Hey, this I feel a bit stupid asking this but I couldn't find the answer elsewhere.

Is "reserve" a hold or a waitlist?

Reserve is a waitlist.

Held today.
I know the blog post says people who have been held still might get in, but is this a pretty good indicator that they wouldn't be offering much if any money?

+1
Great question! I'd have to be offered serious money to be swayed away from Chicago.

I am from Northern New Jersey, about fifteen minutes from Columbia by car.

Well, now I'm nervous to check my mailbox again haha, though judging from your submit/complete date I shouldn't be getting my hopes up. Congrats though, that's awesome.

In NYC, late October submit. No vomit, no nothing.

God my hopes are so high right now. Congrats!!

Is anybody else counting the minutes until quittin' time?

Yes. Yes I am.

Congrats on getting in! I'm just curious, and feel free to ignore me if I am intruding, but are you URM and what are your softs like? I'm just trying to figure out my chances at getting off the hold list since it seems like we have similar stats from your profile. Thanks and congrats again!

Thank you all very much for the congratulations!

Could someone live in NJ and attend Columbia?

edit: removed snarky response

second edit: nooooo too late

I'd be proud to say so if it were true, but it isn't. Either way, I was under the impression getting to New Jersey in 15 minutes from Columbia was near impossible.

It's possible if there's no traffic and you have a car. But... not exactly desirable.

Since most CLS kids live in Columbia housing (everyone I talked to on Monday did), I dunno why you would bother, but isn't Hoboken -> PATH -> 1/2 train up to campus roughly equivalent to Brooklyn -> crosstown -> uptown?

If by "Brooklyn" you mean Williamsburg/Bushwick then yes.

Each will take you between 45-60 minutes each way, however. I definitely would not live in Brooklyn if I attended CLS.

As for Northern NJ...if you live near the GW Bridge, yeah you can probably make it to Columbia in 15 minutes via car. If there is no traffic. If there is traffic (and its the GW bridge, so there will be traffic) you can count on it being anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Each way.

I live about 4 minutes away from GW Bridge, so with no traffic I can get there pretty quickly. That being said, I would either live at Columbia or in Hoboken to save a couple $$.

The Columbia housing rents are expensive, but some of the 2 and 3 BR options aren't that bad. Not as extortionate as the NYU Dag and Mercer rents that's for sure.

I am not a URM. K-JD student. I did some pretty cool fellowships in college, held some leadership positions, and otherwise normal softs. No offense taken, Best of Luck!!

D'ag and Mercer are actually cheap for the area, sadly enough. But rents in general around Columbia should be substantially lower than rents around NYU. Living in the village is expensive as hell.

Came home to an empty mailbox. Also, I don't know that apartments in the UWS would be substantially more expensive than apartments in Hoboken, particularly when one factors in the difference in commute time. Desirable real estate in Hoboken isn't exactly cheap, though I don't know how it compares to Columbia housing (as I refuse to check and get ahead of myself haha).

Now I kind of don't want to leave work.

Hey guys, it's been a while since I've posted after getting put in the Reserve group. I just wanted to clarify, are there different waitlists at Columbia, or is it only Reserve? Sorry if this is lazy or if I should know this!