Columbia 2010 Forum

[violaboy]

With all of the index frenzy, I'm not sure if anyone else posted about this, but your index is right next to your LSAT score on your law school report that LSDAS sends to schools. So, Columbia doesn't have to look very far to see the index.

[irie]

Just got an email. IN!

congrats yell, looks like they got started early today-- not even noon yet here in NY

[yelldk]

Thanks all

I've been following this thread closely past couple days and was definitely shocked to hear back in the AM. I was getting myself to get nervous at around 2 PM today and was really surprised when I received the e-mail. Good luck to all!!!

[somewhatwayward]

So wrong... Just so wrong. Me being poor in high school then going to a cheap school is not an indication of my intelligence or my ability.

no it's not

LSAT on the other hand is the great equator. If you go to IVY league and get below 170 and I go to a state college or below and get above a 175 obviously adcomms can see who is more capable.

likewise, no....if below a 170 means, like, 162 versus 175, then yeah, you are more capable, but if it is 169 or 167 versus 175, i don't think it is so obvious. we all know from our practice exams that scores can vary a lot from test to test. mine varied from 166 to 180, and any of those could have happened on test day, mostly depending on luck and circumstance.

because of the 95% confidence interval of three points in either direction, it is likely that your 175 indicates a true average ability greater than someone with a 170, but would you really say that it is "obvious" you are more capable than that person, based on just that information?

And something tells me if fidesverita wants the name of their UG to be an important admissions factor, they probably weren't complaining in high school about the weight that standardized tests were given in the UG admissions process.

standardized tests are used in a more reaosnable manner in college admissions (at top schools), in my opinion. they are used more as a necessary but not sufficient variable - one has to have a score that indicates an ability to do the work to get a further look, but no one is a shoo-in based on having perfect SAT scores. the higher the SAT, the greater the likelihood that someone will get in (generally) but it is hard to tell whether that is bc people with the highest SATs have more accomplishments, etc or whether it is due to the SAT itself, and we've all heard how many 800s the elite schools turn down....

[GlobeTrotter]

http://lawschoolnumbers.com/Tofu

5 for today that we know of.

Wow, assuming the #s are accurate, a below median LSAT too.

Assuming the numbers are right, here are the index scores of the admitted so far:

4.302
4.307
4.320
4.330
4.358

I calculated this new one to be 4.3359

congrats!

[Helmholtz]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358

[violaboy]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358
4.454

Wow, I'm definitely in range. Good times.

[gahthelaw]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358
4.454

oof. in range, but only with my higher LSAT score... pleeeeeease let me stay in the city CLS. the market for what i do is here. everything i do is here. plus, i just got a way nicer apartment.

[GlobeTrotter]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358
4.454

Is that last one this guy? http://lawschoolnumbers.com/daninreallife
He has CLS down for RD

[sm515]

same...i'm in the range, but only with my higher score. come on CLS!

[Helmholtz]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358
4.454

Is that last one this guy? http://lawschoolnumbers.com/daninreallife
He has CLS down for RD

I'll take him off the list. If he's been accepted, it's ED, but I don't fully trust the profile yet.

[oneforship]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358
4.454

Is that last one this guy? http://lawschoolnumbers.com/daninreallife
He has CLS down for RD

I'll take him off the list. If he's been accepted, it's ED, but I don't fully trust the profile yet.

He says he's been rejected from Yale already, in November. Has Yale even sent any decisions yet?

[violaboy]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358
4.454

Is that last one this guy? http://lawschoolnumbers.com/daninreallife
He has CLS down for RD

I'll take him off the list. If he's been accepted, it's ED, but I don't fully trust the profile yet.

He says he's been rejected from Yale already, in November. Has Yale even sent any decisions yet?

Looks like a flame.

[Helmholtz]

Looks like a flame.

Flaming Columbia acceptances? C'mon. Is nothing sacred?

[gahthelaw]

Looks like a flame.

Flaming Columbia acceptances? C'mon. Is nothing sacred?

nope, absolutely nothing, especially not for NYC T-14s. (not that i am still shaking from the upset on the NYU thread or anything)

[violaboy]

Looks like a flame.

Flaming Columbia acceptances? C'mon. Is nothing sacred?

Apparently not. Just seems like a very dubious profile.

[kittenmittons]

Looks like a flame.

Flaming Columbia acceptances? C'mon. Is nothing sacred?

nope, absolutely nothing, especially not for NYC T-14s. (not that i am still shaking from the upset on the NYU thread or anything)

+1

[Helmholtz]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.313
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358

[kittenmittons]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.313
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358

Inc shameless reassurance trolling:

Based on the indexes of admitted ED applicants, should I feel good about my RD 4.358?

[Helmholtz]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.313
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358

Inc shameless reassurance trolling:

Based on the indexes of admitted ED applicants, should I feel good about my RD 4.358?

ED and RD are two very different animals, I'd say you have about a 50/50 shot.

[kittenmittons]

ED and RD are two very different animals, I'd say you have about a 50/50 shot.

That's what I expected. Thanks, helm.

[a.shoshana]

Index numbers of those who have gotten in so far:

4.296
4.302
4.313
4.331
4.336
4.353
4.358

Inc shameless reassurance trolling:

Based on the indexes of admitted ED applicants, should I feel good about my RD 4.358?

ED and RD are two very different animals, I'd say you have about a 50/50 shot.

I thought our general consensus was that Columbia likes to make a big deal about how they DON'T give ED applicants a significant boost?

[oneforship]

I thought our general consensus was that Columbia likes to make a big deal about how they DON'T give ED applicants a significant boost?

What they say v. What they do.

[Helmholtz]

I thought our general consensus was that Columbia likes to make a big deal about how they DON'T give ED applicants a significant boost?

How schools act /=/ what they say.

And in a way, it really isn't a significant boost, relatively speaking. No 168/3.7 or 171/3.0 or 169/3.5 is going to be getting into Columbia just because he/she decided to apply ED. I think pretty much everybody who gets in ED has at least a shot at RD, albeit not always a great one, but it's not out of the question.

[hopefullaw27]

think columbia's done for the day? i never thought i'd dislike seeing more green dots on a LSN graph...