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1. 0:00Colombia no not that Colombia nor that
2. 0:03one I'm talking about this Columbia
3. 0:05University located on 116th and Broadway
4. 0:08New York New York welcome welcome back
5. 0:10to our how to get into every College
6. 0:12Series today I'll be talking about the
7. 0:15most Urban IV of them all specifically
8. 0:18how to get in now Colombia is unique in
9. 0:20that it's one of the only top colleges
10. 0:23to clearly articulate the five key
11. 0:26points that it wants students to hit in
12. 0:28their application honestly I wish other
13. 0:30schools did this so kudos to Colombia
14. 0:33admissions for making this so Crystal
15. 0:35Clear let's start with academic
16. 0:37preparation but we can't talk about
17. 0:38academic prep or knowledge of Colombia
18. 0:40for that matter without referencing
19. 0:43Colombia's Core Curriculum loved by some
20. 0:45hated by others The Core Curriculum is
21. 0:48truth be told kind of controversial I
22. 0:51know a friend who transferred out of
23. 0:52Colombia cuz she didn't like it very
24. 0:54much and I also know former students who
25. 0:56we've worked with that love The Core
26. 0:59Curriculum because the teaches you the
27. 1:00foundations to critical thinking logic
28. 1:02and rhetoric one thing is for certain
29. 1:04though you have to write about the Core
30. 1:06Curriculum it is a fat red flag if you
31. 1:09fail to mention it h but what is the
32. 1:11core in the first place well according
33. 1:13to this admissions officer it's a series
34. 1:15of named courses and general
35. 1:17requirements that are completed
36. 1:19throughout the duration of the four
37. 1:20years of an undergraduate's academic
38. 1:22career now to get even more nitty-gritty
39. 1:25let's talk about some of the classes
40. 1:26within the core one of the most famous
41. 1:28is literature Humanity ities or lit hum
42. 1:31for short one Columbia student said that
43. 1:33in this course she read I kid you not 15
44. 1:36to 20 books over the course of a single
45. 1:39semester and these were Hefty Works guys
46. 1:42like Homer's Iliad stories by Plato
47. 1:44Dante Jane Austin Virginia wolf and Tony
48. 1:47Morrison just to name a few how does
49. 1:49knowing what the Core Curriculum is
50. 1:51actually help us get into Colombia well
51. 1:54one of the core tenants of the core is
52. 1:56engaging with primary sources and
53. 1:58thinking for yourself so in those
54. 2:00Columbia supplemental essays be sure to
55. 2:02mention a time where you didn't just
56. 2:04read other people's interpretations of
57. 2:06historical events or data but you
58. 2:09analyze the information yourself you
59. 2:11could also mention how you've read stuff
60. 2:12like Plato's allegory of the cave and
61. 2:14Song of Solomon but now you're looking
62. 2:16for a chance to actively discuss the
63. 2:19ideas that you found in those texts with
64. 2:20your peers in fact don't be afraid of
65. 2:23mentioning these titles in that short
66. 2:25Columbia supplement that asks you to
67. 2:27list the books that you've read more on
68. 2:29that later another way to hit curiosity
69. 2:32academic preparation and knowledge of
70. 2:34Colombia All in One Go is to pull up the
71. 2:36Columbia course catalog find classes
72. 2:39that Fascinate You Not Just within the
73. 2:41core but also outside of it to be sure
74. 2:43to hone in on courses only offered at
75. 2:46Colombia not ones that every school has
76. 2:49a good example would be something like
77. 2:51political analytics while a bad example
78. 2:53would be something like intro philosophy
79. 2:55cuz that's offered everywhere I've
80. 2:56mentioned this in a previous video but a
81. 2:59really key key Concept in all college
82. 3:01essays is to use threads articulate how
83. 3:05what you want to study is an extension
84. 3:07of something you've already studied or
85. 3:09something that you're actively studying
86. 3:11perhaps in your free time you listen to
87. 3:13TED talks about stoicism while you go on
88. 3:15morning jogs or maybe you recently
89. 3:18completed like a statistics project
90. 3:20related to the effect of Tik Tok on
91. 3:22South Korean democracy whatever it is
92. 3:24guys be sure to connect the dots so
93. 3:27we've already established that Columbia
94. 3:29wants curiosity which many students have
95. 3:31told me can be quite challenging to
96. 3:33convey luckily Columbia has made this
97. 3:35super easy for you with this short essay
98. 3:37where you're able to just list content
99. 3:39that you enjoy I can't stress this
100. 3:41enough be the fish that swims against
101. 3:43the current this is how we stand out and
102. 3:46this is how we get in include a mix of
103. 3:47well-known Publications like The
104. 3:49Economist but also quirkier YouTube
105. 3:51channels about lesser known topics that
106. 3:54you genuinely find interesting each text
107. 3:57or book that you mention is an
108. 3:58opportunity for the admissions reader to
109. 4:01understand how you feed and nurture your
110. 4:04curiosity
111. 4:14[Music]
112. 4:22[Applause]
113. 4:37[Applause]
114. 4:40all right friends I hope you enjoyed
115. 4:41that quick break back to Colombia
116. 4:44engagement with others now a superb way
117. 4:46of showing how you can engage with
118. 4:48others is through Colombia's diversity
119. 4:50essay and or their unexpected challenge
120. 4:53SL adversity essay we've already
121. 4:55established that Colombia loves thinkers
122. 4:59so showing your intellectual engagement
123. 5:02with others would be a phenomenal topic
124. 5:04to cover in those supplemental essays
125. 5:06two strategies that I recommend the
126. 5:08first is to write about a time where you
127. 5:10combined curiosity with selflessness
128. 5:13talk about how you taught a difficult
129. 5:15academic concept like anthropomorphism
130. 5:18or nuclear fusion to your younger cousin
131. 5:20or a group of Elementary or middle
132. 5:22school students a second perhaps even
133. 5:24better Strat is to write about a debate
134. 5:27since Colombia love love loves
135. 5:29intellectual discussions so talking
136. 5:31about a controversial issue where
137. 5:33afterwards thanks to that discussion
138. 5:35either you grew or you helped someone
139. 5:37else grow would be a sensational
140. 5:40response it serves as a triple whammy
141. 5:42since it wouldn't just show your
142. 5:43engagement with others but also your
143. 5:44personal growth and your intellectual
144. 5:47curiosity next up we have voice one
145. 5:51student I worked with last cycle wrote
146. 5:52about how they were legitimately
147. 5:54insulted for pursuing stem as a girl not
148. 5:57only did she describe how she gracefully
149. 5:58handled this r rough interaction but she
150. 6:00was so moved by the experience that she
151. 6:02started a group to empower other girls
152. 6:05in stem even going so far as to host
153. 6:08weekly events and invite other
154. 6:09successful female role models to help
155. 6:12Inspire this new community built take
156. 6:14note of this Formula First you introduce
157. 6:18the problem right then an initial
158. 6:20individual solution before elaborating
159. 6:22on a bigger more systemic or systematic
160. 6:25solution that helps the community at
161. 6:27large this is a brilliant way to
162. 6:29demonstrate how you don't just use your
163. 6:32voice to be heard but also to amplify
164. 6:35and uplift those around you the final
165. 6:37thing that Colombia wants to see in
166. 6:39applicants is knowledge of Colombia
167. 6:42itself probably the easiest way to begin
168. 6:44is by familiarizing yourself with
169. 6:46Traditions at Colombia and mentioning
170. 6:48them in your why columia supplement
171. 6:50there's literally a bunch on their
172. 6:52website here guys they're really trying
173. 6:53to make your lives easy just be sure to
174. 6:55do your homework and check them out for
175. 6:56example let's say you enjoy cooking food
176. 6:59and cooking food a simple but powerful
177. 7:01little tactic would be to connect your
178. 7:03passion to Colombia's midnight breakfast
179. 7:06which is a tradition during finals where
180. 7:08students eat breakfast at midnight to
181. 7:10de-stress if you have a cultural
182. 7:12breakfast dish that you would like to
183. 7:13share like kanji or fasal that would
184. 7:16also be lovely to mention perhaps you
185. 7:18could even include a short you know one
186. 7:20or two sentence anecdote where you
187. 7:21explain how you once spent hours
188. 7:24researching the perfect kanji I mean
189. 7:26that's another clever way to highlight
190. 7:28and underscore your curios I with all
191. 7:30that in mind it's important to note that
192. 7:31Columbia also wants you to talk about
193. 7:33New York City too you are in the
194. 7:35greatest city on Earth how are you going
195. 7:38to take advantage of that taking the
196. 7:39cooking example from before you could
197. 7:41connect volunteering at midnight
198. 7:43breakfast with volunteering at somewhere
199. 7:45like the Holy Apostles soup kitchen or
200. 7:47you could mention the fact that you want
201. 7:49to start a food blog about
202. 7:51hole-in-the-wall restaurants found in
203. 7:52Harlem or the heights if you're into
204. 7:54shows and show business write about how
205. 7:56you want to work at or contribute to
206. 7:58theaters around town get hyper specific
207. 8:01though talk about which musicals or
208. 8:02plays have caught your eye and mention
209. 8:05why they resonate with you okay that was
210. 8:08a pretty long video I'm sorry I just
211. 8:10want to help you guys as much as
212. 8:11possible please forgive me before you go
213. 8:13don't forget to check out our other
214. 8:14videos let me know in the comment
215. 8:16section below which school I should do
216. 8:18next and what other content you guys
217. 8:20would like to see until next time my
218. 8:22dear virtual little siblings Captain
219. 8:24Kevin out