<p>I don't mean to scare you, but "B" is actually a good grade.
No, I'm not joking. I'm being serious here.</p>
<p>Anyone care to post the contents of the letter/email?</p>
<p>I would post it, but there's a disclaimer at the bottom saying that the contents of the letter is confidential. <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>i got one</p>
<p>my stats are 4.0uw, 2340, 800, 790, and lots of school leadership but i don't have the required physics or chem sat for the engineering school (took physics in january so they have no clue that i even took it)</p>
<p>does anyone know what this means? i read somewhere that it means we're in the top .5% of applicants?</p>
<p>could this mean we're set for stuff like stanford and upenn or no?</p>
<p>brwndude90- I think they mean top 5% in Columbia's applicants, not necessarily for the other schools.</p>
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could this mean we're set for stuff like stanford and upenn or no?
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This doesn't mean you are set at other school, in fact far from it. I got one of these last year, and got waitlisted at a bunch of other schools. </p>
<p>Basically, it means your application was processed early, and everyone (or most) of the admissions officers felt that you were a good fit for Columbia, which may not be the case at other schools, where applications were different than columbia's and essay that you wrote were different.</p>
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This doesn't mean you are set at other school, in fact far from it. I got one of these last year, and got waitlisted at a bunch of other schools.
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<p>Nevertheless, it's a good sign. All the top schools look for different things, but there are certain fundamental characteristics that put you ahead of the game at them all. That you were waitlisted means you were at least in the running at these schools.</p>
<p>Just FYI, my friend who got this likely email was actually rejected SCEA from Stanford (not even deferred...), so don't assume that your chances of getting into other top schools are any better. All of these schools are very different in their criteria, once you reach a certain level.</p>
<p>hmmm ok what i'm wondering is...are we being "recruited" kinda? from what i've read, this is mostly only done with athletes</p>
<p>will this make it easier to get financial aid from columbia?</p>
<p>and on last year's thread for this, i saw something about how we'll be getting calls from professors and students? *shrugs</p>
<p>I hope it means good chances at other schools, but I applied EA to Yale and got deferred. I'm not sure if it was because I was a complete novice at putting together a good app back in Oct, but I definitely agree that all the top schools look for different things and getting in one doesn't mean you're in at another.</p>
<p>Aerable, same thing happened to me. And of course, Yale's EA applicant pool rose tremendously this year...</p>
<p>Would the midyear report have to be sent for them to send a likely letter?
Did the people who get one send it in?</p>
<p>I got one, too, for SEAS (I'm not in sports, btw) and I was also wondering how likely this would mean that I'd get accepted. I mean, they wouldn't send them just to disappoint a bunch of people, right? I hope this is a good sign for my other colleges, since I was deferred from Stanford early.</p>
<p>Could the people who got likely letters list some of their stats? Thanks.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and did you guys do an interview with a Columbia alumni?</p>
<p>no, i didn't have an interview yet</p>
<p>Well, Harvard sends out about 70,000 recruitment letters (not likely letters).</p>
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I got one, too, for SEAS (I'm not in sports, btw) and I was also wondering how likely this would mean that I'd get accepted. I mean, they wouldn't send them just to disappoint a bunch of people, right
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<p>I don't know what it would take for them to reject someone who got a likely letter (C's on mid-year report?), but they aren't in the business of giving people false hope.</p>
<p>I didn't have an interview and I still need to file midyears</p>
<p>I didn't have an interview either and I too still need to file the midyear school report.</p>