Beating the odds: Columbia Reserve c/o 2016 Forum

[ht2988]

you're one of those half-glass-full people... now i get to check my mailbox, inbox AND phone obsessively for the next few days

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Or in this case, the glass is 1% full instead of 99% empty...

[intlsplitr]

Second reserve here as well.

[Tekrul]

I want to rick roll you both. But for the lyrics and not for the prank.

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

If I were Columbia, I'd send reserve emails with a link saying "Click here for admissions decision" that went to the Rickroll video.

[MyNameIsFlynn!]

If I were Columbia, I'd send reserve emails with a link saying "Click here for admissions decision" that went to the Rickroll video.

But first you'd put the link in a PDF

[eomea5]

no second reserve email yet

rejections tomorrow?

[BigZuck]

Wait, am I actually supposed to be excited/hopeful that I made it to second reserve? Or is this more waitlist trolololing on Columbias part?

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Finally heard back--interview tomorrow, so now at least I know my email didn't get lost in cyberspace.

Anyone have any idea what to do with the eight hours I'll have free tonight, now that I can no longer use them for sleeping?

[Rlabo]

No second reserve email here

[stone_fox]

Also no second reserve. To everyone still remaining: may the odds be ever in your favor!

[jbagelboy]

Finally heard back--interview tomorrow, so now at least I know my email didn't get lost in cyberspace.

Anyone have any idea what to do with the eight hours I'll have free tonight, now that I can no longer use them for sleeping?

good luck mono! rooting for you

would you give up UVA for CLS at sticker?

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Finally heard back--interview tomorrow, so now at least I know my email didn't get lost in cyberspace.

Anyone have any idea what to do with the eight hours I'll have free tonight, now that I can no longer use them for sleeping?

good luck mono! rooting for you

would you give up UVA for CLS at sticker?

I really do love UVA, I have a lease and my whole life ready to be in Charlottesville in August, and I can't exactly ignore a $100k COA difference. But I would seriously consider going to CLS at sticker. I would probably have no debt at graduation (or if I did, not enough to worry me). But I love, love, love Columbia--it's my top choice, and I've been pretty much head over heels for them for at least eighteen months. Even though I like DC, the main thing is to have Biglaw, and Columbia's placement speaks for itself. The middle third at CLS is considerably safer than the middle third at UVA. I'd have to have a long talk with my parents, and then if it felt right, I'd go. I'm usually a pretty rational guy but there's just something really exciting about even thinking I'm being considered at CLS. I turned down $25k at NYU because I wasn't in love with the school--I am undoubtedly in love with Columbia.

But the cart is way, way before the horse. As it stands, I'm just glad to have a great offer from I school I like.

[FlowBro]

Does no second reserve email today mean rejection tomorrow?

[jbagelboy]

Finally heard back--interview tomorrow, so now at least I know my email didn't get lost in cyberspace.

Anyone have any idea what to do with the eight hours I'll have free tonight, now that I can no longer use them for sleeping?

good luck mono! rooting for you

would you give up UVA for CLS at sticker?

I really do love UVA, I have a lease and my whole life ready to be in Charlottesville in August, and I can't exactly ignore a $100k COA difference. But I would seriously consider going to CLS at sticker. I would probably have no debt at graduation (or if I did, not enough to worry me). But I love, love, love Columbia--it's my top choice, and I've been pretty much head over heels for them for at least eighteen months. Even though I like DC, the main thing is to have Biglaw, and Columbia's placement speaks for itself. The middle third at CLS is considerably safer than the middle third at UVA. I'd have to have a long talk with my parents, and then if it felt right, I'd go. I'm usually a pretty rational guy but there's just something really exciting about even thinking I'm being considered at CLS. I turned down $25k at NYU because I wasn't in love with the school--I am undoubtedly in love with Columbia.

But the cart is way, way before the horse. As it stands, I'm just glad to have a great offer from I school I like.

No debt at UVa or no debt at CLS?

Well if you do get in/attend Columbia, ill make sure to get you black out drunk with me

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Finally heard back--interview tomorrow, so now at least I know my email didn't get lost in cyberspace.

Anyone have any idea what to do with the eight hours I'll have free tonight, now that I can no longer use them for sleeping?

good luck mono! rooting for you

would you give up UVA for CLS at sticker?

I really do love UVA, I have a lease and my whole life ready to be in Charlottesville in August, and I can't exactly ignore a $100k COA difference. But I would seriously consider going to CLS at sticker. I would probably have no debt at graduation (or if I did, not enough to worry me). But I love, love, love Columbia--it's my top choice, and I've been pretty much head over heels for them for at least eighteen months. Even though I like DC, the main thing is to have Biglaw, and Columbia's placement speaks for itself. The middle third at CLS is considerably safer than the middle third at UVA. I'd have to have a long talk with my parents, and then if it felt right, I'd go. I'm usually a pretty rational guy but there's just something really exciting about even thinking I'm being considered at CLS. I turned down $25k at NYU because I wasn't in love with the school--I am undoubtedly in love with Columbia.

But the cart is way, way before the horse. As it stands, I'm just glad to have a great offer from I school I like.

No debt at UVa or no debt at CLS?

Well if you do get in/attend Columbia, ill make sure to get you black out drunk with me

Well now they have to let me in.

"Why do you want to go to Columbia?"
"Gotta go bar hopping with jbagelboy"

[nextstep222]

"warm regards" = devil words after all of these reserve emails.

however, you have to give it to columbia -- at least they update you. KUDOS COLUMBIA!

[scoutmaster]

Is this really the end(for those of us who did not receive a second reserve email)?

[bailey8078]

Is this really the end(for those of us who did not receive a second reserve email)?

It was a bad sign according to last years thread

[bincognito]

No news today?

[FlowBro]

I can't wait to be part of this bloodbath

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

Just had my interview. Thought it went well, had a chance to articulate my resume/PS in more detail. They're really nice, and it was about as stress-free as a CLS interview at this stage of the game could be.

They said they would be in touch shortly, so I presume every second is going to be like a million years until they do.

CLS, won't you make my dreams come true? And why are you waiting so long to admit ht?

[Tekrul]

Sounds like you crushed it, grats man.

Shortly, huh? That's gonna be a rough wait. I would have been like "....shortly? Come onnnnnn"

[Monochromatic Oeuvre]

If shortly is, like, Monday, I'll be okay.

If shortly is in two weeks, I'll be rocking back and forth in the fetal position in a padded room.

[Tekrul]

Poor ht, can he hear back already? Damn, Columbia.

Hopefully, your wait is not as bad. Shortly sounds like a good thing. And from the representation of interviewees on TLS, it's quite possible it's only you, which means the committee doesn't have anything else queued on its plate at the moment.