<p>My teacher recs are the only things missing and an admissions officer recently wrote me, pleasantly asking me to have my teachers fax them in. unlike a certain college whose name starts w/ D and shares the same ranking as Columbia (hehe...) she didnt bite my head for missing things that were outside my control. is this a sign of favorable admissions decision come March 31? i'm assuming she wouldnt send me such a nice little email on MARCH 4 if they were really wanting to reject me...</p>
<p>I’d be willing to bet it was a generic email that they sent to people who were missing stuff. It’s not as if it would take them much effort to send a bulk email.</p>
<p>^ What he said!</p>
<p>Schools usually have a policy of not reviewing applications before they are complete.</p>
<p>but with 3 weeks left to make decisions would they really care if my teacher recs were missing…when they have everything else?</p>
<p>Why are your teacher recs still missing? And yes, they’d care- it’s an important part of the app.</p>
<p>It takes them 15 seconds to send a bulk email like that, so why wouldn’t they. If it means they can increase the number of “applicants” and then have a lower acceptance rate, I wouldn’t rule it out.</p>
<p>my D is missing the student tax non-filer form( we didn’t know my D had to send it by March 2nd, it’s just because i went on the checklist and i read carefully the description under " student tax 2008" that i saw she missed the dateline) she never received an email or call telling her she has to send an item fast!! so i think for Vicky it could be a good sign!</p>
<p>ok, here’s the full story: last mon., i sent an email to <a href=“mailto:ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu”>ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu</a>, the real generic email address, stating my decision to withdrawl my app (due to financial reasons). a week and a half later (today) i receive a seemingly personal email from an admissions officer about the missing materials. maybe i’m reading too much into this…</p>
<p>I’m really curious now haha. what makes you think the email was personal?</p>
<p>the adcoms at columbia i worked with as a tour guide were always very nice and friendly, so it sounds very columbia to me. don’t get your hopes up too much because it is still competitive to get in, but considering they spent time to message means they probably thought it was pertinent in making a decision. as for keeping your application…considering you already paid the application fee you might as well see what happens and if they give you financial aid, unless your circumstance is different at which point I would talk to your school counselor about it.</p>
<p>Vicky_sky, you are reading too much into today’s email. Immediately following my younger son’s ED acceptance to Columbia on December 11, he emailed Harvard to withdraw his Harvard application. Weeks later, he got an email from a Harvard alum to schedule a Harvard interview… A week later he got an email from Harvard acknowledging the withdrawal of his Harvard application.</p>
<p>you are reading too into it. when i had a question about something as simple as mid year reports, and sent it to the general email, i got a personal reply. However, i dont believe that means im accepted. </p>
<p>also, schools, especially high profile ones, wont read your app till its complete.</p>
<p>What everyone else said.</p>
<p>She needed the recommendations, as they are a very important part of the application. I’m assuming your application will not even be forwarded to the decision-making committee until they are received. She was simply requesting that they are faxed to expedite the process.</p>
<p>They can’t even reject you without a completed application.</p>