Columbia 2011! Forum

[4102011]

So who wants to start the "I was seriously confused by Columbia" thread?

[arism87]

If this is true, why admit 4.2s? (No offense to y'all, mega congrats)

Maybe they reviewed applications and made decisions BEFORE they realized how crappy this pool (ahem, present company excluded) is.

What, are they going to turn around a re-review the 3000 applications they already went through?

This looks like a panic move.

Perhaps. Just saying, if I were them, and in panic mode, my reaction would be LETS ADMIT ALL THE >4.3/4.4s THAT WE CAN ASAP, not LETS PISS EM ALL OFF WITH A FAKE DECISION EMAIL!

lol

[gatorgirl4life]

held at 5:52 EST...1st non-acceptance of the cycle.

Aw, sorry! A lot of URMs are being held though.

aw thanks, timmna! sorry about your hold, too. good luck!!....and good luck to everyone else, as well. today was rough.

[glitched]

i believed NY is closed for the day.

[timmna]

I see a couple people on LSN are marking this as a WL.

[logistikon]

soooo are the hold e-mails done for the day? i'm a 4.375 so i don't consider myself an auto-ding sooooooooo WHY HAVE THEY NOT CONTACTED ME

Because your VCE is in the mail already?

you are a good friend

[Knock]

I blame the blizzard. Perhaps it drove the admissions office into snow-madness.

[eaa1537]

If this is true, why admit 4.2s? (No offense to y'all, mega congrats)

Maybe they reviewed applications and made decisions BEFORE they realized how crappy this pool (ahem, present company excluded) is.

What, are they going to turn around a re-review the 3000 applications they already went through?

This looks like a panic move.

if it's a panic move shouldn't they be ADMITTING the qualified applicants and maybe offering Hamiltons or Butlers to those who they feel have acceptances to HYS??

[thecilent]

So who wants to start the "I was seriously confused by Columbia" thread?

I kinda wanted to keep it all here

[4102011]

If this is true, why admit 4.2s? (No offense to y'all, mega congrats)

Maybe they reviewed applications and made decisions BEFORE they realized how crappy this pool (ahem, present company excluded) is.

What, are they going to turn around a re-review the 3000 applications they already went through?

This looks like a panic move.

Yeah, this probably doesn't...endear CLS to anyone.

Perhaps. Just saying, if I were them, and in panic mode, my reaction would be LETS ADMIT ALL THE >4.3/4.4s THAT WE CAN ASAP, not LETS PISS EM ALL OFF WITH A FAKE DECISION EMAIL!

i believed NY is closed for the day.

I WISH. Got to walk to school this morning on a bunch of ice. WAS SUPER FUN.

edited for quotefail

[r6_philly]

Perhaps. Just saying, if I were them, and in panic mode, my reaction would be LETS ADMIT ALL THE >4.3/4.4s THAT WE CAN ASAP, not LETS PISS EM ALL OFF WITH A FAKE DECISION EMAIL!

lol

Come on! Don't think for a moment that there are not >1500 LOCIs being written right now!

[thecilent]

Imagine cls really was reading this thread.

[thecilent]

Perhaps. Just saying, if I were them, and in panic mode, my reaction would be LETS ADMIT ALL THE >4.3/4.4s THAT WE CAN ASAP, not LETS PISS EM ALL OFF WITH A FAKE DECISION EMAIL!

lol

Come on! Don't think for a moment that there are not >1500 LOCIs being written right now!

Nah fuck that philly. Im not writing a damn thing. I know you were kidding but im serious

[arism87]

Perhaps. Just saying, if I were them, and in panic mode, my reaction would be LETS ADMIT ALL THE >4.3/4.4s THAT WE CAN ASAP, not LETS PISS EM ALL OFF WITH A FAKE DECISION EMAIL!

lol

Come on! Don't think for a moment that there are not >1500 LOCIs being written right now!

Lol. If i had those numbers and had been admitted to YHS, I'm pretty sure Columbia would've lost me tonight.

[sarahlawg]

I see a couple people on LSN are marking this as a WL.

I put it as D? I didn't know what to put it. Sure feels like a waitlist though.

[somewhere]

I see you are new to TLS.

Well, "new" is relative; I've been around long enough at least to see that there's a very broad belief here that LSAT/GPA account for everything.

And while, looking at LSN's scatterplots, it sure does seem that admissions departments exaggerate how holistic they are (or, just as likely: TLS/LSN's self-selection bias makes it appear that way), I've hardly seen any threads on TLS that don't have case after case of people acting shocked about one decision or another which actually aren't terribly shocking if you believe what admissions departments actually say. How many times should we be shocked before we question our assumptions?

It is surprising, for sure, how many people with high numbers have been held today. I bet quite a few of them will actually get in eventually. But none of this seems shocking to me. Why did some of these people get held when somebody with sub-4.2 index get accepted? Because the latter person had a more compelling application to the admissions people at Columbia, despite lower numbers. This is not shocking.

[4102011]

Perhaps. Just saying, if I were them, and in panic mode, my reaction would be LETS ADMIT ALL THE >4.3/4.4s THAT WE CAN ASAP, not LETS PISS EM ALL OFF WITH A FAKE DECISION EMAIL!

lol

Come on! Don't think for a moment that there are not >1500 LOCIs being written right now!

Lol. If i had those numbers and had been admitted to YHS, I'm pretty sure Columbia would've lost me tonight.

It's just asking for people to go and fall in love with another school :/

[r6_philly]

Imagine cls really was reading this thread.

[plurilingue]

.

[thecilent]

Imagine cls really was reading this thread.

lol

[thecilent]

I see you are new to TLS.

Well, "new" is relative; I've been around long enough at least to see that there's a very broad belief here that LSAT/GPA account for everything.

And while, looking at LSN's scatterplots, it sure does seem that admissions departments exaggerate how holistic they are (or, just as likely: TLS/LSN's self-selection bias makes it appear that way), I've hardly seen any threads on TLS that don't have case after case of people acting shocked about one decision or another which actually aren't terribly shocking if you believe what admissions departments actually say. How many times should we be shocked before we question our assumptions?

It is surprising, for sure, how many people with high numbers have been held today. I bet quite a few of them will actually get in eventually. But none of this seems shocking to me. Why did some of these people get held when somebody with sub-4.2 index get accepted? Because the latter person had a more compelling application to the admissions people at Columbia, despite lower numbers. This is not shocking.

I want to strike out everything you have written, but I guess you're right.

[timmna]

I see a couple people on LSN are marking this as a WL.

I put it as D? I didn't know what to put it. Sure feels like a waitlist though.

I just added it to my comments section. Which is starting to resemble a suicide note.

[bdubs]

So.... is no news bad news? I am wondering if my joint degree application is keeping me out of the fray, or if I am already in the "reserve" pile.

[arism87]

I see you are new to TLS.

Well, "new" is relative; I've been around long enough at least to see that there's a very broad belief here that LSAT/GPA account for everything.

And while, looking at LSN's scatterplots, it sure does seem that admissions departments exaggerate how holistic they are (or, just as likely: TLS/LSN's self-selection bias makes it appear that way), I've hardly seen any threads on TLS that don't have case after case of people acting shocked about one decision or another which actually aren't terribly shocking if you believe what admissions departments actually say. How many times should we be shocked before we question our assumptions?

It is surprising, for sure, how many people with high numbers have been held today. I bet quite a few of them will actually get in eventually. But none of this seems shocking to me. Why did some of these people get held when somebody with sub-4.2 index get accepted? Because the latter person had a more compelling application to the admissions people at Columbia, despite lower numbers. This is not shocking.

I want to strike out everything you have written, but I guess you're right.

pffft! What's "shocking" is that those applications would be so much more compelling than these tons of held people with super high numbers! I feel like if people have that great of an application they are probably aware of it and would share with TLS, right? (Not that we'd listen..)

Edit: again, sorry to those I'm referring to, I'm happy for you and we all know the numbers game is pretty silly in reality

[r6_philly]

I see you are new to TLS.

Well, "new" is relative; I've been around long enough at least to see that there's a very broad belief here that LSAT/GPA account for everything.

And while, looking at LSN's scatterplots, it sure does seem that admissions departments exaggerate how holistic they are (or, just as likely: TLS/LSN's self-selection bias makes it appear that way), I've hardly seen any threads on TLS that don't have case after case of people acting shocked about one decision or another which actually aren't terribly shocking if you believe what admissions departments actually say. How many times should we be shocked before we question our assumptions?

It is surprising, for sure, how many people with high numbers have been held today. I bet quite a few of them will actually get in eventually. But none of this seems shocking to me. Why did some of these people get held when somebody with sub-4.2 index get accepted? Because the latter person had a more compelling application to the admissions people at Columbia, despite lower numbers. This is not shocking.

I have a most compelling application. Well I am not held yet... Hmmm