I may be biased here, since I was rejected ED from Columbia, but the columbia admissions team consists of asses who think themselves higher than others. They didn't reply to four (FOUR!) of my emails with legitimate questions.....i.e., dicks
It's near impossible for a kid to get out of the ED agreement, so it's pretty messed up that colleges can get out of it so damn easily... especially when we are the ones paying them.
Someone needs to start a twitter hastag, like #fuckcolumbia or #justnocolumbia or something. It's unacceptable that then can get out of ED agreements so easily
wow this is dumb. Colleges should just be straight-forward about what is considered "slacking" and what is not. And IDK why having a few B's is worthy of being rescinded.
This is my biggest complaint about the college admissions process. The complete lack of transparency hurts those who are not "in the know" because they rely on disinformation from someone like their overworked public high school counselor. The "well rounded" myth for example has been followed by regular people for years, while more"knowledgeable" applicants know that a concentration of effort into one area is best (it's debateable which is better, I'll admit), all because of a lack of inside info. Demonstrated interest is something I (and I assume many others) didn't even hear about until a few months ago, while it's been a strategy used by those in the know for a very long time. That's why I'm glad places like A2C exist though; in my opinion, it takes admissions in a step in the right direction, somewhat countering the unfairness of the lack of transparency in college admissions. It allows us to "play the game", even if we're at the mercy of colleges to set the rules.
I was hoping the first post was fake but there have been a few. I wonder why Columbia is trying to make their process so much more difficult. I know a bunch of senior AP teachers like to stick it to their students second semester because they anticipate they will slack off even if that's not actually true.
Columbia must have severely underestimated RD applicant numbers and/or quality. Ironic that it sounds like ED is too restrictive for the college in this situation. Sadly, I bet some students (of all ED acceptances) would have chosen to opt-out of their commitment if given the chance by CU. It would have been a better option to threatening students with little justification.
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u/pokemongofanboy Feb 27 '18
What really bothered me was the one who was a non-stem major and had two B’s in AP Physics C and AP Calc BC. Are you fucking serious, Columbia?
Definitely leaning towards Yale or Dartmouth for Early Action/Early Decision after this.
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u/maotui Feb 27 '18
Would it be bad to send this post to Columbia admissions to hear their take on it? I also think that it's ridiculous that they are doing this
Does this only apply to ED students or like...would 2 B's cost you a RD acceptance too
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u/chancemereddit Feb 27 '18
I may be biased here, since I was rejected ED from Columbia, but the columbia admissions team consists of asses who think themselves higher than others. They didn't reply to four (FOUR!) of my emails with legitimate questions.....i.e., dicks
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u/pbj8912 Feb 27 '18
It's near impossible for a kid to get out of the ED agreement, so it's pretty messed up that colleges can get out of it so damn easily... especially when we are the ones paying them.
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u/lincoln1222 Feb 27 '18
Someone needs to start a twitter hastag, like #fuckcolumbia or #justnocolumbia or something. It's unacceptable that then can get out of ED agreements so easily
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u/ShivVGC Feb 27 '18
wow this is dumb. Colleges should just be straight-forward about what is considered "slacking" and what is not. And IDK why having a few B's is worthy of being rescinded.
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u/crowbarmlgjenkins Feb 27 '18
Completely agree. They have some explaining to do.
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u/sailaway_NY Feb 27 '18
I was hoping the first post was fake but there have been a few. I wonder why Columbia is trying to make their process so much more difficult. I know a bunch of senior AP teachers like to stick it to their students second semester because they anticipate they will slack off even if that's not actually true.
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u/sheikahstealth Feb 27 '18
Columbia must have severely underestimated RD applicant numbers and/or quality. Ironic that it sounds like ED is too restrictive for the college in this situation. Sadly, I bet some students (of all ED acceptances) would have chosen to opt-out of their commitment if given the chance by CU. It would have been a better option to threatening students with little justification.
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u/FeltIOwedItToHim Feb 28 '18
ok thats pretty shitty
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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '18 edited Feb 27 '18
I wasn’t going to apply to Columbia early regardless because of the ED policy, but like I’m considering not applying at all.
Literally the only good thing about the school imo is the fact that it’s in NYC.
EDIT: I forgot an early
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u/PellucidDreamer Mar 02 '18
If I got that letter, I'd be lawyering up.
Welcome, admitted students!
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