Columbia C/O 2019 Applicants - 2015 - 2016 Forum

[Topszn]

So we've already established WL =/= Hold. Is being held better or worse than WL?

Better.

+1. It just means you're still UR, but its taking longer than they anticipated and/or they want to gather perspectives from other AdComm members.

Ok, so does that mean if you're being held, your chances of admittance are higher than ever getting off the waitlist? Also, how many people's applications do you think are being held? In the e-mail I got, it said "your application is one of a select group of applicants placed on Hold." What does "select" mean? Does "select" mean 300 out of the 6,000 applicants or does "select" mean 60 out of the 6,000?

Your chances of getting in off Hold are much higher than getting in off the Waitlist, because your application is still under review. I wouldn't like to speculate HOW high or how much higher, but it is categorically an improvement on being on the WL, which is good news... right? And as for how select is select, thats a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question that i wish i knew the answer too! Lets keep the faith though

[RedWhite&Blonde]

My post hold LOCI for Columbia is coming in at 2 pages. Would it be better to have a 1-page LOCI and include a separate 'why Columbia,' or leave it 2 pages?

Excuse my ignorance, but I assumed that a LOCI would essentially be a "Why X" essay. Is that wrong? Unless you have major updates to your resume, what would you include in a LOCI that isn't why Columbia? Gracias amigos.

I wrote a Why X essay as part of my original application, so if that's true I don't really know what i'm going to write in my LOCI.

Tell them that despite everything they have done to you, you still love them wholeheartedly.

Who should we address it to? I hate starting with "To Whom It May Concern"

Who signed the last communication you received from them? You could address it to them, or a more general "Dear Columbia Law Admissions".

Thanks! Double or single spaced?

[justakicker]

My post hold LOCI for Columbia is coming in at 2 pages. Would it be better to have a 1-page LOCI and include a separate 'why Columbia,' or leave it 2 pages?

Excuse my ignorance, but I assumed that a LOCI would essentially be a "Why X" essay. Is that wrong? Unless you have major updates to your resume, what would you include in a LOCI that isn't why Columbia? Gracias amigos.

I wrote a Why X essay as part of my original application, so if that's true I don't really know what i'm going to write in my LOCI.

Tell them that despite everything they have done to you, you still love them wholeheartedly.

Who should we address it to? I hate starting with "To Whom It May Concern"

Who signed the last communication you received from them? You could address it to them, or a more general "Dear Columbia Law Admissions".

Thanks! Double or single spaced?

Are y'all doing this via email or the LOCI section of the Columbia Law webpage?

[ProductofUnreality]

My post hold LOCI for Columbia is coming in at 2 pages. Would it be better to have a 1-page LOCI and include a separate 'why Columbia,' or leave it 2 pages?

Excuse my ignorance, but I assumed that a LOCI would essentially be a "Why X" essay. Is that wrong? Unless you have major updates to your resume, what would you include in a LOCI that isn't why Columbia? Gracias amigos.

I wrote a Why X essay as part of my original application, so if that's true I don't really know what i'm going to write in my LOCI.

Tell them that despite everything they have done to you, you still love them wholeheartedly.

Who should we address it to? I hate starting with "To Whom It May Concern"

Who signed the last communication you received from them? You could address it to them, or a more general "Dear Columbia Law Admissions".

Thanks! Double or single spaced?

Unless they've asked for a specific format I'd go with standard formatting for a professional letter. That's single spaced with a double space between paragraphs.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/

[gobears!!]

man this is weird as heck. still radio silence here.

I'm pretty sure you and I are never hearing from Columbia

i have entered into gobear's cartesian doubt and fear i will never emerge:

No hold status, no waitlist email, no admit email, no admit package, and no rejection letter. Am I missing any others?

Edit: Maybe I never applied. Maybe my application is in the trash. Maybe the world doesn't actually exist.

i post, therefore i applied?

I can't help but feel like we (and certainly some others) are in an implicit hold despite not being sent the official hold

I like this concept of hold without a hold. It's so meta it might just work!

[SullatheDictator]

quick question: if there was no information regarding a scholarship in my acceptance letter, do I still have a shot at merit-based aid? International student here if that changes anything

[Mockingbird42]

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[lawj5]

If I mentioned in my interview the reason I wanted to go to a school, say a specific program or professor, would it be repetitive the same reason again in my LOCI, just in greater detail? Or should I come up with more reasons, even if this is by far the most visceral one for me.

I think it's totally fine to bring it up again, especially seeing as they likely didn't take precise notes on it during the interview.

[lawj5]

All quiet on the (upper) western front?

[Lawcat11]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who haven't heard anything have dings in the mail. They sent out holds at the end of the day yesterday, indicating that they were finishing up with a pool of applicants.

[ProductofUnreality]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who haven't heard anything have dings in the mail. They sent out holds at the end of the day yesterday, indicating that they were finishing up with a pool of applicants.

My app just went complete a couple days ago. I'm hoping I snuck in through the back.

[Lawcat11]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who haven't heard anything have dings in the mail. They sent out holds at the end of the day yesterday, indicating that they were finishing up with a pool of applicants.

My app just went complete a couple days ago. I'm hoping I snuck in through the back.

Ah okay, I meant those of us who went complete a while ago. Good luck with your app!

[ProductofUnreality]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who haven't heard anything have dings in the mail. They sent out holds at the end of the day yesterday, indicating that they were finishing up with a pool of applicants.

My app just went complete a couple days ago. I'm hoping I snuck in through the back.

Ah okay, I meant those of us who went complete a while ago. Good luck with your app!

Thanks! Good luck with yours, too. Hopefully you're wrong!

[lawsk3wl]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who haven't heard anything have dings in the mail. They sent out holds at the end of the day yesterday, indicating that they were finishing up with a pool of applicants.

My app just went complete a couple days ago. I'm hoping I snuck in through the back.

Ah okay, I meant those of us who went complete a while ago. Good luck with your app!

I would typically agree but I really don't think they've admitted a large number of applicants. I do think there's room for more admits. I also really do think that the "select" hold group is actually a good thing.

[Topszn]

I'm pretty sure that all of us who haven't heard anything have dings in the mail. They sent out holds at the end of the day yesterday, indicating that they were finishing up with a pool of applicants.

My app just went complete a couple days ago. I'm hoping I snuck in through the back.

Ah okay, I meant those of us who went complete a while ago. Good luck with your app!

I would typically agree but I really don't think they've admitted a large number of applicants. I do think there's room for more admits. I also really do think that the "select" hold group is actually a good thing.

It doesn't feel like a particularly good thing, ngl

[Lawcat11]

Hopefully I'm wrong, but I think I have borderline numbers for Columbia and I applied a while ago, which doesn't seem like a good thing to me. Maybe they'll send another round of reserves since it seems like they've only sent one so far this cycle.

[strawberrieee]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

[Topszn]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

I might do that whilst I pretend to work tomorrow, may as well be productive in my procrastination

[lawsk3wl]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

I might do that whilst I pretend to work tomorrow, may as well be productive in my procrastination

Just gave it a quick skim (start around pg 52 for those interested). Seems that the hold wave went out on Feb 18, which was followed by dings via snail mail over that weekend. Come Monday/Tuesday of the week afterward there were more email acceptances. At the beginning of March there was another held wave, though.

Didn't get far enough into the thread to find out about the people who were admitted post-Hold. Hope this helps!

[edditb]

Anybody know why Columbia has such a preference towards lsat? And does that have anything to do with their big law placement? Seems like Columbia's been pretty willing to accept lower gpa's this cycle as long as the lsat was up to par (173+).

[JusPassItToWill]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

I might do that whilst I pretend to work tomorrow, may as well be productive in my procrastination

Just gave it a quick skim (start around pg 52 for those interested). Seems that the hold wave went out on the 18th, which was followed by dings via snail mail over that weekend. Come Monday/Tuesday of the week afterward there were more email acceptances. At the beginning of March there was another held wave, though.

Didn't get far enough into the thread to find out about the people who were admitted post-Hold. Hope this helps!

So what you're saying is, if I survive this weekend, there's a chance!

Columbia C/O 2019 Applicants: The Walking Dead.

[Topszn]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

I might do that whilst I pretend to work tomorrow, may as well be productive in my procrastination

Just gave it a quick skim (start around pg 52 for those interested). Seems that the hold wave went out on Feb 18, which was followed by dings via snail mail over that weekend. Come Monday/Tuesday of the week afterward there were more email acceptances. At the beginning of March there was another held wave, though.

Didn't get far enough into the thread to find out about the people who were admitted post-Hold. Hope this helps!

Following on from that, someone mentioned that in the cycle before last, a lot of held applicants didn't find out until the final week of decisions. Someone that got held in March was accepted on April 6th, may have been a few before but just started in April and worked forward.

EDIT: In fact, a whole bunch of Held folk got accepted on April 6th.

[oliverotis]

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[lawsk3wl]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

I might do that whilst I pretend to work tomorrow, may as well be productive in my procrastination

Just gave it a quick skim (start around pg 52 for those interested). Seems that the hold wave went out on Feb 18, which was followed by dings via snail mail over that weekend. Come Monday/Tuesday of the week afterward there were more email acceptances. At the beginning of March there was another held wave, though.

Didn't get far enough into the thread to find out about the people who were admitted post-Hold. Hope this helps!

Following on from that, someone mentioned that in the cycle before last, a lot of held applicants didn't find out until the final week of decisions. Someone that got held in March was accepted on April 6th, may have been a few before but just started in April and worked forward.

EDIT: In fact, a whole bunch of Held folk got accepted on April 6th.

Really helpful - thanks. Guess all that's left to do is try to make it through the weekend without a ding in the mail, and to try to avoid the other impending Hold wave if you don't get in next week.

Good luck everyone

[lawj5]

Has anyone read through last year's thread for more insights on our chance getting off Hold?

I might do that whilst I pretend to work tomorrow, may as well be productive in my procrastination

Just gave it a quick skim (start around pg 52 for those interested). Seems that the hold wave went out on Feb 18, which was followed by dings via snail mail over that weekend. Come Monday/Tuesday of the week afterward there were more email acceptances. At the beginning of March there was another held wave, though.

Didn't get far enough into the thread to find out about the people who were admitted post-Hold. Hope this helps!

Following on from that, someone mentioned that in the cycle before last, a lot of held applicants didn't find out until the final week of decisions. Someone that got held in March was accepted on April 6th, may have been a few before but just started in April and worked forward.

EDIT: In fact, a whole bunch of Held folk got accepted on April 6th.

Really helpful - thanks. Guess all that's left to do is try to make it through the weekend without a ding in the mail, and to try to avoid the other impending Hold wave if you don't get in next week.

Good luck everyone

*try*... The illusion that we have any control whatsoever