Columbia C/O 2019 Applicants - 2015 - 2016 Forum

[Li'l Sebastian]

FWIW I'm a KJD and did not get that request as of yet.not sure if there's any meaning to that.

Edit: I'm at median LSAT and above median GPA.

KJD with no request either - above 75 LSAT and above median GPA. Applied mid-oct.

And so the speculation game begins.

[dmp1323]

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[Li'l Sebastian]

I know I'm more of a borderline between waitlist and accept (at median for LSAT, right below 25th for GPA with above average softs) so I'm hoping its just to see I'm not screwing around senior year since my grades this semester wont do anything positive or negative to my gpa. But I guess we'll all find out eventually

I was actually planning on emailing all of my schools an addendum about my GPA, the weakest part of my entire application, regardless. I hope this is a good indicator of their interest though, it at least means we're not auto-rejects right?

[RedWhite&Blonde]

I didn't get an interview request, but I did just get an email requesting my Fall 2015 grades, and a transcript showing them.

Did anyone else get a request like this?

I got one too! My GPA is above their 75%, for what it's worth.

[lunixer]

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[cdotson2]

K-jd, did not get the request either and I'm just below lsat median and just above gpa median. This semester will push me over the gpa median though so I am planning on sending it anyways.

[lawstud24]

K-JD, didn't get request for grades, above LSAT & GPA 75ths. haven't gotten an interview either went complete mid-November

[WatchClosely]

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[lunixer]

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[ugg]

Columbia interview soon... any tips?!

[jnwa]

K-Jd also a year younger(won't turn 21 until next year) didn't get the request for grades, I'll be sending them in anyway.

Got an interview request with below 25th GPA and 75th LSAT. International AA URM.

[lawstud24]

K-JD, didn't get request for grades, above LSAT & GPA 75ths. haven't gotten an interview either went complete mid-November

Are you unusually young? Did you have any C&F? Were your essays and recs at least reasonable?

No C&F, normal age, and I think reasonably good essay & recs.
I indicated that I don't need financial aid - that doesn't disqualify me for scholarships, does it?
will keep patiently waiting I guess...

[coffee247]

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[jg61]

Columbia interview soon... any tips?!

Mine was really standard and conversational. Similar to UVA if you've had one there. Mostly discussed my resume and career aspirations after law school. Did not probe anything too closely. Have a few good questions ready for the end about the school.

[lunixer]

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[Dcc617]

Had my interview today. I got asked

Why Columbia?
Why law now?
What would you like to do with your law degree?
Could you explain your giant increase in LSAT score (11 point jump)?
How do you think you would handle the rigor/not necessarily dominating all of your classes?
What do you think about living in New York?

Then she opened it up for questions. Overall, really nice interview. Way better than Chicago's.

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The interview times are given in Eastern time, right?

[Dcc617]

The interview times are given in Eastern time, right?

Duh? Haha. (I can't do an Cheryl duh gif from my phone)

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Just making sure. I'm an idiot and didn't realize this until this morning. Thank god I noticed.

[Li'l Sebastian]

Just making sure. I'm an idiot and didn't realize this until this morning. Thank god I noticed.

Good thing you caught it! I almost made the same mistake with my Harvard interview!
Had a mini panic attack lol.

[texasellewoods]

Just making sure. I'm an idiot and didn't realize this until this morning. Thank god I noticed.

I have Columbia and Chicago interview, both at 3:00pm but one is in EST while the other is in Central. Really messed me up for a minute haha. Its sad we have trouble with time changes while being interviewed by the top law schools in the country

[lunixer]

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[StringerSoprano_6062]

Have their been any dings/waitlists so far?

[darlenealderson]

So, although I wasn't asked for updated grades, I plan to send them in to Columbia anyway because these grades bring my GPA up to Columbia's 75th (not a large jump from where I was, but can't hurt) and I was wondering if anyone knew the procedure for doing this, especially those who were asked for updated grades...

note, I'm also thinking of sending the grades to other schools including those where I've been accepted in case this has an effect, does anyone have any wisdom on that? Is it worthwhile? How should I go about it? Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask!

[lunixer]

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