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A friend of mine is still waiting with a 175+ 3.9+, late November or early December submit...MachineLemon wrote:175+ and still waiting. Late October submit.bluenoser wrote:Anyone else with a 175 still waiting?
I remember hearing that Columbia puts more emphasis on where you went to UG than most schools. If so, I went to a very low-on-prestige public school. I've always presumed that dimmed my chances at Columbia specifically.Nelson wrote:You'll probably get in. Columbia is very predictable and you're at the LSAT median/above the GPA median. I wouldn't worry yet, there haven't been that many people with numbers worse than yours get in up until now besides ED and URM so you're not being passed over.WhiteGuy5 wrote:I'm right under 3.87 =(thestillpoint wrote:Honestly, I have no idea. But if you search LSN for those with 172 and 3.87 - 3.91, you can find six who list a decision for Columbia. Only one was waitlisted. Three were accepted in Feb, one was accepted in January. One was accepted with no date given. Two received a $25,000 scholarship and one received a $30,000.
I don't know the logic, but, despite the small sample size, I've now remained hopeful for both an acceptance and even the possibility of some merit aid for those of us who haven't heard.
Mr. Somebody wrote:Lol is anyone else still waiting who doesn't have auto admit numbers?
With your scholarship situation and strong interest in CLS, why didn't you ED? Just curious, not making a point or anything. I know there are a lot of reasons not to.WhiteGuy5 wrote:
I remember hearing that Columbia puts more emphasis on where you went to UG than most schools. If so, I went to a very low-on-prestige public school. I've always presumed that dimmed my chances at Columbia specifically.
Interesting. I'd never heard that. Still, if there was ever a year to bend on that kind of stuff, this would be it since they're going to need all of the 172s they can get to hold the line on the median.WhiteGuy5 wrote:I remember hearing that Columbia puts more emphasis on where you went to UG than most schools. If so, I went to a very low-on-prestige public school. I've always presumed that dimmed my chances at Columbia specifically.
I am non-auto, but with various soft type things going for me.likemike wrote:Mr. Somebody wrote:Lol is anyone else still waiting who doesn't have auto admit numbers?
Yup. 170/4.03
Good to know I'm not the only one still waiting with higher numbers. I was beginning to think it might just be because I'm an international student. I can hyperventilate a little less now...Elendil wrote:A friend of mine is still waiting with a 175+ 3.9+, late November or early December submit...MachineLemon wrote:175+ and still waiting. Late October submit.bluenoser wrote:Anyone else with a 175 still waiting?
samezworykin wrote:176 count?bluenoser wrote:Anyone else with a 175 still waiting?
must say that this seems spot on. Everyone and their mom here went to Ivy + Berkeley etc.WhiteGuy5 wrote:I remember hearing that Columbia puts more emphasis on where you went to UG than most schools. If so, I went to a very low-on-prestige public school. I've always presumed that dimmed my chances at Columbia specifically.Nelson wrote:You'll probably get in. Columbia is very predictable and you're at the LSAT median/above the GPA median. I wouldn't worry yet, there haven't been that many people with numbers worse than yours get in up until now besides ED and URM so you're not being passed over.WhiteGuy5 wrote:I'm right under 3.87 =(thestillpoint wrote:Honestly, I have no idea. But if you search LSN for those with 172 and 3.87 - 3.91, you can find six who list a decision for Columbia. Only one was waitlisted. Three were accepted in Feb, one was accepted in January. One was accepted with no date given. Two received a $25,000 scholarship and one received a $30,000.
I don't know the logic, but, despite the small sample size, I've now remained hopeful for both an acceptance and even the possibility of some merit aid for those of us who haven't heard.
That could be self selection - undergrad gunner = LS gunnerkwais wrote:
must say that this seems spot on. Everyone and their mom here went to Ivy + Berkeley etc.
yeah, this. not only are people at prestigious undergrads perhaps more likely to get the grades/LSAT necessary to get into Columbia, they might also be the type to choose Columbia for the name. not all of them obviously, but certainly enough to give this impression.Mr. Somebody wrote:That could be self selection - undergrad gunner = LS gunnerkwais wrote:
must say that this seems spot on. Everyone and their mom here went to Ivy + Berkeley etc.
If what WG said is true though, I'm screwed
170/3.87 here. submitted 9/30likemike wrote:Mr. Somebody wrote:Lol is anyone else still waiting who doesn't have auto admit numbers?
Yup. 170/4.03
Yup. 3.23/173. I thought I would've gotten dinged weeks ago.Mr. Somebody wrote:Lol is anyone else still waiting who doesn't have auto admit numbers?
Wait, though. He just said "prestige" without specifying how the school earned that prestige.Mr. Somebody wrote:That could be self selection - undergrad gunner = LS gunnerkwais wrote:
must say that this seems spot on. Everyone and their mom here went to Ivy + Berkeley etc.
If what WG said is true though, I'm screwed
My undergrad institution is a veritable fixture on Playboy's annual top party schools list, with a win and several top-three finishes in the past decade. Surely this sort of prestige should count for something, yes?reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
Hoping for the same. My school just made HuffPo's Socially Awkward Colleges listzworykin wrote: Wait, though. He just said "prestige" without specifying how the school earned that prestige.
I refer you to the definition of the term:My undergrad institution is a veritable fixture on Playboy's annual top party schools list, with a win and several top-three finishes in the past decade. Surely this sort of prestige should count for something, yes?reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.
.I'm 172/3.9, but I'm a baby JD (K-JD?). I think that puts me in this group.Mr. Somebody wrote:Lol is anyone else still waiting who doesn't have auto admit numbers?
170/3.8. (But URM so who knows where that really puts me...)Mr. Somebody wrote:Lol is anyone else still waiting who doesn't have auto admit numbers?
Heeeyyy, I went to that school! I think we should get extra credit for managing >3.0 in that environmentzworykin wrote:Wait, though. He just said "prestige" without specifying how the school earned that prestige.Mr. Somebody wrote:That could be self selection - undergrad gunner = LS gunnerkwais wrote:
must say that this seems spot on. Everyone and their mom here went to Ivy + Berkeley etc.
If what WG said is true though, I'm screwed
I refer you to the definition of the term:My undergrad institution is a veritable fixture on Playboy's annual top party schools list, with a win and several top-three finishes in the past decade. Surely this sort of prestige should count for something, yes?reputation or influence arising from success, achievement, rank, or other favorable attributes.