Columbia Class of 2020 ED Applicant Thread

@PilotKhyle @michigangirl2016 hahahahahaha I feel you guys so much. Thought you needed it to check the status page :wink: Hope to see you guys in Columbia 2016!

How do we log into our portal? Is it through application tracking page because that is not working for me anymore since it shut down yesterday.

How do we log into our portal? Is it through application tracking page because that is not working for me anymore since it shut down yesterday. @PilotKhyle @lovemjrnas

@valerieholland Iā€™m a guy from Dubai who moved from NY to Dubai a few years ago, you wanna compare stats?

@Pandabear101 so do you not see the portal page at all? My portal works fine; I just cant see the checklist of requirements anymore.

My schoolā€™s college counselor also confirmed that the results would be released on the 10th. Does anyone know if weā€™ll receive our aid packages then as well?

@magicalcanadian I actually finally found the page to log in! Thanks! It was hard to find the log in page.

@magicalcanadian Oh I didnā€™t know that! But does that mean that itā€™s harder to get in if you list that as your major? I listed it as my third option anyways so it doesnā€™t really matter that much I hope ā€¦

@mihirt19 haha sure! My grades are from a Dutch system though so you canā€™t really compare them but Iā€™ll add my classrank and SAT and other stuff. How do you wanna compare? I havenā€™t used this site very much so I donā€™t know how everything works

Has Columbia asked for first quarter grades?

@valerieholland If youā€™re talking about Financial Engineering, Iā€™m pretty sure that you have to maintain a 3.4 as an Industrial Engineering major through two years to even APPLY to become a FinEng major

@PilotKhyle I thought you had to maintain a 3.8 GPA, I might be wrong but anyways, it is extremely hard to get into the department.

@valerieholland I listed it as my third choice also! I really donā€™t think it mattersā€¦ Donā€™t worry!

Canā€™t believe decisions come out a week from tomorrow.

hi guys! Iā€™m a little late here but i am stressing out over my ED application and made an account only in hopes of sharing my anxieties with others in the same boat. how are everyoneā€™s nerves holding up?

Iā€™m so nervous for next Thursday, I need to stop thinking about it until then or else Iā€™ll go crazy. Good luck to everyone!!

@soph1112 lol, join the party. This decision date totally snuck up on me; it feels like yesterday when I applied.

also i wish all of you the best of luck!! :slight_smile: hopefully some of us will meet each other one day??? wishful thinking

Does anyone know the relative importance Columbia places on their essays (supplemental essay importance vs. Common App essay importance)?

@BostonBrotha Iā€™d like to say that they are both really important, as the Common App essay reveals something important about you as a person while the Columbia essays reveal your interest towards Columbia. In my opinion, I think the Columbia essays may be weighted a little bit more because Columbia wants to see that youā€™ve done your research and have thought carefully about why you want to go to Columbia and major in XXX.

This wait is killing me. I want to know my decision, but at the same time, I donā€™t.