Columbia c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013) Forum

[sd1234]

I don't recall if we decided that Hold was essentially WL? I just got held, for the record.

Hold=pre-waitlist which turns into waitlist which=rejection.

Basically

ugh.

[TripTrip]

Hold=pre-waitlist which turns into waitlist which=rejection.

Nah man, the "holds" are for people they want to offer the Hamilton to, but they ran of of Hamiltons. They'll give it to us after those folks get into Yale.

[bluecouch]

Hold=pre-waitlist which turns into waitlist which=rejection.

Nah man, the "holds" are for people they want to offer the Hamilton to, but they ran of of Hamiltons. They'll give it to us after those folks get into Yale.

I like this theory. Today's happy thought: thinking that Columbia is just trying to scrounge a Hamilton for me.

[eyfl]

Hold=pre-waitlist which turns into waitlist which=rejection.

Nah man, the "holds" are for people they want to offer the Hamilton to, but they ran of of Hamiltons. They'll give it to us after those folks get into Yale.

Yes, please, keep pouring these sweet words into my ears

[cinnamonchurros]

Withdrew last night. Hope my spot goes to one of you!

[Omnivalc]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

[edamame]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

I don't know about that. Columbia has been unnecessarily picky this cycle. They will (may) lose a lot of admits to HYS.

[jbagelboy]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

there is something wrong with your cycle, no offense. do you have C&F issues?

[02889]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

Obviously you must be thinking about this constantly, but do you know what's going on with your application cycle? I feel like if you have the option, applying again next year with all new essays and a slightly changed resume could help a ton, unless it's a C&F issue holding you back.

Hopefully Columbia ends up working out for you!

[jym_dawg]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

I don't know about that. Columbia has been unnecessarily picky this cycle. They will (may) lose a lot of admits to HYS.

I glanced briefly at the numbers and it looks like there are ~170 acceptances on LSN this year, as opposed to ~230 last year. When you consider that LSN represents 10-15% of the applicant pool then Columbia either has very different yield expectations for this year or has at least another big wave or two of admits left. The decision date graph also shows a decent-sized (10ish) wave of admits the week before the WL wave so there's also that to give us some hope.

[jselson]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

there is something wrong with your cycle, no offense. do you have C&F issues?

Seriously, what on earth ... ?

Unless you wrote a rap for your PS.

[jselson]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

[sd1234]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

I don't know about that. Columbia has been unnecessarily picky this cycle. They will (may) lose a lot of admits to HYS.

The hold e-mail said that they are trying to fill a class of 365 people....that's significantly lower than past years, no? LSN says that 404 people matriculated last year.

[KingFish]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

[jselson]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

No duh, man.

[02889]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

You sure you want to go to law school? I think the rap battle job market is booming (or doing as well as the legal job market, anyway) and you've got some serious talent.

[KingFish]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

No duh, man.

It's a joke, man.

[lijun]

Got a Hold e-mail this morning as well. I'm gathering this essentially means WL and that the chances of coming off the wait list at Columbia are not great... YAY, MORE GREAT NEWS!

I don't know about that. Columbia has been unnecessarily picky this cycle. They will (may) lose a lot of admits to HYS.

The hold e-mail said that they are trying to fill a class of 365 people....that's significantly lower than past years, no? LSN says that 404 people matriculated last year.

looks like 368 matriculants last year according to their website
http://web.law.columbia.edu/admissions/ ... ss-profile

[lmsf]

Reserve email today as well. 174/3.2

From LSN it looks like they waitlist 100-200 people and 7+ eventually get in (I'm assuming some people just update to "Accepted" rather than "WL, Accepted" so it's hard to get an accurate count). Does anyone have more information on approximately how many people from the waitlist eventually get in? What are my chances as a splitter?

My specific conundrum is that one of the programs I've been admitted to has a summer start so I'd start before I hear back from Columbia ... does anyone know what the process is for such a situation? My concern is that if you start at 1 school, it is then an issue to switch because you are no longer a 0L (on the application you are asked if you've ever attended law school before, and the answer is now yes).

[jselson]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

You sure you want to go to law school? I think the rap battle job market is booming (or doing as well as the legal job market, anyway) and you've got some serious talent.

I'm an MBA: a Mad Battle Applicant.

/end

[jselson]

I'm Omnivalc, and I'd like to say,
Lol school's really cool, and it's gonna pay;
I got skillz at the mic, I be litigatin',
Come on, Columbia, y'all don't be hatin'

No duh, man.

It's a joke, man.

It's cool.

[gfd973]

Admitted today. Ecstatic.

[TripTrip]

Admitted today. Ecstatic.

You sound ecstatic!

Congrats though!

[MacB]

Admitted today. Ecstatic.

You sound ecstatic!

Congrats though!

Apparently Columbia just admitted Eeyore. Couldn't even muster an exclamation mark.

Congrats, man. Were you admitted via snail mail or email?

[txdude45]

Apparently Columbia just admitted Eeyore.

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