Columbia University (2025-2026)

[autumn minnow]

source: im sitting next to her

[untold ore]

IM SO HAPPY IT WENT SO WELL

[untold ore]

I JUMPED OUT OF MYS EAT LOL

[glad sentinel]

JENI I LOVE U SO MUCH

U HELPED ME SO MUCH

[untold ore]

I LITEARLLY WENT NO FUCKING WAUY

[autumn minnow]

fact

[earnest cipher]

YOU CRAZY MOTHERFUCKER

[somber lake]

make sense

[earnest cipher]

WOW

[untold ore]

UR MY GOATTTTT BRO IM SO HAOPPY FOR YOU

[plain thistle]

@autumn minnow how do i write columbia loci

[untold ore]

" hello columbia please let me in "

trust it works

[bitter parrot]

can u put in a good word for me

[keen steeple]

I got in 🦁

[bitter parrot]

congrats!

[keen steeple]

Thank you!

[autumn minnow]

1. write a letter of continued interest. prepare strong updates of what you've worked on since the original application. you may connect these updates to how you would contribute to the columbia community. these do not need to be worldly accomplishments, but they should be personally meaningful enough to you to share (in other words, don't waste the readers' time). one page maximum.

2. if you have an additional champion in the form of a teacher, advisor, or mentor, submit an additional letter of recommendation, if they allow.

getting into columbia is not easy and the chances are low. doing these two steps can boost your chances, although there is no guarantee. but that is okay. over a longer time horizon, what is more valuable than boosting your chances, perhaps, is being able to tell yourself that you did everything you could.

[untold ore]

congrats !!!!

[untold ore]

thanks my goat

[autumn minnow]

as for format, just open with the fact that you would 100% go if accepted, and then roll straight into the updates. don't overcomplicate it.

[narrow sun]

Yo I need help with transfers

[coral temple]

congratsss

[keen steeple]

Thank you!

[hidden patrol]

international got in!!

[autumn minnow]

welcome

[coral temple]

yeah sure if u have any questions feel free to dm me

[coral temple]

congratssss

[tribal grail]

Can I appeal my rejection

[coral temple]

columbia doesn't allow appeals

u can always try to apply to transfer

[oblique snow]

guys can someone give like a rough estimate in % of people that get off waitlisted

like if someone were to guess

[visual ember]

What’s even the point of waitlist if no one gets in dude

Fuck

[fluid solar]

Rejected lets goo

😂✌️🥀

[fathom drift]

@glad sentinel ur going to columbia w/ me right

you're not gonna abandon me to go to harvard right abba

[prime temple]

YOOOO CONGRATULATIONS

[fathom drift]

yo they're not telling me what scholar i am

[glossy cedar]

same

[fathom drift]

am i a JJ or a kluge scholar columbia cmon tell me

[glossy cedar]

yoooo scholar is insane

[digital pawn]

congrats everyone

[glossy cedar]

congrats

[digital pawn]

lmk if you have any questions!

~ a columbia junior ✨

[red bluff]

kind of confused why they deferred me instead of just fucking rejecting me

like way to string me along there

i would’ve packed it up and stopped hoping back in december ffs

[glossy cedar]

fr

[green locust]

obama generator

[red bluff]

yeah thanks obama

[glossy cedar]

bruh i was being an idiot in december and told everyone i was deferred in december and they were all so supportive in rd

feel like i let them down

[red bluff]

yeah same

irl people that is

[glossy cedar]

yes

[red bluff]

everyone was congratulating me on being deferred? lol?

idk why tf

[glossy cedar]

haha same

idk i have gt tomorrow but im oos

gonna be hard

[red bluff]

georgetown?

[glossy cedar]

nah georgia tech

[red bluff]

or gtech

oh gotcha

seriously good luck!!

[visual ember]

I still love u columbia 😞

[glossy cedar]

tysm

[red bluff]

anyways

free palestine

[cold meadow]

FREE PALESTINE FREE GAZA

[red bluff]

fuck claire shipwreck

[hollow bay]

waitlisted 🙁

[cold meadow]

CEASEFIRE NOW

[red bluff]

i’m sorry :( not a rejection do!!

[noble hornet]

Hey guys what is the cusp program at Columbia?

[tall spire]

Same

Hopefully we get off ^

[sullen bolt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOWm45bC6QI

A song to everyone who's coming!

[ionic remnant]

tbh it doesn't rly matter

[pliant cobalt]

waiiitlist

[ionic remnant]

columbia undergraduate scholars program https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/scholars

[narrow sun]

I did but yeah I’ll reach out with questions

[livid granite]

Wl Columbia!! Opting out, hope some of you get in 🥹🤞

[visual ember]

I have nothing to put in my loci dude

Fuck

I’m just a lazy ass

[ionic remnant]

i'm old what does that mean

[fathom drift]

i'm hearing you

and i'm listening to you

[ionic remnant]

oh lol okay

that's what i thought

[fathom drift]

and i'm taking to heart what you have to say

[ionic remnant]

cool

the kind of scholar you are is just what fund they pull money from

the program is the same for all of the scholars

[digital pawn]

tbh scholars program is more work than it actually helps and it's only ~10% of each class

[fathom drift]

aww now i'm sad

[ionic remnant]

it's still a cool thing to put on your resume

and it's an accomplishment to be chosen! but yeah the program itself isn't all that

[hidden patrol]

guys vanderbilt or columbia for econ?

[untold ore]

WOOOOOOO

[untold ore]

i think they let u know later?

[fathom drift]

ahh

[untold ore]

what’s your goal in the future

[fathom drift]

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/03/26/columbia-college-seas-admit-class-of-2030-from-largest-applicant-pool-in-university-history/

[hidden patrol]

Not to deadset on anything, exploring the traditional finance path ofc IB and whatnot, consulting or policy would also be really cool

[untold ore]

consulting IB finance etc go columbia

[untold ore]

bro they got more applications than last year no way

i think the AR went down

[fathom drift]

yep

they actually made this class smaller than last years

[coral temple]

Oh ok sounds good

[fathom drift]

they really jumped the gun apparently last year

[untold ore]

yeah even w the class size increase

[pliant cobalt]

do you think theres gonna be waitlist movement

[untold ore]

last year they overshot i think how much they needed to make up for the whole situation

[untold ore]

hard to say about this year but write a good loci dont give up hope

[fathom drift]

so 2581 ppl got in

last year they admitted 400 waitlisters

this year might be different though

especially if yield is wonky

and they overenroll again

[reef adder]

man this schools sucks

[narrow sun]

Which schools have you gotten into so far

[hidden patrol]

ive gotten columbia, vandy, unc chapel hill, uva, boston college and fordham

[fathom drift]

is there a columbia '30 group?

if not i might make a server

[narrow sun]

That’s great bro

You gonna commit to Columbia?

[bleak mauve]

vanderbilt (full ride+ 6k stipend) - hod and data science pre med or columbia (2k) - econ and data science pre med

[flint canyon]

There’s like a bunch of random discords

There’s one big insta gc tho

That’s the main one this year I think

[fathom drift]

the curoar one?

[flint canyon]

Yea

[honest cave]

Hello guys, I'm an intl student and got waitlisted from columbia, what is probability to get of the waitlist?

[mental steeple]

who got in

[hidden patrol]

Offical acceptance rate is 4.23% this year

[hidden patrol]

Im not sure yet, weighting my options between vandy and columbia

[chrome kettle]

How many people get off waitlist

[sullen bolt]

um

is columbia discord server dead

nobody's talking in it

[meager bloom]

Lol

[untold ore]

which one

the big one

?

the club ones i’m in r pretty active

i’m in a minecraft and an esports one

[sullen bolt]

oh god i cant send images

but. the one thats just called Columbia University

maybe bc im unverified bc i didnt get my college email yet

but admits chat is dead

[untold ore]

yeah…. that is probably it

[sullen bolt]

also uh feel free to invite me to the minecraft servers once i do get in

im like 99.9% committing

[untold ore]

oh hell yeah :D

let me add u

[flint canyon]

is the minecraft one like an online server

[untold ore]

yes they have a minecraft server too

[hidden patrol]

Where can i find the columbia server?

[sullen bolt]

i found it online on reddit

let me show u the link (but its so quiet)

[sullen bolt]

https://www.reddit.com/r/columbia/comments/p5l5h0/columbia_university_discord_server/

i found it on this old and busted reddit post

[untold ore]

i can link u in dms

[glad sentinel]

omg admitted one?

[untold ore]

this is the big columbia server overall!

what r u thinking abba

r u gonna go to admit day

[pliant cobalt]

UNWAITLIST ME

https://tenor.com/view/for-sure-gif-13248741687081638874

[sullen bolt]

is it true that we can go to broadway

[hasty current]

wait i have a question

my columbia waitlist letter says at the top "fu foundation school of engineering and applied science" but

i do not think i applied into that school

........

[sullen bolt]

uh oh

[hasty current]

like i'm 99% sure i applied for english.

[sullen bolt]

i dont think im qualified to answer this but

[hasty current]

is that in applied science.

[sullen bolt]

shoot them an email ig?

[hasty current]

okay 💀

[sullen bolt]

or was this like your 2nd choice or something

[hasty current]

let me double check this

[hasty current]

wdym?

[tall spire]

Mine says that too

[sullen bolt]

sorry i thought something else my brain fried today

[hasty current]

oh

is that js

the generic one

that's so weird

did u apply into engineering/sci

[tall spire]

Yeah I think they just put it on there

[tall spire]

No

Doesn’t it say Columbia college above the engineering school?

[hasty current]

well yeah

[untold ore]

idt you can second choice the other school

[hasty current]

but why would it say fu foundation

if i didn't apply there

i mean idrc but its just weird to me esp bc waitlist lol

like naturally i would not get into their engineering school 😭

[untold ore]

errrrrr

maybe it’s a mistake on their end???

[sullen bolt]

yeah my head got mixed up i thought rutgers for a sec

[untold ore]

HELP

rutgers manhattan 💔💔💔💔

[hasty current]

should i email or is it pointles

[untold ore]

how low we’ve fallen 💔💔💔

[untold ore]

wait you still have access to common app right

[pliant cobalt]

my waitlist says both

[untold ore]

u should be able to download the pdf

and see what you applied for

[sullen bolt]

huh

[untold ore]

fascinating

[hasty current]

okay eah i put down columbia college

and english, history, linguistics

💀

[untold ore]

what does the actual letter content say

[pliant cobalt]

i heard waitlist warriors have a good time at CU

is this still true

[untold ore]

also who’s the dean that signs off

[sullen bolt]

why cant i send images

[untold ore]

shi fu chang = seas

[hasty current]

jessica marinaccio

[untold ore]

yeah it’s not a mistake it’s jessica signing off it’s a college letter

[hasty current]

Jessica Marinaccio
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid

[hasty current]

okay

[sullen bolt]

mine also said the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

[tall spire]

I think it’s just listing both schools

[sullen bolt]

AND ITS AN ADMIT LETTER

[hasty current]

wonder why they'd put school of engineering on top

[sullen bolt]

idk atp

[hasty current]

LMAOO

ok what are they doing

[hasty current]

OHHHHH

that would make sense.

oops

okay

sorry guys

false alarm

[untold ore]

WAIT PEAKKKKKKK

[sullen bolt]

Creative Writing
Education Studies (minor only)
Mathematics

someone tell me one of these is engineering 💀

[untold ore]

I HAVE THE NEW ADMIT PORTAL

[sullen bolt]

OH SO ITS BOTH

[untold ore]

I CAN DO THE SCAVENGER HUNT AGAIN

[tall spire]

Lol hope everyone gets off the waitlist 🙏

[untold ore]

PEAK

[ember shoal]

hey guys does anyone know what the columbia movement is like

i got wl

[tall spire]

Last year it was rlly good

[ember shoal]

ooh

[untold ore]

what school

[tall spire]

~300 got off I beelive

[untold ore]

yeah

idk if that will happen this year tho

last year was wonky

[ember shoal]

wasnt last year chaotic

[untold ore]

yeah

[ember shoal]

i hope this year goes good too

[tall spire]

Yeah they had the most applicants this yr in history 🥀

[untold ore]

js depends on yield

[untold ore]

??? no way 😭

[hasty current]

seems like it's been that way across the board

[sullen bolt]

woah

[hasty current]

yale RD had a sub-3% acceptance rate

[tall spire]

I read in on a Columbia newspaper page 😭

[tall spire]

I saw that too

What is going on

[ember shoal]

are we seriouss

[untold ore]

holy shit no way

[sullen bolt]

idk man im tired

[ember shoal]

all the colleges this year had record numbers

[untold ore]

@bitter river YOU ARE THE GOAT

[ember shoal]

or at least a lot

[tall spire]

Yeah Yale rd was insane

[sullen bolt]

someone tell me to go do stuff

[hasty current]

ikrrr

i beat 10% odds but rd is js insane 😭

[sullen bolt]

i have work im not gonna fluffpost on A2C server anymore

[pliant cobalt]

is WL a respectable performance

[hasty current]

um yes.

it means they want you!

they just don't have room :(

[pliant cobalt]

will they let me off :(

[tall spire]

Ofc hope you get off the wl

[hasty current]

MAYBE

[untold ore]

believe

[hasty current]

if i defect to princeton you can have my place

🙏🙏

[pliant cobalt]

ty

[fathom drift]

can u link me

[pliant cobalt]

princeton did NOT want me

[tall spire]

Congrats on Princeton that was my dream school 😭

[sullen bolt]

congrats

[hasty current]

😭 thank youuu

[hasty current]

better things to come

[sullen bolt]

my dream school was uchicago but i have clearly defected to light blue and white lion country

after they didnt want me ED

[hasty current]

uchicago can take the L

inferior city

[untold ore]

uchicago cooked

[sullen bolt]

like my favorite color schemes are

red/black, red/white, yellow/purple, red/purple

but im guessing blue/white is joining the list

[untold ore]

bro i’m crine

bro picked off color

[sullen bolt]

nah uchicago was a completely diff reason

but

still i guess defecting is right

[untold ore]

hell yeah

blue and white is goated

[fathom drift]

that's the heading for the letter not a mistake

it has both

cc and fu

[fathom drift]

same

[hasty current]

yea whoops i misunderstood lol

thank you!!

[sullen bolt]

also did yall order the shirt

bc i did

[fathom drift]

yes it's fugly as hell

[untold ore]

the shirts kinda fire

[sullen bolt]

wait what does it look like

[fathom drift]

i mean i'm still wearing it

but it's fugly

[fathom drift]

someone sent a pic a while ago

[sullen bolt]

where

[bitter river]

NOT REALLY IDK HOW TS HAPPENED BUT THANK YOU QUEEN ILY

[sullen bolt]

WAIT

HOLD ON

RESULTS ARE OUT TODAY

[graceful jasper]

bro has been living underground

[sullen bolt]

DID SOMEONE GET A COLUMBIA SHIRT LITERALLY 4 HOURS AFTER RESULTS

[sullen bolt]

internet cut off last message

[fathom drift]

here it is

[fathom drift]

lieklies got to order shirts early

i have mine it's buns

[pliant cobalt]

thank you twin

[sullen bolt]

ohhhhh i see

a random question

https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/106415085

does this dragon vibe Columbia (the colors)

bc i wrote a heck ton about this website in my essays

and if yes im gonna rename this dragon to Columbia

[fathom drift]

Yes

[tall spire]

When should ppl on the wl send loci’s ?

[flint canyon]

Lowk wait for the tineo video on it

He always does one for each uni

But I think the sooner the better in general

[lilac basin]

hi, is there a columbia discord server?

[graceful tapir]

lmk if u have questions on high finance

[untold ore]

no its awsome

its like camp

like all the class of __ shirts are kinda chopped but its like okay because its aura yk

[viral sedge]

i second this

[hasty current]

aye the yale ‘30 shirt is fire

[fathom drift]

I have one like barebones ready

I can make it but idk how to get people outside of here to join

[rough radish]

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/03/26/columbia-college-seas-admit-class-of-2030-from-largest-applicant-pool-in-university-history/

[fathom drift]

columbia's RD rate is unknown this year

calculating from some data from earlier, with the caveat that this is obviously an extrapolation:

usni

2028 # of admits was 795

lets use an interval of 650 (which seems to have been the # admitted for many years before recently) to 800

and assume that no students were deferred

which is obviously not true

but idt data exists on that

assuming a 0% deferral rate (where any higher % means a lower RD admit rate anyways), the rd admit rate could be between

3.47%

and

3.2%

[fathom drift]

obviously deferrals change this

[glad sentinel]

roar lions roar

roarrr

🦁

[fathom drift]

🦁

[graceful zealot]

i’m proud of you sir

are all the financials super similar

[fast parcel]

Hi if you’re a ‘30 dm me and ill send you the link to the Ivy League student mixer discord

[rapid ore]

Did any intl got waitlisted here

[untold ore]

this one is cute it’s cuter than last years

[untold ore]

lmaoooo send

[fast parcel]

It won’t let me send server links in here

[indigo comet]

are there any polls that show columbia acceptance/wl/rej stats

[glad sentinel]

yeah!

.

[stark hill]

anyone here get off the Columbia waitlist?

[glad sentinel]

yes!! i think both jeni and youtiao did last year?

they are the two line art drawing pfps in this chat

i wont ping and bother them haha

[stark hill]

Okok ty

[glad sentinel]

u can probably dm them! they r super super awesome individuals who know so much and are very very knowledgeable

[stark hill]

ok tysm!!

[indigo comet]

bett

ty

it seems that a lot of people got wailisted?

just looking at the poll

i got wl too

[soft zealot]

yea no one really talks in it though

just wait to make friends during nsop

[glad sentinel]

omg i got an email from roaree 🥹

[fathom drift]

he's so cute

👀

you know what that means

👀

[fathom drift]

the columbia subreddit is lwk dead too

[soft zealot]

sup

im doing fine

going to boston td

nah just got out of it last week i know y'all are on break rn tho right

lowk im like 20 bid im gonna be in bay area during the fall

[bitter parrot]

does anyone have a really good LOCI technique for columbia waitlist?

[soft zealot]

it was really nice ngl

the weather there was like so much better

yea we were roommates

ye if i get openai im probably gonna take a leave of absence

its for swe but like

i dont really want to go to school anymore ngl

😂

yea for fall

yea ong

they're doubling headcount so much

what if they become the zon of ai world

yea

if i got return offer for this summer i think i'd just like check out mentally

yea probably sub50%

yea it's highk tuff

i think its both personality and like

technical fit

hopefully yea

oh like

wait who

AG '28?

ohh i see

did u talk to fish

i forgor his real name

yea lowk i dont think qt is a real role

it's either quant or trader

i dont know

interesting

i have to interview soon

if it's leetcode hard i think i'll just wing it

idrk

wait are u involved with acm at all

i proposed some problem for proco

ohh i see

with RR?

yea i havent talked to him in forever

i need to visit him in bay sometime

he seems like hes having an (okay?) time though

[untold ore]

dm me

[sullen bolt]

YO I COMMITTED

[untold ore]

i drew them 👅

[untold ore]

never a bother

[untold ore]

AWESOME CONGRATS

[sullen bolt]

now where are the 12 surprises inside the welcome portal...

[glad sentinel]

omg i was wondering too

[sullen bolt]

now i gotta ditch waitlists

[meager bloom]

Lol

[sullen bolt]

the 12 surprises afaik SPOILERS DONT CLICK IF U WANT TO DISCOVER FOR URSELF

1. ||alma mater owl||
2. ||spotify playlist||
3. ||wordle in the magnifying glass||
4. ||crossword||
5. ||connections||

[glad sentinel]

||SPOTIFY PLAYLIST?||

WHAT?

wait let me

[sullen bolt]

its in a ||picture, you need to click it||

[fathom drift]

||wordle answer is cool too||

[glad sentinel]

||found the owl||

[fathom drift]

there's also spoiler
||a drive w/ photos of ny & campus||

||there's one that seems to only be in the scholars program tab?? It's a buzzfeed quiz||

[untold ore]

there’s a ||google drive of zoom backgrounds too||

the co29 ones were good i wonder if these ones r different

[fathom drift]

yo there is genly not any admitted student groups bro..

the curoar insta page is lowk buns

[sullen bolt]

wait where is this

[fathom drift]

on the admit page

[bitter parrot]

Guys how hard is getting off wl

[glad sentinel]

its never going to be easy, but columbia moved a lot last year!

[bitter parrot]

It’s my only hope now lol otherwise my state school

So hopefully they move a lot this year 😀

[autumn minnow]

yep

[autumn minnow]

ur too nice idk anything

[autumn minnow]

peak

[bitter parrot]

Omg ur a waitlist accep?!

[autumn minnow]

the goat essay

[bitter parrot]

When did you hear back

[sullen bolt]

aaaaa i cant find it

[untold ore]

theres a big insta one i think

idk why this year its so disorganized

[autumn minnow]

june

[untold ore]

last year there were like 8 huge ig group chats and a huge discord

[autumn minnow]

yeah i was previously committed to upenn

@untold ore and i were peak columbia waitlist warriors

[autumn minnow]

there are NO admitted students

[glad sentinel]

the northwestern one is very…

[untold ore]

yeah we know

[fathom drift]

the insta group is just an insta PAGE tho

idt there's a group w/ it

[glad sentinel]

people are hitting the facetime button at 11 pm at night.

please stop calling me

[untold ore]

oh no i think there is a gc

[fathom drift]

there's a northwestern gc?

[fathom drift]

damn i wasn't invited

[untold ore]

the columbia admit gcs i was in last year were all sooooo active it was kinda crazy

[glad sentinel]

yess its full tho i think

[untold ore]

idk whats going on rn

[glad sentinel]

someone gotta lock in!!

[autumn minnow]

davis cow

[glad sentinel]

i love davis cow

[untold ore]

bruh furina told me about how crazy the one from last year was

[glad sentinel]

omg furina i think is the one i dm’d on insta

[untold ore]

LOLLLLLLLL

[glad sentinel]

bc she said she set up the discord

and furina did that!

[autumn minnow]

yes

i think

[glad sentinel]

but people are like calling me at 12 am at night on insta!

why do people keep hitting the call button

on that gc

250 of us getting a facetime..

[fathom drift]

yo if someone's in the insta gc for columbia

👀

otherwise i'm making a discor

[untold ore]

bruh i was in a couple of the columbia ig gc ones

[fathom drift]

d ser

ver

[untold ore]

then there became seperate smaller gcs and friend groups

[glad sentinel]

well and its so bad the northwestern one is all ed admits 😭

[flint canyon]

Why are we making friends Alr wtf

[glad sentinel]

they know each other

[untold ore]

ts too much drama

[glad sentinel]

it was clique like almost

[autumn minnow]

its fine it doesnt matter really when you get there

[untold ore]

fact

[fathom drift]

its okay once people get into college all these groups will disintegrate

[glad sentinel]

like i intervened in a convo

[fathom drift]

except for me and ash

[glad sentinel]

and these two girls

only talk to each other..

[fathom drift]

who will be besties forever

https://klipy.com/gifs/ishowspeed-meme

[untold ore]

wtf is the chicken

[fathom drift]

that's low

[untold ore]

and the cat

[glad sentinel]

and they wont respond to me or my follow requests yet stalk my stories!

what!

[fathom drift]

Pomona Sagehen

[bitter parrot]

Okay well good for you bc Columbia >> Penn any day of the week

[fathom drift]

Northwestern Wildcat

[untold ore]

ohhhhh

[bitter parrot]

Hoping for same result 🤞🤞

[flint canyon]

Did you publicly commit yet

[fathom drift]

don't let soup know you said that

[glad sentinel]

oh no i wont commit until probably may 1 lol

[fathom drift]

abba is NOT going to northwestern son

look at this chud he already has harvard in his thing

[autumn minnow]

u can probably get it

[untold ore]

make sure to actually commit dont accidentally forget

[glad sentinel]

i just think harvard rn is where im leaning just w the financials and living

[fathom drift]

"I won't commit till may 1" hijo

[untold ore]

ong

[glad sentinel]

YES HAHA

[flint canyon]

How much is Columbia COA for you

[fathom drift]

just abandon me and go live in cambridge bro 😔

[bitter parrot]

Hopefully thank you sm for looking at my essays

[glad sentinel]

15k

but columbia can match in my portal

[flint canyon]

Harvard?

[glad sentinel]

it says PS we will match

[untold ore]

help

LOL

[glad sentinel]

16k – waiting on my sisters tuition $$$

[fathom drift]

yo i'll go beat their ass if they dont give you more money trust

[flint canyon]

Does she go to Harvard

[glad sentinel]

no but they need to know how much we are paying for her tuition

[autumn minnow]

go to harvard

🙏

[bitter parrot]

Go to harvy

[untold ore]

hell yeah

[bitter parrot]

I would if I were in your spot

[untold ore]

go for it

[glad sentinel]

i love columbia and it was my dream but i can still come to nyc and visit u guys

[fathom drift]

no fuhh you

[glad sentinel]

nyc doesnt end if i dont commit

[untold ore]

wait abba did you get princeton idr

[fathom drift]

i'm not looking you in the eyes if i see you

[glad sentinel]

i did

[bitter parrot]

I look up to @glad sentinel for the success story

[untold ore]

whats their COA theyre probably cheapest

[glad sentinel]

i got harvard, princeton, brown, columbia, and upenn

[flint canyon]

you’re literally betraying the nyc gay community

[untold ore]

try to get the other schools to match pton

[glad sentinel]

-200

[untold ore]

LOLLLLL

yeah

[bitter parrot]

Oh my -

[glad sentinel]

its ok ill be gay in boston!

[fathom drift]

r u wl columbia?

[untold ore]

if columbia say they match then they can probably match and i presume harvard would too????

[bitter parrot]

Yes!

[autumn minnow]

harvard doesnt always match princeton

but they do generally match yale

[fathom drift]

🙏 praying for you

they got a bunch of ppl off waitlist last year

[glad sentinel]

yeah… and i bet that harvard KNOWS a lot of kids are gonna try and want a match w them

[untold ore]

ngl theres like no schools out there that can match pton

[glad sentinel]

bc princeton is so generous

[fathom drift]

obviously class size is smaller this year but still it was crazy last year

[autumn minnow]

PLEASE go to harvard

[glad sentinel]

im like 99%

[fathom drift]

it was 400, and class size is just 175 small this year

so they might take a lot of kids in 🙏

[glad sentinel]

im gonna go to all the admitted just for fun though!! i want to meet everyone :)

[autumn minnow]

what's the 1% or is just the tuition

[bitter parrot]

IK they better take us waitlist kings

[autumn minnow]

you should

if you can

[glad sentinel]

just waiting on tuition

whenever my sister commits to a uni

then i have to submit her financial offer

to harvard

[autumn minnow]

is your sister a twin

[glad sentinel]

yes!

[untold ore]

so awesome

!!!

where is she going

[glad sentinel]

not sure yet! she applied international for a lot so thats the other thing

[untold ore]

ooooh

[glad sentinel]

her tuition is going to be a bit expensive

[untold ore]

like UK?

[glad sentinel]

but if mine is not much it all works and we can both do great things

[fathom drift]

i thought intl schools were cheaper than t20s here

[glad sentinel]

UK, canada, etc

[fathom drift]

ohh but you wouldn't get aid internationally

[untold ore]

ahhh

[glad sentinel]

well.. expensive as in we dont get aid and my family isnt super rich

[fathom drift]

yeah i just realized

[flint canyon]

Depends which country

[fathom drift]

it is if ur going full pay but not if u need finaid

[flint canyon]

Like UK is expensive, France is cheap, Germany is free

[fathom drift]

oxford is cheaper than any us college i've gotten into besides my state schools

but the uk is so buns

[untold ore]

hell yeah germany

my parents studied there because of that

[fathom drift]

and i would've gen'ly been jobless after oxford

cause i'd be locked into 3 years of linguistics

[autumn minnow]

peak

[glad sentinel]

i think also arent some european countries investing and financing education bc of demographic stuff

[fathom drift]

and i'm not working in the uk where any oxford degree can get you a job

ehh?

[glad sentinel]

everyone is old rn in europe

[flint canyon]

Oh you got in?

[fathom drift]

they just have cheaper colleges in general

[fathom drift]

no i didn't apply

cause even IF i got in

i wouldn't want to go over my state school with a dual major

[flint canyon]

I kinda wish I applied to Oxford law but at the same time I don’t know why I WANT to become a lawyer at age 20

[fathom drift]

also uk lawyers get paid nun

especially if you're just a barrister

[untold ore]

europe is fascinating

[flint canyon]

You could do an LLM in the us and break in

[fathom drift]

yeah but it's way harder

than doing US law school

and you would have to be in england eww

[flint canyon]

Ehhh not really

[autumn minnow]

large language model

[flint canyon]

But yea I want an actual undergrad exp

Oxford does not have that

[fathom drift]

wait youtiao r u a columbia freshman

or are you doing a gap year

[autumn minnow]

nah

[autumn minnow]

gap

[fathom drift]

yo r we all entering columbia at the same time

🔥

[autumn minnow]

true

[bitter parrot]

I had youtiao recently and it’s the best thing I think I’ve ever tried

[autumn minnow]

peak

[bitter parrot]

Like genuinely so fucking good

[flint canyon]

Wdym

[bitter parrot]

I get why ur name is that

[bitter parrot]

It’s like Chinese donuts

Best thing you’ll ever eat

[flint canyon]

Oh I though you tried him or sm

I was like wtf

[bitter parrot]

This shit has me dead

I learned what youtiao was from the username a while ago lol

And then tried it

[untold ore]

help LOL

[untold ore]

😭

[bitter parrot]

Wait @untold ore what major are you

Do you like Columbia

[untold ore]

im also on a gap year 😞

im seas tho

engineering management systems

depending on how things go might swap to applied math/physics

[glad sentinel]

she is so cool and so smart

a SEAS queen

[untold ore]

says you

https://tenor.com/view/seal-rocking-crazy-crazy-seal-insane-man-gif-6717527695886076289

[bitter parrot]

I can tell from the profile pic lol

[flint canyon]

You because you’re exempt from the mandatory swimming req

[untold ore]

instead we get to do a fun cardboard boat competition and get shirts with seals on it

[untold ore]

i drew it :D

and @autumn minnow 's

[flint canyon]

Wait are PE courses mandatory

[autumn minnow]

my name used to be yuntiao

but people kept misreadign it

[autumn minnow]

the goat

[untold ore]

https://bulletin.columbia.edu/columbia-college/core-curriculum/physical-education-requirement/

yes ❤️

[flint canyon]

wait bless

I’m exempt

Cuz dual ba

[bitter parrot]

The donut name is better anyway

[flint canyon]

The dance one seems fun tho

[untold ore]

donut 💔

[bitter parrot]

lol

[untold ore]

im gonna turn her into a donut

[bitter parrot]

That’s a compliment btw lol

I want to see those teal roofs this fall 👀

[untold ore]

you guys can see the 13 foot tall or whatever snowman this winter

[autumn minnow]

dmed

[bitter parrot]

Getting my hopes up more I see 👀

[bitter parrot]

Loci was cracked

[untold ore]

LOL

[flint canyon]

For ur LOCI’s how much of it was like accomplishments and stuff from 2nd sem senior year

Just curious

[autumn minnow]

all

[flint canyon]

Damn

So like for my waitlisted schools it’s Joever

Lowk did nothing new this sem 😭 😭

[meager bloom]

Real

[bitter parrot]

Did you get in anywhere good

[meager bloom]

Barnard waitlist pton and upenn

[bitter parrot]

Wait pton in or waitlist?

[meager bloom]

Waitlist

I got into barnard

[bitter parrot]

Ohh omg congrats

[meager bloom]

Thank you!

[flint canyon]

Yay congrats

Join ussss

[bitter parrot]

It was such a brutal app process

[meager bloom]

Thank you i have to appeal my aid

[bitter parrot]

I can’t believe how bad it was but like at least it’s done

[meager bloom]

But im highly thinking of barnard

[soft zealot]

r u guys ever going to come back u think or nah

[chrome kettle]

How many ppl do y’all think were waitlisted

[fathom drift]

Who was that one columbia student here who was like making 6k a month

@simple ruin share the strats 🙏

[sullen bolt]

the 12 surprises afaik SPOILERS DONT CLICK IF U WANT TO DISCOVER FOR URSELF

1. ||alma mater owl||
2. ||spotify playlist||
3. ||wordle in the magnifying glass||
4. ||crossword||
5. ||connections||
6. ||phone backgrounds||
7. ||yet another wordle||

im still missing five oh no

[stark quail]

if u find out lmk haha

[simple ruin]

A bunch of my friends make more

One of my floor mates j signed an offer for like 140 a year I think

He's doing pm at some startup

[fathom drift]

Yeah but they’re doing tech right

Are you doing tech?

[simple ruin]

Nah but you can get pm without a crazy cs background

[fathom drift]

I was asking cause I thought you weren’t doing tech stuff

And I’m not really interested in CS…

[simple ruin]

Oh I got a bunch of money from cs go 😭 I've been bleeding through it

Tutoring on the side also makes a shit ton

[fathom drift]

Tournaments or..?

[simple ruin]

Nah skin trading

[fathom drift]

Fore

[simple ruin]

But way back when nobody was tapped in

[fathom drift]

I used to do tf2 trading

[simple ruin]

Yessir

[fathom drift]

But now nobody plays tf2

[simple ruin]

Ye sad

[fathom drift]

I had like 30 keys all self made

[simple ruin]

Valve too busy on deadlock

[fathom drift]

Buns ahh game

[simple ruin]

I don't even play cs that much anymore

Too much work

[fathom drift]

Do you tutor like online, in-person in NYC, or at columbia

[simple ruin]

Mostly online

If ur tapped in tk the asian community

U can get insane numbers

50/hr for sat

[fathom drift]

Wait what if I larped to rich nyc kids and was like “yooo son I got into columbia i can help you w/ the SAT”

[simple ruin]

I get 100+/hr for violin but I have a bunch of experience

[fathom drift]

Dayum

[simple ruin]

This is exactly what u do in the wechat groups

[glad sentinel]

holy moly

50/hr to teach desmos 😭

[fathom drift]

I’m not tapped in to the asians 😔

I am an SAT tutor for free rn so…

[simple ruin]

Wait I think I'm a pretty good tutor everyone of my students got hella increase

[fathom drift]

Ig we’ll see

[simple ruin]

U can also charge to do essay reviews to the same people you sat tutor

Since they fs applying to college

[glad sentinel]

u have a system oh my god 😭

[simple ruin]

🤷‍♂️

[fathom drift]

I can’t wait to larp using my acceptances for clout for prestige chasing HSers

[simple ruin]

Nyc ain't cheap

Gotta do what u gotta do

[glad sentinel]

$240 essay reviews on tiktok are absolutely INSANE

[simple ruin]

I don't find it very fun tho so once I get a full time offer I'm out

[fathom drift]

King we’re hitting 500 per essay

[simple ruin]

Funny enough a few of the ppl I helped got into Columbia so I see them here every once in awhile

[fathom drift]

Some idiot will pay me for that

[simple ruin]

Ya if u gotta start out for free to get clout it is what it is

I did free essay reviews for a bit before charging

Grind never stops

[fathom drift]

Ty for the advice 🙏

[glad sentinel]

one of my friends is going to harvard this summer to attend one of their essay writing camps should i convince her to work with me instead

[fathom drift]

I really like tutoring so I might hyu for advice later on if thats ok

[simple ruin]

Np

U coming nyc next year?

[fathom drift]

Probably

Columbia is my favorite of the three rn

[simple ruin]

Yessir if you're on campus and want a tour or sum lmk

Where else

What the hell is rooster

Chicken college

[fathom drift]

Pomona and Northerstern

[fathom drift]

Pomona Sagehen

[glad sentinel]

careful

[simple ruin]

Ah

[glad sentinel]

almost spelt northeastern..

[simple ruin]

Wait Pomona is kinda sick

[fathom drift]

NOOO

[simple ruin]

I heard they treat students hella good

[fathom drift]

Ikr that’s why I’m considering

[simple ruin]

Northwestern is cool Ivr been in Evanston for abit

But it's hella expensive to live there now

[fathom drift]

Dude people in the pomona subreddit HATE columbia

[simple ruin]

What you studying

[fathom drift]

They’re dissing it so bad

[simple ruin]

Lmao there's definitely annoying ppl here

[fathom drift]

Ling/Econ/Math, prolly 2 of the 3

[simple ruin]

Oh

[fathom drift]

Mostly they shit on the experience

[simple ruin]

Columbia or Pomona then

Unless NW aid is way better

[simple ruin]

Meh it's what u make of it

[fathom drift]

I’m getting no aid 😭

[simple ruin]

I don't spend that much time on campus

Only to play football

[fathom drift]

I’m very fortunate to be able to afford college w/ out aid

[simple ruin]

Then I'd j go either Columbia or pomona

Our math is v good

And econ if u wanna go finance is good

[fathom drift]

I wanna do academic probably but that might change

[simple ruin]

Academia?

[fathom drift]

Yeh

[simple ruin]

Our math dept is insanely good

[fathom drift]

I mean both are good for academia

[simple ruin]

Econ higher level electives have really good profs but the intro classes are mid

But we have some crazy names in our econ dept that you could do research under

[fathom drift]

Columbia gets you thr chance to work w/ super prestigious profs which is super important for econ grad apps i’ve heard (rec letters are super important to get into higher level programs)

Also like NYC is so tuff

[simple ruin]

Stiglitz and sachs still teach I think

And ofc gulati if ur into sports econ

[fathom drift]

But I will need to make some form of income because I am fond of eating and I will become a worthless chud if I’m not paying for myself at all

I need to shape up ykwim

[simple ruin]

Hah

Find rich friends

[fathom drift]

🙏

But my swag is too low for the rich intls

[simple ruin]

The food here does get a lil expensive

I went to this place that was $$ on beli so I was like it'll be 30-50 bucks

I think it ended up being 130

[fathom drift]

It’s okay i’ll just starve or sum

[simple ruin]

Imo u can defo work part time

I only had 1 AP credit

Taken like 4 classes on avg each sem

Senior yr I need 3 only

Per sem

[fathom drift]

Oh cool

[simple ruin]

Our dining halls aren't bad either! Especially the Barnard ones

[fathom drift]

R u mostly doing 4 credits/sem?

[simple ruin]

If you come here hmu we'll go for dinner

[simple ruin]

Well like 14-15 credits cuz classes are either 3 or 4 (language is 5 and pe is 1)

[fathom drift]

🙏 I might be on campus on the 19th for admits day

[fathom drift]

Sorry i meant 4 credit classes

[simple ruin]

April?

[fathom drift]

Yeh

[simple ruin]

Yeah I'd say a little more than half my classes are 4 credit

But a lot have recitation which is why it's 4 credits

And I don't go to recitation

Sooo

[fathom drift]

💀

[simple ruin]

Bet dm me

Or if u got insta j add me

[simple ruin]

Tbh if ur smart u can 100% skip most classes and do just fine

[fathom drift]

I’ll try not to do that because I become my own worst enemy with procrastination

But idk

[simple ruin]

I lowk be doing everything last minute

Lmao

[fathom drift]

Same

It’s my worst habit 😭

[simple ruin]

Tbh for me friends and having fun matter more than gpa atp

Ig for you if ur going academia it matters more

[fathom drift]

I saw this person on tiktok talking about how like “They see the acceptances but not the hard work”

[simple ruin]

But as long as I'm above 3.3 idm pref 3.5

[fathom drift]

Like I didn’t know we were working hard I’m just here bro

[fathom drift]

Fair enough

No point in making urself miserable if ur still doing decently well

[simple ruin]

Ya the opportunity cost of

A/A-

Lowk not worth it!

[simple ruin]

Lmao real

[fathom drift]

Econmaxxing

[simple ruin]

Nash equilibrium is to chill 🙏

Anyways if u end up pulling up lmk

I'm hella bored nowadays anyways

[fathom drift]

I’ll dm you my insta gimme a sec

[simple ruin]

Congrats bro lmk if u got any questions

[sullen bolt]

hey yall so uh

usually when do we get our UNI

im doing the housing application and i have a preferred name thats Not my legal name and i'd really want to change it but requires me to enter my UNI and i searched and i do not have one. grrrrrr

[autumn minnow]

eh its fine

[sinful grove]

Is there. Columbia gc?

[flint canyon]

Yes

The main one is the one on insta

[sinful grove]

Do you have the link for it?

[fathom drift]

Can you add me to it king

[flint canyon]

Wait I didn’t join yet 😭

[flint canyon]

I think it’s the gc linked to the I got in page

That’s what I heard

[fathom drift]

Bruh

If I made a columbia discord would you guys join

[sinful grove]

I think there is one

[flint canyon]

Yea one of the twins here alr made one

[sinful grove]

This one I think

Op

[fathom drift]

Cool can you DM it to me

[sinful grove]

Umm I'll dm u

[fathom drift]

Idt links work here

[fathom drift]

😭 do i gotta pay 5$ for igotin

[flint canyon]

idk 😭

don't do that tho

[fathom drift]

||The scholars program page has a link to a buzzfeed quiz of what columbia library u are||

[bold oyster]

columbia must appease their admitted students by offering easter eggs instead of improving campus life

[bold oyster]

nooo dont

igotin is a scam

[meager bloom]

Are u deadass

Ppl are actually paying

[fathom drift]

ig bro

don't you have to go worship your statue of peter thiel

and defraud investors w/ your gpt wrapper

[flint canyon]

Peter theil graduated from Columbia university

[fathom drift]

that's not true

[flint canyon]

Why did I just join the Columbia discord server and there’s a trump supporter also majoring in sustainability and environment 💀 💀

Someone start up the protests again

[meager bloom]

Lord

[fathom drift]

i saw that too

ms enviro 😭

[meager bloom]

Blud is abt to be outsted

[fathom drift]

filho

[meager bloom]

Enviro and trump in the same sentence

[flint canyon]

Bro 2024 Columbia would not let this slide

[fathom drift]

like the uni?

[flint canyon]

The student body 💀 💀

[fathom drift]

oh yeah but they've been nuked for like 2 years by admin

i mean there's still stuff that happens on campus

people got arrested recently and expelled for occupying a library

but i think most of them were re-instated

[plain thistle]

r u going columbia over cornell and berk?

[flint canyon]

Ok now zohran is mayor tho

Columbia stuco needs to partner with him

[flint canyon]

Probably

I got into the dual degree which I really like

[flint canyon]

Do you get your Columbia email before you commit

[sinful grove]

nruh why is nobody on reddit asking my questions 😭 can a current student tell me what the best dorms are

[flint canyon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/columbia/s/6qz1QzsLMm

[fathom drift]

dude the columbia reddit sucks

they nuke you for anything even near admissions and the entire sub is dead

i lowk want john jay because everyone says it's the only dorm where people actually like get close with each other

[sinful grove]

Ikk😭😭🙏 and all my post keep getting taken down even thought I have a user flair😢

[sinful grove]

Are those mostly singles? I have no idea if I even want a single or double cuz like I love being around ppl and talking to ppl but I'm not a large group or party person

[fathom drift]

JJs is mostly singles it seems

but everyone says its the most social

of the dorms

tbh columbia dorm culture seems to be kind of bad

actually campus culture seems kind of meh compared to the other ivies

ig that's what happens when ur in New york

[meager bloom]

Oop

[sinful grove]

yeah i was woried abt that ahh oh well😭

i heard jj has rats tho

[fathom drift]

dont they all?

[sinful grove]

idk i heard all the other ones had roaches and jj had rats too cuz its near the dining hall

[fathom drift]

everyone tells me conflicting things

they're like

"Campus culture is pretty good, it gets a litle quieter on the weekend but campus is still populated and people are very social"

"Nobody EVER utters a WORD to each other and the entire campus LEAVES for the city on the weekends and after 6:00 pm!"

[sinful grove]

oh😭

now im worried

like what even am i supposed to do in nyc if im broke and tryin to save my money....

[fathom drift]

hit the exploit

go tell nyc hs kids that you'll read their college apps