How I Got Into Columbia // reading what my admission officer said about me!! — Transcript

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1. 0:00this piece of paper literally says
2. 0:03exactly why Columbia University accepted
3. 0:06me it's literally stained with my tears
4. 0:08of happiness when it first arrived in
5. 0:10the mail
6. 0:14[Music]
7. 0:35oh my goodness this camera keeps moving
8. 0:37around everywhere hi guys it's Crystal
9. 0:40back at it again with another video I
10. 0:42know it's literally summer but college
11. 0:44application season is still right around
12. 0:46the corner I'm already having all my
13. 0:48Rising seniors get their college
14. 0:49application essays done as quickly as
15. 0:51possible so they can be relaxed and
16. 0:53stressfree heading into senior year so I
17. 0:55thought now would be a perfect time to
18. 0:57talk about how I got into Columbia
19. 0:58University and exactly why they accepted
20. 1:00me this is the original letter that
21. 1:02Columbia sent me when I got accepted
22. 1:04that tells me exactly why they wanted me
23. 1:06to come to their school and it even has
24. 1:08a little handwritten note from my
25. 1:10regional admissions officer which I
26. 1:11thought was such a sweet touch so let's
27. 1:13talk about everything that they said and
28. 1:15how I got in and how you can too don't
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35. 1:29guys are planing planning on applying to
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42. 1:41anything and everything in the whole
43. 1:43College counseling academic Consulting
44. 1:44World okay let's get into it so let's
45. 1:47start by actually reading the letter and
46. 1:49what it has to say dear Crystal
47. 1:51congratulations on your acceptance to
48. 1:53Columbia
49. 1:54University still hits as the Columbia
50. 1:56admissions officer responsible for your
51. 1:58region I was the first person to to read
52. 2:00your application and I spoke about you
53. 2:01at Great length during the committee
54. 2:03process I am therefore especially
55. 2:05excited to welcome you to the Columbia
56. 2:07Community when reading applications we
57. 2:09look for candidates who are not only
58. 2:10great academicians that's what it says
59. 2:14but who are also true citizens of the
60. 2:16world thinkers and leaders who have
61. 2:18enriched their communities with their
62. 2:19artistic scientific athletic and
63. 2:21humanitarian contributions we search for
64. 2:23students who will continue to Foster
65. 2:25meaningful connections and build on
66. 2:26their previous Achievements not just in
67. 2:28Columbia but also on our greater Campus
68. 2:30of New York City the admissions
69. 2:31committee and I agree you are an amazing
70. 2:33match for Colombia I share the
71. 2:35excitement you surely feel as you embark
72. 2:37on this next exciting chapter of your
73. 2:38life and I look forward to seeing you
74. 2:40here at Colombia in the fall once again
75. 2:42congratulations on your tremendous
76. 2:44accomplishments and welcome to Colombia
77. 2:46and then we have the little handwritten
78. 2:48note which says Crystal I am so looking
79. 2:50forward to hearing you in concert on the
80. 2:52harp maybe I can read some of your
81. 2:55writing while listening to your
82. 2:56melodious playing happy holidays
83. 3:00I'm I still can't get over how sweet
84. 3:02that was so the big stand out for me
85. 3:04here is that while they said that they
86. 3:06care about people who are great
87. 3:08academics they also want people who are
88. 3:10citizens of the world and who are
89. 3:12leaders to create change in their
90. 3:13communities I have a whole video up that
91. 3:15you can check out that digs into my
92. 3:16stats but basically I had a 1560 SAT
93. 3:193.87 GPA since I had a few bees in
94. 3:23freshman year because of family medical
95. 3:24reasons but what they're really
96. 3:26referring to here is that I really did
97. 3:29everything I could to make Community my
98. 3:31golden word when I was filling out my
99. 3:33application and writing my essays for
100. 3:34Columbia for instance creative writing
101. 3:36has always been my passion and that's
102. 3:38what I ended up majoring in at Columbia
103. 3:39along with business management and I
104. 3:41wrote in my Comon up essay which you can
105. 3:43also read in another video all about how
106. 3:46I was the president of my school's
107. 3:48literature club and editor of the
108. 3:49literary journal and so while I was in
109. 3:52junior year the school was introducing
110. 3:54these creative writing classes as pilot
111. 3:56program and they wanted to charge
112. 3:57families extra to take them but I didn't
113. 4:00really think that was the best way to
114. 4:01get people involved or very inclusive so
115. 4:04I used my platform to get everybody to
116. 4:07contribute as much as possible to the
117. 4:08journal and showed the school that there
118. 4:10was so much demand for creative writing
119. 4:11classes and we successfully got the cost
120. 4:13removed they also talk about how they
121. 4:15want students who will Foster meaningful
122. 4:17connections Beyond Columbia but also in
123. 4:19New York City and I talked a lot in my
124. 4:21supplemental essays about how I played
125. 4:23the harp and dance ballet in New York
126. 4:25City previously since I grew up in New
127. 4:27Jersey and I wrote about how I wanted to
128. 4:29keep doing just that and I did end up
129. 4:31joining the Columbia University
130. 4:32Orchestra and doing ballet for the
131. 4:34entire time that I was there so that
132. 4:36specifically ties into this handwritten
133. 4:38note which mentions both of the
134. 4:40activities that I really intentionally
135. 4:42themed my college application around
136. 4:44which were creative writing and music I
137. 4:47was very intentional about really
138. 4:50weaving those into all the activities
139. 4:52that I discussed which I also have a
140. 4:53video about my essays every part of the
141. 4:56application talked about how I was
142. 4:57really passionate about creative writing
143. 4:59and playing the harp for instance in
144. 5:01addition to the creative writing classes
145. 5:03at my school that I helped out with I
146. 5:05was also accepted to and attended the
147. 5:06tellart association summer program which
148. 5:08is now called The tellerite Association
149. 5:10summer seminars which is the top
150. 5:12Humanity summer program in the world the
151. 5:14most competitive one out there for high
152. 5:16school students and so basically we were
153. 5:18tasked with creating our own little mini
154. 5:20democracy we had to be self-governing we
155. 5:24got a budget of $2,000 to do with what
156. 5:26we wanted to we had to get into
157. 5:28committees and pass resolutions every
158. 5:31week to keep the house clean and go on
159. 5:33trips and plan events and do community
160. 5:35service projects and the whole while we
161. 5:37were also taking upper level college
162. 5:39level classes and so mine was about a
163. 5:41creative writing Workshop which was
164. 5:43perfect for me and so I was able to use
165. 5:46creative writing and community and
166. 5:47really combine them together in ways
167. 5:49that these colleges really liked they
168. 5:51also just love toride in general and I
169. 5:54also have many videos talking about how
170. 5:56to get in there so reach out to me if
171. 5:58you want to apply there it is is really
172. 6:00a game changer for college Ops and then
173. 6:02with music I was also always playing the
174. 6:04harp at as many different kinds of
175. 6:06fundraisers and benefits as I could for
176. 6:09everything from cancer to cultural
177. 6:11recognition both as a soloist and as
178. 6:13orchestras from 9th grade even before
179. 6:16all the way through the end of high
180. 6:17school so my big take away from this is
181. 6:20that you need to show the college that
182. 6:21you're applying to Colombia another ivy
183. 6:24league any other top college how you
184. 6:26embody their values and now this can be
185. 6:29incredibly tricky to do you have to
186. 6:31weave it throughout your essays your
187. 6:33supplements your activities even your
188. 6:34letters of recommendation should get in
189. 6:36on this so if you are having any trouble
190. 6:39at all or just need someone to talk to
191. 6:40about this and help you out reach out to
192. 6:43me I will help you get this done I
193. 6:45promise college applications creep up so
194. 6:47quickly they're much sooner than they
195. 6:49seem so be sure to like and follow this
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201. 7:01all in the next video thank you guys for
202. 7:03watching bye