Columbia 2011! Forum

[Kiwi917]

Got my loans-only financial aid "award" letter today. Time to withdraw - hope it opens up a spot for someone on here!

[miamiman09]

Root-Tilden-Kern

So I just googled it and it's like the blueprint for me. What the heck was I doing around application time?

Yeah I'm right with ya on this one. Not sure how I missed those.

Visiting Columbia today and of course it's supposed to rain all day. NYU tomorrow gets the good weather.

My friend took me to a nice little restaurant last night to get some drinks. The actors/actresses playing Hagrid, Ginny Weasley, Tonks, and Lupin from the Harry Potter movies sat down at a table behind us. Apparently they were there for the opening of a Harry Potter exhibition just a block down the street. It was surreal. Though it would have been much better if Emma Watson showed up

[bendurnotes4me]

awe! I lived in Manhattan for 4 years and nothing like that ever happened to me!

[texaskk]

my rejection letter still hasn't arrived... any other forgottens still out there?

Still forgotten
January submit/complete

I was thinking more along the lines of pre-January submits, since we were supposed to've received a decision by the end of March, but ya January sucks too

Have you called them about that yet with the exact wording on their website? Cuz that's just ridiculous, especially when they say you should've heard.

Called on the 30th and they said I "should be hearing very soon..." After no email on that day or the next, I assumed I'd receive a rejection letter over the weekend. Nothing yet, but maybe I'll get it today.

edit: Didn't come today. The wait goes on.

[nadopretz]

"Reserved" today after being on hold. :/ or :p can't decide which emoticon describes my feelings better

[amkid100]

"Reserved" today after being on hold. :/ or :p can't decide which emoticon describes my feelings better

sry to hear that --- how did you hear? when did you go UR?

[nadopretz]

"Reserved" today after being on hold. :/ or :p can't decide which emoticon describes my feelings better

sry to hear that --- how did you hear? when did you go UR?

email with an attachment. It also said that this was the largest applicant pool etc., etc., -- clearly they haven't updated their forms from last year. UR sometime in October or November, hold in January maybe?

edit: have monday scholarship deadline, may be why I heard today?

[hoping]

lol so they notfied you on tuesday--way to be accommodating columbia : /!

[ebeth]

"Reserved" today after being on hold. :/ or :p can't decide which emoticon describes my feelings better

So now the hold--> reserve bit is starting. Good to know.

[miracle2011]

After 6 months of silence I finally got the reserve email today.

[hoping]

After 6 months of silence I finally got the reserve email today.

sorry to hear that--did you notify them of a deadline as well?

[happyfeet]

i was put on hold in early feb, notified them two weeks ago of a upcoming scholarship deadline (last monday) and still nada.

[flexityflex86]

What does it mean to be put on First Reserve? Does this mean there's a second and third, and I have a reasonable chance of being admitted?

[Ratchet Jackson]

What does it mean to be put on First Reserve? Does this mean there's a second and third, and I have a reasonable chance of being admitted?

First Reserve is the first wave of reserves. Second and third reserve come at later dates. CLS does not rank reserved candidates, so everyone starts off on first reserve.

[bob77]

do we have a consensus on whether cls admits a large or a small of amount of the holds? reading through the thread i'm still i'm confused on this...

[amkid100]

do we have a consensus on whether cls admits a large or a small of amount of the holds? reading through the thread i'm still i'm confused on this...

Last year they accepted very few held candidates. Apparently a TSLer this cycle has it on "good authority," presumably from an admissions officer, that CLS is using the hold "differently" this year. Essentially, the craziness that was last cycle and the ensuing over enrollment caused them to hold more candidates in a moment of conservatism - given that the anticipated surge never came this cycle, they will likely be admitting more held candidates than they did last year.

Make sense?

[bob77]

do we have a consensus on whether cls admits a large or a small of amount of the holds? reading through the thread i'm still i'm confused on this...

Last year they accepted very few held candidates. Apparently a TSLer this cycle has it on "good authority," presumably from an admissions officer, that CLS is using the hold "differently" this year. Essentially, the craziness that was last cycle and the ensuing over enrollment caused them to hold more candidates in a moment of conservatism - given that the anticipated surge never came this cycle, they will likely be admitting more held candidates than they did last year.

Make sense?

ah, ok, so we don't really have a benchmark for this year... do we have a sense of whether a very large amount of acceptances have already gone out? or perhaps whether a lot of strong candidates are still held? thanks for your help, btw.

[amkid100]

ah, ok, so we don't really have a benchmark for this year... do we have a sense of whether a very large amount of acceptances have already gone out? or perhaps whether a lot of strong candidates are still held? thanks for your help, btw.

I think there was a minor wave, an eddy, sometime last week. I think there are a ton of strong candidates who are still held - I, however, while still held, am not one of them haha

[miracle2011]

After 6 months of silence I finally got the reserve email today.

sorry to hear that--did you notify them of a deadline as well?

Yeah I told them about a merit scholarship deadline.

[speedyj88]

I, however, while still held, am not one of them haha

Haha, count me in this boat.

[Confused7]

Good thing they have just about 2 weeks to make a decision for the held.

[cucullu]

Root-Tilden-Kern

So I just googled it and it's like the blueprint for me. What the heck was I doing around application time?

Yeah I'm right with ya on this one. Not sure how I missed those.

Ugh. I know right. LawSkool4Free Fail.

[jupiter]

got my acceptance email today
175/3.6
Held early feb
LOCI 2/25

[birdlaw117]

I, however, while still held, am not one of them haha

Haha, count me in this boat.

[drummerboy]

Anyone know anything about the forgotten category? No indication one way or another just complete.