Rejected :((( Stats GPA: 3.9 Class rank: tied for 14 (lolll… too many tryhards at my school) SAT 1580 AP scores: BC Calc (5, taken as a sophomore), French (5), Chinese (5), Econ (5), Chemistry (5), Physics C (4), Music Theory (5), English Lang (5), APUSH (5) Also about 20 college credits taken while in high school: Calc III, Differential equations, Real analysis, Complex analysis, Intro quantum mechanics, 21st century French literature, college GPA 4.0 Asian male
Activities -Started a test-prep nonprofit to provide SAT/ACT tutoring for free over Zoom to low-income students that high-income students pay upwards of $1,000 for -Varsity Tennis, Varsity Track (Captain) -Math competition (Captain) -Academic Decathlon (Captain) -Red Cross volunteering -Volunteering with an NYC food pantry (1000+ hours over 4 years) -Piano
Honors -Semifinalist -National AP Scholar -AcaDec State medalist -Some local awards, including in writing competitions I entered that were meant for adults
Essays CA: About my parents’ journey to the US fleeing persecution, and then losing my father in high school. My sister and English teacher both cried when they read it
Strengths -Partial legacy (through my sister, though we are 14 years apart) -Essays -I have shown I can handle college-level coursework
Weaknesses -ASIAN -Hypercompetitive high school, in NY -Got a B during pandemic learning, which tanked my GPA -No national level recognition aside from Semifinalist, AP Scholar
I am crying guys I don’t know what to do, Columbia was my top choice and no other school even comes close! I was ready for a deferral but a rejection??? Several people at my school have gotten offers, including a couple recruited athletes who knew even before today (usually we have no recruited athletes), so I think they decided they can’t take any more. I thought my legacy connection would be enough to overcome the AZN factor, I guess not… my sister says it has gotten crazy more competitive since she went there 14 years ago!!!
My son was deferred by Columbia and was very upset during RD application. On Ivy Day, he opend the e-mail from Columbia first becasue he knew his chace of getting accepted is low and he was afraid to open e-mails from Cornell and U. Penn in case he got rejected by both schools. Instead of first joy, we were actually confuded as we heard the music of Welcome from Coumbia's e-mail....
His stat was not as good as you and he never enterd any State competition. Just continue to work on your RD application. Applicaiton process is also a self-discovering journey. Good luck!
Rejected :(((
Stats
GPA: 3.9
Class rank: tied for 14 (lolll… too many tryhards at my school)
SAT 1580
AP scores: BC Calc (5, taken as a sophomore), French (5), Chinese (5), Econ (5), Chemistry (5), Physics C (4), Music Theory (5), English Lang (5), APUSH (5)
Also about 20 college credits taken while in high school: Calc III, Differential equations, Real analysis, Complex analysis, Intro quantum mechanics, 21st century French literature, college GPA 4.0
Asian male
Activities
-Started a test-prep nonprofit to provide SAT/ACT tutoring for free over Zoom to low-income students that high-income students pay upwards of $1,000 for
-Varsity Tennis, Varsity Track (Captain)
-Math competition (Captain)
-Academic Decathlon (Captain)
-Red Cross volunteering
-Volunteering with an NYC food pantry (1000+ hours over 4 years)
-Piano
Honors
-Semifinalist
-National AP Scholar
-AcaDec State medalist
-Some local awards, including in writing competitions I entered that were meant for adults
Essays
CA: About my parents’ journey to the US fleeing persecution, and then losing my father in high school. My sister and English teacher both cried when they read it
Strengths
-Partial legacy (through my sister, though we are 14 years apart)
-Essays
-I have shown I can handle college-level coursework
Weaknesses
-ASIAN
-Hypercompetitive high school, in NY
-Got a B during pandemic learning, which tanked my GPA
-No national level recognition aside from Semifinalist, AP Scholar
I am crying guys I don’t know what to do, Columbia was my top choice and no other school even comes close! I was ready for a deferral but a rejection??? Several people at my school have gotten offers, including a couple recruited athletes who knew even before today (usually we have no recruited athletes), so I think they decided they can’t take any more. I thought my legacy connection would be enough to overcome the AZN factor, I guess not… my sister says it has gotten crazy more competitive since she went there 14 years ago!!!
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康录取的那个三个大亮点， 这个一个没有。
Rank:1 out of 600, Aime, 很多商科竞赛奖, research, all state, highly selective summer camp, club president. 可能还有别的。
荐信和essay 的问题.
还有一个感觉是essay选题可能会backfire。
被拒很正常
重要的Social leadership
他们学校的名额不能再多了， 所以Defer已没有意义， AO想断了他的念头， 赶紧另找下家吧。
所以队长干的多又不列出时段和成绩，就类似了小组长头衔多。。哈哈
这样的club要么是你首创的，要么是你领导的club在圈子里成绩很不错经常拿不少奖。另外，最好走出校门参加一些全国性的organization 或club并任职。另外，排名14也不理想，除非这个高中本身排名很高。他的Essay写的如何也很难说。但总体来说，他也是很不错的，在后期应该会有较好的学校录取。
My son was deferred by Columbia and was very upset during RD application. On Ivy Day, he opend the e-mail from Columbia first becasue he knew his chace of getting accepted is low and he was afraid to open e-mails from Cornell and U. Penn in case he got rejected by both schools. Instead of first joy, we were actually confuded as we heard the music of Welcome from Coumbia's e-mail....
His stat was not as good as you and he never enterd any State competition. Just continue to work on your RD application. Applicaiton process is also a self-discovering journey. Good luck!
dad.
AOs want to picture you through your essay, not anyone else.
Not sure if the one could get admitted to UTA, and even Texas A&M in TX
她写的她辩论赛作为唯一参赛黑女孩的心得。对比当年其他的亚裔写的高一个档次。我孩子比赛与她认识的，给了她的申请文书。
女孩辩论很牛。
两项sport varisity, 身体素质好，健康，也许会是人生赢家。。。有体育爱好，平衡，不容易忧郁。
(发自我的文学城离线浏览器)
突出你是怎样的人，而不是仅仅悲情。这个不是纯写作，而是突出自己高质量的写作。
把自己的优势打出来，听天由命了。每个州第一遍看材料的人不同，口味也许差别，那不是咱们能控制得了。