<p>He might be a ■■■■■, or someone with attitude issues that are usually reflected in the application,
“I had the same question. I didn’t receive a Columbia interview either, and I’m a RD applicant with excellent stats (virtually the same as yours). It’s not like I like in Wyoming where alumni are not available; I live in frickin’ Silicon Valley, and my friend who lives in NJ (with equally good stats as mine) didn’t get an interview either.”</p>
<p>Due to the 30k+ applicants in these schools, the comments might be useful to lurkers or others that stumble on CC as they go through this disappointing phase in their life, before they move on and embrace the school they have been accepted to. Unfortunately, the long WLs that the top schools have to hedge their yield only prolongs the period of anguish for many. I find that many posters are more harsh sometimes but I think it is better to present the cold reality to these students and their parents than perpetuate sugarcoated fantasies. Look how many parents are showing up for the first time during post-decision period every year and say they are in shock that their angel superstar (with 1900, or 2010 SAT and lackluster ECs) did not get accepted by any IVY!, or any other top school since the kid had scores and gpa within the published ranges for the schools (which can mean the low 25% in the range, not the mean), and how they wished they had found out about CC before they applied.</p>