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3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:11 pm
by jbc7
High chance or low chance?

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:40 pm
by Smumps
jbc7 wrote:High chance or low chance?
Below GPA median, 1 point above LSAT median -- I'd venture low. It seems like Columbia takes people off of ED that would get in RD no problem. I'd save the ED (maybe Chicago).

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:58 pm
by echamberlin8
I'm new here, and this sounds like a dumb question, but can you only apply to one school ED?

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:02 pm
by t14fanboy
echamberlin8 wrote:I'm new here, and this sounds like a dumb question, but can you only apply to one school ED?
Yes you can only have 1 ED app out at any given time. But you can ED several times during the entire cycle. If the school you ED to either rejects or waitlists you, you are free to ED to another school.

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:09 pm
by moonman157
t14fanboy wrote:
echamberlin8 wrote:I'm new here, and this sounds like a dumb question, but can you only apply to one school ED?
Yes you can only have 1 ED app out at any given time. But you can ED several times during the entire cycle. If the school you ED to either rejects or waitlists you, you are free to ED to another school.
What schools can you apply ED to after your application? For example, I have heard that Virginia allows you to change your application to ED after you submit it...if I applied ED to Columbia and got waitlisted, can I change my application to ED at Chicago if I don't get in?

Also, there seems to be conflict over applying ED to Columbia and what boost it gives, with most people believing you have a better chance applying RD. What is the reason for this? It seems to me that applying ED signifies that you're extremely interested in the school and helps with YP (I know that at a school like Columbia, they have a high percentage of admitted applicants matriculate, but it still seems like a lot of people who get into Columbia may also get into YSH or get money from other T14s).

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:11 pm
by echamberlin8
Hmm...learn something new every day. I haven't even taken my LSAT yet, but I was hoping to apply early to NYU and Columbia, since those are kind-of reaches for my GPA (3.73), but they're also my dream schools.

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:15 pm
by snehpets
Fortunately you've already got Harvard and a Hamilton in the bag, so...

:roll:

Re: 3.6/173 ED to Columbia next year?

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 1:29 pm
by t14fanboy
snehpets wrote:Fortunately you've already got Harvard and a Hamilton in the bag, so...

:roll:
Oh wow. LMAO. I didn't see the OP's post history. ROFL.