every school does but they kind of lean towards different levels. like stanford i think cares more about intellectual vitality than any other school with the exception of maybe Chicago

untold ore
untold ore
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great for networking too

glad sentinel
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you will never know what the school thinks about

untold ore
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also again like imagine if a school admitted only people that cared 120% about intellectual vitality and only 20% about community

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it wouldn’t make for a very diverse class

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they admit different kinds of people that align with different parts of their values

near ruin
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well yeah IV isnt the only thing you should show

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but some schools emphasize it more than others of course, as other schools do with other area

glad sentinel
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imo i think your supplementals should not be tailored in any way where you think you are emphasizing what the school wants

untold ore
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^^ the point is write about what you yourself believe in

glad sentinel
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its a very dangerous game to play since you can get stuck in a loop of writing stuff that isnt authentically how you’d respond because you get so conscious of every word or phrase written

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not to say you shouldnt put thought behind your responses! i just think be mindful of a healthy balance of you vs. school

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if that makes sense

near ruin
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yeah i agree

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im not saying liek tailor it towards ur schoolos values just be cognizant ab it when u write

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you can lean in to different sides of yourself while still being authentic

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and true to you

untold ore
wary forge
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  • some research stuff but i talked abt how columbia made those opportunities possible
narrow sun
untold ore
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ok i’ll look at it tn :D

willow sparrow
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maybe i need to switch up my supplementals

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🧐

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who am i kidding i have no time for ts activities

random cosmos
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does columbia like narrative or straightforward ppl

ionic remnant
oak pilot
ionic remnant
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you should write your essays in your style

autumn minnow
autumn minnow
autumn minnow
unique zinc
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should u include author name in q1

maiden coral
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I’d say probably not

simple ruin
autumn minnow
simple ruin
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Yh but alot of people do

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Same with grouping shit together

oak pilot
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I listed a lot of YouTubers if that’s fine

glossy cedar
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it is fine, my brother got in doing tat lol

oak pilot
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W

tropic anvil
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hi columbia people

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love the jumpscare email

clear blaze
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im 90% sure Q1 is a social experiment by bored AOs

willow sparrow
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like when they email you to ā€œapplication updateā€

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but actually its just ā€œwe have new info sessionsā€

glossy cedar
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idt i even got this lol

pale dagger
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Hi lions

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Hope you're doing just fine

untold ore
untold ore
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not like it really makes a difference admissions wise but its just funny to imagine

untold ore
untold ore
untold ore
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missouri hogging everything

pale dagger
untold ore
pale dagger
untold ore
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they still are going to accept a lot of internationals LOL

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one of the ED acceptances was international

pale dagger
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Cutting down fundings, cutting the number of intls cut

untold ore
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if you like the school you should apply

pale dagger
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And most importantly - revoking of visas

glad sentinel
pale dagger
untold ore
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unfortunately these things arent exclusive to columbia, pretty all top US universities are gonna be a bit rougher for internationals this year

pale dagger
untold ore
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HELP

glad sentinel
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u dropped jhu for columbia

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that was someone else lol

untold ore
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based

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i was gonna say

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ts ooc for abbafanboy

pale dagger
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A tiny bit

untold ore
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what is it

glad sentinel
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😭

pale dagger
untold ore
pale dagger
glad sentinel
untold ore
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real shit though i dropped jhu and never looked back

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šŸ”„

glad sentinel
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for a few reasons

pale dagger
untold ore
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dont drop a school because you dont think youll get in LOL drop a school if you dont like it

glad sentinel
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but it seems like you are gravitating towards columbia even after u thought maybe u didnt want to apply

pale dagger
pale dagger
glad sentinel
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colleges never want 100% of a student body doing something

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one it isnt reasonable to expect that among high schoolers

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when undergraduates struggle to get research

pale dagger
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Like despite all the slander, I think Columbia is cool

glad sentinel
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and two because it would not make for a very diverse class! would you rather have 100% of a class all have conducted cancer research or 10% who conducted research on cancer, 20% who love civic engagement and spend time with activism, etc. etc.

pale dagger
glad sentinel
pale dagger
untold ore
# glad sentinel proof im innocent

also im not really sure if undergraduate admissions will be really affected by the international cap thingy

16% of columbia undergraduates are international, similar to peer schools e.g. harvard

columbia being known for having a lot of international students is mainly in its postgrad programs and if the cap is 15% then i dont think undergraduate admissions will see a huge change

glad sentinel
glad sentinel
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for instance ive seen elise pham talk a lot about it

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and she uses it as a way to advertise her business

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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all colleges are getting hit this year

willow sparrow
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harvard mit brown etc

untold ore
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typical

willow sparrow
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people love to shit on columbia

glad sentinel
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she also has begun including pictures of students but redacting them

untold ore
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i mean ivyleagueroadmap kept boasting about how this year would be the easiest to get into an ivy but clearly not

glad sentinel
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like out of nowhere she started putting pictures of her clients with a giant black square on their faces to prove they are real people or something??

willow sparrow
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they say that every year probably, they either have to be the hardest or easiest

untold ore
glad sentinel
willow sparrow
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but can’t be a normal year because that’s bad for clicks

pale dagger
glad sentinel
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she said ā€œi made a BIG mistake guys. i said the demographic cliff dropping off 350,000 people would make it easier than ever to get into an ivyā€

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but get this

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she then posts on the second slide

pale dagger
glad sentinel
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ā€œbut applications are skyrocketing across the us even with the cliff!ā€

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and shows a screenshot of 2029 applicant numbers

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100% misleading and 100% deceptive

untold ore
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at least in terms of the universities themselves, i dont think this year will be significantly worse for internationals

if anything your biggest worry would be getting visas and documents needed from the us government

pale dagger
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Like a pretty miserable difference

untold ore
willow sparrow
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my dad is like columbias going to reject all the liberals but be so fr who is putting political party in their apps anyway

untold ore
pale dagger
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Like Idk, that's just sad

pale dagger
pale dagger
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Again, I'm just sad

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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lowkey chilis is a goated restaurant tho

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ohhh the food

pale dagger
willow sparrow
untold ore
untold ore
pale dagger
willow sparrow
untold ore
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it just felt weird to put it all as a blob but that was just me nitpicking about aesthetics

simple ruin
glad sentinel
willow sparrow
simple ruin
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If you don't do dumb shit you're fine

willow sparrow
glad sentinel
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but the rest of penn!

pale dagger
untold ore
willow sparrow
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i mean all ivies are liberal

pale dagger
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But that's it

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Again

pale dagger
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I will apply

untold ore
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😭

pale dagger
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I like the school

simple ruin
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Where r u hearing ts from

untold ore
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i dont think there is a policy like that...

willow sparrow
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p much every college is liberal besides like hillsdale

glad sentinel
simple ruin
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Honestly most of my friends lean conservative

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Esp the intls

pale dagger
# untold ore what

Like I heard sum story abt the intl girl who came to the protests supporting Palestine and got her visa revoked

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That's all

simple ruin
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But I'm also friends with a anarchist so

pale dagger
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Like idk, mb that's not true

glad sentinel
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i have some poetry in mine and if i put it blank it didnt make sense aesthetically with the lowercase aesthetic of the title

simple ruin
pale dagger
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I don't doubt this may be a slander

simple ruin
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They were trespassed and prosecuted yeah

pale dagger
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I'm not into protests anyway

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I'm rlly excited for college tho

glad sentinel
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i would not worry @pale dagger about visa revoking, a lot of that was rhetoric fueled by the trump administration towards individuals who were expressing opinion in just one instance

pale dagger
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However, NYU sucks balls

glad sentinel
pale dagger
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I like Columbia and absolutely hate NYU

untold ore
glad sentinel
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no campus is not my vibe

pale dagger
untold ore
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executive order to STOP hosting columbia x NYU mixers

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WHO is pulling up to ts šŸ„€

glad sentinel
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executive order to stop columbia from using a lion as their mascot, must be a bald eagle

pale dagger
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And experience some normal college life

pale dagger
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Like ur paying 92 grand for no campus + no dorm? Yea ur a loser

glad sentinel
willow sparrow
glad sentinel
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i have a little lion drawing in my phone case

willow sparrow
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my chair there was so bad

untold ore
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wow now that i look at him he really is ugly

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the furry was right

glad sentinel
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above a fortune cookie fortune

untold ore
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no real furry wouldve let this slide

willow sparrow
glad sentinel
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get a real fursuit artist for columbia

untold ore
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why does he have blue eyes

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oh nvm its the glare

glad sentinel
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wait he is kinda giving adam sandler

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with the shorts

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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columbia blue is so nice

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probably top 3 college colors

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georgetown blue on the other hand is kinda stinky…

pale dagger
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Low-key my favorite college mascots r Princeton's tiger and Columbia's lion

untold ore
pale dagger
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I like cats

untold ore
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the lion bothers the tiger until it gets pmo'd

pale dagger
willow sparrow
pale dagger
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And even a child of a lion and a tiger

untold ore
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yes

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the liger

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and the

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tion??

willow sparrow
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j think they’re all ligers

untold ore
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nono

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like

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if the male is the tiger its a different name

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from if the female is the tiger

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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wait fr

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i had no idea

pale dagger
untold ore
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also only one of them is an upgrade from the originals

pale dagger
pale dagger
willow sparrow
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NU wildcat is gross

untold ore
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liger is male lion and female tiger
tigon is male tiger and female lion

liger is the biggest of all big cats
tigon is small.

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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okay color but bad mascot

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the scariest mascot is definitely umaine tho

untold ore
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bad color

pale dagger
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But wildcat...

untold ore
untold ore
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its like a jaguar

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short ass legs

pale dagger
stuck fox
pale dagger
stuck fox
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chihuahua legs

pale dagger
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Pls spread the word

untold ore
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wtf

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its free to visit mike the tiger

willow sparrow
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typical southern public activities icl

stuck fox
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8 hour drive should i go

glad sentinel
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lsu also has a 22 million dollar lazy river

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in the shape of their logo

untold ore
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im watching the live cam why tf is it actually there

stuck fox
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it has a live cam wtf 😭

glad sentinel
untold ore
pale dagger
untold ore
glad sentinel
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can columbia get a lazy river

untold ore
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this cannot be optimal lazy river shape

willow sparrow
stuck fox
untold ore
pale dagger
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Low-key why Columbia students are so active in social media. Like a lot of dorm tours and videos abt the college

glad sentinel
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sorry wall street! a lazy river is coming

untold ore
stuck fox
willow sparrow
glad sentinel
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one of the current dorm tours/day in my life up on columbia’s website and youtube that i get emails about is from a student who transferred from columbia and now posts content hating on columbia

untold ore
willow sparrow
untold ore
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@autumn minnow hi

pale dagger
untold ore
glad sentinel
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he got his acceptance to brown rescinded

willow sparrow
glad sentinel
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and now he is at bowdoin

untold ore
stuck fox
untold ore
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LMFAOOO

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HE TRANSFERRED TO BROWN RIGHT

glad sentinel
untold ore
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I REMEMBER SEEING THE VIEDO

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LMFAOO

glad sentinel
# stuck fox how wtf

he didnt tell brown he decided to instead take the class pass/fail or something and brown found out when he sent in his transcripts and rescinded his acceptance for not disclosing it 😭

untold ore
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usc will always be higher in my heart

pale dagger
untold ore
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the usc campus is like genuinely so good

pale dagger
stuck fox
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oh usc is private? let's go

pale dagger
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And a dorm

willow sparrow
untold ore
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yeah brown is lowkey on everyones asses i remember a bunch of people getting freaked out last year post-commitment day because brown was like saying they were going to re-review acceptances after senior year grades got sent out

stuck fox
untold ore
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i remember columbia threatened someone that got in ED after a B though 😭 like a couple years ago

pale dagger
glad sentinel
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after getting accepted and said hey

untold ore
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oh thats crazy

glad sentinel
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i changed the class since applying because of the columbia protests which allowed him to change the class

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and the brown admissions office was saying yes your offer of admission still stands, send the transcripts in june you’ll be fine

pale dagger
glad sentinel
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but then he got an email in june saying your application is under review for academic performance shifts

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and then ultimately got rescinded

untold ore
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i would get much more pmo'd at a school that rescinded me than one i transferred out of

stuck fox
untold ore
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i have founded a new club

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it is called the waffle club

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we will eat waffles

glad sentinel
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i will be coming to the waffle club

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and bringing my snowflake waffle iron

stuck fox
pale dagger
untold ore
glad sentinel
untold ore
untold ore
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some people do

pale dagger
untold ore
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but the exaggerations typically dont even make a difference in admissions anyways

pale dagger
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Not everyone

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But a lot of ppl

untold ore
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be truthful happythumbsup as someone who did get audited

pale dagger
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It's like taxes

stuck fox
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ppl exaggerate on taxes?

pale dagger
untold ore
pale dagger
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Or not to pay and pray

untold ore
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yale verified hella ecs this year lmao

pale dagger
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I think I will record my admissions decision reaction

untold ore
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after the one girl from co29 got exposed as a fraud

stuck fox
untold ore
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i recorded mine

pale dagger
untold ore
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its good to look back on

pale dagger
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I'm proud of myself tbh

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I took it as bravely and thanked everyone

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I thinkbI did a good job

stuck fox
untold ore
pale dagger
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Low-key it takes only 1

stuck fox
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this kid spent 20 hours a week founding a nonprofit instead of js 18 like the other guy we gotta accept him

pale dagger
untold ore
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unless it was like pne of your absolute top activities that you spent a ton ton ton of time on

stuck fox
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oh ok

pale dagger
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Admissions officers spend only around 8 minutes reading your application

stuck fox
untold ore
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also i got audited for smth different and in my case it probably made a difference

pale dagger
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Sometimes they even just skim your essay and look fully only at the hook

untold ore
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so also dont lie about hardships/circumstances 😭 i remember seeing kids considering that last year

pale dagger
stuck fox
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oh true

stuck fox
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isnt transfer rate for good schools tho like ungodly competitive

pale dagger
untold ore
pale dagger
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Cuz I was forced to move cuz of the war

stuck fox
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but that is true yeah

untold ore
pale dagger
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No electricity at some point

untold ore
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:(

pale dagger
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Living near the active warzone at some point

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Like yea, when I reread that I was shocked I'm not dead lol

untold ore
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we are glad you are here with us!

untold ore
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🐟

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bro shes fishing in an empty ass puddle

pale dagger
untold ore
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🐟 🐟 🐟

stuck fox
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yea this server is lwk fire

pale dagger
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That's our drunkard weird uncle

stuck fox
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i joined this from r/a2c lol

willow sparrow
stuck fox
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if u mean R/applyingtocollege

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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all of the other ones are either dead or full of tryhards

stuck fox
pale dagger
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But some threads yea

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Like Duke and Jhu are pretty much dead

willow sparrow
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gtown is a graveyard

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ucs are full of random ppl asking questions

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nu is full of tryhards, love them tho

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stanford is nice but a little weird

pale dagger
stuck fox
willow sparrow
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and harvard is nice

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neu is nice but dead

stuck fox
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46% is crazy acc

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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BU is just gray_cat

stuck fox
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rice thread in its prime like 2 weeks ago was unmatched

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before ED decisions came out

willow sparrow
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stanford thread on rea day was tragic

pale dagger
willow sparrow
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there was that one QB guy too he’s very nice but he was flexing on everyone šŸ˜‚

willow sparrow
pale dagger
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Penn is full of assholes and tryhards

willow sparrow
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i hate penn sm im sorry

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top 8 ivies fr

pale dagger
pale dagger
stuck fox
willow sparrow
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everyone got into cornell

willow sparrow
stuck fox
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omg

pale dagger
willow sparrow
untold ore
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LMFAOOOOO

willow sparrow
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there’s so many cornell commits in the channel

untold ore
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ikr

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holy cornell

stuck fox
pale dagger
willow sparrow
pale dagger
willow sparrow
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i like dartmouth

untold ore
willow sparrow
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sooo

glad sentinel
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of the ivies i would say

stuck fox
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opinions will def change a lot but

  1. harvard
  2. yale
  3. brown
  4. princeton
  5. cornell
  6. columbia
  7. penn
  8. dartmouth
willow sparrow
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bold words

untold ore
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they don’t defer much

glad sentinel
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  1. columbia
  2. yale
  3. upenn
  4. brown
  5. harvard
  6. pton
  7. dartmouth
  8. cornell
stuck fox
willow sparrow
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my favorite senior got rejected last year

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but they haven’t taken anyoen from my school sincd ā€˜20

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and they didn’t go

glad sentinel
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we’ve sent maybe 7 kids to ivies in school history

willow sparrow
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stanny is #1 opp

pale dagger
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  1. Brown
  2. Yale
  3. Columbia
  4. Princeton
  5. Dartmouth
  6. Harvard
  7. Cornell
  8. UPenn
glad sentinel
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oops

stuck fox
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if one breaks an ed contract they blacklist the hs right

glad sentinel
willow sparrow
pale dagger
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You can switch Yale and Columbia

stuck fox
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thats acc so messed up tho no matter what school or situation

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like 1 student doesn't represent what the WHOLE student body will do

willow sparrow
pale dagger
untold ore
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ugly ass campus

pale dagger
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It's def a cool institution

pale dagger
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But I can't rlly point out how it outstands

willow sparrow
untold ore
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yale princeton mog

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harvard is red brick hell

stuck fox
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yale mogs but harvard still has cool campus

pale dagger
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Like Yale cares for their students and they are opened up with their admissions

willow sparrow
pale dagger
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Harvard? Ummm... John Harvard was racist?

willow sparrow
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princeton is just pretentious

stuck fox
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now i think abt it Like yale is better than harvard

willow sparrow
pale dagger
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Read

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Explore

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Watch some videos

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That's concerning

stuck fox
willow sparrow
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only roger williams

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was non racist

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and anne hutchinson kinda

stuck fox
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it was pc to be racist then

stuck fox
celest ocean
untold ore
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i would like to meet her

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i’m curious what kind of person she is

celest ocean
#

😭

random cosmos
#

i had a questin for the why columbia response
the core curriculum really ties into my narrative and so im talking a lot about it but i also wanted to let the aos know i did my research like the 24/7 dining hall or the forest orientation week or why nyc

so im stuck between a response that directly addresses my goals but may come off generic or a response that shows my knowledge of columbia but less focused

willow sparrow
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just a threaten

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they probably wouldnt have

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they like to threaten ppl

glad sentinel
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its more of colleges saying

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get your stuff together

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friendly nudge

simple ruin
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No I had like

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10 bs

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Some b- incl

willow sparrow
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hi columbia friends

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would it be possible for someone to log into their columbia ID and get more info about this course?

autumn minnow
willow sparrow
autumn minnow
glad sentinel
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when you write the columbia supplementals i would get rid of the mentality of ā€œi need to show the aos i know a lot about columbiaā€

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if you focus too much on trying to put too much information in to make it seem like you’ve done your research on the school, yet have no center message on why columbia is meant for you, the supplement loses power in crafting ur narrative

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i think your first idea is what you should stick with. focus on the parts of columbia that genuinely attract you and make columbia just right for you, not what you think aos need to hear to make it seem like you’ve done research on them!

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aos know they have 24/7 dining halls, thats not something new to them, and i would bet most students would love this too! basically every student would!

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but ask yourself instead why the core is right for you and what specific aspects of it make columbia just right for you. this will get u a much better response + much better contribution to your application

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hope that helps!!

random cosmos
untold ore
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ideally

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wow @glad sentinel you were so much more helpful

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my response is getting mogged

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help

untold ore
untold ore
untold ore
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faculty eval just says that the instructor is goated

untold ore
untold ore
glad sentinel
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its ok šŸ«‚

unique forum
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My fatass needs food bro this is like one of the important-er points šŸ’€

meager bloom
meager bloom
short cradle
plucky apex
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in general university campuses are quite liberal with the exception of religious universities

near ruin
# random cosmos i had a questin for the why columbia response the core curriculum really ties in...

go with your gut instinct on what to put (it seems like you're learning towards the core?). if it ties into your narrative you can probably write more authentically about. and if you're worried the core response is generic i mean the core is basically columbia, like it's a pretty big part.

try to think deeply about how what the core has and teaches and how that connects to your background, your experiences, interests (really just who you are). a simple example is a book they might teach i guess, and how you backgrounds might add new perspectives to a classrooom at the core!

also you can always show your knowledge of columbia by being specific about the school, whether that be through the core or dining hall or forest orientation: specifcity is key. so dont worry about the topic per se

sacred hearth
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does anyone know if the research supplement contacts the mentor with the info you provide?

untold ore
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also allegedly we have access to dorms for no extra charge during winter breaks/breaks??? lowkey did not know this

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i got this info from sidechat so take w grain of salt thats p awesome

sacred hearth
untold ore
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my cornell friend was seething

sacred hearth
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Ok thanks!

untold ore
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i dont think any schools contacted my reserach PI but he did also write a supplemental LOR so

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idk if i submitted that LOR to columbia thjo

sacred hearth
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Oh lol

untold ore
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yeah i dont think i did

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so yeah they probably wont contact they dont have the time for allthat

sacred hearth
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yeah my mentor is just curious

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Ok

untold ore
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my guess is if your paper is like really above your level then they might verify but thats just my guess

short cradle
autumn minnow
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jk

untold ore
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i feel like every now and then there must be one that gets a good laugh

short cradle
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i wish we could see what the AOs say when they read ts

untold ore
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mickey blonde buzz cut definitely giggles

untold ore
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penn may be slightly more conservative compared to other ivys but still generally liberal

short cradle
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we will all be rushing columbia’s two frats

untold ore
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bro what they only have 2

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they have like 6 sororities tho

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including some all asian one

autumn minnow
short cradle
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no i’m making a joke

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about how they don’t have any frats

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cause greek life isn’t rlly needed when ur in the city

untold ore
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they have st andrews

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rich kid coed frat essentially

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at least from what i was told

short cradle
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oh hell naw

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i heard that was some secret society weird thing

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not into ts at all

untold ore
#

virgin Skulls and Bones šŸ¤“ ā˜ļø
chad St. Andrews gigachad šŸ”„

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but yeah u have to get tapped into it or whatever

short cradle
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sigma sachems and nacoms smile

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i’m pretty convinced skull and bones has to be connected to the deep state

untold ore
simple ruin
simple ruin
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Snu is fine

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Beta is cooked

simple ruin
#

Lowk most ppl ik is in one

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Are

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Whatever

lost fossil
#

Absolutely massacre over there

untold ore
simple ruin
#

I didn't mind it

timid bramble
#

what should the research abstract be like? like should i upload the actual research abstract from the paper or is there some specific things to include

chrome panther
timid bramble
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they made it very clear

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so I was wondering if I should expand my abstract

chrome panther
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ya ya.. exactly, so its not really necessary, so its just incase they really want to yk waht i mean

chrome panther
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one i was quanitifying chaos, so i gave my lyapunov exponent from theory and exp...

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and the other one, i gave my final analytic soln for smt i did in electromagnetism

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you typically dont include a lot of formulae in abstract so yah.. i just kept it to the minimum

meager bloom
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Just the abstract nothing more

dire wasp
#

would it be okay to include web novels on my list

willow sparrow
dire wasp
#

dang

glad sentinel
celest ocean
#

I put lotm

dire wasp
glad sentinel
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u can put a lot of stuff like movies for instance if they’ve shaped u

dire wasp
#

i was thinking stepmothers marchen but idk

celest ocean
#

😭😭

dire wasp
#

i havent put a single movie

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😭

celest ocean
#

I’m going to be a film student

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šŸ’€

dire wasp
#

ouhhh

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i guess that helps

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im doing finance so...

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but like half of it is already finance

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so idek

celest ocean
#

Are you applying to stern and wharton

dire wasp
#

i got deferred fromw harton

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šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

celest ocean
#

šŸ’”

dire wasp
#

at least i get to make a video of my rejections/admitted

#

šŸ˜”

celest ocean
#

you’re going to get accepted

glad sentinel
#

that will be such good clickable title too

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ill be getting those views

dire wasp
clear blaze
dire wasp
#

86 is goooooood

clear blaze
#

wait is it updating

dire wasp
#

yup

clear blaze
#

Or is it still on hiatus

clear blaze
dire wasp
#

it recently came back

clear blaze
#

I deadass can’t find it

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Last I read was like 128

dire wasp
#

its at 151 no

#

w

clear blaze
#

Help me out šŸ™

dire wasp
#

i gotchu

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wait i cant lie 86 is actually genius

clear blaze
clear blaze
dire wasp
#

😭 no way

clear blaze
#

Stepmother’s marchen is good tho it’s niche and peak

meager bloom
glad sentinel