Columbia 2010 Forum

[Core]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

[blue5385]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

[crackberry]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

Unless he gets into Harvard before that, in which case it will be irrelevant.

[Kronk]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

Unless he gets into Harvard before that, in which case it will be irrelevant.

Isn't he already in at Stanford? Meaning none of this matters.

[crackberry]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

Unless he gets into Harvard before that, in which case it will be irrelevant.

Isn't he already in at Stanford? Meaning none of this matters.

No ... or was that a subtle dig at me?

[Kronk]

No ... or was that a subtle dig at me?

No, I actually thought he was admitted at Stanford. But it works well as a not-so-subtle dig at you.

[blue5385]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

Unless he gets into Harvard before that, in which case it will be irrelevant.

hey, maybe some people would take CLS over HLS. not sure who they are, I'm not one of them, but I wouldn't be too shocked if they exist somewhere out there

[crackberry]

No ... or was that a subtle dig at me?

No, I actually thought he was admitted at Stanford. But it works well as a not-so-subtle dig at you.

True. Facepalm.

[crackberry]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

Unless he gets into Harvard before that, in which case it will be irrelevant.

hey, maybe some people would take CLS over HLS. not sure who they are, I'm not one of them, but I wouldn't be too shocked if they exist somewhere out there

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

[Kronk]

hey, maybe some people would take CLS over HLS. not sure who they are, I'm not one of them, but I wouldn't be too shocked if they exist somewhere out there

They exist. But they'd also take Berkeley over CLS, and Stanford over YLS or HLS, so they just mess everything up.

[crackberry]

hey, maybe some people would take CLS over HLS. not sure who they are, I'm not one of them, but I wouldn't be too shocked if they exist somewhere out there

They exist. But they'd also take Berkeley over CLS, and Stanford over YLS or HLS, so they just mess everything up.

Haha! Beat you to it.

And wait, Berkeley over CLS? That's not what you said a few weeks ago...

[blue5385]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

[Nom Sawyer]

A glance at the '08 deferral thread indicates that "held" applicants really don't hear back until early-mid April. Yikes.

that's a really long time to wait, but you'll feel pretty f-in fantastic when it's an acceptance...

Unless he gets into Harvard before that, in which case it will be irrelevant.

hey, maybe some people would take CLS over HLS. not sure who they are, I'm not one of them, but I wouldn't be too shocked if they exist somewhere out there

I think I've found them... maybe to the left?

[crackberry]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

He's needlessly paranoid.

[Kronk]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

My whole clique did it so I felt obligated. Plus Kronk is the best animated character of all time.

[Kronk]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

He's needlessly paranoid.

This too.

[blue5385]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

My whole clique did it so I felt obligated. Plus Kronk is the best animated character of all time.

peer pressure, we all submit to it sometimes. at least you are upfront about it.

[Dignan]

Also there certainly is data on LSN to support that CLS yield protects. Just look at the graph from the 2008-2009 cycle and you'll see a bunch of yellows over in the autoadmit area. Don't forget that Columbia was recently below NYU in the rankings. They still have to compete with other schools. http://columbia.lawschoolnumbers.com/stats/0809/

It's very clear that CLS yield protects, or at least did last year.

I disagree. Did you try actually checking the profiles of the the few who are in the upper right hand corner of the graph? Most of these applicants were also rejected and waitlisted by both higher and lower ranked schools. I think it's fair to assume that these applicants had problems (applying late, disciplinary issues) that made them unattractive candidates in spite of their numbers. See, for example:

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/yuzu/jd

Yes, I actually did try that. You have a few who were rejected by HYS who may have had black marks on their records (God I hope I'm not one of these people) and then you have enough who did get into HYS and were waitlisted by Columbia, and then withdrew, slightly helping Columbia's selectivity rating. It's silly to just assume (not saying you are) that CLS doesn't work to maximize their ranking just like almost every other school except Yale just because they're a great school.

I think CLS cares about its ranking. Yield protection, however, is just one strategy. Some schools--like Penn and Virginia--clearly yield protect; others schools--like Georgetown and Columbia--appear not to. Remember, yield protection isn't necessarily a winning strategy: it can backfire by excluding highly qualified students who might have otherwise attended your school. It's a gamble that many law schools, particularly large ones, don't like to make.

Like I wrote above, I haven't seen evidence that Columbia practices yield protection. The fact that Columbia occasionally wl/rejects an applicant with strong numbers (but who probably has serious problems) doesn't convince me.

[Sakura3210]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

Plus Kronk is the best animated character of all time.

I dunno...I happened to have liked Yzam a lot (though that might have been due to her awesome voice actress).

[booboo]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

My whole clique did it so I felt obligated. Plus Kronk is the best animated character of all time.

OH HELL NO!

[TheWire]

I've actually found that a lot of the people waitlisted at Columbia end up at Harvard or Berkeley. I think that Columbia definitely doesn't YP, but has an involved review process that takes into account whether CLS / NYC is really the applicant's thing.

+1

The higher numbers --> Harvard

The borderlines, I feel like, are traumatized from their Columbia WL/rejection so they move to the other coast to be @ berk.

[Kronk]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

Plus Kronk is the best animated character of all time.

I dunno...I happened to have liked Yzam a lot (though that might have been due to her awesome voice actress).

Scary beyond all reason.

[blue5385]

You're looking at one in V6 (Kronk ... yes I will keep referring to him as V6).

Kronk/V6 (Kronk6?), what was the reason behind the name change?

My whole clique did it so I felt obligated. Plus Kronk is the best animated character of all time.

OH HELL NO!

it's on!

[Kronk]

OH HELL NO

Please don't waste my time telling me your teddy bear is better than the man the myth the legend Kronk.

[booboo]

OH HELL NO

Please don't waste my time telling me your teddy bear is better than the man the myth the legend Kronk.