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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by hypothalamus » Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:57 pm

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lawschool899 wrote:Columbia is a long shot for me. 171, 3.85. I went complete late November. Do VCEs seem to be going in order of submission date or by scores? (i.e. auto-admits first wave, then borderline..) Losing hope...
According to LSN, it seems like most of the people admitted in the first few rounds (end of January) had auto admit numbers, or close to it.
thats what it seemed like to me as well. glad someone agrees!
What do you consider auto-admit numbers for CLS?

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by crumpledq » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:21 pm

Just received an email with a letter attachment informing me that I've been placed on the reserve list. Better than a straight out ding, I suppose. Does anyone know how many they take from the reserve list?

Submitted 10/25, super-splitter (178+/3.1-) with 5 years WE in law & politics.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by WhiteGuy5 » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:21 pm

hypothalamus wrote:
lawschool899 wrote:
Bronck wrote:
lawschool899 wrote:Columbia is a long shot for me. 171, 3.85. I went complete late November. Do VCEs seem to be going in order of submission date or by scores? (i.e. auto-admits first wave, then borderline..) Losing hope...
According to LSN, it seems like most of the people admitted in the first few rounds (end of January) had auto admit numbers, or close to it.
thats what it seemed like to me as well. glad someone agrees!
What do you consider auto-admit numbers for CLS?
Ditto, because almost half that I counted DON'T have auto admit numbers. The only pattern I noticed was 173+ LSATs. Maybe they were worried about losing their LSAT median so they're making sure to tidy that up first? It makes sense if you press that the order of VCEs is early submitters with higher than median LSATs ---> everybody else.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by thesmark » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:21 pm

Just put on their reserve list; say they will tell me at the end of May! That's crazy, who would take an all-or-nothing gamble like that?

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by ricsllscir » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:22 pm

crumpledq wrote:Just received an email with a letter attachment informing me that I've been placed on the reserve list. Better than a straight out ding, I suppose. Does anyone know how many they take from the reserve list?

Submitted 10/25, super-splitter (178+/3.1-) with 5 years WE in law & politics.
I got the same email (though mine was addressed to a Ms....and I'm a Mr.) Pretty hyped though given 3.2/169....defs gonna ride this out and see what I can do to get their attention

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by WhiteGuy5 » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:22 pm

crumpledq wrote:Just received an email with a letter attachment informing me that I've been placed on the reserve list. Better than a straight out ding, I suppose. Does anyone know how many they take from the reserve list?

Submitted 10/25, super-splitter (178+/3.1-) with 5 years WE in law & politics.
Ugh, that sounds brutal. Makes me more nervous now about checking my email. Good luck though!

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by Mr. Somebody » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:23 pm

Reserve = WL right? I havent gotten one yet

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by crumpledq » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:26 pm

WhiteGuy5 wrote:
crumpledq wrote:Just received an email with a letter attachment informing me that I've been placed on the reserve list. Better than a straight out ding, I suppose. Does anyone know how many they take from the reserve list?

Submitted 10/25, super-splitter (178+/3.1-) with 5 years WE in law & politics.
Ugh, that sounds brutal. Makes me more nervous now about checking my email. Good luck though!
Thanks for the support! :) I'll be okay, though. I'd almost definitely go to NYU (where I'm in) over CLS. But I want to keep my options open in case I change my mind or discover something new I hadn't considered.

And good luck to you and everyone who's waiting!
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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by FryBreadPower » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:26 pm

Still noticing a huge dearth of URM acceptances. I count all of 5 real URM acceptances on LSN.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by crooked » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:27 pm

Reserve e-mail received at 2:17 p.m. Submitted mid- to late-September, stats in profile.
Unlike the applicants who are "wait listed" at some law schools, candidates placed on Reserve at Columbia are at no point ranked ordinally. Rather, each application on Reserve is reviewed again in its entirety by the Admissions Committee on a periodic basis, as openings in the entering class materialize.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by dakure » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:27 pm

No email yet.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by Mr. Somebody » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:28 pm

Did you guys all get the email at the same time? If we don't get one does that mean we can expect acceptance/ding?

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by erikjc » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:28 pm

crooked wrote:Reserve e-mail received at 2:17 p.m. Submitted mid- to late-September, stats in profile.
Unlike the applicants who are "wait listed" at some law schools, candidates placed on Reserve at Columbia are at no point ranked ordinally. Rather, each application on Reserve is reviewed again in its entirety by the Admissions Committee on a periodic basis, as openings in the entering class materialize.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by AmandaPB » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:28 pm

Still nothing over here.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by FryBreadPower » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:28 pm

dakure wrote:No email yet.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by FryBreadPower » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:29 pm

Mr. Somebody wrote:Did you guys all get the email at the same time? If we don't get one does that mean we can expect acceptance/ding?
I imagine there are probably waves to the Reserve list as well.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by quaker10 » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:30 pm

Reserve email - 2:21 p.m.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by lionelmessi » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:31 pm

Reserve by e-mail. Stats in profile.

I think I now have every kind of decision/non-decision possible.

Held at Harvard
Reserve at Columbia
Reject Chicago & Penn
E-mail that isn't anything at Michigan
Faculty review at Berkeley
Waitlist at Virginia
In at Duke
Hold at Northwestern

I guess that means a lot of them like me, just not THAT much. :?

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by thelong » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:32 pm

FryBreadPower wrote:
dakure wrote:No email yet.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by crumpledq » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:32 pm

Mr. Somebody wrote:Did you guys all get the email at the same time? If we don't get one does that mean we can expect acceptance/ding?
Received mine at 2:16 pm eastern.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by JDizzle2015 » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:33 pm

Reserve email... WHA?!? Did not think this was going to happen... I thought I was an auto-ding. :/ Don't play with my heart, Columbia.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by thesmark » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:33 pm

The problem with the reserve list is that they won't even open it until the end of May, so you either put everything in this or take yourself off of it.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by FryBreadPower » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:35 pm

thelong wrote:
FryBreadPower wrote:
dakure wrote:No email yet.
I swear to god if this turns into a Michigan situation where we are sitting here for months...

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by crooked » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:35 pm

erikjc wrote:
crooked wrote:Reserve e-mail received at 2:17 p.m. Submitted mid- to late-September, stats in profile.
Unlike the applicants who are "wait listed" at some law schools, candidates placed on Reserve at Columbia are at no point ranked ordinally. Rather, each application on Reserve is reviewed again in its entirety by the Admissions Committee on a periodic basis, as openings in the entering class materialize.
So does Columbia not have a wait list?
I think reserve is equivalent to a waitlist. According to their email, they distinguish it nominally because they don't rank applicants, but I don't think all waitlists are ranked.

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Re: Columbia c/o 2015 Applicants (2011-2012 cycle)

Post by va323 » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:36 pm

Reserve group at Columbia - 169, 3.75

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