Columbia Class of 2017

[Humbert Humbert]

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[buffalo_]

Appeal denied, ugh. Offer is decent (40k), not great. I have a larger offer (~100k) from Duke. CLS is (and has been) my top choice. Also have a SO in the city, which is another big reason I want to stay in NY.

Anyone else in this boat? Would like to hear some other perspectives, particularly if you are going (or have gone) through a similar decision.

I have a similar offer from CLS and T14 competitor. Just submitted appeal today. Not sure what is going to happen, but your experience doesn't give me a ton of hope.

[gta]

Request denied.

Same. Oh well; it was only 12k different from the NYU scholarship that I lost yesterday, so it's not a huge deal for me. I'm glad they finally got back to me though - now I can officially deposit and start the housing app!

I did the housing app prior to depositing... Is that an issue?

[barrelofmonkeys]

Request denied.

mine as well

submitted Monday, using a Chi scholarship that was 50k higher than my CLS one.

[waferthinmint]

Request denied.

Same. Oh well; it was only 12k different from the NYU scholarship that I lost yesterday, so it's not a huge deal for me. I'm glad they finally got back to me though - now I can officially deposit and start the housing app!

I did the housing app prior to depositing... Is that an issue?

I did as well; don't see why it would be a problem, especially as there was no mention of needing to deposit before applying anywhere in their literature.

[waferthinmint]

Request denied.

mine as well

submitted Monday, using a Chi scholarship that was 50k higher than my CLS one.

ruh roh, this does not bode well...

[barrelofmonkeys]

Request denied.

mine as well

submitted Monday, using a Chi scholarship that was 50k higher than my CLS one.

ruh roh, this does not bode well...

fwiw, i have not been having much luck with NYC schools

[Kimikho]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

[barrelofmonkeys]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

heh

[neprep]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

[barrelofmonkeys]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

I think the later ones didn't have the 21st deadline, maybe?

[buffalo_]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

Not necessarily. You could have gotten an extension, or even deposited at NYU. You would just have to withdraw before depositing at CLS after.

[FOM]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

Mine said 05/02 so there's probably others as well

[neprep]

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

I think the later ones didn't have the 21st deadline, maybe?

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

Not necessarily. You could have gotten an extension, or even deposited at NYU. You would just have to withdraw before depositing at CLS after.

True, true. I just had in mind that Scoobers specifically didn't deposit or get an extension.

Scoobs remember when we paid the CAS fees together? Good times.

[barrelofmonkeys]

True, true. I just had in mind that Scoobers specifically didn't deposit or get an extension.

Scoobs remember when we paid the CAS fees together? Good times.

fwiw, i think s/he may have deposited

and also, i think s/he was just curious whether an NYU offer had more OOMPH than a Chi offer

[esperanto]

Just got an offer today.
How do you appeal? Do you send a letter to financial aid office email address?

[Typhoon24]

Did anyone who went to april's asp get compensated for travel yet?

[drevo]

Just got an offer today.
How do you appeal? Do you send a letter to financial aid office email address?

I believe so. I just sent an email to the Financial Aid office email after a few others in this thread said they did it that way.

did anyone appeal with an NYU offer?

But technically haven't all the NYU offers already exploded? So isn't that leverage lost?

Mine said 05/02 so there's probably others as well

Same here, I appealed and NYU got back to me yesterday and the offer said the deadline is 5/2

[Theopliske8711]

New Dean announced: http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3428

[Carter1901]

Appeal denied, ugh. Offer is decent (40k), not great. I have a larger offer (~100k) from Duke. CLS is (and has been) my top choice. Also have a SO in the city, which is another big reason I want to stay in NY.

Anyone else in this boat? Would like to hear some other perspectives, particularly if you are going (or have gone) through a similar decision.

Humbert, sounds like we're in the same boat almost exactly (Solid $$$ at Duke, SO in Manhattan, CLS being our top choice from the beginning).
I made a thread about it a few days back, here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=228299
Feel free to shoot me a PM.

[buffalo_]

New Dean announced: http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3428

Anyone have thoughts on this?

[Theopliske8711]

Appeal denied, ugh. Offer is decent (40k), not great. I have a larger offer (~100k) from Duke. CLS is (and has been) my top choice. Also have a SO in the city, which is another big reason I want to stay in NY.

Anyone else in this boat? Would like to hear some other perspectives, particularly if you are going (or have gone) through a similar decision.

You also have to consider how much more that 100K from Duke is worth vis-a-vis COL between the two areas. It's a very tough decision to make, but if you are financing CLS through debt, you are looking at 260-270K+ total. The debt from Duke would be substantially less. Goals matter a lot here. If you want NYC biglaw, I don't know if CLS is all too justifiable.

[EquallyWrong]

New Dean announced: http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3428

Anyone have thoughts on this?

a few weeks ago she was telling me to go to Berkeley, so to see her pop up at their main rival for my affections is a bit weird. other than that, she seemed pretty kickass.

[Theopliske8711]

To add to my last post: does your SO life on their own? Are you close enough to possibly live with them? If so, that will help a lot.

[waferthinmint]

New Dean announced: http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3428

Anyone have thoughts on this?

Looool, I literally just saw her at Berkeley a week and a half ago (as I'm sure many ITT did as well) where she spoke to us about how she's basically Berkeley/California for life and how we should totes be Berkeley students. They probably... should not have had her speak at the ASW if she was up for candidacy to be a dean at a rival school in a process that would become public before this admissions cycle is even over.

Unfortunately, I distinctly remember thinking she was a bad public speaker and not a professor I'd want... but I'm sure she is a lovely individual?
eta: My standards are unreasonably high because I felt personally romanced by Dean Morrison over at NYU. May or may not have an indecent secret crush.