Columbia Applicants Waiting Thread Forum

[legends159]

Hey, I'm waiting to hear from Columbia too, but I don't know anything about this index number. Can someone explain what it is, what constitutes a good index, and how I can compute my own? Thanks!

Columbia University

0.045 (multiply by LSAT)
0.559 (multiply by GPA)

-5.512 (subtract)

= your index

[legends159]

I'm 4.3 with the higher score and crossing my fingers. I'm trying not to get my hopes up as so far I haven't gotten love from Michigan or Berkeley.

Does anyone know if they take the higher LSAT when there is a significant gap? Or do they average?

Thanks!

When I called, they said they take the higher with a 7+ point increase.

I'm hoping they take the higher based on an individual case by case method

[ezpar]

I thought the rule was 4.1 = waitlist, 4.2 = 50/50, 4.3+ = in.

I thought it was a little tighter than that... 4.2=WL, 4.3=50/50, 4.4=in

[Action Jackson]

I'm just curious, of the people here who have CLS as their top choice, have you actually visited the school? I ask, because I can't understand how anyone who's visited both NYU and Columbia to want to spend 3 years at Columbia. I'm not saying the place is a shithole, but it's a shithole.

[srb]

4.1, though I think my score/GPA is average (aka way below average for them??). I want Columbia and NYU so bad it HURTS. I'm praying for a WL at this point.

[srb]

I'm just curious, of the people here who have CLS as their top choice, have you actually visited the school? I ask, because I can't understand how anyone who's visited both NYU and Columbia to want to spend 3 years at Columbia. I'm not saying the place is a shithole, but it's a shithole.

Are you nuts??? Riverside Dr is the most beautiful street in NY, IMO. NYU looks like business school. Which is cool and all, but still...

[irishlaw]

Thanks for the info. Just calculated my index to be about a 4.36...what kind of chances does that give me (at a top 25 university with decent softs)?

[legends159]

I'm just curious, of the people here who have CLS as their top choice, have you actually visited the school? I ask, because I can't understand how anyone who's visited both NYU and Columbia to want to spend 3 years at Columbia. I'm not saying the place is a shithole, but it's a shithole.

It gets a ton of tourism so it's not as bad as you think. I actually prefer CLS to NYU because it has the whole Roman historical buildings.

[legends159]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

[Lem37]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

I've been out of school for a year and a half, so...no.

[srb]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

I've been out of school for a year and a half, so...no.

Ditto.

Lem, you didn't happen to go to Penn, did you?

[Lem37]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

I've been out of school for a year and a half, so...no.

Ditto.

Lem, you didn't happen to go to Penn, did you?

Nope, Cornell (although my sister went to Penn). Why?

[cameltaur]

I'm a 4.3, no request for grades, complete 10/17 but i don't think dates matter so much at this point.

[iceberger]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

I've been out of school for a year and a half, so...no.

no. i'm kinda worried about it. although, i did go complete the beginning of december

[srb]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

I've been out of school for a year and a half, so...no.

Ditto.

Lem, you didn't happen to go to Penn, did you?

Nope, Cornell (although my sister went to Penn). Why?

Knew a Lem who went to Penn, I studied abroad with her in Paris...that's all!

[iagolives]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

Nope, however, if they sent it by mail, I've been away from my mailbox for a few weeks, so....

[legends159]

Again, I reiterate, has anyone else gotten a request for fall grades?

Nope, however, if they sent it by mail, I've been away from my mailbox for a few weeks, so....

it was sent via email from Dean Iwerebon

[kyle]

I would say if they sent you a fee waiver, that's a pretty good sign...I'm jealous.

Can someone tell me how to calculate my index#?

And did anyone else get a request from Columbia for your Fall 2008 grades? I'm hoping this helps me since I had all A's.

it's a good sign but my index number would be like a 3.9 so prolly not that good of a sign

[crazy_zoologist]

I feel ignorant.

But: who came up with the formula? I doubt its validity mainly because GPA is meaningless when discussed without a context, like major(s), schools....

[Source]

4.3 checking in here, the wait is killing me.

[huckabees]

Count me in on this waiting game!

I'm really hoping to hear by next week at the latest...

[Dr_Nex]

4.6. When do they start making RD decisions?

[gtg931r]

columbia came up with that index formula...and your GPA "taken in context" is practically meaningless in the admissions process.

[sophie316]

I'm just curious, of the people here who have CLS as their top choice, have you actually visited the school? I ask, because I can't understand how anyone who's visited both NYU and Columbia to want to spend 3 years at Columbia. I'm not saying the place is a shithole, but it's a shithole.

Columbia as a whole is lovely, but the part of campus the law school is in isn't that pretty.

Also waiting on Columbia, although I didn't get my app in til the start of December so probably won't hear back soon. 4.5, although if i get in I think I'd rather go to NYU to change things up (Columbia undergrad...not sure I want to go back for three more years, as much as I loved it)

[huckabees]

^ If your index is a 4.6, then you can probably go to places ranked higher than NYU to "change things up"...

(Though I can understand why for many, NYU is their top choice.)