Columbia c/o 2021 Applicants Thread (2017-2018) Forum

[ticket]

Is an interview required to get a named scholarship at Columbia? I know they still accept people without an interview, but for Hamilton/Butler... do they interview all potential candidates?

I don't know whether they interview all candidates, but they certainly seem to interview for that purpose. Given my stats, tone of the interview, and that the interviewer mentioned merit scholarships several times unprompted, I'm pretty sure my interview couldn't have been for any other purpose.

Edit: (meant to add) and it would be very weird for them to do interviews for some but not others when talking about such a huge sum of money and such a small # of scholarships.

They mentioned merit scholarships unprompted in your interview? That sounds super weird/unprofessional to me. (Also interviewed (in November) and that did not come up. (I'm above both 75ths)

[cheeseras]

They mentioned merit scholarships unprompted in your interview? That sounds super weird/unprofessional to me. (Also interviewed (in November) and that did not come up. (I'm above both 75ths)

I'm an LSAC fee waiver candidate from a low SE status background, and given some of the other topics in the interview It made sense/didn't seem unprofessional at all. By "unprompted" I mean it flowed out of the conversation rather than out of me saying "what's up with your financial aid" or something along those lines.

[tinycatfriend]

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[principalagent]

Oh fuck here we go

In! Email was sent!

Did you interview? Scholarship info?

[ha8845]

Right. Does that mean no interview = no chance for Hamilton/Butler? I guess so?

Sorry, see my edit above, I didn't finish my thought -- I think it would be very odd of them to interview only some of the candidates, presumably for that quantity of money it's a pretty essential screen. But I doubt anybody knows for sure unless there's a former Columbia admissions person who works at Spivey or something like that.

In the CLS 2020 thread, someone reported a friend having gotten a Hamilton without an interview. I think someone earlier in this thread cited to that same anecdote. Seems to be uncommon, but possible.

[cwasser3]

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Congrats! What are your stats?

[tinycatfriend]

Oh fuck here we go

In! Email was sent!

Did you interview? Scholarship info?

Interviewed, no scholly info, 180/3.6

[soca_dancer]

I’m in at Columbia!

Holy fuck, this was unexpected

[Hstrat]

I’m in at Columbia!

Holy fuck, this was unexpected

Congrats!!

Stats/dates/interview?

[MonicaYoung_LOL]

I’m in at Columbia!

Holy fuck, this was unexpected

Congratulations!!!!

[principalagent]

I’m in at Columbia!

Holy fuck, this was unexpected

BAE!!!!

[TheMule]

Should we expect all emails to come out at once or will they come in waves?

[ToddCraines]

Being a little neurotic but would yall mind sharing timestamps?? I remember reading last year's threads that the emails didn't get sent all at once but want to see if that still holds true

[rachelac]

Congrats, y'all!

[rideagain]

I’m in at Columbia!

Holy fuck, this was unexpected

dilly dilly!

[38981928]

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omgggg when did you go complete? interview? scholly info? SO NERVOUS

[tinycatfriend]

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omgggg when did you go complete? interview? scholly info? SO NERVOUS

I went complete early Nov, interviewed late nov, no scholly info on letter.

[pancakes4ever]

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omgggg when did you go complete? interview? scholly info? SO NERVOUS

I went complete early Nov, interviewed late nov, no scholly info on letter.

Congrats!!! Mind sharing your stats (or general percentiles)?

[Bush v. Gorgeous]

Congrats you guys!!!

So we have...2? Wavelet?

[urbandictionary]

Do all emails go out at the same time?

[tinycatfriend]

In! Email was sent!

omgggg when did you go complete? interview? scholly info? SO NERVOUS

I went complete early Nov, interviewed late nov, no scholly info on letter.

Congrats!!! Mind sharing your stats (or general percentiles)?

Stats are above, but 180 for LSAT, 3.5ish for GPA

[MonicaYoung_LOL]

Should we expect all emails to come out at once or will they come in waves?

Based on last year's thread, it looks like the first wave of folks didn't include scholarship info, then the next two waves (which were the following days I believe, but not sure how that'll shape up with the delay this year) included scholarships.

[pancakes4ever]

In! Email was sent!

omgggg when did you go complete? interview? scholly info? SO NERVOUS

I went complete early Nov, interviewed late nov, no scholly info on letter.

Congrats!!! Mind sharing your stats (or general percentiles)?

Stats are above, but 180 for LSAT, 3.5ish for GPA

Oh sorry I apparently can't read in the excitement Congrats, that's a well-deserved admittance!

[ilpsm]

in!

[InvisiblePineapple]

Congrats to everyone who caught this wave! Maybe now that they've got some earlier applicants out of the way, they can get started looking at the post-December LSAT folks.