<p>I am writing to inform you that your application to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University has been carefully evaluated and that you have earned designation as a likely candidate for admission. As long as our midyear review finds that you are maintaining your current level of academic progress and good standing, you can expect to receive favorable word when admissions packets are mailed on March 31st.</p>
<p>The Committee on Admissions was deeply impressed with your scholastic and personal achievements and with your demonstrated interest in the fields of engineering and applied science. I offer you my sincere congratulations on your accomplishments thus far and eagerly anticipate those that lie ahead.</p>
<p>If we can be of any help to you, please do not hesitate to contact the Admissions Office at <a href="mailto:ugrad-ask@columbia.edu">ugrad-ask@columbia.edu</a> or 212-854-2522. If you have any questions about studying engineering and applied science at Columbia, feel free to contact the professors in the departments listed below. Please save these dates for Columbia Engineering Days on Campus for admitted students: April 16th and 17th, when events will include an overnight stay, a chance to visit classes and labs, tours of New York City and much more. I hope you can join us, and all of us here wish you the best during the exciting months ahead.</p>
<p>Sincerely yours,</p>
<p>Jessica Marinaccio
Dean of Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>P.S. A hard copy of the above was mailed to you today.</p>
<p>Thanks you guys!! i am so stunned right now. i went home and saw something in my email, and thought it was an application status update or something but then this!</p>
<p>Wow, this is confusing. I thought they didn’t start reviewing until march. So although they have RD deadline, they started reviewing apps if the apps were sent earlier?
I am not trying to be a killjoy but I am confused.</p>
<p>they were away on vacation until Jan 4th so they started getting everything together and then began to read. I guess you were one f the first ones they read. does anyone know if they send out likely letters for columbia college students or just engineering?</p>
<p>to lifegr: how do you expect them to read +25k apps and start in March? and even if they begin reviewing candidates now, it doesn’t mean that she is admitted, just that she is a likely candidate for admission. as columbia explains the process, all applicants are read </p>
<p>last year students were receiving likely letters throughout the winter, my guess is that adcoms nominate students as they read them. which also means a) not everyone admitted can receive a likely letter to at least secure some of its importance, b) not everyone admitted can receive just based on the luck of the draw in terms of when they submit their application.</p>
<p>congratulations to pigs at sea. they think you’d be a great match for columbia. feel free to PM me with any questions.</p>
that is so great (but so early…)!</p>