#Columbia University (2025-2026)
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that tracks
yep
princeton x columbia
where are you from
im from rural colorado
omg in the mountains or flat
flat
its really sad
we have about only 57% of our snowpack right now
yeah you guys are getting pummeled
our ski resorts r empty with snow
well
reverse pummeled
it doesnt usualyl start snowing until january for us here
so maybe its just late
weve barely gotten snow so far this year :(
its december and colorado
is hotter than san diego
this is not something that is normal
what the hell
and on top of this trump is trying to move the nationās leading climate change lab out of boulder
yeah michael bennet blocked the bill about that though
after he already ripped the military build we have from colorado springs
right
and put it in alabama
alabama does not deserve ts
alabama is already where the space force is so its not like its a random place
but a lot of coloradoās economy comes from our industrial military
the entire region between denver and pueblo is military
the backbone of those economies
and cities
right
and we have NORAD as well
cheyenne mountain
shore
thereās a lot of people double majoring i think
or at least doing a major and a minor
yeah i think i underestimated the capability
yo thatās absurd š???
its only me and one other person applying from my school
see u all at admit day
i will cry
ohhh
makes sense why she isnt taking lithum!
barnard has smth called like the foundations or smth
yeah that was how it was for my school as well
my counselor is stressing me out a bit because my recommendation letter is still not uploaded
iām sure theyāll get to it :D also i think their letter can come in a bit later
yes yes dw about it
you just need to get ur stuff in by jan 1
and all the other stuff has like a couple weeks grace period
historically
my school receives very few columbia applications
wait
i said that wrong
columbia receives very few applications from my school
columbia aos when theyāre asked why rural colorado
āuhm i love to ski or whateverā - jessica marinaccio
and i dont even have the mountains! im the opposite rural š
i got corn fields and a big beaver gas station.
BUCCEES
iām in texas rn and they love that fat beaver
i saw an inflatable outside someoneās house
that beaver is everywhere
there were hella people with festive bucee shirts
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yo an inflatable is only 200 dollars
i think columbia needs one next to the alma mater
if some club can get bouncy houses up we could get a bucee up
it will be like the walt disney statue holding hands with mickey
but alma and bucee
sob emoji
greatest minds of the generation š
yo the guy who made alma mater also made the lincoln statue
he also made john harvard!
can i send them to you in like 5 min?
thanks columbia
yes
british museum activities
actually the british museum would never give it back
hello š
were they targeting the statue or š
hello what
this poor statue
seems like protest
for vietnam war
and kent state shooting
yes it was
this is like stanford and cal type shit
bring back this type of school rivarly
now all we get is bitching about rankings and prestige on sidechat
honestly yeah
bearial but we bury cornellās bear
i too would like to douse the ezra cornell statue in paint
big red more like big dead
the cornell students already slaughtered a bear š did the heavy lifting for us
like 4 ppl (that ik of) have gotten in early from my school š š
are u an nyc kid
alice are you a nyc kid?
rfkcore š„
all the nyc hs r insane bro im looking at the brooklyn tech decisions page
what is avenues
oooh
i took ap lang and i got a 4 on the exam
i see a lot of nyu
š
yeah btech has an insane amt of kids per grade š
likewise
my mom went to a hs in manhattan
she was literally the only person in her graduating class to not attend a T20
she went to bard
Omg
They seem fun
My mom went to bths and then barnard
I wish I still lived in nyc I would of attended there too
I think I would have been too stressed out
I see
wait itās lowk chill š (nyc schools)
like itās only a bit toxic around app season and u can def avoid the toxicity
do you guys have the rejection wall
like stuy does
A rejection wall??
My school should lowkey do that lmao
stuy has a giant wall where everyone hangs up printed rejection letters
OMG
That sounds fun
they also have a senior crush wall where you put up the names of anyone youāve ever liked
we do not lol
we do have a crush wall tho
Omg
Thats crazy
That sounds fun lol
Iām so jealous of everyone elseās schools lol
My school just has high schoolers hitting mailboxes and rocking back in forth in front of the vending machine
Canāt wait to get out
seas applicants are you guys submitting just research or maker portfolio as well?
learning about the adderall rings š„
wait thats cute
i did a research portfolio when i applied
For the diversity question, should we stay stuff like āIām going to start x clubā or can we talk about softer things like a value weāll bring
bro why am i scared to even apply here
harvard, princeton, etc.
don't be
i could imagine harvard since berklees nearby
why pton :O
you can say that you wanna start a certain club but odds are that theres a club that already exists like that so if something already exists that interests you talk about that
you could talk about smth unique you wanna bring to a certain existing org or club for example
but yes you could also write about bringing a value
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
I see, is it okay to just discuss the way Iāll interact w my classmates and such? Do they like to see essays like that or do they prefer tangible impact on the campus
i think if youre able to bring a unique perspective to the communitys conversations you can write about that
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.
e.g. like if you have a partciular lived experience that would e.g. make a club understand its mission better
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
Hmmm okay, I think I understand a little bit more now!! Thank you both. Iāll see if I can tie it up nicely. I already have the background part written and how it shapes the way I learn
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
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
thats was one of the best I wrote..
gave me guidance for the rest of my apps as well
I mean if it's smth unique sure but if there's alrd a similar club j say you'll join
The more specific the bettrr
650 is so much better
The less words the harder to write an actually good essay you have to make every word count
Like Yale is the hardest out of all
Imo
Columbia used to be 250 but now they're 150 too iirc
columbia is sooo short š š it took me so long to cut it down and i feel like my supps were so lifeless bc of it
that was the main reason why i thought i wldnt get in
i swear my hooks take up so much space in columbia apps
Can someone review my columbia supps i worry some of my essays I approached differently and the possibly of being wrong
sure dm
Did u alr get into columbia?
Hii
hi lowell
Can someone look at my diversity essay?
Thats the essay im confused about
did columbia increase undergrad size starting this year or next?
still considering
nothing is for sure
wait so should i apply if its boutta be easier
its not āboutta be easierā
thats not how admissions work
and the class size increase isnāt confirmed or rejected yet, we wonāt know likely for some time
the rigor of your application still needs to be the same under their standards for admittance
more seats doesnt mean less of a standard
so while they will accept more, it still will take the same amount of effort as if you applied this year
does that make sense
naw...
then how would it be the same standards as last yr if there are so many kids that meet the standard?
like the extra kids that get in that wouldn't have gotten in last yr
a lot of people accepted last year were taken off the waitlist. if class sizes increase, that just means more people who were waitlisted (qualified for admission) wouldnāt be waitlisted anymore
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
my point is while they may accept more people making it āeasierā to get in, it doesnt change the fact your application is still viewed the same way as it has in the past
does that make sense?
waitlist doesnt mean qualified for admission though
the kids on the waitlist have worse apps than the kids on the admit list
like the same amount of waitlist people will be admitted this year cuz around the same ammount of yield %
there is a lot to go into how colleges decide who is admitted and waitlisted, its not simply based on a āworse app.ā
institutional priorities exist among schools, and sometimes they reject or waitlist individuals purely because they arenāt a fit for the institution despite having a stellar application
because there are many many kids that meet the standard that donāt get in every year
itās not like some threshold where theyāve lowered it to increase acceptances
this isnāt really how it works either
hypothetically, lets say im one of those kids (but not the top, like near the average / lower people of the qualified applicants that were waitlisted last year)
source?
wouldn't i have a better chance of getting in this year than last?
shoot ur shot
if they didnt then idk what to say lol
columbia does not distribute decisions based on having ābetterā or āworseā applications and then putting āworseā onto the waitlist
"worse" im not referring to like lower SAT score or something, im talking cumulatively including the fit to the school and character they value
"worse" from columbia's reference for admission
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
that is not how columbia works
columbia is need blind
this is hypothetical again
its not hypothetical
not just money but any aspect that columbia values
because its blatantly incorrect
you cant create a hypothetical situation which never happens because columbia does not consider income in their evaluation of you being accepted or not
so its not easier for qualified applicants that meet their standards this year?
its exactly the same as any other year then for qualified applicants?
so no source
what youāre confused on is you are assuming more seats means more flexibility in getting admitted
the standards for admission are the same ofc
but for the people that meet the standards its more of a chance?
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?
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.
a higher chance doesnt mean easier?
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
wait did this happen this yr or last
no, because admissions past a certain point is not based on skill nor effort
whats it based on
luck
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
so if the class size increased by 200, its just 200 more lucky people that should've gotten in but wouldve gotten waitlisted before?
i don't know if they would've gotten waitlisted before or rejected or what would have happened to them or if they should or shouldn't have gotten in, that's all hypothetical, but if the class size increased by 200, there are 200 more people that would get in, and those 200 people will be very lucky to attend columbia if they choose to commit
Yeah w coulmbia n Yale u usually gotta be creative w hooks
They already increased 20% last yr
I doubt they will actually increase again but they're discussing it
What are some aspects about columbia that are very unique? Anything underground that i might wana know?
Other than the core
I think the city is important, maybe u can mention some Columbia specific pipelines for your future career that other school in the city donāt have
get straight to the point!
did you already get in? is it important to mention aspects of NYC
i saw a yt vid saying that
but lowk with 150 words its genuinely impossible
U gotta shorten everything
It can condense trust
I actually preffered this it was less to write making it easier š
idt u shld talk too much abt nyc if it can be applied to any other college in the area
150 words gives u an opportunity to say what matters
not necessary
unless itās important to you
ong these youtubers be talking bs
i did not mention anything about nyc
the biggest danger of talking about NYC is there is a point where ur essay becomes why new york and not why columbia
cause keep in mind, NYC has some amazing colleges
no, but i submitted all my apps.. so if you want i can look throught but its fine if you dont want me too..
they dont know anything tbh
^^ why new york is very valid, it's just not the essay they're looking for
I didnāt either and I got deferred, I guess it wouldnāt hurt to talk about in the LOCI
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
i didnt talk about too much nyc related apart from the core curriculum classes where u get to go out to the museums in the city
bartending class is p cool
great for networking too
i feel like its prob. equally important to not spend too much time focusing on what you think the school cares about tho
you will never know what the school thinks about
also again like imagine if a school admitted only people that cared 120% about intellectual vitality and only 20% about community
it wouldnāt make for a very diverse class
they admit different kinds of people that align with different parts of their values
well yeah IV isnt the only thing you should show
but some schools emphasize it more than others of course, as other schools do with other area
imo i think your supplementals should not be tailored in any way where you think you are emphasizing what the school wants
^^ the point is write about what you yourself believe in
its a very dangerous game to play since you can get stuck in a loop of writing stuff that isnt authentically how youād respond because you get so conscious of every word or phrase written
not to say you shouldnt put thought behind your responses! i just think be mindful of a healthy balance of you vs. school
if that makes sense
yeah i agree
im not saying liek tailor it towards ur schoolos values just be cognizant ab it when u write
you can lean in to different sides of yourself while still being authentic
and true to you
sure
shore
its giving uchicago
same loll
- some research stuff but i talked abt how columbia made those opportunities possible
Thanks!! Iāll dm
ok iāll look at it tn :D
wait i had no idea, this is so cool
maybe i need to switch up my supplementals
š§
who am i kidding i have no time for ts activities
does columbia like narrative or straightforward ppl
I am taking it next sem š
bartending class sounds so cool
thatās not rly an answerable question, they accept people with many different storytelling styles
you should write your essays in your style
eh
depends on how you quantify intellectual vitality and even then i think it's tough to say
facts
yeah a big mistake people make is writing their essays for AOs
it doesn't matter
should u include author name in q1
Iād say probably not
If it's a common book name or if u have space
the instructions say not to
I listed a lot of YouTubers if thatās fine
it is fine, my brother got in doing tat lol
W
im 90% sure Q1 is a social experiment by bored AOs
typical
like when they email you to āapplication updateā
but actually its just āwe have new info sessionsā
idt i even got this lol
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
i wonder if the aos ever collectively sigh when they see a list with subtitles and authors
not like it really makes a difference admissions wise but its just funny to imagine
i hope ur doing well too
yes yes no DECISIONS for you instead we have fuckass WEBINARS for MIDWESTERNERS
š
imagine my surprise when i see like 7 sessions in the midwest and none for my midwestern state
missouri hogging everything
Low-key sad that such a nice institution is pretty much unavailable for ints
really? i would say columbias probably one of the most international friendly ivys
If it wasn't for last year's drama
they still are going to accept a lot of internationals LOL
one of the ED acceptances was international
Cutting down fundings, cutting the number of intls cut
if you like the school you should apply
And most importantly - revoking of visas
i dont think it is as bad as college admissions content on social media is making it seem
I like Columbia, honestly. Despite all the mean things I've said abt it, I think it's at least nice
unfortunately these things arent exclusive to columbia, pretty all top US universities are gonna be a bit rougher for internationals this year
that too
Bro didn't u tell me I'm crazy if I want to apply here as an intš
HELP
no i asked why
u dropped jhu for columbia
that was someone else lol
At least my background saves me a bit
A tiny bit
what is it
It's abt school's spirit. Jhu wants students who are eager to do researches and had some experience in the past. I sadly don't have this kind of passion
help im crying
šŗš¦
i dont think jhu is exclusively going to only accept research kids
for a few reasons
Case closed
dont drop a school because you dont think youll get in LOL drop a school if you dont like it
but it seems like you are gravitating towards columbia even after u thought maybe u didnt want to apply
I just heard it's a big thing here. Even their 1 and only essay is abt you being the first in smth. Like the meaningful first in research
I'm ok with jhu, it's just that all the day I've been exploring this institution and wondering if I'm the kind they're looking for
jhu does not want 100% of a student body to have all done advanced first research in some realm
colleges never want 100% of a student body doing something
one it isnt reasonable to expect that among high schoolers
when undergraduates struggle to get research
I like Columbia. It's just the drama. Like location is goated, programs r fire, possibilities are unique and cool, a lot of interesting internships and I personally like how campus looks
Like despite all the slander, I think Columbia is cool
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.
Buuut they have 80% of undergrad ending up doing at least 1 research in their college years. Basically they have a big fund for your research and that's one of their main pillars. Like greek life for Dartmouth
thats during undergrad tho!
And here's a catch: I don't think there's any possibilities for research at my country at allš
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
when i say this i refer to admissions wise w/ hs activites
yeah i think its really just fear mongering
for instance ive seen elise pham talk a lot about it
and she uses it as a way to advertise her business
Like the maximum I could find is a competition in which you need to write smth with your high-school teacher abt biology, government or history and it's more like a competition with district and city level
all colleges are getting hit this year
sigh
harvard mit brown etc
typical
people love to shit on columbia
she also has begun including pictures of students but redacting them
i mean ivyleagueroadmap kept boasting about how this year would be the easiest to get into an ivy but clearly not
what a lie
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??
they say that every year probably, they either have to be the hardest or easiest
yes the administration's drama fucked with a lot of schools
???????
elise pham was using this yesterday
but canāt be a normal year because thatās bad for clicks
Honestly? My thoughts. I'm just not the type of person who expresses politics. Like yea I spread the info abt my country and war, but I don't post it online.
So I think I'm gonna be just fine
she said āi 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
but get this
she then posts on the second slide
Don't ever listen to him. That guy is the WORST
ābut applications are skyrocketing across the us even with the cliff!ā
and shows a screenshot of 2029 applicant numbers
100% misleading and 100% deceptive
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
I saw it's like 1% difference in intl apps this year...
Like a pretty miserable difference
dude mit ea apps dropped this year and its still hard to get in š„
my dad is like columbias going to reject all the liberals but be so fr who is putting political party in their apps anyway
again, apply if you like the school
Sigh
To be honest? Since I was a kid I wanted to go to the USA. You know? Go to college, try chillis and go to Nyc. I'm rlly sad abt all of this
Like Idk, that's just sad
I will
CHILIS š
Again, I'm just sad
I always wondered how they taste like...
Like a dish
you cant buy chili peppers?
which is funny because in terms of the student body its probably top 3 most liberal out of the rest of the ivys
help
Idts everyone ik did it
yeah fr compared to pton and penn
yeah no i did categories
it just felt weird to put it all as a blob but that was just me nitpicking about aesthetics
Nobody ik got their visa revoked
penn is very liberal
oh THAT ONE yeah idk ive never had it
If you don't do dumb shit you're fine
penn wharton thoā¦
I heard like now there's a policy for expressing your opinion
yeah some absurd percentage of graduates go into investment banking
i mean all ivies are liberal
I will apply
š
I like the school
Where r u hearing ts from
i dont think there is a policy like that...
p much every college is liberal besides like hillsdale
bob jones
i did subsections as well just because some of the media is not something youād click that its a novel or a poem right away
Like I heard sum story abt the intl girl who came to the protests supporting Palestine and got her visa revoked
That's all
But I'm also friends with a anarchist so
Like idk, mb that's not true
i have some poetry in mine and if i put it blank it didnt make sense aesthetically with the lowercase aesthetic of the title
Well yeah they occupied a school building smashed windows and didn't let workers leave
I don't doubt this may be a slander
They were trespassed and prosecuted yeah
But like, I think I'm fine
I'm not into protests anyway
I'm rlly excited for college tho
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
And again, this info came from a man who changes his opinion everyday
However, NYU sucks balls
came from a man who said our former president had stage nine prostate cancer fyi
I like Columbia and absolutely hate NYU
great you'd fit right in
no campus is not my vibe
At least in 2028 that's a bye bye lol
executive order to stop columbia from using a lion as their mascot, must be a bald eagle
NYU students who wants to escape living on the streets
And experience some normal college life
do you not fw him
Like ur paying 92 grand for no campus + no dorm? Yea ur a loser
i love him so much
i hate nyu so much i went to this mun conference there oml
i have a little lion drawing in my phone case
my chair there was so bad
above a fortune cookie fortune
no real furry wouldve let this slide
awwww
get a real fursuit artist for columbia
School's colors
columbia blue is so nice
probably top 3 college colors
georgetown blue on the other hand is kinda stinkyā¦
Low-key my favorite college mascots r Princeton's tiger and Columbia's lion
unfortunately john harvard does not have bloodshot crimson eyes
I like cats
have u seen the tiger and lion hugging videos
the lion bothers the tiger until it gets pmo'd
Yes
i hate that ptons mascot is so cool
And even a child of a lion and a tiger
j think theyāre all ligers
nono
like
if the male is the tiger its a different name
from if the female is the tiger
also only one of them is an upgrade from the originals
I have smth similar
uf is good
It's a tiger promise
NU wildcat is gross
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.
Ew
bad color
I like NU's color being purple
But wildcat...
omg so cute
I love him he's so silly omg
they js got a live tiger on campus? š
Bigger than both of their parents btw
chihuahua legs
It eats students who failed their exams
Pls spread the word
wtf
its free to visit mike the tiger
typical southern public activities icl
8 hour drive should i go
im watching the live cam why tf is it actually there
it has a live cam wtf š
i need to go to a ut austin game i fw longhorns heavy
The most unsustainable pool in existence
bro what
can columbia get a lazy river
this cannot be optimal lazy river shape
ive been to an arkansas game and it was SO hype
what is ts uni even abt dawg
theyre gonna have to nuke the entirety of the financial district for land
Low-key why Columbia students are so active in social media. Like a lot of dorm tours and videos abt the college
sorry wall street! a lazy river is coming
half of them are influencers the other half are actors
i support
nyc brings this out in ppl
roaree on the admissions insta š«¶š«¶š«¶
one of the current dorm tours/day in my life up on columbiaās website and youtube that i get emails about is from a student who transferred from columbia and now posts content hating on columbia
this is probably also what usc does to people
usc is WAY worse
wait im cooked i read youtube as youtiao
@autumn minnow hi
USC>=NYU
YO WAIT WHAT THATS SO FUNNY IM CRYINg
he got his acceptance to brown rescinded
fucla
and now he is at bowdoin
who is this ts frying me
how wtf
WAIT IVE SEEN THIS GUY
LMFAOOO
HE TRANSFERRED TO BROWN RIGHT
yes š
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 š
Anything is better than nothing
js 1 class?
the usc campus is like genuinely so good
Like at least thry got beautiful buildings you're paying for
oh usc is private? let's go
And a dorm
this is why we donāt lie on applications š
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
thats acc crazy tho but i do understand
omg
i remember columbia threatened someone that got in ED after a B though š like a couple years ago
Everyone exaggerates on their common app, but a few losers lie
well it was weird because he called brown
after getting accepted and said hey
oh thats crazy
i changed the class since applying because of the columbia protests which allowed him to change the class
and the brown admissions office was saying yes your offer of admission still stands, send the transcripts in june youāll be fine
Like let's be honest, there can't be so many founders of something applying to colleges
but then he got an email in june saying your application is under review for academic performance shifts
and then ultimately got rescinded
ngl idk why hes not a d1 brown hater instead
i would get much more pmo'd at a school that rescinded me than one i transferred out of
eh isnt there only like a few hundred thousand applying to ivys which is still a LOT, but there's a lot of things in the world to do
does everyone acc exaggerate
When will you collab with maple syrup club
please dont be maple syrup i already chose to be maple syrup
i will be strawberry dont worry
i acquired all the members
The majority I would say more or less
but the exaggerations typically dont even make a difference in admissions anyways
be truthful
as someone who did get audited
It's like taxes
ppl exaggerate on taxes?
You can be a lawful person and pay em
uhhh downplay probably is the better word
Or not to pay and pray
yale verified hella ecs this year lmao
I think I will record my admissions decision reaction
after the one girl from co29 got exposed as a fraud
buttt like if i put 20hrs/w when i did 18 what abt something like that
im assuming u didn't do any of that? how would they even know
good idea
i recorded mine
I have my for Penn ED...
its good to look back on
I'm proud of myself tbh
I took it as bravely and thanked everyone
I thinkbI did a good job
if i have social media as one of my ecs would they ask for the user or smth?...
sure they wouldnt for sure know but also it doesnt make a difference in admissions LOL
Helps to capture the moment
Low-key it takes only 1
this kid spent 20 hours a week founding a nonprofit instead of js 18 like the other guy we gotta accept him
Not all 20 colleges you apply to have to accept you
generally no, they dont have the time, but on rare occasions maybe
odds are the ecs/parts of the application getting audited wouldnt be your social media account anyways
unless it was like pne of your absolute top activities that you spent a ton ton ton of time on
oh ok
Admissions officers spend only around 8 minutes reading your application
what if that 1 is js a safety lol
also i got audited for smth different and in my case it probably made a difference
Sometimes they even just skim your essay and look fully only at the hook
so also dont lie about hardships/circumstances š i remember seeing kids considering that last year
That's ok. Even a safety can be the perfect college for you to attend. Also, transfer exists!
oh true
I don't have to lol
isnt transfer rate for good schools tho like ungodly competitive
Mine is just Idk, a big trauma
life will go on
you will adapt
Cuz I was forced to move cuz of the war
but that is true yeah
its hard fs but not impossible
No electricity at some point
:(
Living near the active warzone at some point
Like yea, when I reread that I was shocked I'm not dead lol
we are glad you are here with us!
And I'm glad to meet you ppl. This server is so freaking sweet I can't
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yea this server is lwk fire
We don't talk abt r/a2c tho
That's our drunkard weird uncle
i joined this from r/a2c lol
this thread is the best thread too
if u mean R/applyingtocollege
I swear these ppl there are hella doomed
all of the other ones are either dead or full of tryhards
fr? im in the other ones they seem chill
I mean I wouldn't say it like that
But some threads yea
Like Duke and Jhu are pretty much dead
gtown is a graveyard
ucs are full of random ppl asking questions
nu is full of tryhards, love them tho
stanford is nice but a little weird
Everyone's busy praying
u js mentioned all of the ones im not in lol
nah we had like a 46% AR in a2c for EA
and harvard is nice
neu is nice but dead
46% is crazy acc
Brown is chill
BU is just gray_cat
stanford thread on rea day was tragic
We don't talk abt MIT and Columbia...
there was that one QB guy too heās very nice but he was flexing on everyone š
MIT was SO bad for everyone this yr
After my rejection to Penn I was told I'm simply too kind for that college lol
Penn is full of assholes and tryhards
MIT has to have kill count now
Meh, the school seemed nice + the best program for my major
iirc it was like 29 defers and 0 accepted right
everyone got into cornell
8 defers from my school 0 accept
omg
Rice and NU were nice
yeah cornell and NU especially
thereās so many cornell commits in the channel
i gotta say dartmouth is the top 8 ivy oat.. sorry biggreen
I think Dartmouth is underrated af
- columbia
- harvard
- brown
- dart
- yale
- cornell
- pton
- penn
Low-key that's a good college, it's just not for everyone
i like dartmouth
it always is
tru tru i feel like a2c is also mostly east cost and midwest too
sooo
of the ivies i would say
opinions will def change a lot but
- harvard
- yale
- brown
- princeton
- cornell
- columbia
- penn
- dartmouth
bold words
nono stanford rea is hella brutal
they donāt defer much
- columbia
- yale
- upenn
- brown
- harvard
- pton
- dartmouth
- cornell
i think like 2 people active in the Rice thread left the server after ed results came out : (
oh yeah thatās true
my favorite senior got rejected last year
but they havenāt taken anyoen from my school sincd ā20
and they didnāt go
weāve sent maybe 7 kids to ivies in school history
stanny is #1 opp
- Brown
- Yale
- Columbia
- Princeton
- Dartmouth
- Harvard
- Cornell
- UPenn
oops
if one breaks an ed contract they blacklist the hs right
not always
nah thatās just Tulane
Prob like that
You can switch Yale and Columbia
thats acc so messed up tho no matter what school or situation
like 1 student doesn't represent what the WHOLE student body will do
so surprised everyone is a umass cambridge hater over here
I just can't say anything abt Harvard
ugly ass campus
It's def a cool institution
But I can't rlly point out how it outstands
wait this is insane
yale mogs but harvard still has cool campus
Like Yale cares for their students and they are opened up with their admissions
ok fair but i live in red brick so im kinda used to it ig
Princeton is rigorous and encourages students to compete and succeed
Harvard? Ummm... John Harvard was racist?
princeton is just pretentious
now i think abt it Like yale is better than harvard
John Harvard lived in 1630
And considering that I explore each uni for some time
Read
Explore
Watch some videos
That's concerning
id say like 95% of white people were racist in the 1600s
it was pc to be racist then
how
imagine she tries for columbia next
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whatd you get audited for
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
Isnt that just the welcome week nyc shit
No I had like
10 bs
Some b- incl
hi columbia friends
would it be possible for someone to log into their columbia ID and get more info about this course?
hello im youtube
hi youtube iām feather
hi feather
if anyone could help
i think youāre focusing on the wrong thing here
when you write the columbia supplementals i would get rid of the mentality of āi need to show the aos i know a lot about columbiaā
if you focus too much on trying to put too much information in to make it seem like youāve 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
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 youāve done research on them!
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!
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
hope that helps!!
thank u this was very helpful
can you do a specific response that addresses your goals
ideally
wow @glad sentinel you were so much more helpful
my response is getting mogged
help
hi youtube im dookie
yes
unforch no syllabus available :( or book list available rn
faculty eval just says that the instructor is goated
ive seen some past welcome week š
smth i wrote about in my essay
I wrote that LMAO
My fatass needs food bro this is like one of the important-er points š
Lmfao one of my friends used him and got into Stanford thru questie
Isn't Penn republican/ more conservative?
i am VERY excited for the 24/7 dinning hall
in general university campuses are quite liberal with the exception of religious universities
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
does anyone know if the research supplement contacts the mentor with the info you provide?
bruh someone went back home and lost 5 pounds
also allegedly we have access to dorms for no extra charge during winter breaks/breaks??? lowkey did not know this
i got this info from sidechat so take w grain of salt thats p awesome
Is it similar to the John Locke essay comp where they make you put a referral email to check for academic integrity or is it just in case they have more questions?
my cornell friend was seething
they did not contact mine
Ok thanks!
i dont think any schools contacted my reserach PI but he did also write a supplemental LOR so
idk if i submitted that LOR to columbia thjo
Oh lol
yeah i dont think i did
so yeah they probably wont contact they dont have the time for allthat
my guess is if your paper is like really above your level then they might verify but thats just my guess
iām going to gain pounds
or abysmal to the degree of incompetence
jk
HELP
i feel like every now and then there must be one that gets a good laugh
i wish we could see what the AOs say when they read ts
mickey blonde buzz cut definitely giggles
all the ivys are very liberal
penn may be slightly more conservative compared to other ivys but still generally liberal
we will all be rushing columbiaās two frats
bro what they only have 2
they have like 6 sororities tho
including some all asian one
"publishing this paper has released significant negative externalities that are harming the world as we know it; the world is better off not knowing this"
no iām making a joke
about how they donāt have any frats
cause greek life isnāt rlly needed when ur in the city
virgin Skulls and Bones š¤ āļø
chad St. Andrews
š„
but yeah u have to get tapped into it or whatever
sigma sachems and nacoms 
iām pretty convinced skull and bones has to be connected to the deep state
wdym u dont want to rush the most universally hated frat on sidechat (sig nu)
iām too poor
Yeah they organize the holiday parties too
What
Snu is fine
Beta is cooked
There's like 5
Lowk most ppl ik is in one
Are
Whatever
Bit late but I was a major part in that tragedyš
Absolutely massacre over there
i swear they got an entire hate train ran on them for a good few days
I think they threw a party people didn't like
I didn't mind it
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
just the abstract.. but i just thought, an abstract isnt gonna be enouhg, so i linked the actual paper as a hyperlink so if they wanna look at it they can yk (that was unpublished), the other i gave the doi as well
they donāt press links tho
they made it very clear
so I was wondering if I should expand my abstract
ya ya.. exactly, so its not really necessary, so its just incase they really want to yk waht i mean
alright
oh yeah.. i kinda made it a bit longer like a teeny bit longer with like some specifics.. like i gave my final result and i gave my most important derivations final result
one i was quanitifying chaos, so i gave my lyapunov exponent from theory and exp...
and the other one, i gave my final analytic soln for smt i did in electromagnetism
you typically dont include a lot of formulae in abstract so yah.. i just kept it to the minimum
ic ty
Just the abstract nothing more
would it be okay to include web novels on my list
i wouldnāt
dang
people include literally everything but i would make sure the media is more intellectual in nature
I put lotm
valid
u can put a lot of stuff like movies for instance if theyāve shaped u
i was thinking stepmothers marchen but idk
šš
ouhhh
i guess that helps
im doing finance so...
but like half of it is already finance
so idek
Are you applying to stern and wharton
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youāre going to get accepted
wait literally
that will be such good clickable title too
ill be getting those views
LMAO yea
I put 86, same sorta idea even though itās a light novel
86 is goooooood
yup
Or is it still on hiatus
Wait where
it recently came back
Bless
I put Vinland saga, AoT, code geass, goodnight punpun and frieren too

š no way
they prob donāt care as long as you donāt list any controversial writings
Stepmotherās marchen is good tho itās niche and peak
I put sailor moon, cardcaptor sakura, erased, and avatar lol
yes keep things like smut out of there š i saw a tiktok of someone who included some and i think thats y she got rejected