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I think Bard should be the least of anyone's worries when attending Columbia -- I don't expect that most people live there for more than a year, if at all. If I choose Columbia, I'll just try to get into the Towers or get an apartment.

Whatever, guys!! Bard is craaaazy cheap. And you'll be in Med School. In NEW YORK. You won't spend any real time in your room anyway. I'm probably going to end up there myself. Did I mention it's cheap? 🙂 Just sayin'.

Go Bard! Go Columbia!!! 😀

That's all.
 
Bard Hall also seemed a little rough - I'd like to be able to cook, and the 1 kitchen:however many floors setup is kind of disappointing. Any current students care to share their experience with this?

I know of one student who is a cooking enthusiast and lived in Bard when he was a first year. One of my friends who goes there once joked that his room sometimes looked more like a kitchen than a dorm room. haha. Sorry I don't have details about what he actually did, but if a cooking enthusiast can get by, so can you! 🙂
 
for me, the only problem is that most of my first year friends are female...do they do co-ed rooms in the towers? i didn't get to do the whole tour...

My female tourguide was also a first-year and managed to get into towers because she knew a fourth-year who was vacating his room to do away rotations. The towers rooms were quite nice, more like real apartments than the singles in Bard. One nice thing about Bard is how social it is. The Columbia class seemed really tight.
 
Well, the flat envelope was not a Columbia acceptance afterall. In fact, it was not from Columbia at all. It was a love-letter (actually a "thinking of you package" from Wash U). So, the wait continues, but one would have to expect a rejection at this late date.
 
i'm a first year at columbia, we have wireless in bard now. seriously, bard is awesome, we have a lot of fun, too much sometimes, and if you need study help, you walk 10 steps. and as far as course materials online, columbia is more than adequate. i lean on the online course materials to pass exams. those accepted, come for second look, we have some sweet stuff planned so i've heard.
 
i'm a first year at columbia, we have wireless in bard now. seriously, bard is awesome, we have a lot of fun, too much sometimes, and if you need study help, you walk 10 steps. and as far as course materials online, columbia is more than adequate. i lean on the online course materials to pass exams. those accepted, come for second look, we have some sweet stuff planned so i've heard.

unfortunately, i won't be able to make it to second look 🙁

i've been living in the real world for almost two years now...so i'm pretty *spoiled*. is the kitchen situation in bard as bad as it looks? i mean, one fridge and one stove for an entire building? doesn't it get crowded?

don't get me wrong. i loved everything about p&s (especially the people). i guess it's easy to focus on the things i was more worried about...
 
I got the impression that there weren't a lot of curricular resources, histology slides, etc. online. It sounds like you know something that I don't, though - can you explain the reference to "downloading the material"?

Bard Hall also seemed a little rough - I'd like to be able to cook, and the 1 kitchen:however many floors setup is kind of disappointing. Any current students care to share their experience with this?

Thank you! - and :luck: to all!

Hmmm... well, I don't know much more about their online resources, but my impression from my tour was that they were quite good.

Well, pjl2505 seems to think they're good enough in the online resource department.
 
there are actually TWO stoves and TWO fridges in the same kitchen. in all seriousness, i've never had trouble cooking in the kitchen, which i do maybe once or twice a week. i have my own fridge in my room, which i'd recommend. the common fridges smell a little funny sometimes. they're supposed to be building another kitchen on the third floor as well. as far as online stuff goes, all slide are posted and any other pertinent course info., all lectures are annotated for our second most time consuming class (SB), HD lectures are transcribed by a girl in our class, which is huge, and class websites have any other material you need to fill in the gaps. the problem with med school is not not having enough study aids (does that make sense?), but figuring out which ones work for you. hope this helps.
 
there are actually TWO stoves and TWO fridges in the same kitchen. in all seriousness, i've never had trouble cooking in the kitchen, which i do maybe once or twice a week. i have my own fridge in my room, which i'd recommend. the common fridges smell a little funny sometimes. they're supposed to be building another kitchen on the third floor as well. as far as online stuff goes, all slide are posted and any other pertinent course info., all lectures are annotated for our second most time consuming class (SB), HD lectures are transcribed by a girl in our class, which is huge, and class websites have any other material you need to fill in the gaps. the problem with med school is not not having enough study aids (does that make sense?), but figuring out which ones work for you. hope this helps.

thanks! it definitely does...
 
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Okay, so I am kind of confused now. I just called the admissions office to make sure my update letter I sent a few weeks ago was with my application and was told "I can't check right now because the applications are with the committee. Decisions should be mailed out this week." What does that mean? Its way to early for decisions on the waitlist.
 
another 1st year P & Ser here. just wanted to add my voice about the technology thing, because i got the same impression on my interview here last year (that they were nonexistent). i was pleased to find when i came here that my impression was way off.

they're actually QUITE good. all the lectures are recorded, and some pertinent ones (such as neuroanatomy) are videotaped. there are some phenomenal online atlases for histology, anatomy and neuroanatomy designed by our instructors here and made specifically for columbia students that the whole class relies on. old exams are posted for us to use to study. in our physiology course, not only are the lectures recorded, but the lecturers will also sit down and record a 20 minute, truncated lecture timed with the slides going over the most important information from each slide.

in addition, before every exam block, the 2nd years hold study sessions for the 1st years to review all the lectures and provide us with an indispensable study packet to help guide our pre-exam study efforts. it's really remarkable.

our physiology instructor has also designed his own online simulators for renal, cardio, and pulmonary, which i have secretly provided to students at other med schools because they are so useful. he also will frequently host "online office hours" from his home where he'll go over the simulators via online conferencing with us and answer any questions we may have. we also do that interactive clicky thing during many lectures to keep us active and awake.

also -- there is now wireless in bard.

so yeah, don't let the seeming lack of technology spook you. as pjl said, there is more than enough provided to allow us to succeed. and if you take advantage of them you will have no problem succeeding.
 
another 1st year P & Ser here. just wanted to add my voice about the technology thing, because i got the same impression on my interview here last year (that they were nonexistent). i was pleased to find when i came here that my impression was way off.

they're actually QUITE good. all the lectures are recorded, and some pertinent ones (such as neuroanatomy) are videotaped. there are some phenomenal online atlases for histology, anatomy and neuroanatomy designed by our instructors here and made specifically for columbia students that the whole class relies on. old exams are posted for us to use to study. in our physiology course, not only are the lectures recorded, but the lecturers will also sit down and record a 20 minute, truncated lecture timed with the slides going over the most important information from each slide.

in addition, before every exam block, the 2nd years hold study sessions for the 1st years to review all the lectures and provide us with an indispensable study packet to help guide our pre-exam study efforts. it's really remarkable.

our physiology instructor has also designed his own online simulators for renal, cardio, and pulmonary, which i have secretly provided to students at other med schools because they are so useful. he also will frequently host "online office hours" from his home where he'll go over the simulators via online conferencing with us and answer any questions we may have. we also do that interactive clicky thing during many lectures to keep us active and awake.

also -- there is now wireless in bard.

so yeah, don't let the seeming lack of technology spook you. as pjl said, there is more than enough provided to allow us to succeed. and if you take advantage of them you will have no problem succeeding.

Wow.
 
To any current P&S students, are the first two years graded P/F?
 
To any current P&S students, are the first two years graded P/F?

I'm not a current student, but I remember this from the tour. The first year is P/F. The second year is H/P/F. I think 15% get honors.
 
I'm not a current student, but I remember this from the tour. The first year is P/F. The second year is H/P/F. I think 15% get honors.
Thank you, Dienekes. All I remember from the (abbreviated?) tour we got was seeing the 2nd-year apartment-style housing. Then again I had, like, 6 interviews that day, so out of sheer exhaustion I blocked most of it out of my memory. 😛 😳
 
there's talk of our class being P/F next year, if not us, i would think you guys would have to be. our reps spoke with deans, and we had a first year survey, and our class was overwhelmingly in favor of it. the administration is very receptive to what we want.
 
there's talk of our class being P/F next year, if not us, i would think you guys would have to be. our reps spoke with deans, and we had a first year survey, and our class was overwhelmingly in favor of it. the administration is very receptive to what we want.

Amazing.

I also heard that the administration shelled out like $10,000 for course binders...
 
OK, so the mail from Columbia actually arrives in my son's college mail box today, and it is a




Waitlist! Go figure

(he has acceptances at Wash U and UCSD)
 
anyone finish financial aid stuff?
 
anyone finish financial aid stuff?


I've been working on it like mad for the past few days. I hope to get it out tomorrow or the next day. Such a pain! I had way more fun filling out AMCAS and secondaries :scared: FAFSA is fine, but this Need Access thing is beast.
 
I've been working on it like mad for the past few days. I hope to get it out tomorrow or the next day. Such a pain! I had way more fun filling out AMCAS and secondaries :scared: FAFSA is fine, but this Need Access thing is beast.


I laugh in the face of Need Access. Trying filling out the International student forms and seeing the kinda stuff they ask you.
 
I've been working on it like mad for the past few days. I hope to get it out tomorrow or the next day. Such a pain! I had way more fun filling out AMCAS and secondaries :scared: FAFSA is fine, but this Need Access thing is beast.

do we need to turn in that pink paper with all those activities on it or just need access + fafsa?
 
do we need to turn in that pink paper with all those activities on it or just need access + fafsa?


I'm considering it required. Depending on your responses to the questionnaire (sp?), you may be eligible for additional scholarship money. It doesn't take that much time to fill out.
 
I've been working on it like mad for the past few days. I hope to get it out tomorrow or the next day. Such a pain! I had way more fun filling out AMCAS and secondaries :scared: FAFSA is fine, but this Need Access thing is beast.

Crap. I'm about to finish the FAFSA and haven't even started the Need Access thing. We have 'til March 20th, right...???

Are you guys definitely going to Columbia? 🙂
 
🙁 Sorry. This process is so random...

Congrats to your son on his phenomenal acceptances!!! Of those two, which do you think your son will choose? Or will he stay on the Columbia waitlist and hope to be accepted in May?

OK, so the mail from Columbia actually arrives in my son's college mail box today, and it is a




Waitlist! Go figure

(he has acceptances at Wash U and UCSD)
 
Crap. I'm about to finish the FAFSA and haven't even started the Need Access thing. We have 'til March 20th, right...???

Are you guys definitely going to Columbia? 🙂


I hope we have until March 20 because we just sent our taxes to the accountant in my family. I hope they finish them in time so I can complete all those forms!! :scared:

I'm honestly on the fence with Columbia. Its going to come down to second looks between Columbia and two other schools. Also financial aid will be another factor to consider.
 
I hope we have until March 20 because we just sent our taxes to the accountant in my family. I hope they finish them in time so I can complete all those forms!! :scared:

I'm honestly on the fence with Columbia. Its going to come down to second looks between Columbia and two other schools. Also financial aid will be another factor to consider.

On the fence?! 😱 Nooooo...!!!

No need to be mysterious about the other schools. I've seen you posting in the UCLA and Cornell threads. 🙂
 
Hey everybody, figured i'd register and chime in. Got my acceptance packet to P&S last week. Liked it a lot, but am in the fence between it and a few other schools. Who else is going back for revisit weekend?😎
 
On the fence?! 😱 Nooooo...!!!

No need to be mysterious about the other schools. I've seen you posting in the UCLA and Cornell threads. 🙂

My cover is blown. 😉

Stalker! 😛

I guess you're 100% on Columbia?
 
not 100% sure about columbia yet, waiting to hear back from a few more places and of course, revisit weekenddd
 
It is hard to say how this will all play out for him. After all of his interviews, Harvard emerged as his true first choice. He was equally impressed with Columbia and Wash U. and will stay on Columbia's WL depending on the outcome of the Harvard decision.

He just decided to decline an interview at OHSU, and withdrew from JHU and USC.

The smart money for him is on Wash U.
 
My cover is blown. 😉

Stalker! 😛

I guess you're 100% on Columbia?

I am eleventy-million% sure I'm going to Columbia. 🙂

It is hard to say how this will all play out for him. After all of his interviews, Harvard emerged as his true first choice. He was equally impressed with Columbia and Wash U. and will stay on Columbia's WL depending on the outcome of the Harvard decision.

He just decided to decline an interview at OHSU, and withdrew from JHU and USC.

The smart money for him is on Wash U.

Wow. I get the feeling that he might have a really good chance at the big H if he has already scored acceptances at Hopkins and WashU... good luck to him! :luck:
 
Thanks, he know he is already very fortunate to have the choices he does. And enjoy yourself in the greatest city in the world.
 
Acceptance:
dienekes88 03-01-2008, 11:25 AM Manhattan, New York
Halcyon440 03-01-2008, 1:36 PM Westchester, New York
LovelyMD 03-01-2008, 1:52 PM Brooklyn, New York
Zanzobar 03-01-2008, 03:43 PM “an hour outside Manhattan”
Runner585 03-03-2008, 11:24 AM Manhattan, New York (?)
Dr OCD 03-03-2008, 1:37 PM Manhattan, New York (?)
Dartgirl85 03-03-2008, 02:05 PM New Hampshire
MichPremed08 03-03-2008, 02:08 PM Michigan
royald 03-03-2008, 03:03 PM, Baltimore, Maryland
MsJLewis 03-03-2008, 05:06 PM, Manhattan, New York (?)
nomoreplz 03-03-2008, 03:42 PM Austin, Texas
LuoYing 03-03-2008, 06:12 PM Portland, Oregon
In Vino Veritas 03-03-2008, 06:31 PM Washington, D.C
AffrWMohandas 03-03-2008, 06:36 PM Virginia
Wombat Jones 03-03-2008, 06:44 PM “Rocky Mountain Region”
Snips McCool 03-03-2008, 06:45 PM Seattle, Washington
QTCL13 03-03-2008, 06:49 PM New Jersey
studyin 03-03-2008, 07:45 PM “San Francisco Bay Area”
largeman 03-03-2008, 07:56 PM New York City
anomop 03-03-2008, 08:42 PM "Los Angeles area”
finallygavein 03-03-2008, 09:23 PM North Carolina
mmmapricots 03-03-2008, 09:43 PM, "West of the Mississippi"
07mccattaker 03-03-2008, 10:19 PM Vermont
sunkisst30 03-03-2008, 01:56 PM Cambridge, Massachusetts
med007 03-04-2008, 02:52 PM Boston, Massachusetts
ohsekw (?), (?) (?)
Et2O (?), (?) (?)

Waitlist:
cbgb 03-03-2008, 10:33 AM Rockland County, New York
DulyNoted 03-03-2008, 01:54 PM Alabama
FutureDoc4 03-03-2008, 04:11 PM Boston, Massachusetts
ess 03-03-2008, 06:15 PM Washington, D.C.
redsoxdoc 03-03-2008, 09:41 PM Hartford, CT
DrOptomist 03-03-2008, 10:02 PM "Southern California"
jackson123 03-04-2008, 09:18 AM
SBBunny 03-04-2008, 01:55 PM
A Wall 03-04-2008, 09:07 PM New York, New York
illixir 03-04-2008, 09:10 PM "Chicago area"
timcheng00 03-05-2008, 09:26 AM Massachusetts NOTE: postmarked 2/29
Jingalicious 03-05-2008, 01:38 PM New Haven, Connecticut NOTE: postmarked 2/29
Patsfan12 03-05-2008, 02:19 PM Connecticut
songdoc82 03-05-2008, 02:56 PM Hartford, Connecticut
flaka04 03-05-2008, 03:15 PM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SilkyDelicious 03-05-2008, 03:33 PM Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
RPedigo 03-05-2008, 03:33 PM Riverside, California
BigRedPremed 03-05-2008, 05:35 PM (?)
SnoPearl 03-05-2008, 05:53 PM Cambridge, Massachusetts NOTE: postmarked 2/29
jaromic 03-05-2008, 05:54 PM Boston, Massachusetts NOTE: postmarked 2/29
hope08 03-05-2008, 05:59 PM Boston, Massachusetts
NeuroFreak22 03-05-2008, 06:00 PM Syracuse, New York
LibCRug 03-05-2008, 06:20 PM Santa Barbara, California
greetings123 03-05-2008, 06:28 PM Boston, Massachusetts
DrBreeze 03-05-2008, 07:56 PM (?)
ChristianJames1 03-05-2008, 09:07 PM San Diego, California
sleepy007 03-05-2008, 09:27 PM Ithaca, New York NOTE: postmarked 2/29
USC2008Trojan 03-05-2008, (?) Los Angeles, California
toughcookies 03-06-2008, Illinois NOTE: postmarked 2/29
s08 03-06-2008, 02:17 PM (?)
Aussiebabe 03-06-2008, 02:41 PM Idaho NOTE: postmarked 2/29
nata723 03-06-2008, 04:23 PM Tennessee
waiting13 03-06-2008, 06:18 PM Montreal NOTE: postmarked 2/29
Magnolia85 03-06-2008, 07:26 PM Mississippi
Monkey House 03-06-2008, Southern California
Kuhlguy 03-06-2008, 09:37 PM (?)
BurnEmUpBears 03-06-2008, 10:09 PM, "Bay Area"
enigmaticsea 03-08-2008, 09:45 AM Boston, Massachussets
xyz321 03-08-2008, 10:12 PM "California"
"BoneDoctorDaddy's son"

Rejection:
IcePanda 03-05-2008, 06:51 PM New York, New York (but has Cornell acceptance!)
Nirazila 03-07-2008, 07:45 PM Baltimore County, Maryland
eagles1303-08-2008, 10:33 AM NOTE: postmarked 3/6
1956Goldtop
03-08-2008, 03:34 PM (?)
DrunkMD 03-08-2008, 08:32 PM (?)
 
Acceptance:
dienekes88 03-01-2008, 11:25 AM Manhattan, New York
Halcyon440 03-01-2008, 1:36 PM Westchester, New York
LovelyMD 03-01-2008, 1:52 PM Brooklyn, New York
Zanzobar 03-01-2008, 03:43 PM “an hour outside Manhattan”
Runner585 03-03-2008, 11:24 AM Manhattan, New York (?)
Dr OCD 03-03-2008, 1:37 PM Manhattan, New York (?)
Dartgirl85 03-03-2008, 02:05 PM New Hampshire
MichPremed08 03-03-2008, 02:08 PM Michigan
royald 03-03-2008, 03:03 PM, Baltimore, Maryland
MsJLewis 03-03-2008, 05:06 PM, Manhattan, New York (?)
nomoreplz 03-03-2008, 03:42 PM Austin, Texas
LuoYing 03-03-2008, 06:12 PM Portland, Oregon
In Vino Veritas 03-03-2008, 06:31 PM Washington, D.C
AffrWMohandas 03-03-2008, 06:36 PM Virginia
Wombat Jones 03-03-2008, 06:44 PM “Rocky Mountain Region”
Snips McCool 03-03-2008, 06:45 PM Seattle, Washington
QTCL13 03-03-2008, 06:49 PM New Jersey
studyin 03-03-2008, 07:45 PM “San Francisco Bay Area”
largeman 03-03-2008, 07:56 PM New York City
anomop 03-03-2008, 08:42 PM "Los Angeles area”
finallygavein 03-03-2008, 09:23 PM North Carolina
mmmapricots 03-03-2008, 09:43 PM, "West of the Mississippi"
07mccattaker 03-03-2008, 10:19 PM Vermont
sunkisst30 03-03-2008, 01:56 PM Cambridge, Massachusetts
med007 03-04-2008, 02:52 PM Boston, Massachusetts
ohsekw (?), (?) (?)
Et2O (?), (?) (?)

Waitlist:
cbgb 03-03-2008, 10:33 AM Rockland County, New York
DulyNoted 03-03-2008, 01:54 PM Alabama
FutureDoc4 03-03-2008, 04:11 PM Boston, Massachusetts
ess 03-03-2008, 06:15 PM Washington, D.C.
redsoxdoc 03-03-2008, 09:41 PM Hartford, CT
DrOptomist 03-03-2008, 10:02 PM "Southern California"
jackson123 03-04-2008, 09:18 AM
SBBunny 03-04-2008, 01:55 PM
A Wall 03-04-2008, 09:07 PM New York, New York
illixir 03-04-2008, 09:10 PM "Chicago area"
timcheng00 03-05-2008, 09:26 AM Massachusetts NOTE: postmarked 2/29
Jingalicious 03-05-2008, 01:38 PM New Haven, Connecticut NOTE: postmarked 2/29
Patsfan12 03-05-2008, 02:19 PM Connecticut
songdoc82 03-05-2008, 02:56 PM Hartford, Connecticut
flaka04 03-05-2008, 03:15 PM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SilkyDelicious 03-05-2008, 03:33 PM Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
RPedigo 03-05-2008, 03:33 PM Riverside, California
BigRedPremed 03-05-2008, 05:35 PM (?)
SnoPearl 03-05-2008, 05:53 PM Cambridge, Massachusetts NOTE: postmarked 2/29
jaromic 03-05-2008, 05:54 PM Boston, Massachusetts NOTE: postmarked 2/29
hope08 03-05-2008, 05:59 PM Boston, Massachusetts
NeuroFreak22 03-05-2008, 06:00 PM Syracuse, New York
LibCRug 03-05-2008, 06:20 PM Santa Barbara, California
greetings123 03-05-2008, 06:28 PM Boston, Massachusetts
DrBreeze 03-05-2008, 07:56 PM (?)
ChristianJames1 03-05-2008, 09:07 PM San Diego, California
sleepy007 03-05-2008, 09:27 PM Ithaca, New York NOTE: postmarked 2/29
USC2008Trojan 03-05-2008, (?) Los Angeles, California
toughcookies 03-06-2008, Illinois NOTE: postmarked 2/29
s08 03-06-2008, 02:17 PM (?)
Aussiebabe 03-06-2008, 02:41 PM Idaho NOTE: postmarked 2/29
nata723 03-06-2008, 04:23 PM Tennessee
waiting13 03-06-2008, 06:18 PM Montreal NOTE: postmarked 2/29
Magnolia85 03-06-2008, 07:26 PM Mississippi
Monkey House 03-06-2008, Southern California
Kuhlguy 03-06-2008, 09:37 PM (?)
BurnEmUpBears 03-06-2008, 10:09 PM, "Bay Area"
aanihc 03-07-2008, 11:00 AM, "Bay Area"
enigmaticsea 03-08-2008, 09:45 AM Boston, Massachussets
xyz321 03-08-2008, 10:12 PM "California"
"BoneDoctorDaddy's son"

Rejection:
IcePanda 03-05-2008, 06:51 PM New York, New York (but has Cornell acceptance!)
Nirazila 03-07-2008, 07:45 PM Baltimore County, Maryland
eagles1303-08-2008, 10:33 AM NOTE: postmarked 3/6
1956Goldtop
03-08-2008, 03:34 PM (?)
DrunkMD 03-08-2008, 08:32 PM (?)
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I'm hoping someone can set me straight here...

...Maybe I'm just daft today, but where the heck am I supposed to get Estimated Income and Expenses numbers for 2008 from? Just guess based on what they were for 2007?
 
I'm hoping someone can set me straight here...

...Maybe I'm just daft today, but where the heck am I supposed to get Estimated Income and Expenses numbers for 2008 from? Just guess based on what they were for 2007?

Yeah, I just guessed based on 2007.
 
Yo If you want my information:

Mount Vernon, Ohio
acceptance received 3/3/08 ~4 PM
 
Hey does anyone know when the wait-list at Columbia will start being filled?
 
Hey does anyone know when the wait-list at Columbia will start being filled?

From past waitlist threads, it looks like waitlist movement starts (very slowly) in late April. It picks up some speed in early/mid May.

If you're on the waitlist, write Dean Frantz a couple letters! Good luck! :luck:
 
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