Columbia 2011! Forum

[bob77]

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

urm held with those numbers?

[drummerboy]

hard to believe

[bob77]

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

forgotten since january... just waiting, going crazy

[drummerboy]

what do you think this means? Clearly not an autoreject/autoaccept/WL/Hold Well, maybe an unofficial hold

[bob77]

what do you think this means? Clearly not an autoreject/autoaccept/WL/Hold Well, maybe an unofficial hold

yea i'm thinking it's like an unofficial hold... probably would have been officially held had i applied earlier, but since i havn't been waiting that long they didn't feel the need to send an e-mail i guess

[20121109]

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

urm held with those numbers?

International students are not given the boosts that are associated with URM status.

[ryokoyuy]

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

forgotten since january... just waiting, going crazy

Me too

[bob77]

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

urm held with those numbers?

International students are not given the boosts that are associated with URM status.

ah, i see, do you know why?

[drummerboy]

just called admissions office and standard response was decisions will be provided by the end of April, especially to those that applied prior to Feb 14th

[20121109]

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

urm held with those numbers?

International students are not given the boosts that are associated with URM status.

ah, i see, do you know why?

To be honest, not really. Probably something to do with reporting data...international students are usually considered a separate category from domestic minorities.

Good luck to all applicants!!!

[jrose5]

what do you think this means? Clearly not an autoreject/autoaccept/WL/Hold Well, maybe an unofficial hold

yea i'm thinking it's like an unofficial hold... probably would have been officially held had i applied earlier, but since i havn't been waiting that long they didn't feel the need to send an e-mail i guess

I applied in January and I was held in mid-March.

[drummerboy]

thus the forgotten category continues to baffle me

[texaskk]

So I just called (again) and my file is "still under review." Submitted 10/13. For those of you that are frantically trying to do the math, yes, that is 5 months and 3 weeks. By this time next week, I will have achieved epic "6 months forgotten" status. Get ready people.

[supahstahxruv]

texaskk, sorry to hear that

also, sorry to bump the thread but have the held --> dings started yet? if so were they e-mail or snail? i know someone mentioned earlier that they got a snail-mail ding but i wasn't sure if that was off a hold or a forgotten.

thanks! hang in there guys, we got this!
hopefully. please?

[mcweanis]

WTF.. i called columbia like 5 times to ask for my financial aid info to be emailed to me and it says noone is available to take the call and to leave a message

[glitched]

haha i think it's fair to say that organizing 7000+ applications to our convenience is a very difficult task. yes, some schools do it very well, but maybe columbia isn't one of them.

[texaskk]

texaskk, sorry to hear that

also, sorry to bump the thread but have the held --> dings started yet? if so were they e-mail or snail? i know someone mentioned earlier that they got a snail-mail ding but i wasn't sure if that was off a hold or a forgotten.

thanks! hang in there guys, we got this!
hopefully. please?

Not to worry, I have gotten so used to waiting at this point that I think getting a decision might actually feel strange

[ahduth]

So are they seriously snail mailing finaid info? These people are kind of ridiculous.

[descartesb4thehorse]

I was held along with a January app and nowhere near good enough numbers (I'd consider my numbers auto-reject, especially with my GPA). Does a hold at least signal that they're aware of my existence and if I buy new wooing shoes, might they consider me seriously? I'm asking because I'm pretty sure I want to ED next cycle, but not going to do it if there's *no* hope.

[chasgoose]

I was held along with a January app and nowhere near good enough numbers (I'd consider my numbers auto-reject, especially with my GPA). Does a hold at least signal that they're aware of my existence and if I buy new wooing shoes, might they consider me seriously? I'm asking because I'm pretty sure I want to ED next cycle, but not going to do it if there's *no* hope.

Well we would have a better idea if we had a vague sense of your numbers. It depends.

[damage-inc]

I was held along with a January app and nowhere near good enough numbers (I'd consider my numbers auto-reject, especially with my GPA). Does a hold at least signal that they're aware of my existence and if I buy new wooing shoes, might they consider me seriously? I'm asking because I'm pretty sure I want to ED next cycle, but not going to do it if there's *no* hope.

Well we would have a better idea if we had a vague sense of your numbers. It depends.

I'm still held with a 167...which I would consider a auto-reject????

[descartesb4thehorse]

I was held along with a January app and nowhere near good enough numbers (I'd consider my numbers auto-reject, especially with my GPA). Does a hold at least signal that they're aware of my existence and if I buy new wooing shoes, might they consider me seriously? I'm asking because I'm pretty sure I want to ED next cycle, but not going to do it if there's *no* hope.

Well we would have a better idea if we had a vague sense of your numbers. It depends.

171 and I'm retaking, but my GPA is below their floor (it's 3.43).

[mcweanis]

So are they seriously snail mailing finaid info? These people are kind of ridiculous.

WTF!! just called columbia, my financial aid app is still under review. i already got a one week extension from nyu which expires monday and have my toll interview tomorrow, so i need to know asap!!! columbia is stupid

[amkid100]

can someone post the link to last year's wait thread?

[jrose5]

So I'm just repeating what some of you may already know, but according to LSN+this thread, it seems like the Feb holds have been hearing back. I suppose March holds will be coming up soon.