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Is Columbia your first choice?

First Choice (ED)
42
9%
First Choice (Regular)
79
17%
Top Five
241
53%
Top Ten
6
1%
It's a T14, so I'm applying
33
7%
Just in it for the $$$
12
3%
Just here to lurk
42
9%
 
Total votes: 455
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by alpha kenny body » Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:09 pm

Alhe5015 wrote:Hey everyone, Just checking in!
26 y/o Lesbian AA URM. Active Duty Army Veteran w 2 deployments. 3.6 and a 171 (retaking in september- shooting for about 5 more points. PTing at 177- 180 right now)

Retaking LSAT to shoot for HYS. But Columbia is my realistic #1 choice. I grew up in NYC and spent a year at CC so its home.
You'll probably get into Yale.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by walterwhite » Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:20 pm

MTH2 wrote:
Alhe5015 wrote:Hey everyone, Just checking in!
26 y/o Lesbian AA URM. Active Duty Army Veteran w 2 deployments. 3.6 and a 171 (retaking in september- shooting for about 5 more points. PTing at 177- 180 right now)

Retaking LSAT to shoot for HYS. But Columbia is my realistic #1 choice. I grew up in NYC and spent a year at CC so its home.
You'll probably get into Yale.

does being gay give you a boost like being black or mexican? Is being gay equivalent to being URM?
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Post by Gray » Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:25 pm

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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by Mack.Hambleton » Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:28 pm

walterwhite wrote:
MTH2 wrote:
Alhe5015 wrote:Hey everyone, Just checking in!
26 y/o Lesbian AA URM. Active Duty Army Veteran w 2 deployments. 3.6 and a 171 (retaking in september- shooting for about 5 more points. PTing at 177- 180 right now)

Retaking LSAT to shoot for HYS. But Columbia is my realistic #1 choice. I grew up in NYC and spent a year at CC so its home.
You'll probably get into Yale.

does being gay give you a boost like being black or mexican? Is being gay equivalent to being URM?
Nope no boost
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by Alhe5015 » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:20 am

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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by everything_bagel » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:27 am

I think being gay in the military is kind of its own thing. Props for your service.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by Mack.Hambleton » Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:42 am

ya i still say write a diversity statement if you have something good to write about, but don't expect it to have a URM boost or anything
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by jbagelboy » Sun Sep 14, 2014 7:18 pm

hey, so if you guys want to update the OP -
the C/O 2015 numbers were actually 170/172/174, GPA; 3.71;
C/O 2016 were LSAT: 169/171/173, GPA: 3.70;
C/O 2017 were LSAT: 170/172/174, GPA: 3.71.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by xylocarp » Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:39 pm

has anyone received any recognition at all from Columbia yet?
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by taks7 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:57 pm

xylocarp wrote:has anyone received any recognition at all from Columbia yet?
Nope. It's been cricket silence for me too.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by xylocarp » Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:03 pm

taks7 wrote:
xylocarp wrote:has anyone received any recognition at all from Columbia yet?
Nope. It's been cricket silence for me too.
thanks. just making sure it's not only me!
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by Nothing but the Funk » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:29 am

Checking in, got my app in yesterday.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by sneakyleo » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:57 am

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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by w0w » Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:42 pm

Found a hidden fee waiver and am now submitted!!
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by LawBron James » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:16 pm

How do you figure out if you have a hidden waiver?
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by w0w » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:51 pm

LawBron James wrote:How do you figure out if you have a hidden waiver?
There's a really good guide in the admissions threads.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by xylocarp » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:52 pm

LawBron James wrote:How do you figure out if you have a hidden waiver?
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 2&t=129078
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by LawBron James » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:40 pm

Definitely should have seen that lol. Thanks, though.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by LSATneurotic » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:09 pm

checkin' in # reapplicant
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by smile0751 » Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:35 pm

:( No fee waiver. Major bummer. 168/3.9
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by Four Winds » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:09 am

Did anyone else get a hidden fee waiver but no email?
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by FloridaCoastalorbust » Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:22 am

Anyone else get an unsolicited waiver yesterday?
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by LoganCouture » Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:25 pm

FloridaCoastalorbust wrote:Anyone else get an unsolicited waiver yesterday?
Quite a few folks in the Fee Waivers 14-15 thread but not me sadly.
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by xylocarp » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:51 am

acknowledge us, Columbia
pls
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Re: Columbia c/o 2018 Applicants (2014-2015 cycle)

Post by Sacred Cow » Wed Sep 24, 2014 10:18 am

FloridaCoastalorbust wrote:Anyone else get an unsolicited waiver yesterday?
Yeah, I did. Sounded like they gave them out based on LSAT alone.
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