2016-2017 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Application Thread

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dr.Breezy said:
Anyone think calls might go out today?


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I doubt it since they usually send out portal updates a day after calls (not sure they would do that on a Saturday) and it sounds like everything was shut down there yesterday with the snow. That being said I'm definitely hoping calls do come out.


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Fortyfive said:
All this praise is making me want to read some of his work haha

Which one should I start with?
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I definitely think start with his book "a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again" which is a collection of his essays and then if you like his writing you could take on the tour de force that is Infinite Jest
 
Woodbro Chillson BROTUS said:
I definitely think start with his book "a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again" which is a collection of his essays and then if you like his writing you could take on the tour de force that is Infinite Jest
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His essay Authority and American Usage is my all time favorite essay--I bonded with my Pritzker interviewer about it! It's pretty dense though (it'll make you a grammar/style nerd), and I think "Big Red Son" really epitomizes how hilarious and brutal he can be. But Infinite Jest is obviously his magnum opus and my fav book.
 
Probably should know within the hour if they're calling today
 
billbillbillbill said:
Sooo @WedgeDawg @PS2020 any inside info on whether or not they're going to announce decisions today?


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Same as Wedgedawg. 0 inside info. But I can make an effort and inquire on Monday after our exam. Last year I received the email to "update my file" on 2/5/16 at around 9:30AM and received my decision email on 2/12/16 before noon (stating that the decision update is in the portal). We are approaching that time now. I really do think that next week will be a big one for you guys. Stay strong and enjoy the weekend. As I said with nearly every message on this thread, the cycle for P&S is not over in February. Stay positive!
 
I don't think they sent acceptances already, but I received a likely letter from Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
 
sozo91 said:
I don't think they sent acceptances already, but I received a likely letter from Dr. Stephen Nicholas.
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You received something today? And what do you mean by a 'likely letter'? As in, a response to an update/thank you that said something about likely acceptance?
 
CoffeeMug13 said:
You received something today? And what do you mean by a 'likely letter'? As in, a response to an update/thank you that said something about likely acceptance?
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Received it last week. I never sent him a thank you letter/email and I actually never met him. He wrote to say that it is too early to tell how things will go, but to assure me that the admissions committee will keep me strongly in mind.
 
sozo91 said:
Received it last week. I never sent him a thank you letter/email and I actually never met him. He wrote to say that it is too early to tell how things will go, but to assure me that the admissions committee will keep me strongly in mind.
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Got it, if that's all he sent then it's probably the same form letter that we all got in response to updates/thank you's. Mine has that same sentence, verbatim. As far as I can tell there's some variation but likely 3-4 standard letters. Weird that your's came unprompted, though.
 
sozo91 said:
Received it last week. I never sent him a thank you letter/email and I actually never met him. He wrote to say that it is too early to tell how things will go, but to assure me that the admissions committee will keep me strongly in mind.
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Edit: CoffeeMug13 beat me to it
 
sozo91 said:
Received it last week. I never sent him a thank you letter/email and I actually never met him. He wrote to say that it is too early to tell how things will go, but to assure me that the admissions committee will keep me strongly in mind.
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People get that generic response when they send in thank you letters. It's weird if you didn't send one though...
 
flyingeagle said:
People get that generic response when they send in thank you letters. It's weird if you didn't send one though...
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That letter almost got me in tears, until I heard that it was standardized. But who knows, maybe it is a likely letter. We will see.


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DocDD425 said:
That letter almost got me in tears, until I heard that it was standardized. But who knows, maybe it is a likely letter. We will see.


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I think he just meant he never emailed the dean himself a thank you note. Most of us got an email from him thanking us for thanking our interviewers, though, so maybe that's why he got this email.


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HopefulPilot said:
Everyone got it.
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Well, for anyone else who is nervous reading this: I got a confirmation for the note I sent from the admissions department, but no standardized acknowledgment from the dean. The paranoia is so delicious.
 
HopefulPilot said:
How long ago did you send it? I got the response letter sent from the admissions office nearly two months after I uploaded the thank you email to the portal?
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Over four months ago. I'm not concerned. I know they got it, and there's no way they were already making a decision on my application that long ago. Just a bit of arbitrary fluff to obsess over.
 
sozo91 said:
Received it last week. I never sent him a thank you letter/email and I actually never met him. He wrote to say that it is too early to tell how things will go, but to assure me that the admissions committee will keep me strongly in mind.
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Oh for sh*ts sake. First Mayo, now Columbia?

Can we stop with likely letters and just wait until decision day to tell people things?
 
sozo91 said:
Received it last week. I never sent him a thank you letter/email and I actually never met him. He wrote to say that it is too early to tell how things will go, but to assure me that the admissions committee will keep me strongly in mind.
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lol literally everyone got that, check a couple pages before
 
idk if it would be more savage for them to release decisions on valentine's day or to make us wait til the end of the week
 
Everyone did not get that letter. I received responses for thank you letter upload and two additional updates but all three just said your recently uploaded update has been received. That's it. So maybe the letter is special


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As I said earlier, best not to read into letters too much until you receive an actual decision.
 
"Any day now", confirms what you all already knew.
 
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