Greetings to all! I read all the post before writing one:)I have submitted my EA by 15th of January and hopefully will hear back from them today. Just wanted to say that yhe red sign is only to show that the document hasn’t been received yet, nothing to do with admissions. I phoned the admissions office around 100 times because of their old system and got a lot of explanations from them. Anyway good luck to us all!!
@NatashaLaPaz
So if we do have the red mark, will we not hear back today or…?
I don’t think that it actually shows anything except the fact that the documents aren’t on file.
They take their time with uploading the documents to the system, when I saw the red mark on my TOEFL scores I phoned them and they just said that they will fix it.
Hang in there.
Are we suppose to get a notification that our application is complete? I did not get a notification, does that mean that the application is not completed yet?
@mbmtg16 does your application page show everything is recieved? If so, your application should be considered complete. I completed my application before January 15th and I got a confirmation email two weeks ago. And from previous threads, some applicants didnt receive the email. I wouldn’t worry too much. However, you can make sure whether your application is complete or not by calling them.
@yesorno0101 yes, on my application it says everything’s received. I applied for the March 1st deadline. Since you got a confirmation email only recently( two weeks ago). Maybe they will send it later?
@mbmtg16 I would just call them, your applicant ID is in that email and in order to track the application you need that number. I think they know me by name over there since I’ve been calling them so much haha
@mbmtg16 I got the email when my application moved forward in the review process, so I assume that you will receive the email when they start reviewing your application ( however some applicants didn’t receive the email at all the same time their application was reviewd) But just in case I would call them and ask which materials they have received since making sure doesn’t hurt.
@NatashaLaPaz You applied by the January 15 deadline but still have not heard anything yet correct?
Has anyone else who applied by Jan 15 not heard back?
@NatashaLaPaz @yesorno0101 right, I guess I need to call them to make sure.
My son is in active service and has his phone off. He applied by January 15th but hasn’t heard anything.
The more time that goes by the more I feel like a rejection is inevitable. They’ll probably send rejection emails right before the office closes.
Yeah I haven’t heard anything yet… but I’m optimistic! Well trying to be haha
Anyone else?
Haven’t heard anything yet either. 
I just got off the phone with the admissions office and they said decisions will be emailed after 5PM today. Judging by Fall 2015 thread some people received acceptance emails around the same time so we still have some hope!
After 5 pm? I assumed they would send out before 5 pm…anyway, good luck to all the early applicants!
Thanks everyone for all of the information and sorry I am late to this forum-- I applied early action and haven’t heard back yet either. Hopefully this is normal. I do not have a red x next to transcripts, but I do have something that says, “provisional/pending” next to my current school’s transcript. Also, this is only on one of the two tracking pages. Good luck to all and congrats to those who have gotten in already!
Just to let everyone know I called admissions yesterday about early action, documents, etc. The woman I spoke with told me that as long as you submitted your application by the Jan. 15 deadline then you are considered early action. I was a bit worried since my prof. did not send in her letter of rec. until the 19th. As long as you have green checks next to all required materials and you submitted on time then you are good to go. She also said that they do review applications with unofficial transcripts for those of you who uploaded them within the app and are still waiting for Columbia to receive your official ones. Hope that helps! Also- I believe some early action applicants from last year got their decision after the March 1 date. Good luck to everyone!!
Has anyone received anything yet?
Not yet…nails-> gone.