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

[WhiteGuy5]

No VCEs today? You all disappoint me.

+1 for your avi.

lol thanks. I always worry that my username might make it look racist, but I got nothin' but love for Obama .

[MachineLemon]

Dear Columbia, please drink.

Sincerely,
MachineLemon

[Gizmo]

Shouldn't there be more panic?

[curiousgeorgia]

Dear Columbia, please drink.

Sincerely,
MachineLemon

I do not have any worthy comment to add, but I did want to acknowledge the beauty of this post. Cheers, MachineLemon.

[Elliott_Smith]

So still no sightings?

[thatkid]

So still no sightings?

No, but if we're thinking they may have been sent Monday, tomorrow is the first day it's even likely. This has not, however, stopped me from being irrationally disappointed about coming home to an empty mailbox all week(other than that Akron Law postcard.)

[JamMasterJ]

Dear Columbia, please drink.

Sincerely,
MachineLemon

very well done, sir

[KRog]

Dear Columbia, please drink.

Sincerely,
MachineLemon

I do not have any worthy comment to add, but I did want to acknowledge the beauty of this post. Cheers, MachineLemon.

+10,000,000

[salsahips]

Is any other T14 school taking as much time?

[JamMasterJ]

Is any other T14 school taking as much time?

The rest have started RD, but Yale and Michigan are fairly slow

[MachineLemon]

I do not have any worthy comment to add, but I did want to acknowledge the beauty of this post. Cheers, MachineLemon.

Glad you dig. Cheers.

Is any other T14 school taking as much time?

The rest have started RD, but Yale and Michigan are fairly slow

Maybe Harvard too, seems like a large number of holds this year (like me). Hope there is some Harvard love for us yet.

[catwomangirl]

I do not have any worthy comment to add, but I did want to acknowledge the beauty of this post. Cheers, MachineLemon.

Glad you dig. Cheers.

Is any other T14 school taking as much time?

The rest have started RD, but Yale and Michigan are fairly slow

Maybe Harvard too, seems like a large number of holds this year (like me). Hope there is some Harvard love for us yet.

Harvard talk in a Columbia thread? Sacrilege!

[catwomangirl]

New question: do we know which kind of mailing service Columbia used for ED? I'm guessing RD will likely be the same. USPS? Express mail? Priority mail? First class? UPS?


http://faq.usps.com/eCustomer/iq/usps/r ... 0000000000}


Is there a mail expert in the house?

EDIT: sorry URL doesn't work. It's a usps days for delivery chart.

[InformationOverlord]

seems pretty ridiculous to waste money on anything > first class for a bunch of applicants who might not even accept ...

[citykitty]

seems pretty ridiculous to waste money on anything > first class for a bunch of applicants who might not even accept ...

Vandy uses fedex I think for admits, and UVA uses priority mail. Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

[catwomangirl]

Looking at ED last year vs this year, could there be a general 5-day lag?

If there is, I'm thinking next week is the deal.

[InformationOverlord]

The more that do it, the more ridiculous it seems. . . Just one more thing contributing to

[Champion]

seems pretty ridiculous to waste money on anything > first class for a bunch of applicants who might not even accept ...

Vandy uses fedex I think for admits, and UVA uses priority mail. Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Penn does priority mail

[Elendil]

seems pretty ridiculous to waste money on anything > first class for a bunch of applicants who might not even accept ...

Vandy uses fedex I think for admits, and UVA uses priority mail. Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Penn does priority mail

Almost positive that CLS does priority mail also...

[thatkid]

All that was in my mail today was spam for the former resident of my apartment.

[salsahips]

seems pretty ridiculous to waste money on anything > first class for a bunch of applicants who might not even accept ...

Vandy uses fedex I think for admits, and UVA uses priority mail. Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

Vandy also flies out any admitted student, and gives us $50 a night for hotels... seems like they're big spenders

[MikeTheWilliams]

All that was in my mail today was spam for the former resident of my apartment.

Did they get into Columbia?!

[thatkid]

All that was in my mail today was spam for the former resident of my apartment.

Did they get into Columbia?!

Sadly, no. They could be saving 15% on their energy bill though.

[chucklesmcgee]

seems pretty ridiculous to waste money on anything > first class for a bunch of applicants who might not even accept ...

Well, I'm sure they get delivery confirmation with priority mail. Consider it from a ROI perspective, if $4000 extra in postage nets you even one or two additional matriculants either from avoiding lost mail or because they feel so special getting a nice envelope it'll pay for itself.

[Nelson]

Well, I'm sure they get delivery confirmation with priority mail.

You, sir, greatly overestimate the service of the USPS. Delivery confirmation costs extra. Also, Columbia mails VCEs via regular old first class mail. There's no speed advantage to priority mail, it's just what they call the surcharge tacked onto everything greater than 13 oz.