Columbia c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018) Forum

[tmcauliffe96]

Okay I so deeply object to this, Columbia's neighborhood IS SO BORING. It's just a bunch of older people and there's like no good food and basically no nightlife. That said, it's not exactly hard to commute from Columbia to anywhere else, so, uh, just live in Brooklyn or downtown.

Getting all the way to Columbia from Brooklyn could take quite a while

Depends on where, but it shouldn't be more than like, 45 min - 1 hr. Which you get used to, and is totally worth it to not live in Morningside Heights

That would be a magical day for sure.

With all the subway issues lately, I feel like you'd have to plan for a 2 hour commute, to be safe.

Just don't take the numbered trains. Ever.

+1,2,3.
Avoid at all costs.

[15atay]

fyi my interviewer told me interviews are pretty random and not getting one is in no way a bad sign

really hope you're right, friend.

they specifically told me: "there are a lot of people freaking out on blogs and whatnot about not getting an interview, if you have a friend who applied and didn't get one tell them not to worry it's not a bad sign"

so 1. adcomms def read TLS haha and 2. she would know, so for real guys don't worry you're all good!

Yeah this definitely makes me feel better. As a reach/borderline K-JD applicant whose fall grades they requested, the lack of interview request was getting me paranoid. Hoping to here back the first week of January. If I get in I don't even know if my body has the capability of expressing the level of joy/relief/anxiety I will experience.

Did you apply ED? I'm in the same boat, they wanted my fall grades and I sent them in on Monday. I thought they still had to have a decision by December since I did ED? You don't think you'll hear back until January?

[mwells56]

fyi my interviewer told me interviews are pretty random and not getting one is in no way a bad sign

really hope you're right, friend.

they specifically told me: "there are a lot of people freaking out on blogs and whatnot about not getting an interview, if you have a friend who applied and didn't get one tell them not to worry it's not a bad sign"

so 1. adcomms def read TLS haha and 2. she would know, so for real guys don't worry you're all good!

Yeah this definitely makes me feel better. As a reach/borderline K-JD applicant whose fall grades they requested, the lack of interview request was getting me paranoid. Hoping to here back the first week of January. If I get in I don't even know if my body has the capability of expressing the level of joy/relief/anxiety I will experience.

Did you apply ED? I'm in the same boat, they wanted my fall grades and I sent them in on Monday. I thought they still had to have a decision by December since I did ED? You don't think you'll hear back until January?

I'm ED but I won't have my grades until Christmas Eve probably, so yeah.

[Aplet]

Is there anyone on this blog who applied for ED and has not heard yet? (Except those who just submitted their fall grades.)

[PWADatUNC]

For those sending fall grades, how are you doing that? Are you requesting a new transcript, or emailing saying “here’s what I got” with a screenshot of online grades? My last grade got put in last night so I want to send mine in today

[mwells56]

For those sending fall grades, how are you doing that? Are you requesting a new transcript, or emailing saying “here’s what I got” with a screenshot of online grades? My last grade got put in last night so I want to send mine in today

They told me to send them a screenshot while simultaneously having the school immediately send a new transcript to LSAC

[15atay]

For those sending fall grades, how are you doing that? Are you requesting a new transcript, or emailing saying “here’s what I got” with a screenshot of online grades? My last grade got put in last night so I want to send mine in today

I just wrote an email with what my grades were , they didn't seem to have a problem with it. And requested a new transcript.

[PWADatUNC]

Thank you! That’s what I’ll do then. Are you both doing the same for other schools (sorry if this isn’t proper etiquette in the Columbia thread)? Like other t14, are you sending an email saying “I got this GPA and these grades and have sent a new transcript”?

[mwells56]

Thank you! That’s what I’ll do then. Are you both doing the same for other schools (sorry if this isn’t proper etiquette in the Columbia thread)? Like other t14, are you sending an email saying “I got this GPA and these grades and have sent a new transcript”?

Columbia is the only school that requested my grades so they're the only one I'm sending the screenshot to. Otherwise the rest will get notified when LSAC processes the official one.

[tortsilllustrated]

I went complete about a month ago and havent heard anything /:
Have most people received interviews who went complete at that time?

[mwells56]

When they ask for your fall grades and you get a B+ in a class you thought you were gunna get an A/A+ in until you walked into the final and completey whiffed *eye twitches* *single tear*

[bosshawg]

Is there anyone on this blog who applied for ED and has not heard yet? (Except those who just submitted their fall grades.)

Yup radio silence for me. Please love me CLS!

[15atay]

When they ask for your fall grades and you get a B+ in a class you thought you were gunna get an A/A+ in until you walked into the final and completey whiffed *eye twitches* *single tear*

When you get that email and you know you are about to get a C so you study your butt off to get it to a B+. My GPA is the same even with these new grades, I wonder what exactly they want to see....

[chewinggum]

My GPA is the same even with these new grades, I wonder what exactly they want to see....

Died at this

[bosshawg]

Put into regular applicant pool today notified via email, ugh.

[15atay]

Just got in Via email!!! Subject line :Admit
Applied ED, interviewed, had to send in fall grades.
Best Christmas present ever!

[tmcauliffe96]

Just got in Via email!!! Subject line :Admit
Applied ED, interviewed, had to send in fall grades.
Best Christmas present ever!

Congrats!!!

[mwells56]

When they ask for your fall grades and you get a B+ in a class you thought you were gunna get an A/A+ in until you walked into the final and completey whiffed *eye twitches* *single tear*

When you get that email and you know you are about to get a C so you study your butt off to get it to a B+. My GPA is the same even with these new grades, I wonder what exactly they want to see....

Well I just had my worst GPA of my entire college career so I can kiss Columbia goodbye now I guess.

[andysimbi]

Just got in Via email!!! Subject line :Admit
Applied ED, interviewed, had to send in fall grades.
Best Christmas present ever!

Congrats!!

[kiklavan]

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[InterLaw]

Did any of you write "fun facts" ? Asking because there is literally nothing fun about me but I'm not a fan of leaving things blank.

I did! There is an interesting thing I'm practicing in this period and I thought it was worth some lines... It's not actually so "fun", it's interesting and it didn't come up anywhere else in my app!

[rideagain]

Did any of you write "fun facts" ? Asking because there is literally nothing fun about me but I'm not a fan of leaving things blank.

There has to be something you can put down.

[kiklavan]

Did any of you write "fun facts" ? Asking because there is literally nothing fun about me but I'm not a fan of leaving things blank.

I did! There is an interesting thing I'm practicing in this period and I thought it was worth some lines... It's not actually so "fun", it's interesting and it didn't come up anywhere else in my app!

Did you summarize it or list it?

[kiklavan]

Did any of you write "fun facts" ? Asking because there is literally nothing fun about me but I'm not a fan of leaving things blank.

There has to be something you can put down.

Did you do summaries or lists?

[rideagain]

Did any of you write "fun facts" ? Asking because there is literally nothing fun about me but I'm not a fan of leaving things blank.

There has to be something you can put down.

Did you do summaries or lists?

Just a list. Nothing long, I put like 4 or 5 items.