<p>so, the people who got waitlisted at columbia seas have already been notified if they got a place at the class of 2015? i thought they would only notify after may, 15th…</p>
<p>I find it interesting that they are taking longer to process the first wave of Columbia College waitlist acceptees this year, as in the past it is normally SEAS that takes longer to make a decision. Do you guys think this is indicative of anything? Also, do you guys think it really will be May 15th when we hear back, or will Columbia use past trends and notify earlier again?</p>
<p>It could be May 15th. Do you reckon it could be this Friday since some SEAS admits were notified last Friday?</p>
<p>It’s possible, but still there seems to be no news from them. The fact that they said between May 15th and July 1st, seems to imply maybe early next week, possibly even Monday? When did they notify candidates last year?</p>
<p>wahh stress</p>
<p>I was curious about this as well. I was wait listed at Columbia and I put in my deposit at Cornell. I know that if I were accepted to Columbia, I would go in a heartbeat ! I absolutely love the school.</p>
<p>Sometimes I really wish we were just given a set date on which we could check our decisions. This wait is agonizing.</p>
<p>Just so you know, this was the first year Columbia used the Common App. So I’m sure plenty of people applied just for the hell of it, got accepted and are choosing a different school. Columbia has a pretty low yield, in comparison to the other Ivies–even before the common app. My point is that they are probably going to draw more people from the waiting list this year than previous years, so keep the hope!</p>
<p>@ emmele: I’m not sure why, but when I went to look at one of the results threads for Columbia 2015 RD, many of the accepted candidates stated that they would be enrolling elsewhere (in fact, it was the majority of them). It’s also generally been my impression that there have been quite a few cross-admits this year, and that most of them ended up picking a school other than Columbia. Hopefully this means there will be more waitlist activity this year than last.</p>
<p>do they tell you if you don’t get off the waitlist?</p>
<p>It will be interesting to see what happens with the CC waitlist. </p>
<p>With regard to this year’s possible yield, as has been noted in several previous Columbia threads, on April 1 the Columbia Spectator reported that Columbia’s Housing Services sent an e-mail to students noting that the anticipated high yield for the Class of 2015 might result in alterations to housing allocations "[w]ith responses to this year’s offers of admission already outpacing those of past years by a wide margin … ". See [High</a> yield, miscommunication may mean housing shortage | Spectrum](<a href=“http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/the-shaft/high-yield-miscommunication-may-mean-housing-shortage]High”>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/the-shaft/high-yield-miscommunication-may-mean-housing-shortage)</p>
<p>The 2010 Ivy yields are cited on [Admissions</a> Statistics - College Research Institute](<a href=“Web Page Under Construction”>Web Page Under Construction). Assuming these are accurate, it appears that Columbia’s yield last year ranked 5th (56%) among its Ivy colleagues - a single percentage point behind Princeton (57%) and one ahead of Dartmouth (55%). While I am not a statistician and always happily stand to be corrected, on these numbers it is hard for me to support the suggestion that “Columbia has a pretty low yield - in comparison to the other Ivies” (see Comment 28 above).</p>
<p>In addition, Cornell - which appeared to have the lowest yield of the Ivies in 2010 (at 49%) - is today reported on the Parents Forum to not be going to its waitlist this year. See Comment 299 on the 2011 Going off their waitlist thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1129279-2011-going-off-their-waitlist-20.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1129279-2011-going-off-their-waitlist-20.html</a></p>
<p>Good luck to all.</p>
<p>^You forgot that Columbia admits almost half its class through Early Decision, which is binding (aka 100% yield rate).</p>
<p>Good luck to all. I hope to meet some of you next fall.</p>
<p>@weetbixmum: RE: Columbia Housing Letter: The letter sent by housing was an April Fool’s Day prank. There has been nothing predicting a high or low yield as of yet. I think if you read down on those threads, you will see where someone explained there is an annual April Fools joke from the housing office.</p>
<p>Just called the office… vague in terms of when we’ll hear… “by the end of June” so :/</p>
<p>@ vikramcpo: I think that just means all the waitlisted candidates will be notified of their decision by the end of June (which is consistent with what the official waitlist letter says - “between May 15 and July 1”). So that’s not really new information, though I definitely wish they’d just tell us sooner!</p>
<p>If they were to email us, around what time would it be sent? (Does anyone know?)</p>
<p>5 pm or 6 pm according to last year… I got so scared with this question, I thought you got an e-mail… and got upset that I didn’t/</p>
<p>To the previous two posters: Those accepted off the SEAS waitlist this year were notified via email at 5:00 P.M. EST.</p>
<p>haha sorry mjg678, didnt mean to scare you :)</p>