Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

The 3:30 AM Sunday morning commute to church is a race against the sun as my mother and I traverse silent streets. Looking out of the passenger window, I catch my reflection: the folds of my libs , ga

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List a few words or phrases that describe your ideal college community. (150 words or less)

A place where math majors use abstract art as catharsis; where dancers ponder existential philosophy; where creative writers conduct revolutionary biological research; where no one is a monolith. A

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List the titles of the required readings from courses during the school year or summer that you enjoyed most in the past year.

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List the titles of the books you read for pleasure that you enjoyed most in the past year.

Culture and Imperialism (I promise I didn’t list that because Edward Said is a professor emeritus from Columbia, but because he’s a gem); Captain Jinks, Hero; The Wretched of the Earth; Invisible Man;

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List the titles of the print, electronic publications and websites you read regularly.

The New York Times, Harpers Magazine, Politico, The Hill, The Economist, The Onion (everybody needs a little bit of The Onion in their lives), Popular Science, Wired, GQ, Vogue, HYPEBEAST, Diet Prada

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Please tell us what you value most about Columbia and why. (300 words or less)

Columbia University is an inquisitive, cultural, and intellectual hub where people of all shapes and sizes, backgrounds and ethnicities, paradigms and religions, and interests and majors come together

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For applicants to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the field or fields of study that you noted in the Member Questions section.

My mom always tells me how much I remind her of her brother. He was an aerospace engineer in Ethiopia, well known for his published work. He was an incredibly bright student from a young age—so bright

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