Early Decision, some advice (I'm sorry this isn't about the hurricane)

I know you wanted my perspective on the little discussed topic of #frankenstorm. I could just feel your eagerness readers, I really could. Unfortunately, I'm a complete hurricane noob and I probably would have just talked about this epic hurricane playlist Spec's (handsome) city news editor compiled on Twitter.

Instead, I'll talk about the Early Decision application (now due Nov. 5). The exponentially increasing number of questions I've received from high schoolers the past week can be divided into three categories: 1) I'm not sure if I want to apply early, 2) what the hell do I write about?, and 3) I'm not sure if I can get into Columbia.

I'll cover the last question.

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