I agree with @aniiii that those people received the email not because of their application decision, but simply because they were part of a list generated independently of admissions. But all this is just speculation; we are all just pitiful anxiety-ridden ED applicants 
ahh okay thanks @dr0wning . We might just be overreacting a little. Our decisions have been practically made so thereās nothing we can do or change just the painful wait
This is all stressing me out!! I just have to keep reminding myself that at this point, I have done all that I can!
If you guys get rejected, where else are you thinking of applying?
I decided to read over my entire application to get over the stress about results ā it only made it worse. Much worse
@soph1112 I am applying to Barnard, NYU, and Fordham as well. Obviously I love the city. :x Everyone else?
I like this shift to a more light hearted topic. Iām starting to drive myself insane with stress!
@soph1112 Iāll be hoping for Cornell (legacy might help). If Columbia rejects me, I may not have the heart to go for Harvard, Yale, and such. What about you?
I applied to Fordham early action (nonbinding) and I should get that within the next few weeks! From there, Iāll probably try Cornell, maybe Princeton or Brown? I need to make a list of other options because Iām 99% sure Thursday will be rejection for me 
To talk about something more lighthearted, where do you guys live? I live in Phoenix!
Thatād be so cool to be a legacy!! Neither of my parents went to college 
Well, first-gen is a fantastic hook too!
@soph1112 Iām applying to UChicago (EA) and USC, CMC, Emory, CMU, Brown, Rice, along with a slew of UCs (Berkeley, LA, Irvine, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz).Compared to some other posters my list seems unnecessarily longā¦
@unready I like your username 
Itās not as if I feel unready all the timeā¦ of course thatās not the reason. at allā¦
I live in southern California! What about you guys?
@dr0wning Both of our usernames reflect our state of being. 
Does anyone else feel like Columbia is just as hard to get into as Yale, Harvard, and Princeton, but it doesnāt have the same level of prestige? Idk I applied to Columbia ED because I fell in love with the campus and core and it might just be because Iām from the West Coast (Best Coast)ā¦ Thoughts?
Columbia is ranked 4th on USNWR (which the majority people use to quickly determine how good a school is) so itās not far behind, really. IMO, HYPS is basically its own category but Columbia is almost there? But what would I know, Iām also from the west coast (best coast!)
HYPS hands down the best 4 schools in the US. But to me Columbia just feels right. Yes, Yale is gorgeous, Harvard is rich, Princeton is exquisite, and Stanford is on the ābest coastā, but the vibrant feelings that I get from Columbia just simply cannot be matched, period
Just out of curiosityā¦ Does everyone plan to check results by themselves? Iāll be totally stressed out so idk if it will be a good ideaā¦ Might not have enough guts to log in the status page on the day haha
I think another factor is that HYP have longer traditions of being the best, whereas Columbiaās ranking has been fluctuating between 9-11 ever since 1990 (with the exception of 1996, when they ranked 15th). So in the most recent years, Columbia is considered one of the bestā¦but not the best of the best, reserved for HYPS and maybe MIT.
source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070908142457/http://chronicle.com/stats/usnews/
Iāll check by myself. Itāll be hard, but not as bad as someone else checking because more suspense. And the pity on their face if/when i get rejectedā¦
@dr0wning what were your SATs like? Mine was a 2210, but only 1 sitting
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