I just submitted petition and got approved. Basically just wrote I felt February would be more representative of my potential. Think Columbia is pretty liberal about granting approval. Shouldn’t be tough just needs to be in before January 1st. Good luck!
@"Alex Divine" Thanks for the insight, that's definitely reassuring. What do you think about ED2 Penn with my stats? It's not my first choice over columbia/NYU but I'd be really happy to go there. Appreciate your input
@tringo335 sure! Because of my GPA, I feel like all my schools are kind of reaches. Reaches: Columbia, Chicago, UPenn, UVA, Berkeley, Georgetown, and NYU. Usual suspects type deal. My safer schools are WUSTL and Irvine.
I think it's useful! I've self toured NYU, Columbia and Fordham. I feel like it gave me a good sense of the campus life and will give me some specifics to write about in my Why X essays.