<p>more nervous.. unless the # is way lower and we have a better chance of getting in... hmm that'd be nice wouldnt it?</p>
<p>well the thing is.. columbia would still accept roughly the same percentage.. even if the numbers were down this year.
so it wont make a difference would it?</p>
<p>and i suspect the numbers may be up this year..
in which case it can be either good or bad.</p>
<p>lol.. i dunno.. its probably good that we dont know the stats right now.. it may make us more nervous.. or have false hopes</p>
<p>Who cares... we should all get to gether and throw a huge party that lasts until friday. :)</p>
<p>Actually, when friday rolls around, I will be at a friends house playing some Texas Hold 'em. Should take my mind off Columbia for a while.</p>
<p>well if they have to fill 40 percent of their class either way it would be more helpful if less people applied Ed, right? now im confusing myself</p>
<p>yeh i think u are..</p>
<p>i thought it was all relative..</p>
<p>if they have to fill 40% of the incoming freshmen class with ED applicants ... whatever the applicant numbers they're still filling the same amount of people if u know what i mean.
the same number of people will be accepted</p>
<p>so if the numbers are down it means the % of people accepted will be greater and if the numbers are up it means that the % of people accepted will be smaller</p>
<p>I don't think the holistic # will affect individual decision too much...it'll depend more on how many people from your area aer applying...</p>
<p>You're wrong silverwavez...one of the purposes of early decision is so that the school has kids who want to be there and they also raise their yield. That's how Columbia and Penn's yield was able to get so high over the last couple years and also why Harvard and Yale can afford to have early action programs. If only 1000 people applied ED to Columbia they'd probably accept at least 500 making huge stretches on candidates who would otherwise be rejected or deferred. The percentages are not proportional. Columbia has a certain amount of spots and those spots are going to get filled no matter what. If there are 5,000 ED applicants they're still going to only accept around 750 at most no matter how good the applicants are.</p>
<p>that..just...beat....all....the...hope....out....of .......me.............................</p>
<p>me too...lets think of happier thoughts....like do you think the subject header will say whether or not you're accepted or something generic like "Columbia University Admissions Decision"</p>
<p>It is generic, its "Columbia University" for all letters... </p>
<p>The problem is that if you use Gmail, right after the title, is shows the first words of the email. So, I will be unable to just sit an wait for the inevitable... as soon as I go to <a href="http://www.gmail.com%5B/url%5D">www.gmail.com</a> the answer is right on my screen.</p>
<p>ouch....sorry 'bout that</p>
<p>nevermind... I just put the setting on "do not show snippits"</p>
<p>Much better... now I can just stare at the screen for a few minutes, before I finally click.</p>
<p>I'm not looking foreward to that email. In fact, I don't like that they do it online. It reminds me a lot of the quintessential obnoxious middle-school girl approach to fighting. You know what I'm talking about. When they IM or email someone so they can say things they would never have the audacity to say to their faces. So Columbia can say, "you got rejected" without having to deal with all of those messy emotions and concievable backlash.
Or, maybe that analogy is just on crack. Either way.</p>
<p>Better than by letter IMO...</p>
<p>"I called today, and the person who picked up said that he thinks the SEAS number was between 250 and 300 "</p>
<p>Ohh...crap?</p>
<p>meh...watayagonnado? It's out of our hands now...</p>
<p>Poker(& hold'em!)...Getting Wasted After Winning..haha</p>
<p>I wish I could afford to get wasted after getting rejected from college...except for the fact that i'm going t obe rehearsing all weekend..and my school would crucify me.</p>
<p>"If there are 5,000 ED applicants they're still going to only accept around 750 at most no matter how good the applicants are." - they would NOT fill in 750 spots with EDers.... I think there's about 1000 undergrads in each year... I really don't think they'll fill incoming classes with mostly EDers..</p>
<p>because look:
"Columbia must significantly reduce its early decision admission rate, bringing it more in line with regular decision. Deferment would certainly discourage high school seniors from committing themselves to early decision for purely strategic reasons. No doubt, it is comforting for the Columbia administration to have half of each class determined by December. Fewer admitted early decision applicants would create greater uncertainty about the make-up of each class. But Columbia should have the confidence that admitted students will pick our school over the likes of Harvard and Yale in the regular decision pool. we do under-subscribe a class, admissions can always seek out the wait list. Less of an emphasis on early applicants complicates the relation between subscription and matriculation, but we have confidence that the admissions office can handle it.</p>
<p>Ideally, of course, Columbia would do away with early decision altogether in favor of a non-binding early action program, as this page has argued before. The strategizing of early decision benefits predominantly wealthy applicants who have greater access to advisers and counselors who know the intricacies of the admissions game and the mathematical advantages of applying early. In addition, financially disadvantaged students are less likely to apply early decision. While the system is not technically binding, it presents obstancles to students hoping to compare financial aid packages.</p>
<p>The noble pursuit of a university education should not begin with a reinforcement of economic hierarchy. Early action would allow for greater economic diversity among early applicants. As was borne out at Yale and Stanford, early action can drastically increase the number of early applications.</p>
<p>But for now, Columbia must begin to level the playing field by ensuring that a smaller percentage of matriculating students come from early decision acceptances. Regular decision applicants should not be put at a disadvantage. "</p>