what does an "insane" match list mean?
haha i see. no wasn't trying to say that you were using hyperboles or anything, just curious for myself too when deciding which school to attend how to "read" a match list.
Haha it doesn't say that anywhere, just what I know from my classmates.
I've been on this neurotic path before and can answer your question - estimates put it at around ~100 people.
This year, one person scrambled into a UCSF prelim spot. Last year, no one scrambled. So that's a 99.7% match rate over 2 years, which is pretty representative. The "successful" part has to do with that rate, people matching into competitive programs, and (most importantly) people matching into their own top choices.
Email or call?
Call
Yeah I got both an email and portal change right after the phone call
Congrats! That was really low-key. Did you just miss the call yesterday from Finanaid?
nope. got the call. they were vague about the intentions for calling
.So I have an honest question and I don’t mean to sound silly or anything. I’m an international student who’s on the waitlist and I absolutely will go to Columbia if admitted. I’ve already sent in an LOI (intent), great academic and work updates, and supplemental letters of Recs. I understand that they can accept students up until matriculation but the thing is if I were to be admitted I’d need to file for a visa. And every visa is different for every school (because it gets processed by the schools international office). I kind of want to just call admissions and explain my situation and to kind of also tell them that I really really really would appreciate an acceptance but I don’t want to come off as desperate or unprofessional. Any idea of what I could do, other than wait? Thanks
Are you at a foreign university or out of school? Because if you are graduating from a US school, I'm pretty sure your current institution would just transfer your record?
So you already have an F1 visa?
@~ Doctor~ Which school are you going to?
If your F1 visa is not going to expire after you graduate, you can simply do a SEVIS transfer that would allow you to continue using your current F1 visa at a new program. Doesn't matter if your F1 visa has your old program's name on it - you can use it after a SEVIS transfer as long as it hasn't expired. However, since your visa is expiring soon, you would have to apply for a new visa. Still, I wouldn't call them because of this. It sounds pretty desperate to me.
