Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle) Forum

[Skool]

Hello! Long time lurker here.

I got an email today with acceptance+full tuition public interest scholarship. Super pumped, but still waiting on YH.

Good luck to everyone else!

Edit: stats are gpa>75th LSAT<75th.

Would you be willing to elaborate on stipulations/commitments, programming accompanying the scholarship, name of the scholarship, etc.

[buckeyeinbangkok]

Yeah, sure.

It's called the Public Interest Fellowship. It covers tuition for 3 years at Columbia with the expectation (read: no requirement) that you'll work in the public sector, broadly defined, for 5 years after graduation. The program includes guaranteed acceptance into the human rights internship programs for both 1L and 2L summers, provides a faculty mentor, a recent law graduate, and an upper level law student mentor, as well. They also require you to take 4 public interest law relate courses, one of which is an externship or clinic. Finally, they said hey expect students to become mentors in their own right after graduation and to contribute to the social justice community at Columbia.

Hope this helps!

[pylon]

Seems like a fantastic outcome, regardless of other options - congratulations!

[Skool]

Seems like a fantastic outcome, regardless of other options - congratulations!

+1 very cool, congrats!

[jbagelboy]

Yeah, sure.

It's called the Public Interest Fellowship. It covers tuition for 3 years at Columbia with the expectation (read: no requirement) that you'll work in the public sector, broadly defined, for 5 years after graduation. The program includes guaranteed acceptance into the human rights internship programs for both 1L and 2L summers, provides a faculty mentor, a recent law graduate, and an upper level law student mentor, as well. They also require you to take 4 public interest law relate courses, one of which is an externship or clinic. Finally, they said hey expect students to become mentors in their own right after graduation and to contribute to the social justice community at Columbia.

Hope this helps!

this sounds awesome. congratulations. better than any other deal out there, including harvard and yale, except the rubenstein.

[tk17]

Has anyone checked their mail today? Nothing? This is shaping up to be a much quieter Friday than I expected.

[w0w]

Yeah, sure.

It's called the Public Interest Fellowship. It covers tuition for 3 years at Columbia with the expectation (read: no requirement) that you'll work in the public sector, broadly defined, for 5 years after graduation. The program includes guaranteed acceptance into the human rights internship programs for both 1L and 2L summers, provides a faculty mentor, a recent law graduate, and an upper level law student mentor, as well. They also require you to take 4 public interest law relate courses, one of which is an externship or clinic. Finally, they said hey expect students to become mentors in their own right after graduation and to contribute to the social justice community at Columbia.

Hope this helps!

Wow! Congrats on that! That sounds like an awesome program.

[butSeriously]

Has anyone checked their mail today? Nothing? This is shaping up to be a much quieter Friday than I expected.

Yeah, I expected much of the mail to be trickling through the system for a week or so. It appears that we're likely in the post-storm slump (catchup).

[wogusdh]

Has anyone checked their mail today? Nothing? This is shaping up to be a much quieter Friday than I expected.

Yeah, I expected much of the mail to be trickling through the system for a week or so. It appears that we're likely in the post-storm slump (catchup).

I was admitted on Monday by e-mail and got my packet today by mail. Live in Philly area.

[w0w]

Has anyone checked their mail today? Nothing? This is shaping up to be a much quieter Friday than I expected.

Yeah, I expected much of the mail to be trickling through the system for a week or so. It appears that we're likely in the post-storm slump (catchup).

I was admitted on Monday by e-mail and got my packet today by mail. Live in Philly area.

Is it post marked the 22nd as well?

[wogusdh]

Has anyone checked their mail today? Nothing? This is shaping up to be a much quieter Friday than I expected.

Yeah, I expected much of the mail to be trickling through the system for a week or so. It appears that we're likely in the post-storm slump (catchup).

I was admitted on Monday by e-mail and got my packet today by mail. Live in Philly area.

Is it post marked the 22nd as well?

Nope! 26th. Which was the day that I was admitted by e-mail. I have been getting mails from all law schools pretty quickly though - within a week from the time they have been sent out. I am getting it through a college post office (in undergrad), so maybe it's different?

[everything_bagel]

Yeah, sure.

It's called the Public Interest Fellowship. It covers tuition for 3 years at Columbia with the expectation (read: no requirement) that you'll work in the public sector, broadly defined, for 5 years after graduation. The program includes guaranteed acceptance into the human rights internship programs for both 1L and 2L summers, provides a faculty mentor, a recent law graduate, and an upper level law student mentor, as well. They also require you to take 4 public interest law relate courses, one of which is an externship or clinic. Finally, they said hey expect students to become mentors in their own right after graduation and to contribute to the social justice community at Columbia.

Hope this helps!

Congrats, that's so so cool

[radio1nowhere]

Applied today. For no reason other than to give myself more to be on edge about for the next few months.

[Mack.Hambleton]

Applied today. For no reason other than to give myself more to be on edge about for the next few months.

Why didn't u apply in the first place?

[radio1nowhere]

Applied today. For no reason other than to give myself more to be on edge about for the next few months.

Why didn't u apply in the first place?

[buckeyeinbangkok]

Thanks for the congratulations everyone! I'm pretty excited about it. However, I can't seem to find any info on the fellowship from Columbia's website or otherwise. So far the only thing I've seen is a reference on the TLS list of full tuition scholarships to the fellowship and that there aren't many. Other than that, nothing.

Does anyone know why this is/know more about the fellowship? Also, would people say it's the Columbia RTK equivalent? And if so, better or worse than RTK?

Thanks!

[JFO1833]

Does anyone know why this is/know more about the fellowship? Also, would people say it's the Columbia RTK equivalent? And if so, better or worse than RTK?

I think RTK has a mandatory public service commitment after graduation and, from the description above, this program does not. That sounds like a major difference.

[tk17]

Does anyone know why this is/know more about the fellowship? Also, would people say it's the Columbia RTK equivalent? And if so, better or worse than RTK?

I think RTK has a mandatory public service commitment after graduation and, from the description above, this program does not. That sounds like a major difference.

RTK comes with a "moral obligation" to repay the money if you don't work in public interest for 10 years.

[blueberrycrumble]

Congratulations everyone (especially to the full schollies)!!!

Still in a sea of silence... but, anyone want a new poll? Haven't had one since September so taking suggestions!

[universityof]

Congratulations everyone (especially to the full schollies)!!!

Still in a sea of silence... but, anyone want a new poll? Haven't had one since September so taking suggestions!

One applicants' thread (NYU, maybe?) had "I'll attend if..."

[RunnerRunner]

In with Butler as of yesterday (via mail, no email). Above both 75ths.

[js1663]

In with Butler as of yesterday (via mail, no email). Above both 75ths.

Congratulations!

Can you share your complete date and when you interviewed (if applicable)?

[RunnerRunner]

In with Butler as of yesterday (via mail, no email). Above both 75ths.

Congratulations!

Can you share your complete date and when you interviewed (if applicable)?

Sure! Complete 9/22, interviewed 1/14... got nervous I was out after seeing all the acceptances on here from around my complete/interview dates, so for anyone in the same boat: be patient, don't read into anything too much, app process is unpredictable

[strugglebus]

In with Butler as of yesterday (via mail, no email). Above both 75ths.

Congratulations!

Can you share your complete date and when you interviewed (if applicable)?

Sure! Complete 9/22, interviewed 1/14... got nervous I was out after seeing all the acceptances on here from around my complete/interview dates, so for anyone in the same boat: be patient, don't read into anything too much, app process is unpredictable

Nice work! Mind sharing when it was postmarked? I'm still having mail struggs.

[RunnerRunner]

In with Butler as of yesterday (via mail, no email). Above both 75ths.

Congratulations!

Can you share your complete date and when you interviewed (if applicable)?

Sure! Complete 9/22, interviewed 1/14... got nervous I was out after seeing all the acceptances on here from around my complete/interview dates, so for anyone in the same boat: be patient, don't read into anything too much, app process is unpredictable

Nice work! Mind sharing when it was postmarked? I'm still having mail struggs.

Thanks! Postmarked 1/28. Hope your mail struggs get worked out!