<p>xxxamazexxx did you make sure to click the link that was sent to your parent when you signed the ED agreement? I had the same issue…I had the student component of the agreement in but the parent component was not submitted…make sure you get your parent to click the link and if you can’t find that email go to school forms and click on your parent’s name, there should be a link to send him a new email somewhere</p>
<p>@ergmasterflash i thought recruited athletes don’t take the spot of ED applicants. they didn’t apply ED when they get the likely letters, right??</p>
<p>Wooocollege-
75% of the athletes that Columbia recruits will be ED applicants (the other 25% will be RD applicants). That means that although the admissions rate for ED students is higher, a large portion of those spots are going to recruited athletes. So since Columbia had 3274 ED applicants last year and 150 of the 622 spots went to recruited athletes, that means that there were 3124 non athletes applying for 472 spots which comes out to about a 15% acceptance rate which is significantly lower than the 20% overall ED acceptance rate that is posted on their website. And yes the majority of the recruited athletes will be issued likely letters but they are still counted in the ED admissions statistics.</p>
<p>do you know if it’s just columbia or most ivies recruit this way? for example, does Yale’s EA admit rate include the recruit athletes as well??</p>
<p>Yes all of the Ivies recruit basically the same way. Yale has recently put less of an emphasis on recruiting so they have the highest academic standards of any Ivy league but their recruits are still counted in their EA admissions statistics.</p>
<p>Well, after reading that bit about the recruited athletes, I’m pretty sure the little confidence I had is shot…</p>
<p>rchhay, don’t think like that. Ivy League admissions are nothing less than a crapshoot. You can look at it two ways:</p>
<p>1) Everyone has a chance because of the holistic (and quite random) process.</p>
<p>2) No one has a chance because of the crapshoot aspect; its all random or reserved for recruited athletes and donors.</p>
<p>Try to accept option #1 and be optimistic. It has really helped me throughout the last few years and it should help you too. You have a chance, and I can say that without even seeing your stats (#1 because it’s a crapshoot; #2 because you’re on this forum for a reason). Good luck, rchhay.</p>
<p>Columbiafan: Thanks for the kind words! :’) That’s definitely all true, so I guess there’s nothing I can do about it except relax and hope for the best.</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>I think there is no reason to agonize over the early admission of athletes. For each who was recruited there were a hundred others who vied for the spot but did not get it; non-athletes still stand a much better chance than athletes, be that chance 10% or 15% or whatever.
The recruitment DOES impact statistics and skew the general perception of selectivity; but this self-conceived perception has nothing to do with the reality of admission anyway. It will be the same highly capable people against whom you will have to compete, the athletes already out of the picture.</p>
<p>My friend is an athlete who verbally committed to Cornell this year. I’ve never seen him NOT work hard. They really do deserve the spots. Enough about these athletes, though; what is the first thing you’d want to do when you get to Columbia/NYC?</p>
<p>I would want to sit on the steps of Low Library and just take everything in for a while. Weirdly enough, that was one of my favorite memories from when I visited Columbia last year. I think it would be even more amazing to do that as an actual student at Columbia.</p>
<p>My interview is tomorrow, should I dress to impress or just go casual? What did you guys wear?</p>
<p>Wear a suit, always better to be over dressed than underdressed. Your interviewer can dress casual but expect you to dress formal. If you feel too overdressed, take off your suit jacket. </p>
<p>*I didn’t get an interview, but my friend did. He wore a suit.</p>
<p>I think you should definitely be at least step above casual, and Columbiafan’s advice sounds good. In case this helps, I’m a girl, and I wore a button-up shirt with slacks…</p>
<p>I disagree, I think you should wear something based on where you are going. If your going to a coffee shop, wear something causal. If your going to an office then wear something nice but not overly dressy. Or better yet, just ask the interviewer! Interviewers are nice people who voluntarily choose to interview prospective students and they want to see you excel so they are more than happy to give you some advice on what to wear. I asked my interviewer what to wear and he said it doesn’t matter much and so I wore a shirt and tie. I would not go as far as to wear a full suit though.</p>
<p>^I think if the interview is tomorrow, it might be a little late to ask what to wear… </p>
<p>But besides that I think your advice is good. My own interview was at my interviewer’s office, so I just dumbly assumed that it was at an office, so a more casual (though, I think something nicer than what you wear to go hang out with friends or something) look would be more appropriate for a coffeehouse interview.</p>
<p>So, does anyone have any further information on what the actual date will be when they notify us?</p>
<p>I had my interview today! My interviewer actually majored in what I want to major in (Operations Research: Financial Engineering) so he asked me a lot of major specific questions. I think it went pretty well 
he said that I was the only ED SEAS applicant he interviewed this year.</p>
<p>Had my interview in a caf</p>