Is Columbia P&S rolling admissions this year?

[mcchicken1985]

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Does anyone know if columbia admits on a rolling basis this year? Thanks!

 

[TheBigBP]

I'm fairly certain that Columbia is non-rolling, as in past years. At least, I would hope so (I sat on mine to compose a solid essay)!

 

[mcchicken1985]

I thought that the MSAR said that they give first notice of acceptances in October.

 

[LovelyMD]

They're not rolling. They give out acceptances the first week of March.

 

[sawasdee]

they are not rolling this year or any year-- the admissions committee meets in late february and ranks the candidates that they have interviewed. they have a separate specific meeting for URM candidates.

 

[jgeng03]

Can someone give a list of medicine schools who are non-rolling. Thanks

 

[etf]

Can someone give a list of medicine schools who are non-rolling. Thanks

basically, the good ones...

 

[jgeng03]

Lol do you have a list because I'm thinking about applying to some of the top schools right now and want to know which ones are non-rolling.

 

[drizzt3117]

If you do a search I'm sure you can find it. Are you talking about applying now as in today? I'm pretty sure AMCAS designation deadline for most schools is today.

 

[jgeng03]

I did the AMCAS application for mayo, harvard, wash u, northwestern, yale, and brown, but I have sent in the secondaries. Does anyone know if any of these schools are non-rolling admissions?

 

[drizzt3117]

I did the AMCAS application for mayo, harvard, wash u, northwestern, yale, and brown, but I have sent in the secondaries. Does anyone know if any of these schools are non-rolling admissions?

Yale and Harvard are non-rolling, the others are rolling AFAIK.

 

[drizzt3117]

I heard a rumor that a specific person on the Columbia adcom has final say on all candidates 😱

 

[etf]

I heard a rumor that a specific person on the Columbia adcom has final say on all candidates 😱

i'd much rather prefer that, since if i don't get in at a certain school, i can ask him/her about what i can do specifically to improve, versus having to discern what an entire adcom thinks.

columbia is my secret top-choice...i say secret because there's probably no way in hell i'm getting an interview there, but i still secretly dream of being a member of the class of 2012.

 

[drizzt3117]

i'd much rather prefer that, since if i don't get in at a certain school, i can ask him/her about what i can do specifically to improve, versus having to discern what an entire adcom thinks.

What if they just don't like you so they decide to blackball you? This has a lesser effect if it's one person out of 30 person adcom, but if it's the one person making the decision then...

 

[Ohiogeekgirl]

I did the AMCAS application for mayo, harvard, wash u, northwestern, yale, and brown, but I have sent in the secondaries. Does anyone know if any of these schools are non-rolling admissions?

I think Brown is non-rolling. Or if they are rolling, they start notifying later than most other rolling admissions schools (as in they don't start until early 2008).

 

[BigMDT]

I think Brown is non-rolling. Or if they are rolling, they start notifying later than most other rolling admissions schools (as in they don't start until early 2008).

.......no out of staters should apply to brown...they accept nobody out of state really. check the msar. all the out of state statistics are for kids who did the Brown U undergrad-straight to med school track

 

[drizzt3117]

.......no out of staters should apply to brown...they accept nobody out of state really. check the msar. all the out of state statistics are for kids who did the Brown U undergrad-straight to med school track

That might have been true prior to change in the Dartmouth program but I don't think it is anymore.

 

[etf]

What if they just don't like you so they decide to blackball you? This has a lesser effect if it's one person out of 30 person adcom, but if it's the one person making the decision then...

well, with my luck, this is likely what will happen. but yeah, i'd also like to think that the opposite can occur - for whatever reason, that one person decides they like you, and you get hooked up that way...

 

[drizzt3117]

well, with my luck, this is likely what will happen. but yeah, i'd also like to think that the opposite can occur - for whatever reason, that one person decides they like you, and you get hooked up that way...

That's possible, but I think approximately one out of every 20 Columbia applicants gets an acceptance even after self-selection...

 

[anonymous101]

I heard a rumor that a specific person on the Columbia adcom has final say on all candidates 😱

Yea, it's Dean Frantz. Come waitlist time you'll see that he's the final decision maker, and is really arbitrary in deciding who gets a 2nd interview and in off the WL. The most entertaining part is seeing post after post trying to analyze his "personal" handwritten messages to applicants on mail correspondence or after thank-you cards. It's all meaningless, I can guarantee it. SO glad I chose Yale over P&S.

 

[specialflava]

in a tangential question to this, my interviewer asked me to email him something relating to my EC's, so I just included a thank you message along with it, since I thought it would be weird to send an email without one. I've heard that thank you notes get added to your file at P&S though...does this mean I should send a redundant physical thank you card? thoughts/advice would be appreciated

 

[largeman]

they are not rolling this year or any year-- the admissions committee meets in late february and ranks the candidates that they have interviewed. they have a separate specific meeting for URM candidates.

So how does that work? Do the URMs get reviewed twice or once by a completely different committee

 

[nata723]

Wow! Are there other schools that have separate committees for URMs?

 

[dreamer84]

this might sound stupid..hehe but,
so if it's NOT rolling, then it doesn't really matter if you submit in july vs. now?
do we all get the same chance?

 

[TheRealMD]

this might sound stupid..hehe but,
so if it's NOT rolling, then it doesn't really matter if you submit in july vs. now?
do we all get the same chance?

Non-rolling admissions does not mean non-rolling interviews. Interviews are still first come, usually first serve.

 

[dbhvt]

Yea, it's Dean Frantz. Come waitlist time you'll see that he's the final decision maker, and is really arbitrary in deciding who gets a 2nd interview and in off the WL. The most entertaining part is seeing post after post trying to analyze his "personal" handwritten messages to applicants on mail correspondence or after thank-you cards. It's all meaningless, I can guarantee it. SO glad I chose Yale over P&S.

It's actually me, not Dean Frantz. SO glad I chose P&S over Yale. There is no way Yale would have let me hand pick the incoming classes.

You are all funny. Rolling schmolling, the earlier you're complete, the easier your life will be.