Columbia C/O 2019 Applicants - 2015 - 2016 Forum

[slippin_jimmy]

Just got the email! I'm in! I didn't interview at all, and I was getting worried.

Did anyone get scholarship offers with their acceptance?

Oh, I remember that last year, if you got a scholarship, they didn't email your acceptance letter in advance. You had to wait for the light blue envelope.

This might be the most hope-inducing comment in the history of TLS.

Oh my god, that comment just gave me butterflies haha

Anyone else want to confirm the above?

I believe two of us received invites to interview for an award. Other scholarship offers may come sans interview in a letter, so both could be true?

[greenapples]

Congrats to all the recent admits!!

No action on my end. I reapplied after a long reserve ride last cycle (the AO staff here were really pleasant tho)

[gobears!!]

Congrats to all of the admits

[voldypoo]

RIP... >75ths for both, complete in Sept, interviewed, no offer.

FML

I'm confused...you got a rejection email? I can't believe it...if you're above both 75ths, don't assume not getting an email means bad news. It could mean that really good news (Butler/Hammy) is in the mail to you now.

WOOPS. I meant that I haven't received any emails yet

I'm in a similar boat. >75ths, complete Nov, interviewed Dec. Nothing yet, praying hard for the light blue envelope.

Also congrats to all the admits!

[ypbravo]

RIP... >75ths for both, complete in Sept, interviewed, no offer.

FML

I'm confused...you got a rejection email? I can't believe it...if you're above both 75ths, don't assume not getting an email means bad news. It could mean that really good news (Butler/Hammy) is in the mail to you now.

WOOPS. I meant that I haven't received any emails yet

I'm in a similar boat. >75ths, complete Nov, interviewed Dec. Nothing yet, praying hard for the light blue envelope.

Also congrats to all the admits!

exactly the same here

[partlycloudy]

Is there a difference on status checker for those who received email? Thanks

[LALaw90210]

Did anyone's email come with a pin number? It looks like the admitted students website is up but requires a pin that was "provided within your Offer of Admission letter"

[tflan19]

Is there a difference on status checker for those who received email? Thanks

Nope, still at complete!

Did anyone's email come with a pin number? It looks like the admitted students website is up but requires a pin that was "provided within your Offer of Admission letter"

Yep! its in the body of the attached PDF

[LALaw90210]

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[lawj5]

To those of you who did receive interview invites, how long after going complete did you get the invite? Sorry if this is answered elsewhere; I've gone through the past few pages of this thread, but haven't looked through all of the earlier ones.

Complete 12/4, interview request 1/12

Thanks guys!

[partlycloudy]

What was the latest complete date for admits? Congrats!

[tflan19]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

[voldypoo]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly

you are the real mvp

[jnwa]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

You smart, you a genius, i appreciate you.

[salander]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

You're the best. Also, congrats to everyone who was admitted today!!!

[texasellewoods]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

You smart, you a genius, i appreciate you.

+18000000000

[texasellewoods]

Anyone wanna speculate about how many days the snail mail will take?

[TheRealSantaClaus]

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[WinterComing]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

Like the four posters before me, I appreciate you doing this, TFlan. Not sure why, but I'm surprised by the suggestion of YP at Columbia. They seem too high in the rankings to worry about that too much. It makes me nervous, though, since I didn't get an interview and am above both 75ths.

[lemonparty]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

Like the four posters before me, I appreciate you doing this, TFlan. Not sure why, but I'm surprised by the suggestion of YP at Columbia. They seem too high in the rankings to worry about that too much. It makes me nervous, though, since I didn't get an interview and am above both 75ths.

Agreed, the idea of a YP at Columbia is scary as hell...

[lawstud24]

Okay team, I just finished reading about 30 pages on the 2018 admitted and applicants thread and have some intel about decision notification methods and scholarships (yes, this is what I do during syllabus week). Note that I only read through mid-april so I can't speak to reserve or what happens after deposit deadlines.

- all Butler, Hamilton, and public interest scholarship offers came with the initial acceptance letter
- acceptances were sent both by email (followed by the arrival of snail mail) and by just snail mail (light blue envelope)
- towards the beginning of acceptances (jan-feb), almost all acceptances containing scholarships were sent via snail mail (no emails), exceptions were international students and a couple of weird cases related to weather where emails were sent with acceptances and schollys
- as ASW approached, some domestic applicants received acceptances w/scollys via email (then mail)
- accepted students who did not receive these big initial scholarships were only given "need-based aid" that was announced (via snail mail) during the first two weeks of april (this trend holds back to c/o 2016).

other thoughts:
- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

Like the four posters before me, I appreciate you doing this, TFlan. Not sure why, but I'm surprised by the suggestion of YP at Columbia. They seem too high in the rankings to worry about that too much. It makes me nervous, though, since I didn't get an interview and am above both 75ths.

Agreed, the idea of a YP at Columbia is scary as hell...

Yeah ugh
Can you imagine, YP at Columbia and rejected at HYS...basically my worst nightmare

[tflan19]

Like the four posters before me, I appreciate you doing this, TFlan. Not sure why, but I'm surprised by the suggestion of YP at Columbia. They seem too high in the rankings to worry about that too much. It makes me nervous, though, since I didn't get an interview and am above both 75ths.

Yeah, I found it surprising too but there was a ton of discussion about it last cycle and that seemed to be the consensus. A whole group of applicants who were right at/above both 75ths, non-KJD, and performing well during the rest of their cycle were notified that they had been "held" (as opposed to CLS's "reserve" waitlist) in late feb/early march. They were asked to submit LOCI and many of them were then accepted in early April without interviews and others were asked to interview around that time. I didn't follow the scholarship success of this particular group but if I recall correctly, they weren't getting big $$$.

While this seems cruel/unusual for CLS to YP, there was a lot of discussion of issues that CLS had in the 2013-2014 c/o 2017 cycle and them trying to correct that? They didn't seem to do a hard WL/ding YP but instead their "hold" technique cleaned out those who weren't super hyped about CLS and gave time for applicants to find out about HYS or huge T14 schollys. Then again, we've already seen changes in CLS's admissions process this cycle, with FAR more interviews than in previous years. Maybe they won't feel the need to do this YPish "hold" thing when they have a better feel for the interest of the applicant pool at large?

[Hildegard15]

- Columbia did some very interesting YP-ish moves with people around/above both 75ths. They held a ton of them in late feb and then began accepting them at the beginning of april
- accepted students had some luck getting their finaid offers via email instead of mail by applying pressure in early april due to impending deposit deadlines
- the process/timeline/bureacracy behind all of CLS's admit and $$ decisions seems like a giant constantly shape-shifting black box so hold on tightly cause its gonna be a long and wild ride

Like others have said, thank you so so much for taking the time to share this information with us. I'm not going to lie, the information above is really distressing. I'm already cruising towards a waitlist/ding at HLS, I couldn't bear it if CLS hated on me too. I'm around/above both 75ths

[Bearlyalive]

Like the four posters before me, I appreciate you doing this, TFlan. Not sure why, but I'm surprised by the suggestion of YP at Columbia. They seem too high in the rankings to worry about that too much. It makes me nervous, though, since I didn't get an interview and am above both 75ths.

Yeah, I found it surprising too but there was a ton of discussion about it last cycle and that seemed to be the consensus. A whole group of applicants who were right at/above both 75ths, non-KJD, and performing well during the rest of their cycle were notified that they had been "held" (as opposed to CLS's "reserve" waitlist) in late feb/early march. They were asked to submit LOCI and many of them were then accepted in early April without interviews and others were asked to interview around that time. I didn't follow the scholarship success of this particular group but if I recall correctly, they weren't getting big $$$.

While this seems cruel/unusual for CLS to YP, there was a lot of discussion of issues that CLS had in the 2013-2014 c/o 2017 cycle and them trying to correct that? They didn't seem to do a hard WL/ding YP but instead their "hold" technique cleaned out those who weren't super hyped about CLS and gave time for applicants to find out about HYS or huge T14 schollys. Then again, we've already seen changes in CLS's admissions process this cycle, with FAR more interviews than in previous years. Maybe they won't feel the need to do this YPish "hold" thing when they have a better feel for the interest of the applicant pool at large?

I'm starting to feel really glad that I decided to do an East Coast school tour. During my interview, the admissions officer seemed very happy when I started talking about my visit and tying it into my "why Columbia" answer. I've managed to avoid YP so far, fingers crossed I don't get blind-sided by CLS.

[EnderWiggin]

I'm starting to feel really glad that I decided to do an East Coast school tour. During my interview, the admissions officer seemed very happy when I started talking about my visit and tying it into my "why Columbia" answer. I've managed to avoid YP so far, fingers crossed I don't get blind-sided by CLS.

How long did you take off work to do this? Knew I should haven't blown all my vacation days on that beach trip..