<p>I know they say that its not gonna be earlier than May 15th but on one of the forums I discovered someone claiming that he was accepted from the waitlist 1-2 days ago. It seems like a forum for students studying medicine. Would anyone like to take a look and tell me what they think? waiting feels terrible.</p>
<p>Here's the link ----->>>> Has</a> the wait list movement started? - Student Doctor Network Forums</p>
<p>It looks like that’s for grad school to me, but I’m not totally sure.</p>
<p>I’m not surprised. if Columbia needed the waitlist, it’s always better to use it before rather than later.</p>
<p>A current Columbia student on facebook claims that there will be no waitlist activity this year, due to an unexpectedly high yield this year. Who knows if if it’s true.</p>
<p>yeah, i saw that post, too.</p>
<p>pbr where? show us! the kid is probably wrong, but if he’s right woo! down with princeton’s acceptance rate. or at least what’s the kids name? i can look him/her up.</p>
<p>^My understanding is that it’s a closed facebook group. She is apparently a current student who is “in the know,” but who really knows.</p>
<p>:( columbia isn’t going on their waitlist this year. my councilor just spoke to an admissions officer…</p>
<p>Is this for both CC and SEAS?</p>
<p>what about the guy from here that called admission office?
didn’t he say that they told him they are using the waitlist this year? :[[[[[[[[[</p>
<p>yea the guy my councilors knows at columbia was really surprised as well… up to a couple of days ago they were convinced that they were gonna need their waitlist.
i’m pretty sure it’s for both CC and SEAS, i applied to SEAS so definitely for that…
this is so sad</p>
<p>Yeah, the student who posted seems pretty legit. She says she’s in the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee and is in the Columbia 2012 network.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone who was waiting for that response, though. You’ll all going to great schools, fosho.</p>
<p>I wonder what the yield rate was?</p>
<p>To those on the waitlist, my condolences, given that you were not flat out rejected, you probably have something pretty good lined up.</p>
<p>to the rest of us, Wooooo! this is AWESOME!! Columbia’s admit rate stays sub-10%. if Princeton takes a mere 7 people off the waitlist which they surely will, we will have a lower acceptance rate than them. Our yeild is ~56-57% (CC yeild = 57-58%, SEAS yeild = 53%), lowest acceptance rates in the country:</p>
<p>H, Y, S, C, P.</p>
<p>Now if only our endowment could follow the trend.</p>
<p>I dont understand why wont you just say the damn name of that person who said waitlist wont be used. a closed group on facebook… duh… if it is closed how did you all READ what she said? I think this is just some silly rumor.</p>
<p>I JUST talked to the admissions office and they said that they will be notifying students on the waitlist sometime next week.</p>
<p>The person in question on facebook posted this…</p>
<p>“Nope, it means that the yield rate (percentage of students out of those accepted who actually ended up choosing Columbia) was so high that we will not be using the waitlist this year 
This is great news, because it makes your class all the stronger and more selective.”</p>
<p>I DONT KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE!! Just letting everyone know what was said.</p>
<p>confidentialcoll said: "to the rest of us, Wooooo! this is AWESOME!! Columbia’s admit rate stays sub-10%. if Princeton takes a mere 7 people off the waitlist which they surely will, we will have a lower acceptance rate than them. Our yeild is ~56-57% (CC yeild = 57-58%, SEAS yeild = 53%), lowest acceptance rates in the country:</p>
<p>H, Y, S, C, P.</p>
<p>Now if only our endowment could follow the trend."</p>
<p>Before I reply, I should give some background: I was waitlisted at Columbia applying as a freshman. Got rejected, then transferred as a sophomore. My brother applied this year as a freshman and was waitlisted.</p>
<p>I may be particularly sensitive because of my personal situation, but in any event, the above comment makes me cringe. How could my brother–extremely bright, good-natured, and motivated by the academics–be passed up for someone who obsesses first and foremost about Columbia’s admit rate? Once confidentialcoll actually arrives on campus, she’s going to realize that no one actually cares about that number. People care about their studies.</p>
<p>Of course the admissions officers have no idea what really motivates a candidate. So, luckily, it wouldn’t be right for me to place blame on employees of my alma mater :)</p>
<p>reading eric6209’s comment consoles me.</p>
<p>i do not care if the rumor is true or not, but i was actually quite disappointed that a person who wrote a comment like that was admitted by columbia.</p>
<p>^ confidentialcoll already attends Columbia, I believe. </p>
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<p>Yes, she is definitely legit and in the know. I stayed in her Hartley suite during Days on Campus (and she was essentially my host since my real host was rather busy) and is on the undergrad recruitment committee. I’d be willing to bet that what she said was accurate.</p>
<p>^^eric & Jtop, I’m a junior at Columbia. I am thrilled that Columbia maintains higher standards of admissions every year, it means a better kids apply, we get more press, and our perceived value rises. </p>
<p>It isn’t bad karma to be thrilled about the absence of waitlist activity. Every kid that turns down Columbia’s offer is taking an offer somewhere else, reducing waitlist activity there and crushing some waitlisted kids dreams at H, S, P etc. So more kids accepting Columbia’s offer means more waitlist activity at other places. It’s pretty much zero-sum. </p>
<p>From my being happy about good statistics, you infer that I’m bad-natured, less than extremely-bright and unmotivated by what Columbia has to offer. I wonder how you made it here.</p>