Columbia University (CUNY Morningside) (2022-2023)

[tough valve]

they said its pretty "need-aware"

[quiet sedge]

i dont think anyone from my school applied for aid

[tough valve]

^^

[quiet sedge]

theyre def the minority thats all i know

[tough valve]

Yeah i didnt apply aid either cuz i heard from multiple people that they are very need aware like stanford...

maybe if they take u with aid u get very good aid

😮‍💨

[quiet sedge]

yeah being intl needing aid is tough

[tough valve]

yeah ☠️

they not willing to lose $150k each year just to get someone 10% better

..

[quiet sedge]

yeah fr💀

[jovial crypt]

need aware doesnt mean they give bad aid

they give good aid, but you have to get in

need aware makes it harder

[tough valve]

^^^^

Yeah that is what I meant oop

😅

[tough valve]

yeah for that I heard diff need aware schools are slightly diff, Brown and Cornell are significantly better than Columbia and Stanford

[mint osprey]

yes i mean intl students

for domestics its need blind right

so it wouldn't matter admission wise

[unreal igloo]

1

SHIT

WROGN CHANNEL IM SORRY

[mint osprey]

[fallen field]

woo just got my interview (uk int’l)

[rigid imp]

How do you find out if they offer interview

Do u get an Email?

[teal dagger]

nah they expect you to know and show up

[fallen field]

Yep! For me I got an email from ARC with the email of my interviewer at the bottom, I’ll reply and CC them with which type of interview I’d prefer (virtual/phone/in-person) and possible locations

[stuck sierra]

yep

[rigid imp]

Ok thanks. What is ARC?

[fallen field]

alumni representative committee! just their alumni org presumably

[lean ether]

For those who submitted their LOCI, the form to submit it is still there for you right? And there is nothing in the portal that indicates it’s been received

[teal dagger]

do schools require mid year reports if it's not on their checklist

[unreal igloo]

no they want you to guess

[teal dagger]

oh no i was waiting for telepathic messages from them ig i'm getting rejected 😔

[ionic ocean]

So, an interviewer would email and not just call, right?

I checked my missed calls and there are a few numbers that keep calling me but I assumed that they’re telemarketers

[mint osprey]

yes lol dw

they don't get ur phone number

only email ID

[ionic ocean]

Oh okay!

[fathom ridge]

Different school but my UPenn interviewer actually called me to set up my interview. I got lucky and picked up the phone lol

[lean ether]

sending about 24-48 hrs later is typical

[hazy fractal]

15 people applied out of 80 kids in my grade💀

[tough valve]

rich shcool no?

[hazy fractal]

yeah thats rue

[tough valve]

i know most big public schools only small single digit apply

[hazy fractal]

where are you based?

[tough valve]

toronto

[hazy fractal]

ohhh ok

[tough valve]

wbu

[hazy fractal]

vancouver

[tough valve]

ahh

did anyone get into Harvard early from Vancouver this year?

[quiet sedge]

important questions fr

[hazy fractal]

yeah I know two, one was team canada debate and other was int chem olympiad medallist

[hazy fractal]

are you from canada as well

[tough valve]

🙇‍♂️ , the medalist also has bio stuff right

[quiet sedge]

yeah toronto

[tough valve]

i know there are 4 from toronto

[hazy fractal]

idk maybe you know him😭

[quiet sedge]

one kid at my school got into harvard early

athlete and sad backstory

sooo

[hazy fractal]

oh forgot about the squash recruit

theres 3 ik

[tough valve]

lol

i know UTS has two

one of them is christina freeland's son lmao

[quiet sedge]

uts produces geniuses with no social lives

[hazy fractal]

WTF

[tough valve]

ggs

[hazy fractal]

this yeah is crazy

one guy ik from vancouver

his dad is like ceo of rbc or something

[tough valve]

...

[hazy fractal]

is going to dartmouth

someone donated like 35 mil to penn

[quiet sedge]

💀

[tough valve]

lmao surprised that the imo silver medalist from Van got deferred at pton

[hazy fractal]

for bio or chem?

[tough valve]

we were laughing about it in toornto a few days ago

[tough valve]

Math

Kai wang lmao

[hazy fractal]

idk who that is do you know which school

[tough valve]

https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=31974

[hazy fractal]

holy shit

did he get into mit at leat

[quiet sedge]

from what ive been hearing this years tougher on canadian applicants

the essay guy i work with only had 2/30 of his kids get in ed somewhere

[tough valve]

idk he is cuurently applying RD

Yeah my school sadge too

[hazy fractal]

the entirety of vanocuver did shit

[tough valve]

most people rejected

a few deferred

[quiet sedge]

our school had a lot of deferrals

[hazy fractal]

tbh i feel lucky to be deferred

[tough valve]

only one guy got in UChicago for history

[quiet sedge]

less rejects

[tough valve]

and another guy got into Oxford which is not US so

also for history

[hazy fractal]

atp olympiads mean nothing

[quiet sedge]

we had the athlete for harvard and another girl got into cornell for governments which i didnt know you could major in tbh

its pre much luck

[tough valve]

where?

some schools deferred = better chance

[hazy fractal]

penn deferral acceptance rate is like 10%

[quiet sedge]

i got deferred cornell

[hazy fractal]

which is more intimidating to me cause its a population of equally qualified people

[quiet sedge]

government girl took the spot from my school 😔

[tough valve]

thats not bad

[hazy fractal]

dang

[tough valve]

my friends got rejected cornell with good stats

[hazy fractal]

ik one year like 3 people got inot stanford from my shcool

[tough valve]

💀

[hazy fractal]

ig they dont really have quotas

[quiet sedge]

i heard early rounds the top only take 1 kid per school max

at least most of the time

or we just suck 🤷‍♀️

[hazy fractal]

do youguys know if you have to send yoru term 2 marks for waitlist updates

[quiet sedge]

my midyera report is being sent automatically when its out

im not semestered so idk how semestered reports would work

[hazy fractal]

people around me are saying for waitlists that my scores after the mid-term report are beign sent

[hazy fractal]

me either

[quiet sedge]

oh id ask your school if theyre gonna send that in

i thought they only wanted finals to "confirm" your spot kinda

and it was just midyear report that matters

[hazy fractal]

ok hopefully thats the cast

case

[lean ether]

Withdraw your application

[rough yew]

my interviewer didnt respond

until the morning of

at 1am

💀

and he asked to reschedule an hour earlier

if youve scheduled you should be fine?

if you havent scheduled, depending on how long ago you sent the email, send a follow up

follow up the email then

when did you first send the response?

wait until like a week after your follow up, send another follow up, if you dont get a response in like 3 days after the follow up contact columbia

[warped quiver]

bro messaged you at 1am

kiss your interviewer type beat

[rough yew]

@viscid needle BESTIE STOP DELETING YOUR MESSAGES 😭

I DONT WANT TO BE TALKING TO A GHOST

[rough yew]

bro... no i do not want to be associated with that mf

leave me alone 💀

[open marten]

Is it supposed to say this even after I submitted by LOCI?

[mint osprey]

yo have any intls gotten interviews?

[desert tinsel]

me

[mint osprey]

Ayo nice

Which country?

[mint osprey]

gg

[hazy fractal]

what does it mean if you dont get one

even if theres tons of alum in your area

[jovial crypt]

me

[mint osprey]

Noice

[teal dagger]

is columbia still processing materials (like hs transcripts n stuff) i had to mail mine 😭

[fallen field]

is it normal for the interview to be 20 minutes?

they scheduled a half-hour time slot then told me they'll be 10 minutes late ;-;

[jovial crypt]

dw they will extend the meeting

[fallen field]

oh okay phew

20 minutes did seem a tad short

or a lot short 😭 idk what to expect but 30-60m seemed pretty standard at the least

and it's online so aaargh kinda crazy

[lean ether]

Yes, it’s still there for me too after I submitted mine. Just make sure you got the confirmation email

[frank leaf]

What's the best time to submit an LoCi

[lean ether]

I submitted mine only a few days after I got deferred bc I already had a lot of updates, but early/mid January is good

Columbia’s LOCI deadline was yesterday tho (Jan 20)

[tough valve]

Columbia has a deadline?

I plan to submit my Harvard loci tomorrow, do some colleges have deadlines and some Don t

[lean ether]

yes

[tough valve]

Interesting

Does it say on their website or

[quiet sedge]

it says on the deferral letter

my friend showed me hers

[lean ether]

On the portal

[tough valve]

Ooo

[errant vale]

Does anyone have a spare CSS Profile fee waiver for Columbia?

[dusty garden]

bruh i just noticed it costs $$ to send the css profile wtf

[jovial crypt]

how is everyone

[warped quiver]

i am good ty guest

[warped quiver]

weird question but can i see your media list

need to know if they’re going to autoaccept me for my based music taste

[jovial crypt]

put this for classical 💀

[warped quiver]

oml

💀💀💀

👩‍🦯 I do not see

I wanted to put a bunch of classical stuff i listen to but i was like nah this too pretentious 😭

[jovial crypt]

noo how is it pretentious 😭

i put the most normie stuff too

maybe scot and glazunov arent normie but the rest

If you really listen, write it lol

I forgot what I wrote for my Columbia lists

[warped quiver]

mine was kinda underground

i think i posted it somewhere

[gusty lantern]

lmao my list is so diff from yours 💀

ermmm

[jovial crypt]

Hm

[gusty lantern]

put down action bronson for the nyc homeland advantage

[warped quiver]

ummm

i have a banger classical playlist but i had the wrong perpetuations

[humble tiger]

i didnt put many artists cus idk

i put beabadoobee and mitski and someone else

that all

[warped quiver]

so based

[still geode]

fire

[manic swift]

i literally have the same music taste

so fire

[kindred zinc]

damn, I wanted to go crazy like this, but didn't have enough courage

W artists

[sly bone]

in the other outlets prompt, i listed my fav stuff and at then did this:

And Lastly: Columbia Application process (https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/apply/process)

columbia autoaccept👍

[devout raft]

Columbia University (CUNY Morningside)

[stable tulip]

W rizz

[gusty lantern]

I figured there’s such a little chance I get in why not just be honest in the lists instead of trying to pretend to be someone I’m not

[hidden ravine]

cuny morningside

[hoary trellis]

anyone have interview questions

[mint osprey]

do yall think they'll ask about the list essays in the interview?

[gusty lantern]

No, none of my interviewers have had access to my application

[mint osprey]

ah ok nice

[hoary trellis]

I just had my interview

how important is it

[tough valve]

Idk haven’t heard anyone in my area who gif Columbia interviews

[stable tulip]

its just considered on the columbia cds i think

[warped quiver]

same

[static wyvern]

shit you guys put music . ok ngl on re-reading my list it is soo cringe, except last week tonight, john oliver is just brilliant

[hidden ravine]

spiderman school

[warped quiver]

i put a lot of things

would be funny if i got in having subreddits on my list

[storm inlet]

Reddit: r/ApplyingToCollege, r/collegeresults, r/chanceme, etc.

[warped quiver]

nah lmao

[mint osprey]

HIKARU!!!

We love Hikaru

[warped quiver]

fr

my media list was immaculate

i want to take one dub rd

i’ve been told by like 3 irls that they could see me getting into columbia or cornell ez (what are they thinking lmao)

[static wyvern]

ayyyy interstellar i had thst too

[warped quiver]

fr

[warped quiver]

very cool

[static wyvern]

@mint osprey cricket got a shout out too

[mint osprey]

As it should

[mint osprey]

Same lmao

[mint osprey]

I didn’t put sports btw

I didn’t know we could

[warped quiver]

same

not that i watch any

[errant vale]

My list was full of mysteries, fiction and crime thrillers 💀

Other than Rich Dad, Poor Dad

[static wyvern]

oh cool I had pokemon ,so same thing

though now I am slightly concerned about what they would think about me liking two animal like creations battling each other

[fallen field]

omg i put down sapiens too i think let's go

oh i thought i was replying to @warped quiver oop

[molten onyx]

this sounds way too formal imo, wouldn't it be better to say
Cricket
Soccer
Basketball
Formula One

[errant vale]

They just want to know you better and that list is not so important

[warped quiver]

no it’s completely fine lmao

those are the sports channels

[warped quiver]

good taste

[molten onyx]

oh I thought the question was for sports not sport channels oops

[warped quiver]

it wasn’t rlly a question it’d just a media list

what media are you consuming

that’s what they wanted to see

i think they’re looking for indication that

1. you are informed outside of school
   and
2. you are informed academically on your own time, as well as having some sort of fun

[errant vale]

Well they connect it to your essays and activities. I read it somewhere in their app review process

[static wyvern]

yh it really isnt, one of my seniors went like directly against their instructions and like wrote a sorta essay instead of a list and he still got in

[warped quiver]

wait actually

lmao fuck

[molten onyx]

ah

[warped quiver]

i mean actually

[molten onyx]

btw how do you have half a du

dub

[warped quiver]

defer

[molten onyx]

dang

[warped quiver]

i’m counting it as a dub

[molten onyx]

better than a denial

[warped quiver]

ye

[warped quiver]

good or bad

[static wyvern]

in that case

[warped quiver]

i mean i tried to include astro stuff in there

and art + philosophy stuff

i didn’t write anything on chess tho

rip

[errant vale]

Wait I'll try to find that pdf and send the exact statement.

[warped quiver]

thank you

[weary valve]

LETS GO HIKARU AND LEVY

[errant vale]

From one of the case studies

[errant vale]

Couldn't find the original one

[warped quiver]

interesting

[warped quiver]

did y’all have this phase where you were like “yeah i’m so content with going to my safety, i love my safety” and then seeing decisions come out made you really really uncontent with going

because that’s what’s happening w/ me and i’m not sure i’m going to get into more than one school total

to the point where i’m either considering gap year or just going to cc and that being the end of it lmao

it’s totally a self sabotage given the money the safety gave me but i think i’d genuinely hate it there

not for 4y but maybe for an year or so

[static wyvern]

I get that, like 30 mins before gatech decisions i was happy cuz i got a mail that i got into one of my safeties, I was hyping myself up , i was like okay this is good , i wanna go there like oh it is t25 in the world for engineering , but then as soon as i didn't get into gatech , i didn't care at all

[fallen field]

my friend (columbia freshie) read my columbia list which at the time was an essay and passive aggressively told me that columbia looks for people who can read instructions 💀

made it a list very quickly after that

[static wyvern]

1. relax it is probably just recency bias, in time you will get a few acceptances and will feel differently about your apps , 2. Idr where I have heard this but never make decisions right before or after big events, 3. If you really want to gap year can be a great idea often, one of my friends got into Stanford but still took a gap year

[warped quiver]

i def will not get more acceptances

the rest are t20s

i applied to all of my targets and reaches ea

[storm inlet]

@warped quiver whats the point in being pessimistic

[static wyvern]

I am pretty sure you would have improved your apps a bit after EA , plus if there is one thing this prcess tells you is that it is random, i know someone who got into brown , penn and stanford and was rejected by NYU

[warped quiver]

i guess so

and i did massively overhaul my commonapp

rewrote all of my ecs, added new awards, formatted my CA better

readjusted test dates and everything

and i have 2 LORs which were probably better than just the one i sent in

which attest to my research and math abilities

but idk

[jovial crypt]

I still think you're good

You applied to caltech rd right

[warped quiver]

yea

but if gt didn’t happen caltech isn’t happening

[jovial crypt]

Thats at least 1 school that got your updated common app, even if the old one seemed bad

[warped quiver]

i had 11 RD

.__.

[static wyvern]

seeeeeee lots to look forward to you def gonna be gatech reject harvard accept

[static wyvern]

I had 22 💀

[warped quiver]

i probably should’ve applied to more schools

[static wyvern]

nah as i now realize I overdid it out of anxiety

[warped quiver]

and my concerns are pretty much baseless

not as much as the dartmouth guy

but i realize that going to a t10 space science school w/ honors and a $140k scholarship isn’t a bad fallback

even if it is in arizona

the acceptance rate just got into my head and made me feel silly

[static wyvern]

140k ...

[warped quiver]

i’m doing grad school too so it wouldn’t be a bad school

but most t20s would be nearly free for me

i’d be paying $14k at most t20s

for everything combined

safety is $19-21k

[static wyvern]

yes you would because you have 11 t20 dubs coming ur way

[warped quiver]

idk but i’m t/o for most

and i didn’t accidentally send them a 29 act like gatech

[static wyvern]

Yay and I didnt make a mascot refernce in my RD essays so we good

[warped quiver]

lmao

hopefully we both got this

[static wyvern]

yup lots of dubs coming our way ( istg if someone sends acceptance rate math telling us we dont)

[somber spear]

What major y’all apply as

[tardy scaffold]

I made a mascot reference... 😂 😭 😅 🙈

[somber spear]

For Columbia

I applied as an applied math and physics major to Columbia fu foundation engineering

[static wyvern]

cant be as bad as mine, i said " My mind buzzes at the thought of interning at X lab" to gatech

[tardy scaffold]

the puns though... respect

[somber spear]

My Columbia Essay was so ass

[static wyvern]

ayyyy I applied for biomed enginerring, applied phys math and mchanical engineering to fu

[somber spear]

I believe you’re just accepted into Columbia engineering

So if I get in

And go

Which is most likely

If I did get in

I will switch into Mech Eng

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnvDIPnou9Y/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Oh fuck

Wrong place

[warped quiver]

astrophysics

[somber spear]

Planning on the PhD track?

[warped quiver]

yep

[somber spear]

Where ya get in so far

[warped quiver]

i like astrophysics at columbia because i’m into policy too and that’s a hotspot area for policy work

[warped quiver]

just university of arizona

deferred harvard

[somber spear]

Ah

Here’s my list

I got St. John’s and the SUNYs

[molten onyx]

question

[warped quiver]

so far

[molten onyx]

besides SEAS, for bachelors degrees Columbia only offers BAs right?

[somber spear]

I think it has BS for the pure sciences?

Gotta check

[warped quiver]

University of Arizona (accept w/ honors and merit)
Caltech
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Georgia Tech (rejection, no transfer)
Harvard (defer)
JHU
MIT
Northwestern
Northeastern
Princeton
Yale

[molten onyx]

only a BA for cs though, right?

[molten onyx]

one safety, based

[somber spear]

Damn that’s a lot

[jovial crypt]

Yes but it doesn't really matter much

[somber spear]

You’re from what state?

Arizona?

[warped quiver]

delaware

[jovial crypt]

There's two cs degrees

[somber spear]

No ASU?

[somber spear]

Oh

[jovial crypt]

Bs at fu and ba at cc

[molten onyx]

Columbia
Cornell
Yale
out of your list these are what im applying to

[warped quiver]

uofa is cheaper than my state school

[molten onyx]

fu?

[warped quiver]

literally sad

i’m not paying 35k for UD

[jovial crypt]

Fu foundation seas

[molten onyx]

oh

[warped quiver]

it’s so expensive even in state

[molten onyx]

I think im the only here applying to one of columbia's dual ba programs

unlucky lol

[somber spear]

My friend applied to one of them

Got rejected

[molten onyx]

oo which?

[somber spear]

[molten onyx]

dang

[somber spear]

Jewish theological seminary

[molten onyx]

I'm applying to that one

[somber spear]

• general studies

I think

[molten onyx]

lmao

dyk your friend's stats/ecs?

[somber spear]

That’s his one rejection

[molten onyx]

hopefully I don't have the same fate lmao

[somber spear]

Yes but I’m not sure if he’s in the server or not

[molten onyx]

would he mind if you shared them?

[somber spear]

Considering he deleted his Reddit acc once I said hi his name on his college results post

Yes

He probably would

[molten onyx]

oh okay np

but yeah that program looks so good

not sure if it's my first choice but it's 100% top 3

[somber spear]

He got almost everywhere else though

GT transfer

[warped quiver]

dual music?

[somber spear]

Umich defer

UNC waitlist

That was yesterday

[molten onyx]

uh idk if that's one of them

[somber spear]

He got into penn state stonybrook Cambridge

[warped quiver]

what’s the duals

[molten onyx]

getting the list

https://www.gs.columbia.edu/content/international-dual-degree-programs

idk why jts is considered international since it's like 5 minute walk from the columbia campus but eh

[molten onyx]

pshhh is he going to cambridge?

impressive

[somber spear]

Nah idts

He has to wait on HYPS

[molten onyx]

ah

[somber spear]

JHU

[molten onyx]

fair enough

[somber spear]

Georgetown

The big name stuff

[molten onyx]

yeye

besides 3 ivys im not rly applying to big name schools

[somber spear]

I have CMU Columbia Cornell Yale Duke for big stuff

[warped quiver]

woahh i didn’t even know those existed

[somber spear]

I only knew about trinity college Jewish theological seminary and julliard

[drifting vigil]

Any other CS kids here

[blissful minnow]

yes 😦

[drifting vigil]

Nice good luck!

[storm inlet]

columbia cs lmao

[drifting vigil]

Yep

[blissful minnow]

lol

[blissful minnow]

thx!

you got admitted in cs?

[drifting vigil]

yeah early decision

[icy wadi]

Hey Abyss

[somber spear]

Oh wtf

@icy wadi

[blissful minnow]

nice

[silent skiff]

Yeah

Columbia college though

[drifting vigil]

tbh i didn't even know columbia college had cs lmao but i'm happy to be in seas

[silent skiff]

I just preferred the CC requirements over seas

[drifting vigil]

yeah the seas core is kinda weak compared to the cc one that's more well known but I hope to get a minor in one of the operations research subfields which is in seas so I guess it works out

[stable tulip]

🤣same

[stable tulip]

Ye I learned that afterwards but I'm sorta glad now that I don't have to read like 20 books a semester

[quick isle]

hi

i was tryna do math+cs until i realized it was in CC and not SEAS

so i just went with pure cs in SEAS lol

humanities 😐

i like columbia bc it has a good mix and all

but CC is too much man

and SEAS better for research

since u can work with ohter STEM ppl more

yea theres like a modified version of core for SEAS

its still called core tho

gt fs

the only significant problem i see with uiuc atm

is the social aspect

my schools sends a ton to uiuc

hardly anyone to gt

so hard to make friends

after a while it'll be fine tho ofc but still

the initial thing

transition

yk

nah they're the same

i mean only cs prestige matters right

as long as you go to a T20 for CS (like CS rankings) u have the same opps

so like purdue, umd, ucla, etc

damn

how's purdue tho

im assuming we're talking about bay area jobs btw

bc ppl in indiana would be more familiar with purdue etc

CS tho

not politics

d. c. doesnt have a ton of tech companies right

i think

oh

yea i mean for prestige its still good right

for bay area jobs

that's all that matters lwk then

if ur not stayling local

also prestige doesnt matter a ton

but it helps fs

[warped quiver]

how is cc too much?

I applied CC for astrophysics

[quick isle]

what @jovial crypt just said

very humanities heavy imo

[warped quiver]

ok and

lmao

[quick isle]

and

ikik but

same idea for this

[warped quiver]

CC doesn’t mean ur not going to get any stem

[quick isle]

yea

that's what i was saying

so i did SEAS CS instead

oh and for UIUC

yes as well

its in like LSA

[warped quiver]

fuck gt

mid ass school

[quick isle]

COE CS 💀

i shouldn't have tbh

[tough valve]

Lol who actually likes the core 👀

[marble garden]

i love the core more schools should do that

you still get to choose your classes it’s just sooo many more options because you don’t have to stick to a set formula

[storm inlet]

@warped quiver copy

[warped quiver]

copy

i stole it from nasa

from 2010

i was the ISS

[storm inlet]

Copy

[warped quiver]

copy

[quick isle]

fake

cgi

earth is flat

stars are lights

govt is lying to u

[warped quiver]

true i actually made it

[jovial crypt]

Does anyone know when Columbia generally stops sending out interview requests? I'm hoping I don't have any more college interviews 🥲

[warped quiver]

wow that’s odd

hoping you don’t 😭

i’ve only had 2

[jovial crypt]

I've had two, I have two more this Friday.

[warped quiver]

oh i’m so sorry lmao

[jovial crypt]

🥲 I love talking to people, but there's some odd pressure to come prepared to share everything you can in as little time possible.

[chrome anvil]

Are Columbia interviews selective or just availability

Still didn’t get 😦

[jovial crypt]

Availability

[jovial crypt]

availability i didnt get one and got in

[chrome anvil]

👍

[somber spear]

I’m sad I didn’t get one yet

Like bruh I live nearby I should have gotten one smh

[thin hedge]

I am a lucky girl I am so amazing I will get a Columbia likely because im a girl boss

[warped quiver]

same

[marble garden]

yassss slay

[sly bone]

likelies are pathetic,
the president of columbia just flew to asia to hand me an invitation which was carved out of ogre skin and written in blood of a mountain troll

ofc i said no, i want him to try harder

[warped quiver]

if they don’t come to your house and recite your SSN, do they really want you?

[mint osprey]

interview in 30 mins

any last min tips?

[molten onyx]

kick ass

[mint osprey]

well thanks

my interviewer has not joined the zoom meeting yet

I’m increasingly concerned he’s forgotten

especially because he took 6 days to reply in the first place after I sent him 2 follow up emails😭

After how much time alone in this meeting should i email him to remind

[molten onyx]

is he in now @mint osprey

[mint osprey]

Yes

He joined

[molten onyx]

aight

now get off of discord and do well

[stable tulip]

howd it go?

[mint osprey]

lol so weird thing it ended up happening only for 10 mins then

and happened for an hour today morning

but TL;DR

it went really well

he asked me a lot about a transition i had from one school to another

and also a lot about economics and my interest in it

specifically a very specific idea that i talked about and he went into the entire economics behind it

so a v engaging convo on the whole

[smoky hound]

sounds like it went really well!! good job!!

[scenic jackal]

same bruh

its hurting

[winged cypress]

hello for any deferred people do u guys still see letter of continued interest and info about it on your portal

not sure if my loci went through properly

[lean ether]

Yea it’s still there for me also

[lean ether]

The only indication is that automated confirmation email after u submit it

[cinder kindle]

Was anyone offered an application extension to Columbia? I sent an email a few weeks ago and didn’t hear anything back. I sent a new email today and got this email back.

[warped quiver]

💀

why did you ask for another extension

[cinder kindle]

I didn’t ask for another extension. They never responded to the first email that I sent out weeks ago.

[warped quiver]

i see

yeah they def couldn’t have extended it for you this far

you should have sent a follow up weeks ago

[cinder kindle]

I should have sent another email earlier, you’re right. I called, but they told me to wait a bit longer because they have been receiving lots of emails recently.

[warped quiver]

unfortunately they’re a month into the decision process but you can definitely either apply next year or as a transfer if you’re dead set on columbia

otherwise i wouldn’t really bother unfortunately

[cinder kindle]

I made a few college deadlines, so I’m focusing on those. I’m not dead set on Columbia. I know it’s a reach school, so I wasn’t really planning on getting in lol. I was just interested to see if anyone else had asked for the extension and what their results were.

[winter nexus]

I was offered an automatic extension fwiw

submitted my app by the regular deadline and they gave me till the end of january to submit my writing supp

[scenic jackal]

did everyone alr recieve their portal pin

[thorny wasp]

ye

[scenic jackal]

bruh

[thorny wasp]

did u not?

[scenic jackal]

no

i emailed them too

[thorny wasp]

did u get the email from them after applying?

[scenic jackal]

yeah i got like a link

but not the pin

[thorny wasp]

yeah

u need to click reset password

and then they send u the link

[scenic jackal]

to activate

hold on

i alr made a password tho

[thorny wasp]

wdym

[winter nexus]

you don't get a pin

just reset password

[thorny wasp]

yes

where do u need a pin?

[scenic jackal]

nvm

tysm

i got the account

😭

[peak token]

guys

[warped quiver]

where would i find my temporary pin??

i was able to log into my portal prior

now it says i need a temporary pin + birthdate

nvm—got it

[tough valve]

did any intls from Ontario get columbia interviews?

none of the people i know got columbia interviews whether its SEAS or CC

💀

[hazy fractal]

yeah none from vancouver either I heard theyre rolling them out next week though

[chrome anvil]

anyone from NYC still NOT get an interview?

[radiant jacinth]

i didn't get one

and I'm from bergen county nj

[stiff talon]

Same

But Union

[chrome anvil]

👌

[slow sierra]

I'm in NYC, did ED and got one very quickly, but I don't know anyone that applied RD

your mileage may vary

[scenic jackal]

Me

[somber spear]

Me

😭

[chrome anvil]

☹️

“based on availability”

lmaoo

[hidden ravine]

columbia be slackin

[mint hemlock]

Dead chat

[mint osprey]

just like columbia campus

[prime tiger]

[jovial crypt]

tf

its so good campus

[fast forum]

Has anyone completed their interview yet? I have mine next week and I’m curious what it’s like

[wise monolith]

Hii I had my interview yesterday

It is more like a conversation, but you should be prepared for the “Why Columbia?” “Why major?” Questions

[mint hemlock]

Real question, what would columbias rank be it it submitted all info to USNWR? Surely not 18 or 2, but maybe 6? 8?

[storm inlet]

<7

[rare cairn]

still haven’t gotten an interview request 🥸

[fast forum]

Hope your interview went well and thanks! Glad to hear no curve balls or anything

[jovial crypt]

<10 >5

probabl

[storm inlet]

7

[mint hemlock]

Sounds about right. Probably better than UChi though, no?

Hopkins at 7 is crazy though

[rare cairn]

anyone here still waiting on an interview request

[storm inlet]

yes

they are done tho

[rare cairn]

💀

is it bad i didn’t get one

[thin hedge]

No

It’s based on availability

Might be worrisome if ur friends got one tho

No one in my region got one

[rare cairn]

ah

[smoky hound]

nobody ik from my area of nyc got one

which is crazy

[rare cairn]

i know a few people from my area got some

[thin hedge]

Dang I think someone else from nyc mentioned that too

It’s alr the 3 ppl IK who go to Columbia rn never got an interview

[smoky hound]

i’m literally so close to the school too

crazy

[rare cairn]

damn

[thin hedge]

Lucky

I fell in love when I visited

[rare cairn]

im not getting in anyway

[thin hedge]

It was my dream school since middle school

[rare cairn]

right

[thin hedge]

I regret not doing ED

[rare cairn]

did u ed anywhere

[smoky hound]

i think i toured the campus when it was pouring out lolll

[radiant jacinth]

lmfao me too

[thin hedge]

ya I EDed to UPenn wharton

i regret that

my parents and a couple of my friends convinced me to

[rare cairn]

it’s ok philly sucks anyway

[thin hedge]

idk why I listened

ya so true

[somber spear]

What area?

[smoky hound]

ik ppl from washington heights that didn’t get any

literally right there

im from the bronx

and nobody here either

[scenic jackal]

no one from new york got an interview yet?

[scenic jackal]

me

[thin hedge]

I want a Columbia likely so bad

[chrome anvil]

columbia sends likelies?

[thin hedge]

Yes

[radiant jacinth]

have they sent any out yet?

[thin hedge]

idts

i went on tiktok and saw ppl from last year got there’s mid March

like March 16/17/18

theirs*

[storm inlet]

Has anyone gotten an interview?

[mint osprey]

many applicants have lmao

but it's completely availability based

[scenic jackal]

bs bruh

no one from my school got it

and we're in new york

😭

did anyone from new york get it

[mint osprey]

Not bs

[mint osprey]

There probably are ppl who have

Maybe New York doesn’t have enough alumni willing to interview or maybe they’re doing the initial rounds of interview rn and may do more rounds until March

either way, I’m 100% sure it’s availability based

Cuz I’m legit intl and me and my friends got interviews and they got rejected in ED even after getting interviewed lmao

[scenic jackal]

😭stop

Okay I’ll ask around LMFAOO

[storm inlet]

Well that’s intl

Candidates who are not offered an interview are not at any disadvantage in the admissions process. Because the actual assignment of interviews is not conducted by Columbia Undergraduate Admissions, we respectfully ask that you do not call or write to inquire about receiving an interview.

Oh lmao

So it’s completely random

[mint osprey]

It is

Lmao

[lucid glen]

i just got minne today (from canada)

[scenic jackal]

anyone from new york got it yet

[chrome anvil]

Nope

[lucid glen]

me i did, just today (seas)

[tough valve]

toronto?

👀

[lucid glen]

oui

[tough valve]

tres bien 👍 bonne chance!

Merci

[blissful minnow]

too good!

[quiet sedge]

fr*nch

[rigid imp]

Is getting selected for U.S. Presidential Scholars Program worthy enough to submit a update in my portal?

[rare cairn]

yes

i’m adding that as an update too

like

“i was nominated to apply blah blah blah and i’ll hear back about my status as a semi finalist in april”

[tidal cradle]

is the financial aid deadline soft or final?

[blissful minnow]

css is due tmrw i think

that goes through college board

[tidal cradle]

i alr submitted fafsa, css and idoc

i just havent done the columbia fin aid thing through they website

is that part soft deadline?

[blissful minnow]

hmm im not sure

ik a lot of uni's let u wait until decisions day

but some dont apparently

(happened to me)

id submit asap unless u read smth official from columbia that says otherwise

[warped quiver]

soft deadline

i’d submit

[high topaz]

anyone know what to do for this?

[cyan knoll]

I’m not entirely sure, but I believe if u hover over the red caution sign/ the doc thingy towards the left side of the screen and then click on it, it should send u to the pdf for the document u need to sign

[high topaz]

thank you!

[chrome anvil]

FINALLLLY

interview req came in

woot

[blissful minnow]

yo nice

[tough valve]

I think they still sending intevriews

[opal lantern]

Do you know when they stop? I honestly thought it was too late at this point

[tough valve]

Not too sure but some people in toronto got interview this week

so I would guess until late Feb

[opal lantern]

No one in my area has gotten an interview at this point, so I'll assume we just won't get any haha.

And not to worry either, I have had too many interviews at this point.

[tough valve]

lol

I got amount of interviews that I'm satisfied, just need perform on the dartmouth senior interview and I'm content 😌

cuz others in my area arent even getting Penn interview 💀

too many people apply lmao

[opal lantern]

Wow... there's only a few students from my area that apply to UPenn so thank goodness I got an interview with them lol

[tough valve]

Penn gives most people interviews

[opal lantern]

90%, no?

[tough valve]

Yeah but depend on area too

[chrome anvil]

mine just responded, they have to be completed by next wednesday

[mint hemlock]

Haven’t gotten one 💀

As a matter of fact, I haven’t gotten an email from Penn since I applied

Haven’t gotten one from Columbia either

And Columbia keeps emailing my personal email about their pre college shit even though they have to know I’m a senior

[warped quiver]

i’ve gotten multiple from columbia

but i keep getting spammed with pre college too

[mint hemlock]

Columbia eng was the only engineering school I applied to

Apparently Columbia engineering has a higher acceptance rate too

But probably only by a little

[fresh marsh]

hello columbians

since i was rejected from nyu i am now a columbian

let us all gather around and chant the name of our creator now

[vapid venture]

Hello random person who said hi on every megathread👋

[fresh marsh]

Hello

[vapid venture]

Hi

[vapid venture]

U intl?

[fresh marsh]

Us citizen living abroad

[fast forum]

Just finished interviewing let’s gooo

[molten onyx]

how was?

[fast forum]

Actually pretty well! I was super nervous though because ngl I think I was my interviewer’s first interview since she just graduated from Columbia last semester and seemed a bit nervous herself

But I think it went smoothly despite occasional awkwardness lol but it’s expected

Yea for anyone else who is going to interview I just got asked the typical questions like tell me about yourself, why Columbia, what ec’s I’m interested in, etc.

[magic seal]

do u guys know where i can find the columbia financial aid ID

[molten onyx]

the fafsa code is 002707

if that’s what you mean

[mystic valve]

your ID is at the top of your portal

the first paragraph

[magic seal]

no no like the columbia financial aid ID they ask for in the external scholarship letter on idoc

[scenic jackal]

When is it due tho?

[thin hedge]

Me checking my inbox everyday for a likely letter ❤️🙏🏼

[sly bone]

me checking my inbox everyday for an unlikely letter

[blissful minnow]

thats hilarious

wow

u just made my day lol

[scenic jackal]

This

[mortal oriole]

Was due on 15th ig
But that's just the priority deadline
They accept rolling applications for fin aid

[chrome anvil]

Guys my interviewer isn’t here yet 🫣

In person

[mint hemlock]

Uh oh

Hopefully not another interviewer in a car wreck

[chrome anvil]

ayo what 💀

she came abt 1 min after i sent that…

standard 30 min

[mint hemlock]

I forgot what channel it was here but someone's interviewer got in a wreck on the way and was hospitalized

[chrome anvil]

oh no 🫠

[mint hemlock]

I can't find the messages anymore 😭

@chrome anvil how was your interview though?

[chrome anvil]

bro the questions were so hard 💀

i think i answered rly well tho

so hopefully good

[mint hemlock]

Damn

What were the questions like?

[chrome anvil]

one book/movie smth that changed my worldview
how am i same as my friends, how am i different
uh there were 2 other hard ones but i forgot 💀

ok maybe the friends one wasn’t the hardest i just wasn’t expecting it

[mint hemlock]

My princeton and harvard interviews were like that

[chrome anvil]

dang

[mint hemlock]

And then MIT and Stanford were easy af

[chrome anvil]

my princeton interviewer asked abt what food i are in japan 🤣

[mint hemlock]

Just questions about ECs

[chrome anvil]

ah

nice

most of mine were like that

MIT had 2 hard ones, harvard 1, yale was honestly mostly him talking abt himself which was great

[mint hemlock]

I want a Columbia interview

[chrome anvil]

NYC?

[mint hemlock]

But it's probably too late by now

[plain hull]

my columbia interview was so boss

loved the old guy

[chrome anvil]

she said she needed to get the report in by tmrw

[mint hemlock]

I'm in wisconsin so there are basically no local alums I think

[plain hull]

overseas interview so its a bit more chatty

[chrome anvil]

usually i wait a day b4 sending a thank you but i’ll do it tn

[plain hull]

london 🫡

[chrome anvil]

ah

[chrome anvil]

nicee

[fallen field]

yooo you’re a uk?

[plain hull]

yeh

well hong kong - us citizen studying in UK

its a bit messy

[fallen field]

ah nice

[warped quiver]

does everyone submit the columbia scolarship form?

i just saw it on idoc

[vapid venture]

THE WHAT

[vapid venture]

Oh wait I didn't submit the CSS profile they told me to submit the ISFAA

[warped quiver]

oh kk

yea i submitted css + idoc

[sly bone]

wait.... i didnt fill this out but the portal states all my reqd docs have been processed?

[warped quiver]

idk

[sly bone]

alr np
thanks for the reminder tho

[warped quiver]

if you can fill it out i would

[sly bone]

huh, lemme see

[errant vale]

Are you an international student?

[sly bone]

yep

[errant vale]

We do not fill it through IDOC

That's for US citizens, eligible non-citizens or undocumented students

[peak token]

why havent i gotten an interview

[stark tapir]

i dont think columbia does interviews

[plain hull]

They do

[warped quiver]

columbia interviews are availability

and tons of people get in without them

[vocal pond]

source: i made it up

[stark tapir]

i didn’t know they had them chill out

[vocal pond]

lololol

[tough valve]

What’s Columbia deferral rate

[peak token]

most kids get deferred

[fiery pike]

are columbia likelies out already>

[thin hedge]

no

[elder lintel]

is it hard to get in for psychology major undergrad as an international student

[jovial crypt]

Columbia connected me to send my financial aid documents

Are they do this to all of you or what?

[jolly bolt]

what documents

[jolly bolt]

^

[vapid venture]

It's hard to get in for any major as an international student

[elder lintel]

what would improve my chances of getting in

[hybrid vapor]

@elder lintel what are ur stats rn

[elder lintel]

GPA 3.8, havent taken SAT, i have two AP’s rn and take on planning two next year (im a junior year), ive done and am doing volunteer/community services and working on extracurriculars

[sly bone]

its hard to get in for any major as a student

[hybrid vapor]

100% take the sat and try get above the 50th percentile for columbia, you want leadership positions, participate in olympiads if you can, internships through linkedin, email professors at a university near you for research internships, take a rigorous course load, write good essays, be full pay and ED. just try your best

[sly bone]

be full pay
its not voluntary😭

[hybrid vapor]

make an nft, pump it then dump. repeat and net 400k 😄

now you can afford 4 years of columbia

[abstract pike]

(gonna post this in all ivy chats)
we’re in the home stretch people! i know it’s easy to be nervous but even if we don’t get the results we want it’ll all work out in the end. i promise ❤️

[molten onyx]

hell yeah

let’s get this shit over with

[jolly bolt]

frr

[peak token]

no interview ugh

[somber spear]

@peak token nice pfp

yale by ken carson

[peak token]

and she smart as fuck i got that bitch straight out of yale

yeah, yeah, yeah

[thin hedge]

try raising ur gpa by getting close to all As this year (it’s a fine gpa but international admissions tend to be more competitive in terms of stats). def take the SAT and aim for 1500+. it’s not in ur control but if it u don’t need fin aid or much of it then that would def help too. psych specifically, look into shadowing a psychologist, competing in Olympiad’s or related competitions, get into research and possibly published, join a mental health non profit, start a club related to psych, etc

[jovial crypt]

is ok i didnt get an interview either

and it worked out

[stable tulip]

me neither

[quick coral]

Did everyone have to add a “Columbia University Outside Scholarship and External Payment Form” to IDOC?

[jovial crypt]

I didn't

I didn't have anything to put there☠

[jolly bolt]

i did but i was wondering if it was because i indicated that i had an outside scholarship(through my honors) or if i indicated it on css or fafsa

i’m not sure tho, i forgot

because if it was through css or fafsa then that makes sense but if it’s through my honors then that means more i think

do u remember?

[quick coral]

Tbh I don't think I indicated any outside scholarships on my css or fafsa because I don't have any. Do you remember when you submitted the form?

[warped quiver]

yes

I had no outside honors/scholarships

[olive oar]

what is IDOC

[quick coral]

@warped quiver Do you remember when submitted it?

I must’ve got the message later or something.

[warped quiver]

hmm IDOC? I think 1-2 weeks ago

I got the message later on too

[somber spear]

where you submit your tax returns

[olive oar]

ohh

[quick coral]

Ohhh ok. I guess the financial aid office sent it out not too long ago then

[somber spear]

did you not do it?

💀

it was due 2/15

[warped quiver]

some people don’t qualify for finaid

[warped quiver]

no, I don’t think they’re out yet

[plucky depot]

Did anyone else here receive this?

[warped quiver]

did you just get this

[plucky depot]

It seems to be a generalized letter but last year, some people received this request and soon later they received likely letters

Yes

[somber spear]

did you apply for fin aid

?

[plucky depot]

Yes and have submitted all required docs and CSS profile

[warped quiver]

I don’t want to be speculative

I would contact finaid office asap

they don’t have your CSS

[somber spear]

^

[plucky depot]

Haha yess I know I’m emailing them now

Last year it happened the same thing that’s why

I dun have high expectations tho

Even though they sent all required docs but received the same email

[warped quiver]

i still wouldn’t be speculative

[plucky depot]

Haha fair enough

[sly bone]

since columbia is need aware for intls, idk if this would necessarily transalte into a likely, tbf they prolly just need to see your financial records while considering you
either way, i wont be seeing this as a "sign" imo

[radiant geyser]

columbia take me pls

ily

ilnyc

<3

[sly bone]

i just cant log into the "track my app" thing for columbia's fin aid

[last nimbus]

just want to get into a CUNY

[honest schooner]

2022

Columbia falsifies data and lies to boost ranking

Columbia abuses grad students by refusing to raise wages, increasing working hours and refusing to increase healthcare and childcare support resulting in a strike, yet again

2021

Columbia administration abuses grad students resulting in strike

2020

Columbia refuses to refund its students after suddenly cancelling classes during COVID, only refunded them after students have to SUE administration resulting in a 12.5 million dollar settlement

2017

Columbia administration tries to cover up rape of a graduate student, resulting in a multi million dollar settlement

2015

Columbia tries to cover up the rape of one of its undergrads, resulting in a multi million dollar settlement

2014

Columbia professor strips down in front of class

2007

Columbia refuses to allow professors to express pro-Israel views, whether you support Israel or not, Columbia was charged with limiting academic inquiry

[chrome anvil]

Bro chose violence 🫥

[marble garden]

got any pics of 2014 🤤🤤

[honest schooner]

[marble garden]

hey don’t shame

love is love ❤️

[stable tulip]

U missed the incest guy

[kind marsh]

Explain bruh

[marble garden]

new york city be new yorkin’

[somber spear]

We are a funny place

[sly bone]

plot twist: bro expects a waitlist and is tryna pull down the yield

[honest schooner]

plot twist: i didn’t apply

[sly bone]

anti-simping W

[honest schooner]

[mint osprey]

2014
wish i'd applied for fall 2010

[wispy nova]

did columbia originally ask for a tax form or am i confusing it with another school

[sly bone]

they originally did iirc

[wispy nova]

💀 i think they rejected the thing i sent originally

or smth

oh well shouldn't be a big deal

wcgw

[sly bone]

....college decision?

[wispy nova]

u see

my expectations are rock bottom