***Columbia 2022 RD Applicants Discussion***

@Happytoapply or, they were an athlete. that often happens.

@alisonmz99 Good point. That can be big. It’s not on my radar b/c my kid isn’t an athlete.

So does anyone know what day portals will officially update? I’m curious

Do you guys know of instances where people get in without interviews? I got interviews from every Ivy League I applied to (Cornell, UPenn, Yale) but not from Columbia or Brown.

@LazyRay People get in without interviews literally all the time. I’ve gotten into Harvard and Cornell already and didn’t even get offered an interview for the latter. You probably hear this a lot, but it’s true: interviews really don’t mean much.

Now if you get an interview request in the next few days, that’s a really good sign. Universities usually send out late requests to high interest students that haven’t interviewed yet.

TLDR: If you get an interview at this point, great! If you don’t, it couldn’t matter less.

@LazyRay I second LondonVall. I can’t speak for all schools but repeatedly I saw on admissions pages that the purpose of interviews is to give YOU as an applicant information, not to judge you. And in part that’s because most schools don’t have the resources to grant interviews to everyone, so they do not include it as part of the process. Out of 18 schools I looked at, all said that the presence or absence of an interview held no bearing on the admissions decisions.

@LondonVall Cornell doesn’t offer interviews at all to any applicants according to their website, I think

@mmstanfordbound I remember a few years ago when my brother applied, he had one. But it may have changed. I mean, no interview is less stress, so it sounds like a win to me! Lol

I had an interview back in Feb; super low-key though, doubt it weighed too much. They may give interviews when they have an alumn in the area that was in the same school (my case engineering) as the major u applied to.

The quality of the interviewers really varies too, if you’re doing it with an alum. Some are trained and some are just asked to meet with the students. My D had a fantastic interview with Smith - and they are ones that train their folks. She had a terrible interview with Swarthmore though - the interviewer didn’t ask a single question, making D run the whole thing but more importantly, gave her the impression they were completely disinterested in her, and then she proceeded to complain about Swarthmore, such as saying there is no work-life balance. Her other interviews (she did 5 all told) were sort of middle of the road and “fine”.

So I just checked the Financial Aid Portal and I can no longer view my document list?? Anyone else in the same boat?

@yungsnake99 yup same

@yungsnake99 same does this mean we are rejected???

@Lemonade22 @yungsnake99

i just want to let you all know that you should not read into this.

i was just on the discussion for case western reserve university and all these people were convinced that they were getting in because they could not log in to their accounts.

more of them ended up waitlisted and rejected than accepted. i guarantee you it means nothing. please do not read into it and make yourself more nervous.

Honestly now i’m just more afraid that i’m rejected rip @maddieportnoy18

@yungsnake99

oh dear. that wasn’t my intention. my point is, we have no idea what it means and guessing (either on the positive end or the negative) is not going to make anyone feel any better. luckily, we only have to wait 8 M O R E D A Y S. it’s agonizing, i know. is columbia your top?

@maddieportnoy18 yeah it is!! i literally cannot stop thinking about it

@yungsnake99
me too. i mean, i always tell people i have two lists: one realistic and one unrealistic. columbia is at the top of my “unrealistic” list because my stats are like really ~just ok~
american university is my top irl lol.

that being said, i wish you the best of luck. what other schools are you waiting to hear from or have heard from?

@yungsnake99 dude same omg :’’ this is literally my top choice ahhhh I just cant stop thinking about it!!

@maddieportnoy18 LOL omg I literally have the same thing :’) my stats are mehhh but columbia is my most top choice woohoo but realistically ill go to texas A&M if my columbia bois dont pull through with that thicc acceptance. im just waiting for next wedneday to roll around so i can finally commit in peace to texas a&m :’)