Columbia Application

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBJDNj477Zg

https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/apply/writing-supplement

• Don’t forget to fill in the Activities section (blu3mo)

List Questions:

List the titles of the required readings from academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school. (75 words or fewer)

• Required readings… do they even exist?
• I remember having them in IB Japanese
  • I liked “Oku no Hosomichi”
  • “Kagaoka Seishu no Tsuma”
  • “Kokoro”
  • “Henshin”
    • If I write the English title, they won’t know the language
    • It might give the impression that I’m also reading English literature
    • Wait, is this in German?
  • Can I mention “Does Life Exist in the Universe?” since I analyzed it?
  • These readings show my interest in humanities (literature)
• English B… did we have any?
  • I don’t think so
  • How about JFK Moon Speech?
• Can I mention the sources I read for my Extended Essay (EE) and Internal Assessments (IA)?
  • “From Newspeak to Cyberspeak: A History of Soviet Cybernetics” was interesting
    • It connects to “1984”
    • It shows my interest in humanities (sociology)
  • “The Complete History of Cybernetics” as well
• I should check the tips page
  • Oh, it seems like I need to provide explanations, not just list them

List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read outside of academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school. (75 words or fewer)

• I think this question is related to the Core Curriculum
• I can use “Favorite content list”
• Also, “My Bookshelf”
• Let me list them
  • “Tom & Sawyer in the City”
  • “Theory of the Versatile Body”
  • “Mathematical Girl”
  • “SF,” “It’s interesting to imagine things that emerge from setting rules”
    • “SCP”
    • “Yokohama Station SF”
    • “Abnormal Paper”

We’re interested in learning about some of the ways that you explore your interests. List some resources and outlets that you enjoy, including but not limited to websites, publications, journals, podcasts, social media accounts, lectures, museums, movies, music, or other content with which you regularly engage. (125 words or fewer)

• Museums might be related to NYC, right?
• Anything goes, huh?
• Let’s list them
  • News sources I check on /villagepump
  • Scrapbox itself is also good
    • Stories like “This Scrapbox Project is in My Brain” that connect people
  • Gizmodo-related stuff
    • It’s me as a geek
  • ICC, the one next to midtown
  • ACM Digital Library
  • Kodomo no Kagaku (Science for Kids)
    • When I was in elementary school
  • Coursera
  • I’m not sure about movies and music
    • Maybe I should indicate a genre or some kind of set?
    • Like “SF,” “It’s interesting to imagine things that emerge from setting rules”

Short Answer Questions:

A hallmark of the Columbia experience is being able to learn and live in a community with a wide range of perspectives. How do you or would you learn from and contribute to diverse, collaborative communities? (200 words or fewer)

• Maybe I can talk about “Thoughts in Midtown”
• Or “Essay History EE Proposal”?
  • But that’s not really a community
• A diverse and collaborative community
  • Masason?
  • Basi?
    • Surprisingly, it might be this
  • Gka?
  • Most of my previous communities weren’t diverse (I mentioned it in my Basi application)
• Maybe I can use “Influence Received from Essay Community”
  • Oh, but it’s both about learning and contributing, right?
  • It’s difficult
  • I haven’t addressed contributing and collaborating enough

Why are you interested in attending Columbia University? We encourage you to consider the aspect(s) that you find unique and compelling about Columbia. (200 words or fewer)

• “Columbia Why Essay”
• How can I differentiate this from the previous question?
  • In the previous question, it’s about actions driven by myself, right?
  • Here, I can briefly mention the value of referencing past literature like philosophy
    • But I also want to show my own interpretation

Please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the areas of study that you noted in the application. (200 words or fewer)

• “Columbia Why Essay”

• Areas of study:

  • https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/academics/engineering/majors
  • This is it
  • Maybe MechE, ElecE, CS, CompE
    • All of them seem competitive…

• your essay should be personal and, if possible, unexpected. This is not the place to detail your love of New York City or the dining hall. And Columbia already knows it has an impressive alumni network. Admissions wants to know what excites you about the specific school within Columbia to which you are applying — something that is aligned with your interests and academic background.

• Recommendations

• External people

  • The Committee discourages the submission of additional recommendations, as admissions decisions will be based primarily on the required recommendations from your high school teachers and secondary school/guidance counselor.

    • I see, they discourage it

  • We will accept an additional letter of recommendation if the writer has worked with you in a research or college course capacity; such supplementary recommendations should not be completed on the Teacher Report forms, but instead submitted directly to our office via email to ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu with your name, high school, and date of birth.

    • I see, it requires an extra step

• Portfolio- “らしい” is a Japanese word that is often used to express the sense of “seems like” or “looks like” in English. It is used to indicate that something appears to be a certain way based on information or observations.

• Activities at Columbia University:

  • Science/Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Photography
  • Math
  • Model United Nations (MUN)