Official Columbia Transfer Thread Forum

[berkcol]

Should have decisions coming in late this week/early next week according to transferapps database.

[berkcol]

assuming people are "complete" by now

[prncaspian3]

i'm not complete yet. I heard they were a tad backlogged? Either way, they said they'd notify me of missing materials, and i've heard nothing.

[Journeybound]

I'm complete. Not complete at NYU. This week would be great so that I could make an informed decision with Berkeley.

[EggShellPlaintiff]

Got the complete email fairly late last night; they must be burning the midnight oil trying to get everyone's file together.

Did everyone else have this line in their complete email: "Good luck in the admissions process and we hope to welcome you here as a member of the Class of 2012!" I know it's just a pleasantry, but it seems almost too optimistic. I would hate to have that said to me only to be rejected.

[naturalexponent]

Got the complete email fairly late last night; they must be burning the midnight oil trying to get everyone's file together.

Did everyone else have this line in their complete email: "Good luck in the admissions process and we hope to welcome you here as a member of the Class of 2012!" I know it's just a pleasantry, but it seems almost too optimistic. I would hate to have that said to me only to be rejected.

Mine had the same line, except "2013" lol. Yeah, instills some false hope in ya...

[bkthunder]

Just got stuff in this week which might delay my decision. Still hoping to hear before 7/15 for Berkeley

[berkcol]

Got the complete email fairly late last night; they must be burning the midnight oil trying to get everyone's file together.

Did everyone else have this line in their complete email: "Good luck in the admissions process and we hope to welcome you here as a member of the Class of 2012!" I know it's just a pleasantry, but it seems almost too optimistic. I would hate to have that said to me only to be rejected.

No, you must be a "wanted applicant." Mine said, "Thanks for the application fee, don't get your hopes up."

[luthersloan]

I just got a sort of odd request from Columbia to "provide a detailed explanation" of my path from high school to graduation at collage. This seems a little odd. Perhaps it is because I went to night school? Thoughts?

[solidsnake]

I just got a sort of odd request from Columbia to "provide a detailed explanation" of my path from high school to graduation at collage. This seems a little odd. Perhaps it is because I went to night school? Thoughts?

Were you complete prior to this request (received the 'app complete' email)?

[luthersloan]

I had been complete for about a week.

[solidsnake]

Well, then they are definitely reviewing applicants already.

<<Still not complete.

[addicted]

I think I submitted everything by the end of June, but the status checker still says that I'm incomplete.

Specifically, it has the recommendation box unchecked (but each of the individual recommendations checked below it) and for the LSDAS Report, it says "Complete and copy requested from LSAC". Is anybody else in this situation? Did anyone contact the office yet?

How long did it take before everyone went complete?

[traydeuce]

I'm still not complete. However, note that transferapps says that many people get accepted within a day or two of completion, or sometimes even before they ever officially go complete.

[Journeybound]

Wait, for some reason I thought that luthersloan and traydeuce are the same person. What do you guys think? Am I wrong? Weird.

[Machine Spirit]

Don't go by the status checker, apparently it can take up to 2 weeks for them to update. I went complete a little bit ago, but my status checker still shows a few of the boxes as unchecked. I'd call in if I were you guys.

[luthersloan]

No, we are not the same person.

[berkcol]

E-mail from Columbia, dated November 2008: "application is complete . . . hope to welcome you to class of 2012."
E-mail from Columbia, dated June 2010: "application is complete . . . hope to welcome you to class of 2012."

Two identical e-mails for the same class of 2012, separated by 20 months. Something about this juxtaposition makes me sad about the prospect of not getting in. I could've had two kids in this in-between period! lol

[traydeuce]

Wait, for some reason I thought that luthersloan and traydeuce are the same person. What do you guys think? Am I wrong? Weird.

No, he's a fat douche, I'm a skinny one. We're like Laurel and Hardy.

[arstech]

E-mail from Columbia, dated November 2008: "application is complete . . . hope to welcome you to class of 2012."
E-mail from Columbia, dated June 2010: "application is complete . . . hope to welcome you to class of 2012."

Two identical e-mails for the same class of 2012, separated by 20 months. Something about this juxtaposition makes me sad about the prospect of not getting in. I could've had two kids in this in-between period! lol

This is awesome. If you don't get in, you should totally e-mail this to the admissions department as a big F-you.

[berkcol]

Nah, while its kinda quirky that their boilerplate emails are unchanged over the years, I'll just take a ding as a motivation for me to work like a monster at Berkeley. While I'm not sure there's a substantial difference between opportunities out of Boalt vs. Columbia, NYC has been my dream city forever, and Columbia has been my dream school forever.

[luthersloan]

You know, I am not trying to insult you, trayduce.

[mcastig4]

I think I submitted everything by the end of June, but the status checker still says that I'm incomplete.

Specifically, it has the recommendation box unchecked (but each of the individual recommendations checked below it) and for the LSDAS Report, it says "Complete and copy requested from LSAC". Is anybody else in this situation? Did anyone contact the office yet?

Same situation. By 6/23 all of my boxes were checked on the status checker and still says incomplete. Emailed admissions yesterday at received this email:

"Please allow time for your application to be processed. You will receive an email when your file is complete or notification of missing materials. The online status can take a few weeks to be updated."

[traydeuce]

I think they just have a sclerotic status checker. I wouldn't worry too much about what it says. It looks like historically if you're getting in you'll know by the 15th, regardless of how late you went complete.

[berkcol]

I have a feeling we're going to start hearing late today or tom.