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

[xylocarp]

anyone solicit a fee waiver yet?

a few of us did and we're told to wait for CRS

[Mack.Hambleton]

anyone solicit a fee waiver yet?

a few of us did and we're told to wait for CRS

hm, have you gotten/solicited from Chicago/NYU yet

[xylocarp]

anyone solicit a fee waiver yet?

a few of us did and we're told to wait for CRS

hm, have you gotten/solicited from Chicago/NYU yet

same response from NYU. I never tried to solicit chi

[Mack.Hambleton]

anyone solicit a fee waiver yet?

a few of us did and we're told to wait for CRS

hm, have you gotten/solicited from Chicago/NYU yet

same response from NYU. I never tried to solicit chi

ok thx.

[mahrnsbrak]

Checking in!

[twitterati]

Columbia's killin' me here. Every other school says they strongly prefer academic letters, but Columbia's instructions say they require a letter from employers if you're graduated and employed full time. I'm sure my boss is going to be super stoked to write me a letter with two weeks notice...

Damn... I did not know about this. Thanks for the info

Just following up guys: according to the FAQ (LinkRemoved) on CLS website:

Columbia requires two letters of recommendation to complete your application. We expect applicants currently in school or recently graduated (within two years of applying) to submit two academic letters from faculty who can provide insights about their candidacy. We suggest that applicants use their own best judgment when determining the appropriate number of letters of recommendation to submit.
Please be advised that, unless we are otherwise notified in response to Question 9.2 of the application, we will complete your application with two letters of recommendation.

If anyone was confused (as I was), this at least specifies that graduates within two years of applying do NOT need professional LORs.

[pylon]

Just following up guys: according to the FAQ (LinkRemoved) on CLS website:

Columbia requires two letters of recommendation to complete your application. We expect applicants currently in school or recently graduated (within two years of applying) to submit two academic letters from faculty who can provide insights about their candidacy. We suggest that applicants use their own best judgment when determining the appropriate number of letters of recommendation to submit.
Please be advised that, unless we are otherwise notified in response to Question 9.2 of the application, we will complete your application with two letters of recommendation.

If anyone was confused (as I was), this at least specifies that graduates within two years of applying do NOT need professional LORs.

Thanks for the detective work - that's good to know.

[Hand]

Columbia's killin' me here. Every other school says they strongly prefer academic letters, but Columbia's instructions say they require a letter from employers if you're graduated and employed full time. I'm sure my boss is going to be super stoked to write me a letter with two weeks notice...

Damn... I did not know about this. Thanks for the info

Just following up guys: according to the FAQ (LinkRemoved) on CLS website:

Columbia requires two letters of recommendation to complete your application. We expect applicants currently in school or recently graduated (within two years of applying) to submit two academic letters from faculty who can provide insights about their candidacy. We suggest that applicants use their own best judgment when determining the appropriate number of letters of recommendation to submit.
Please be advised that, unless we are otherwise notified in response to Question 9.2 of the application, we will complete your application with two letters of recommendation.

If anyone was confused (as I was), this at least specifies that graduates within two years of applying do NOT need professional LORs.

To make life easy, I'm just gonna go ahead and believe that this applies to those who finished a graduate program in the last two years, not just to those who finished undergrad

[Mack.Hambleton]

medians released. 172 +1

[Kobaine51]

medians released. 172 +1

Probably fair to conclude that this is a positive development for those above median, since the population they can draw from to maintain it is smaller than at 171.

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[Alhe5015]

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[Mack.Hambleton]

Lesbian AA URM. Active Duty Army Veteran

most diverse TLSer of the year award

[twitterati]

Columbia's killin' me here. Every other school says they strongly prefer academic letters, but Columbia's instructions say they require a letter from employers if you're graduated and employed full time. I'm sure my boss is going to be super stoked to write me a letter with two weeks notice...

Damn... I did not know about this. Thanks for the info

Just following up guys: according to the FAQ (LinkRemoved) on CLS website:

Columbia requires two letters of recommendation to complete your application. We expect applicants currently in school or recently graduated (within two years of applying) to submit two academic letters from faculty who can provide insights about their candidacy. We suggest that applicants use their own best judgment when determining the appropriate number of letters of recommendation to submit.
Please be advised that, unless we are otherwise notified in response to Question 9.2 of the application, we will complete your application with two letters of recommendation.

If anyone was confused (as I was), this at least specifies that graduates within two years of applying do NOT need professional LORs.

Thanks for the sleuthing. Wish I hadn't panicked and asked for one now, although I guess it can't hurt assuming they don't try to sabotage me

Yeah. I have just over 1 year of WE now so I decided a professional LOR couldn't hurt. I need all the softs I can get especially since the LSAT median for C/O 2017 went +1 to 172

[ikethegremlin]

Anyone applied and received Status Checker/confirmation email yet? I transmitted on the 3rd, have heard from everyone but Columbia...

[xylocarp]

Anyone applied and received Status Checker/confirmation email yet? I transmitted on the 3rd, have heard from everyone but Columbia...

I haven't gotten anything from them or NYU. have you gotten confirmation from NYU?

[90convoy]

Hey everyone, Just checking in!
26 y/o Lesbian AA URM. Active Duty Army Veteran w 2 deployments. 3.6 and a 171 (retaking in september- shooting for about 5 more points. PTing at 177- 180 right now)

Retaking LSAT to shoot for HYS. But Columbia is my realistic #1 choice. I grew up in NYC and spent a year at CC so its home.

Are you kidding me? You are an almost lock for H and S lol

[xylocarp]

Hey everyone, Just checking in!
26 y/o Lesbian AA URM. Active Duty Army Veteran w 2 deployments. 3.6 and a 171 (retaking in september- shooting for about 5 more points. PTing at 177- 180 right now)

Retaking LSAT to shoot for HYS. But Columbia is my realistic #1 choice. I grew up in NYC and spent a year at CC so its home.

Are you kidding me? You are an almost lock for H and S lol

if she got a 176 though that'd be about as close to a sure Y auto-admit as you could get

[ikethegremlin]

Anyone applied and received Status Checker/confirmation email yet? I transmitted on the 3rd, have heard from everyone but Columbia...

I haven't gotten anything from them or NYU. have you gotten confirmation from NYU?

I don't think I'm doing NYU - feels kind of meh to go to the same school as I did my undergrad at. Also they haven't waived my fee yet. If they waive that then I'll apply, and then if I got money I'd probably talk myself into being excited again. But I don't have the 80 bucks or whatever to spare after this wave of apps just now.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Anyone applied and received Status Checker/confirmation email yet? I transmitted on the 3rd, have heard from everyone but Columbia...

I haven't gotten anything from them or NYU. have you gotten confirmation from NYU?

I don't think I'm doing NYU - feels kind of meh to go to the same school as I did my undergrad at. Also they haven't waived my fee yet. If they waive that then I'll apply, and then if I got money I'd probably talk myself into being excited again. But I don't have the 80 bucks or whatever to spare after this wave of apps just now.

its worth it for negotiation

[walterwhite]

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[nyanyanya]

Checking in!

I know the common opinion on TLS is not to write a Why X essay for T6, but I do have a somewhat unique reason why I'd like to attend Columbia. Should I submit one as an optional essay?

[everything_bagel]

Checking in!

I know the common opinion on TLS is not to write a Why X essay for T6, but I do have a somewhat unique reason why I'd like to attend Columbia. Should I submit one as an optional essay?

Visited today (it's reeeal pretty y'all) and the adcomm said it was with doing one if you had an interesting reason, and fine otherwise, but not to write one if it's just the product of leafing through the catalog for 5 minutes. Dunno if that's the TLS CR but FWIW.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Checking in!

I know the common opinion on TLS is not to write a Why X essay for T6, but I do have a somewhat unique reason why I'd like to attend Columbia. Should I submit one as an optional essay?

I think CCN is fine if you have a good reason

[nyanyanya]

Visited today (it's reeeal pretty y'all) and the adcomm said it was with doing one if you had an interesting reason, and fine otherwise, but not to write one if it's just the product of leafing through the catalog for 5 minutes. Dunno if that's the TLS CR but FWIW.

I think CCN is fine if you have a good reason

Thanks! I will start drafting one.
So jealous as I probably won't have the chance to visit any school until actually attending one