<p>^^I’m calling now to check.</p>
<p>Just talked to someone - they told me to call back Monday (can’t give any information over the phone until next week).</p>
<p>I was rejected as well. I would love to think that they somehow made a mistake but I really doubt it, as well as them telling you why you got rejected… Can you do that? I’ve never heard of anyone doing so.</p>
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<p>I’m sure they wrote in their rejection note that it is highly competitive and that great candidates may not receive acceptances … or something along that line. That’s the why. If you want to know the specifics … they are not going to share that info even if they could articulate it.</p>
<p>^ Occasionally, colleges will share this information. It depends on the situation/school/person you’re talking to, I suppose.</p>
<p>It’s worth a try…</p>
<p>Guys, I know how it feels to be rejected from your first choice school. It sucks, and what sucked even more was that it happened right near the holidays… It was probably the biggest blow for me during that time.</p>
<p>But, life moves on. It doesn’t for a while. I was just even more anxious and pessimistic towards my other applications. But you know what, you might even get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Duke, or another great school… and then you’ll be thinking… Take that, Columbia.</p>
<p>When I think of admissions, sometimes you honestly have to think whether the admissions officer thought you were a great candidate but weren’t right for the school’s environment.</p>
<p>As someone who works closely with admissions, I honestly thought that admissions officers were gods or something… I don’t know… I always envisioned them to be something extraordinary - I mean, they do control the fates of a gajillion people. But what I’ve come to realize is that admissions officers are humans too… They can make mistakes. Even if they did, you will most likely love the school you end up going too. Not all of you will, but most of you will.</p>
<p>I mean, I didn’t go to my top 5 schools and I’m still happy!</p>
<p>Just focus on your other college apps!</p>
<p>don’t feel so bad if you got rejected. apply someplace nice and warm. it’s cold as hell here (though i suppose it’s the same for everywhere in the NE), and the good food doesn’t come cheap.</p>
<p>hope that makes some people feel better…</p>
<p>There is a simple answer why most of you were rejected: There simply is not enough room for all of the qualified candidates. It’s really that simple.</p>
<p>But it’s a matter of why choosing certain people over others – what we are trying to find is the reasons for HOW they determine when one applicant is superior to another while both are qualified when it is pretty apparent that the one accepted is not…</p>
<p>Comparing the “qualifications” of one candidate versus another is impossible without (1) having both applications, IN THEIR ENTIRETY, before you, (2) understanding the admissions goals of the university, and (3) having the experience and judgement of a capable admissions officer. These threads are incapable of relaying key information regarding the quality of the high school, the recommendations, the essay, the ability of the applicant to present a cohesive, integrated picture, etc. We don’t know exactly what the admissions committee at Columbia is looking for (although, anecdotally, it seems to be quite different from what, for example, Stanford looks for).</p>