<p>Hi, I thought a thread for all the waitlisted people to discuss, and anticipate the waitlist decisions to come out would be pretty useful. I suggest that everyone who posts for the first time says what school they were waitlisted at (CC or SEAS) and whether or not they decided to stay on the waitlist. Also post schools that accepted you. </p>
<p>My info is:</p>
<p>Accepted Waitlisted: Columbia SEAS</p>
<p>Accepted @ CMU (Tepper), NYU (Stern), UIUC, and UT-A.</p>
<p>Last year 29 students were accepted off the waitlist from CC and 16 from SEAS. Here is some other interesting info on the site: </p>
<p>"The five-year average number for the number of Columbia College students who were admitted from the wait list was 40. The five-year average number for the number of Columbia Engineering students who were admitted from the wait list was 30. The five-year average number for the total number of students who were admitted from the wait list was 35."</p>
<p>That means that last year's waitlist #s were quite low. This number varies over the years (probably follows one of those easily forgotten statistics distributions) so I don't think we can expect the same this year. Also, this year is pretty awkward with respect to admissions because several top schools have removed early decision/action so yields may have been miscalculated...but the question is: will these miscalculations be in our favor? Maybe thats a question some of you guys can answer.</p>
<p>Personally, I'm still debating whether or not a degree in Finance at NYU Stern > degree in Financial Engineering at Columbia SEAS (with respect to job offers, salaries, internships etc.). Any opinions/insight would be helpful.</p>
<p>I accepted a spot on the waitlist for CC. I'm currently deciding between UChicago and NYU, but if by some miracle I get off the waitlist, I would go to Columbia in a second.</p>
<p>My brother has accepted a spot in SEAS waitinglist.</p>
<p>Does anybody know what's the #of waitlist candidates in the past few years? I know there's a number of people in waitlist who got admitted later, but I couldn't find the number in my first question.</p>
<p>People posting in this thread -- please also state if it's CC or SEAS you're on the waiting list, thanks!</p>
<p>On my letter they say it's unranked. i can't help but be skeptical about that though. </p>
<p>Atomicbomb, if you're looking for a business job I think you're better off at Stern than at SEAS simply because employers will know for sure that you're prepared for the field. Plus, Stern is at the very top for Finance. </p>
<p>Anyway, I'm currently waitlisted at CC as well as Harvard and UChicago, and I'm signing up for all of them. Accepted at NYU Stern, Carnegie Mellon for Science & Humanities, Vassar, BU, SUNY Bing & CUNY Macaulay honors. </p>
<p>By the way, are you going to put down a deposit for Stern? Because that's where I'm headed if my waitlists don't work out.</p>
<p>Me too--Columbia waitlist--also waitlisted for Rice, Pomona, and Hopkins. I've signed up for all of them, mainly because of my parents. I got into Middlebury, and it's been my dream school, but they still want to see me at Rice or Hopkins. Sigh. Pomona (location) would make me think again about Middlebury though. If Columbia accepted me... I'll probably go. I really want to go to Columbia... it's such a good school, so many opportunities... But the environment at Middlebury is so nice... I haven't visited yet though, I will visit, and we'll see.</p>
<p>^i read somewhere that in past years it's been 1200 (that might have been for princeton). I'd reckon this year they'd waitlist 1000-2000 at most places. I imagine roughly two thirds (possibly more) would choose to stay on the waitlist. For Columbia the number of kids taken off the waitlist in previous years has been like 20-100 (CC&seas). This year might be close to a hundred or the same as in previous years. I bet H and P would be taking many more off their waitlist, I wager it'll be in the hundreds for them. So your chances of getting in from the waitlists would be pretty slim, but they'd have to take someone and I don't see what you'd lose by staying on.</p>
<p>I found that SEAS usually have 3000ish applicants each year, and they took 600ish students. So if they treat CC & SEAS separately, my guesstimation is that there should be less than 150 students on the waitinglist (i.e. 5% of total SEAS apps, using the Princeton % above as a rough guideline)</p>
<p>If there's no student from your country coming to Columbia, would that increase the waitlist chance? I know that students from my country has 1 accept 5 rejects and 9 waitlists at SEAS. The one who got in said he'll go to Stanford, and at least 5 out of 9 won't wait here...</p>