Dear Admissions Committee of Columbia University:
In December, I applied to the Columbia College undergraduate class of 2020, and on April 1st, I was notified that I was placed on your waitlist. I am incredibly grateful that my application was acknowledged (or at least wasn’t immediately thrown out), and I have been granted another opportunity to be considered for admission to the class of 2020.
As a response to the “Why Columbia?” supplemental question on the Common App, I wrote about my first impressions of Columbia after I had attended a few tours and the Engineering Invitational. Since I’ve had time to reflect on my experiences there and what Columbia has to offer, my excitement at the prospect of attending your university has grown exponentially.
Where else but Columbia, could a student, in lieu of reading a dusty textbook detailing the gruesome specifics of the Rococo art period, hop on a bus to the Met to see Water Lilies in person? Where else but Columbia, could a student ignore a Youtube recommendation of a pre-taped Yale economics lesson to attend a live lecture given by Joseph Stiglitz? Where else but Columbia, could a student engage with his or her peers in a discussion of Montaigne’s Essays after …show more content…
Through the Bard College Bridge Program I have taken thirty-six credits worth of college courses over the past two years. This semester, I have been focusing on achieving top marks in upper-level courses like General Relativity and Vector Calculus there. Viewing my academic excellence at their institution, Bard College not only offered admission to me for their class of 2020, but a merit scholarship award that would cover 100% of tuition costs and an additional $10,000 per year for room and board, books, and whatever else I’d need. After hearing Bard’s admission offer to me, several Bard professors have even requested to be my advisors and extended research
In December, I applied to the Columbia College undergraduate class of 2020, and on April 1st, I was notified that I was placed on your waitlist. I am incredibly grateful that my application was acknowledged (or at least wasn’t immediately thrown out), and I have been granted another opportunity to be considered for admission to the class of 2020.
As a response to the “Why Columbia?” supplemental question on the Common App, I wrote about my first impressions of Columbia after I had attended a few tours and the Engineering Invitational. Since I’ve had time to reflect on my experiences there and what Columbia has to offer, my excitement at the prospect of attending your university has grown exponentially.
Where else but Columbia, could a student, in lieu of reading a dusty textbook detailing the gruesome specifics of the Rococo art period, hop on a bus to the Met to see Water Lilies in person? Where else but Columbia, could a student ignore a Youtube recommendation of a pre-taped Yale economics lesson to attend a live lecture given by Joseph Stiglitz? Where else but Columbia, could a student engage with his or her peers in a discussion of Montaigne’s Essays after …show more content…
Through the Bard College Bridge Program I have taken thirty-six credits worth of college courses over the past two years. This semester, I have been focusing on achieving top marks in upper-level courses like General Relativity and Vector Calculus there. Viewing my academic excellence at their institution, Bard College not only offered admission to me for their class of 2020, but a merit scholarship award that would cover 100% of tuition costs and an additional $10,000 per year for room and board, books, and whatever else I’d need. After hearing Bard’s admission offer to me, several Bard professors have even requested to be my advisors and extended research