<p>The decisions for RD won't be released a day early like they were for ED. However, if you are lucky enough to live in the NY tri-state area, you will in all likelihood get your acceptance package before April 1st 5 pm. Last year I got my package at around 1:00 pm and I live about 30 minutes from Columbia. (Good thing because for some reason I never got the email.)</p>
<p>Hey it's our favorite Columbian soulofheaven8!! Long time no see...but I think you posted the wrong reply to the wrong thread.</p>
<p>But either way, to add my opinion to this matter (since everyone else already did): it appears that this year Early Decision round was less strict in terms of SAT scores, and a LOT more emphasis was placed upon the essay & the "why-Columbia" questions. Could it be that they are tired of 1500+ with similar personal qualities? Sure, there's many 1500+ applicants who are unique and special in their own way, but there's also a good portion who follow the same kind of trite & traditional pattern of "high-schooling" (excuse my word-making habits), where they might lack passion for doing something.</p>
<p>this might not have any significance, but the stats on the columbia rd round seem a lot better than the princeton ones do... there's a lot of <1500's there... weird... but i thought it was worth mentioning, perhaps... columbia is climbing the ranks?</p>
<p>alot of the people qualified enough to get into HYPSM already got in early. so there should be a significant drop in the quality of applicants regular for such schools. (i am a deferred Harvard EA applicant contributing to columbias applicant stats, but i also applied to princeton, so that point is moot. ACTUALLY i didnt post my stats on the princeton RD thread. maybe us deferred applicants have lost the confidence to simply post our stats for equivalent institutions.)</p>
<p>but heres to hoping columbia is climbing the ranks...ill prolly wind up there (got a likely from em).</p>