Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle) Forum

[yot11]

I haven't seen an exception to this (someone correct me if I'm wrong) but if you get an email with admit before a mail package, then you did NOT get a named scholarship. If you don't get an email, you either have bad news coming or great news coming.

Just joining this lovely thread now.

My app went complete on Jan 21. Any ideas when I might hear back? Also, is the consensus that they're sending emails to all admits or is there still a totally unpredictable combination of emails/snail mail?

[yamamoto90]

Got it. Thanks, yot11 for clarifying!

[w0w]

I'm at the median lsat but above 75th for gpa and absolutely nothing. I submitted late september because I was waiting for a fee waiver. I do have a minor C&F issue that y'all are free to PM me about if you want. I just don't want it to identify me.

[radcaster]

In with letter & Butler. Submitted 1/1. No interview... dead silence until now. At or above both 75s.

[altf4]

In with letter & Butler. Submitted 1/1. No interview... dead silence until now. At or above both 75s.

Wow, awesome first post Congratulations! And with a dog/lamb (log?) avatar to boot. No status checker change or anything, right?

[strugglebus]

No status checker change or anything, right?

Pretty sure the SC never does anything else once it goes complete

[altf4]

No status checker change or anything, right?

Pretty sure the SC never does anything else once it goes complete

Thought so, thank you for confirming

[nyvee]

In!!!

Via email
Complete 12/24, interviewed last week
GPA<25<75<LSAT (PM for specifics)

[mysterycat]

I've been lurking for a while, but I got an interview invite last week and interviewed this week, so I thought I'd share my Columbia interview experience since there aren't a whole lot of people that have posted about the interview. However, as Columbia is the first interview I've done it may not be a whole lot of help.

My stats are essentially 25<LSAT<50<GPA<75, and I submitted all my apps in early-ish January.

Skype interview started a couple minutes late, likely because I was in one of the later timeslots for the day. The interview was definitely very free-flowing, generally my interviewer would ask a question, I would answer, and then she would expand on something in my answer on a personal level, or discuss the ways in which programs at Columbia related to my answer for a while. She started out talking about an interesting part of my resume / PS, and then asked the Why Law question. A little after that came the Why Columbia. She also asked me to talk about some of the stand-out classes I have taken in college (l'm K-JD). Those three questions were the only really discernible big questions that were asked, besides the final "Do you have any questions for me?"-type question. The interview ended up touching upon a fair number of the interests and experiences in my app, as well as a lot of aspects of Columbia's offerings, and she was generally very friendly (and verbose). Total time was a few minutes over the 20 minutes.

Since I wasn't 100% sure what to prepare for, I had prepped some of the less fun greatest strength/weakness, personal triumph/setback, etc. questions that I know come up in other interviews but it ended up not being relevant.

I don't interview well as I tend to get incoherent and lose both a large portion of my vocabulary and my train of thought, so I definitely have my fingers crossed. I forgot to ask if there was a timeframe for when I'd be hearing back, but judging by what others have experienced it seems like the previously-cited two weeks may not hold.

[magicrabbit]

Is every admit (scholarships aside) hearing back pretty immediately after an interview? My stats are above both medians, but definitely not scholarship territory, and it's been about three weeks since my interview. Should I brace for waitlist?

[ub3r]

Love this thread because it taught me that no news from Columbia just means my snail mail named scholarship is taking a long time to physically get here. That's why I haven't heard from them, obviously.

[matlan72]

How do non-admits hear back? Snail mail as well?

[Mack.Hambleton]

How do non-admits hear back? Snail mail as well?

email I think

[Hat Trick]

Does anybody have any experience or insight negotiating a Butler into a Hamilton?

[DetroitRed]

Does anybody have any experience or insight negotiating a Butler into a Hamilton?

Also interested in this, though I think TLS wisdom is that it doesn't happen.

[IPmaybe]

Is every admit (scholarships aside) hearing back pretty immediately after an interview? My stats are above both medians, but definitely not scholarship territory, and it's been about three weeks since my interview. Should I brace for waitlist?

It took them a month between my interview and acceptance, so there's still hope!

[DetroitRed]

Is every admit (scholarships aside) hearing back pretty immediately after an interview? My stats are above both medians, but definitely not scholarship territory, and it's been about three weeks since my interview. Should I brace for waitlist?

It took them a month between my interview and acceptance, so there's still hope!

Yeah it took me over a month.

[LawBron James]

I just took a look at last years thread and it seems like mid-late February was a blood bath of held and reserve for us seemingly qualified candidates who have been waiting forever .

[psychmusic]

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[Mack.Hambleton]

I just took a look at last years thread and it seems like mid-late February was a blood bath of held and reserve for us seemingly qualified candidates who have been waiting forever .

Yeah last year I was held until JUNE lol

[RSN]

I just took a look at last years thread and it seems like mid-late February was a blood bath of held and reserve for us seemingly qualified candidates who have been waiting forever .

Yuck. I borderline want to withdraw to keep my record clean of WLs/Dings (except for Yale obviously).

Come on man

[xylocarp]

I just took a look at last years thread and it seems like mid-late February was a blood bath of held and reserve for us seemingly qualified candidates who have been waiting forever .

Yeah last year I was held until JUNE lol

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not looking forward to the next few months with columbia

[psychmusic]

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[RSN]

Come on man

the arrogance of that didn't register when I typed it, but what I'm trying to say is I wish I could know in advance as I would likely decline a spot on the WL and a ding sucks no matter where it's from

Haha I know and agree, just giving you a hard time

[Winston1984]

Come on man

the arrogance of that didn't register when I typed it, but what I'm trying to say is I wish I could know in advance as I would likely decline a spot on the WL and a ding sucks no matter where it's from

But you already paid. Why not just wait for a decision? Obviously you have great options, so it's not like a ding ruins your life.