Columbia University Waitlist 2024 Discussion

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for those who got off the waitlist, what materials did you submit? Did u upload them to ur portal or did u directly email your admissions officer?

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I submitted a letter of continued interest through the portal, thatā€™s it.

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What did you write in it?

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I wrote about thriving at Columbia, how it was my first choice, talked about my major and specific sub fields in the department and related it to covid-19 and the possibility of relating the two and researching it at Columbia, and being honored to even be considered.

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This was helpful https://youtu.be/LRwGXGKmvmI

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Thanks!

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@agrlhasnoname

Congrats! Where are you from?

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Will there be another wave next Friday?

Also, I never got a response when I emailed my rep- is this ok?

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Just a theory: the deadline to defer enrollment (in other words opt to take a gap year) is May 15th. Because Columbia guarantees 4-year housing on campus, they need to be really careful with how many people they admit. Iā€™m guessing they took a very small amount of people in the first wave to make sure they donā€™t over admit but will accept a larger wave once they know how many people will take a gap year and how many spots will open up.

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hey, if i want to email admissions with any more updates or info or just to continue demonstrating interest do i email the general admissions office, regional admissions officers, or my alumni interviewer?

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Usually itā€™s the general admissions office, but I asked them if I can do that as well and they said I should send another email only if itā€™s something VERY significant

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I agree- most probably after the 15th! The wait is painful!!!

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I agree :frowning: This process is so exhausting

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Anyone think there will be another wave this Friday?

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@zokaitlyn I feel like there will be a bigger wave this Friday because the original earliest date they gave was May 15th

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I emailed them and they simply said, I need to be patient!

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ppl on reddit r saying that they will release a lot on may 22 bc the gap year requests r due at 11:59 pm tomorrow. so they wonā€™t officially know the final numbers until tomorrow night.

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@columbia20000024 release meaning reject from waitlist, or accepting?

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accepting

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Iā€™m really hoping ppl turned in their gap year requests early and that a lot of us will get in today!!