<p>I submitted Part One on December 6 (and Part II on January 1) and I go to school in Manhattan - there's definitely no lack of alumni here. Every single other person that I know who applied RD has already had their interview 2-4 weeks ago, but I haven't heard a thing.</p>
<p>I also haven't received the email about the account information to check my status, which my friends have also already received.</p>
<p>Should I call admissions? I feel like some technical error has been made...</p>
<p>The absolute last thing you should do is call the admissions office and request an interview. They do not give interviews to all applicants; the admissions office hands it off to the alum organization, which RANDOMLY selects applicants for interviews. Not receiving an interview does not mean you will not be admitted. Not only I, but plenty of other Columbia students did not receive interviews, but were still admitted.</p>
<p>I don’t plan to request an interview…in fact I get annoyed each time I see a silly thread about requesting an interview because that question has probably been answered a hundred times by now. I know you’re never supposed to ask.</p>
<p>It’s the fact that I’m missing that email and that I go to school less than a mile away from Columbia and haven’t been interviewed that worries me. I can understand that you didn’t didn’t get interviewed if you’re from CT, but have you known any New Yorker admitted without an interview?</p>
<p>Except for that automatic email I got upon sending in Part II, I feel like they don’t “know” that I applied at all.</p>
<p>Dynamit,
First off, I go to school in Manhattan, so if the rationale for assigning interviews was purely geographic, I should have gotten one. Secondly, I have friends from Connecticut who did receive interviews and friends from New York who did not, but still got in. When I asked my '13 friends, it seemed about half had been given interviews. I know it’s frustrating to wait, and upsetting if you don’t get an interview but feel that you need one, but you should try your hardest to just not worry about it.</p>
<p>i think it is important to know that though there are tons of alumni in new york, there are also tons of applicants. i mean we are talking north of a thousand. </p>
<p>as i mentioned in another thread (dynamit no offense, but don’t create a new thread when there is a discussion already held on it), there are tons of reasons that would lead someone who is even in a well populated area to not be interviewed. ultimately though, it is a battle of time.</p>
<p>good luck dynamit, i know it feels nice to get an interview. but know it wont be held against you.</p>