Columbia 2011! Forum

[Confused7]

If we want to apply for financial aid at Columbia before we're admitted just in case - is it just the fafsa we have to fill out or is there a separate application at Columbia? I'm so confused by all this!

You have to apply for Need Access too, which is an electronic form that most lsaw schools require anyway. Check out their website. You pay a one-time fee of $28 (I think?) and just like the FAFSA you can make changes on it after you've done your taxes.

[Weirdlog]

Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do.

I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about CLS now.

+1

I said maybe CLS is gonna be the one that saves me?

Backbeat, the word is on the street that VCEs are out

There are many things that I would like to say in a LOCI but I don't know how

[incompetentia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWdZEumNRmI

Oh, what are you thinking of?
What are you thinking of?
Oh, what are you thinking of?
What are you thinking of?

[wsjch05]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

[thomas345]

If I want to send an LOCI after my application was put on Hold, should I email it to admissions or send it snail mail?

[mel2010]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

Congrats, northern brethren!

Now let's get some news in the states...

[WestOfTheRest]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

Congrats.

This does not bode well for me. WTF?

[bistduverrueckt]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

Congrats.

This does not bode well for me. WTF?

Hold out the hope. I haven't gotten anything yet either. I think CLS may legitimately have no idea what to do with us.

ETA: congrats wsjch05!

[WestOfTheRest]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

Congrats.

This does not bode well for me. WTF?

Hold out the hope. I haven't gotten anything yet either. I think CLS may legitimately have no idea what to do with us.

Historically there are no trends of CLS YPing people. I don't know what is happening this cycle.

[CosmoLaw]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

were you on hold prior to this acceptance or had you not heard anything until this email from CLS?

[WestOfTheRest]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

were you on hold prior to this acceptance or had you not heard anything until this email from CLS?

I assume they hadnt heard anything. The complete date is fairly recent.

[wsjch05]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

were you on hold prior to this acceptance or had you not heard anything until this email from CLS?

I assume they hadnt heard anything. The complete date is fairly recent.

yup, it was the first time I heard anything from them since "complete" email.
I wasn't expecting anything until March, and really didn't expect to hear decisions from them via email,
I was planning to write them a letter of address change as I'm taking off to Korea on the 19th.

I guess they realized that relying solely on snail mail to notify international applicants is just inefficient.

[somewhere]

If I want to send an LOCI after my application was put on Hold, should I email it to admissions or send it snail mail?

I'm really tempted to do this, too, but they say on their LSAC instructions to please refrain from sending additional materials (except for grade updates, etc.) when waiting for initial decision, but that LOCIs are welcome after notification of hold or reserve.

[WestOfTheRest]

I feel like they're just ignoring my existence.

[akikaze]

I feel like they're just ignoring my existence.

I suspect you're going to be admitted very very soon, CastleRock. Until I learned that you're an international applicant, I was slightly worried about you -- with today's notification, I really think you would do best to sit tight for another 2-4 weeks.

[incompetentia]

CR, if you hadn't already called and asked, I'd have assumed your decision email was lost in your spam filter.

3.58 is good news for me. Yay for splitters!

[glitched]

CR, if you hadn't already called and asked, I'd have assumed your decision email was lost in your spam filter.

3.58 is good news for me. Yay for splitters!

?? you're in?

[Ratchet Jackson]

CR, if you hadn't already called and asked, I'd have assumed your decision email was lost in your spam filter.

3.58 is good news for me. Yay for splitters!

?? you're in?

I think that's a reference to wsjch05

[mbaba19]

I just joined the forum but I got in on January 28th and I had gone UR on 12/14. Not sure if that really helps anyone...

[incompetentia]

CR, if you hadn't already called and asked, I'd have assumed your decision email was lost in your spam filter.

3.58 is good news for me. Yay for splitters!

?? you're in?

No, but my GPA is pretty close to 3.58. Still paranoid about getting in

[WestOfTheRest]

CR, if you hadn't already called and asked, I'd have assumed your decision email was lost in your spam filter.

3.58 is good news for me. Yay for splitters!

Lol, I guess I could try calling again. HAHAHA

[7ED]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

Congratulations to a fellow Canadian!

As for me and CR... I really hope there will be an e-mail soon.

[sarahlawg]

IN! via email

3.58/174 Canadian. applied 1/19 complete 1/25

Congrats.

This does not bode well for me. WTF?

Hold out the hope. I haven't gotten anything yet either. I think CLS may legitimately have no idea what to do with us.

Historically there are no trends of CLS YPing people. I don't know what is happening this cycle.

Holding tons of people kind of works as a discrete YP process, no? I would think that many people withdraw because they already got into better/their first choice by April.

[law_monkey]

To the people who got in: congrats!!!

To CLS: If you're really confused about us, then at least send us a hold so we know you have seen our app. Although a real decision would be preferable. Awesome, thanks!

[WestOfTheRest]

Holding tons of people kind of works as a discrete YP process, no? I would think that many people withdraw because they already got into better/their first choice by April.

I know people have said there were holds last year, I haven't really looked into how many people CLS typically holds. Holding is definitely a means of YP, it just doesn't seem like this is that normal for them. Again, everything I am saying is baseless.