2008-2009 Columbia College of P&S Secondary Application Thread

[Morozovo]

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thanks, totally pumped, reached NJ in today's mail, and my brother texted me saying i got in

Congrats congrats congrats! Give us the deets - did they send it to your permanent or preferred address? Was it a big or small envelope?

 

[streetlight]

are you just freaking us out or are you serious?

what's the package like?? was it big or would it fit into a standard college mailbox?

no reason to mess with you, let me text my bro and ask.

 

[streetlight]

Congrats congrats congrats! Give us the deets - did they send it to your permanent or preferred address? Was it a big or small envelope?

ok he said big envelope. i made my preferred and permanent address the same (my home address) since i don't trust any sort of mail to come through my fraternity

 

[Druzie]

Okay, I'm super-happy for you, streetlight, but I must admit...

This makes me die a little inside, because I live in the city and I got nothing. 🙁

Whether or not I get something tomorrow, I am going to desperately need a drink. Thank goodness there's an office happy hour planned.

 

[chad5871]

I got in!!!!!!

Congratulations! Let the official freaking out begin!

Chad, you got this bruh! I am definitely praying for you. Just keep believing and praying! It is done! Can't wait to e-celebrate with you! God bless!

Thanks man! Nothing in today's mail, but it typically takes 2 days at least to get stuff from NYC... I'm still praying for you for Howard!

 

[ArtemisEntreri]

Nothing in upstate NY today....

 

[GeorgeCostanza]

This is my first post...ever. Every time I read the last few pages of this thread, I finish before I realize I have been accidentally holding my breath the entire time. Im down in AR so I'm not sure whether it's acceptance or rejection exactly when I'll get it. As a tangent, does anyone know why Columbia says that whether you got a 13-15 on Verbal to put 15?

 

[Bradstein]

This is my first post...ever. Every time I read the last few pages of this thread, I finish before I realize I have been accidentally holding my breath the entire time. Im down in AR so I'm not sure whether it's acceptance or rejection exactly when I'll get it. As a tangent, does anyone know why Columbia says that whether you got a 13-15 on Verbal to put 15?

Supposedly years ago the highest MCAT score for verbal was 13-15, that counted. Apparently, it had something to do with the fact that the difference between a 15 and a 14 or 13 was one or two questions? So I guess Columbia just behind the times.

 

[scarletgirl777]

Why are you so nervous? I thought you had decided on NYU?

I'm not even sure Columbia is my first choice (my high school self would be shocked at that) and I can't help but be nervous because of the neuroticism!

 

[sleepypanda]

I've been lurking for a week now, trying to figure out when we're all going to hear back from Columbia. Literally, I've been checking this thread 20 times a day. I makes me feel slightly better knowing that other people out there are going just as crazy as I am. Gah, I'm not even sure Columbia is where I want to go, but it's the last school I'm waiting to hear back from and I feel like the suspense is making me want it more than I actually do...

 

[LovelyMD]

Just stopping by to say good luck!!

 

[quirks]

Just stopping by to say good luck!!

Thanks! I'm so nervous! I could potentially get something in the mail tomorrow (I'm in CT; not far from NYC). I'm going to try to focus at work and get done early so I can rush home and check my mail. I debated giving my boyfriend my mail key and asking him to check around 3 or 4, but if he's busy and doesn't get around to it, then I could come home and not be able to check my mail at all which would be awful.

If there's nothing there at all, or if there's bad news, I will drown my sorrows in Ben & Jerry's ice cream (Americone dream, which is awesome, and Mission to Marzipan, which is eh). And maybe dip into some of the leftover liqueurs I made for Christmas... 🙂

 

[ArtemisEntreri]

That's it, I decided that we're all getting in! It's going to happen! We'll find out soon!



......right? 🙄

 

[Druzie]

Honestly, we've bonded so much in our mutual agony that we're almost like a class already. Only natural that they should take all of us! 😀

 

[pianola]

Yeah. I guess we'll see...

I guess today and tomorrow are the days to be looking out for letters of acceptance if they were sent out Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

[oneandonlylo]

My whole family is heading out of town tomorrow, so if nothing comes today, I'm screwed lol 🙂

 

[RedTurpentine]

Hm, I don't understand P&S' wish to "personalize" the decision process like this...

If you get accepted, then you hardly care how you were accepted. On the other hand, if you get rejected/WL, then this is some strange sort of consolation: "We respect you as a person and took a lot of time and effort learning who you are in order to determine that...we don't want to accept you."

Personally, I'd prefer to be rejected on impersonal terms! 😛

 

[streetlight]

idk what everyone means by "personalize". my acceptance letter didn't have much personalized on it. on the otherhand, michigan's had specific details why they accepted me (and the turnaround time was like a week!). so i also don't see the correlation between personalization and decision time.

 

[RedTurpentine]

idk what everyone means by "personalize". my acceptance letter didn't have much personalized on it. on the otherhand, michigan's had specific details why they accepted me (and the turnaround time was like a week!). so i also don't see the correlation between personalization and decision time.

From what I read here (of course, that must be several pages back by now!), I understood that Columbia's desire to keep things "personal" (whatever their definition of that is) accounts for their reliance solely on snail-mail to distribute decisions.

Of course, I admit to taking liberties with that basic fact in my rant. 😀

 

[streetlight]

From what I read here (of course, that must be several pages back by now!), I understood that Columbia's desire to keep things "personal" (whatever their definition of that is) corresponds to their reliance solely on snail-mail to distribute decisions.

Of course, I admit to taking liberties with that basic assumption in my rant. 😀

haha cool got it, im just basing this off of what my mom scanned in yesterday for me to see (just the letter), but maybe there was other stuff in the big package that was personalized towards me, i haven't seen it yet. or maybe there's just nothing special so i got the generic letter 🙂

 

[MilkmanAl]

I think the personalization thing was just a poor interpretation of the mailing process. There's nothing even remotely personal about the admissions dean mechanically signing a stack of form letters. Calling you to inform you of your acceptance, sure. Form letter, not so much.

 

[Druzie]

idk what everyone means by "personalize". my acceptance letter didn't have much personalized on it. on the otherhand, michigan's had specific details why they accepted me (and the turnaround time was like a week!). so i also don't see the correlation between personalization and decision time.

I think it's a misconception that originated in things like letters from Dean Frantz thanking applicants for their thank you letters. And I think it has been blown out of proportion by some *ahem* starry-eyed applicants that have idealized Columbia. 🙄 😀

My letter from Emory had a handwritten "Congratulations, [my name]!" on it, which was very nice, though who knows whose handwriting it is?

Let's be honest, it doesn't get more personal than a phone call.

 

[Timberwolf]

If posting here increases my luck this afternoon, might as well... (in which case chad would have 99.9% chance of acceptance). Who else might take off work a little early today?

 

[Tiare208]

Ugh I'm out of town today, but I doubt the letters will get to CA yet anyway.

 

[onewish]

If posting here increases my luck this afternoon, might as well... (in which case chad would have 99.9% chance of acceptance). Who else might take off work a little early today?

if this is the case i'll post more here lol. i won't find out until next week but somehow knowing that my letter is on the way makes me really nervous! good luck everyone!

 

[sflo]

i have been a lurker on the columbia thread but i GOT INNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! BY FAR MY TOP CHOICE AND IM GOINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaha ughh there is nota better feeling after all the hard work. goodluck everyone. Ps right now im living upstate in rockland about 30 minutes from nyc.

 

[MightyChip26]

i have been a lurker on the columbia thread but i GOT INNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! BY FAR MY TOP CHOICE AND IM GOINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaha ughh there is nota better feeling after all the hard work. goodluck everyone. Ps right now im living upstate in rockland about 30 minutes from nyc.

AH! So jealous Sflo, but I also know how much you wanted it and how much you deserve it. Congratulations, man!

Btw, can you give us the approximate dimensions of the package? (for mailbox purposes)

 

[sflo]

thanks mighty chip i hope u get it too ur pretty stellar so i would not be surprised. Im off now to the doctor to run errands. Im gona be in this euphoric mood all day!

 

[Druzie]

i have been a lurker on the columbia thread but i GOT INNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!! BY FAR MY TOP CHOICE AND IM GOINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaha ughh there is nota better feeling after all the hard work. goodluck everyone. Ps right now im living upstate in rockland about 30 minutes from nyc.

Yay!!!!!! Congrats! 😀

(I've got butterflies again after reading this.)

 

[Dr Lyss]

thanks mighty chip i hope u get it too ur pretty stellar so i would not be surprised. Im off now to the doctor to run errands. Im gona be in this euphoric mood all day!

congrats sflo!!! ahhhh! That is awesome... although i feel bad you are stuck in Rockland. This place is so boring haha. Congrats on Columbia you deserved it!

 

[What up doc]

thanks mighty chip i hope u get it too ur pretty stellar so i would not be surprised. Im off now to the doctor to run errands. Im gona be in this euphoric mood all day!

good ish sflo....im hopin 2 get that fat envelop too...P&S is soooo sexi

 

[stixx]

Accepted! I assumed that since I'm in Canada it would take at least a week or so to get to me...but they fed-exed it!

Good luck everyone!

 

[Morozovo]

Accepted! I assumed that since I'm in Canada it would take at least a week or so to get to me...but they fed-exed it!

Good luck everyone!

Congrats! That's amazing! Wouldn't it be interesting if P&S purposefully did the mailing so that most accepted students would get their letters on the same day? E.g. waiting to send the local letters until a few days after the longer distance letters, FedExing the super distant ones...? Maybe?

 

[DL611954]

waitlist (list of alternates)

wahoo!!!

 

[Roastbeef]

Hey, congrats on those who got in...
I'm in the midwest, do you think we'll be getting our letters today? Or are most of you letter-receivers East Coasters?

I'm Freakin OUT

 

[Tiare208]

waitlist (list of alternates)

wahoo!!!

You already got that letter???? Where do you live?

 

[ydtiyupi]

Accepted! I assumed that since I'm in Canada it would take at least a week or so to get to me...but they fed-exed it!

Good luck everyone!

Congrats!

Ahhh!

Yes DL, where are these waitlist letters reaching today??

 

[DL611954]

40 min from Columbia

 

[Druzie]

Mail came.

Nothing.

🙁

I think I need a roll of cookie dough.

 

[Anatidae]

This is the problem with being on the west coast. I get more and more anxious by the day and there's no reprieve for at least another week 🙁

everyone!

 

[DL611954]

to be completely honest, i fell out of love with Columbia almost instantly on interview day, so this isn't such a low blow for me. come back to me in another month when i get my Penn decision, and THEN there will be major depression if it doesn't go as planned ;-)

don't think i'll be mailing in Columbia's wait list form. it is a great school though, and congrats to those accepted.

 

[blurryLines]

to be completely honest, i fell out of love with Columbia almost instantly on interview day, so this isn't such a low blow for me. come back to me in another month when i get my Penn decision, and THEN there will be major depression if it doesn't go as planned ;-)

don't think i'll be mailing in Columbia's wait list form. it is a great school though, and congrats to those accepted.

I haven't heard back yet, but I feel exactly the same way about Columbia and Penn. Still, this thread has increased my nervousness and neuroticism about the Columbia descisions exponentially.

Congrats to everyone getting acceptances and GL to the rest of us who are still waiting

 

[onewish]

Congrats!

Ahhh!

Yes DL, where are these waitlist letters reaching today??

congrats! wow so u got it even in Canada! i haven't checked my mailbox today but i'm expecting a mental roller coaster real soon...

 

[harate09]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy in.

Congratulations to all who got the good news.

 

[daybed]

to be completely honest, i fell out of love with Columbia almost instantly on interview day, so this isn't such a low blow for me. come back to me in another month when i get my Penn decision, and THEN there will be major depression if it doesn't go as planned ;-)

don't think i'll be mailing in Columbia's wait list form. it is a great school though, and congrats to those accepted.

yayyy! congrats to you DL! where are you? plz say westcoast!

 

[linguini]

Congrats to all accepted!

My mail is still being sent to my parent's house (where I no longer live) and they are out of town for the weekend! It will be a long wait until Monday when they get back.

 

[quirks]

I couldn't sleep a full night last night. But while I was asleep, I dreamed that I got in (Chad got in too... I can't believe you infiltrated my dreams!) but then I woke up all worried that I was jinxing myself or something and couldn't get back to sleep.

Ugh, four more hours at work. My boyfriend's too busy to go check my mail before I get home. I only live 15 minutes away... I'd run home just to look and then come back if I didn't have a lot to do this afternoon.

I live two hours away. If they sent it on Tuesday, I should get it today.

 

[drjm1]

Those of you accepted.... did you guys write a LOI to Dean Frantz after your interview?

 

[Morozovo]

Wow, I am getting zero work done because I keep refreshing this page! The anticipation feels amazing! Has anyone in New England gotten anything in the mail?

 

[Druzie]

I couldn't sleep a full night last night. But while I was asleep, I dreamed that I got in (Chad got in too... I can't believe you infiltrated my dreams!) but then I woke up all worried that I was jinxing myself or something and couldn't get back to sleep.

Ugh, four more hours at work. My boyfriend's too busy to go check my mail before I get home. I only live 15 minutes away... I'd run home just to look and then come back if I didn't have a lot to do this afternoon.

I live two hours away. If they sent it on Tuesday, I should get it today.

Haha I had that dream two weekends ago (back when we thought they were sending decisions out on the last Friday of February). I dreamt that I got in. Then I woke up, freaked out, went back to sleep, and dreamt that I'd dreamt that I'd gotten in and that I in fact was still waiting, waiting, waiting, but pretty sure I'd been rejected.

Hmm basically like I'm doing right now.
Maybe I never woke up.