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I know it is best to submit early for Columbia, but anyone know what is the actual time deadline for Columbia?

Is it 11.59am on Jan 9th?
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Is it 11.59am on Jan 8th?
Or neither?

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Is the word limit for Columbia strict. It says "recommended word limit 500" so Im assuming that I can go over. Am I right or wrong about this??

You are uploading, so if you are over by 10%, it should be fine.

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I know it is best to submit early for Columbia, but anyone know what is the actual time deadline for Columbia?

Is it 11.59am on Jan 9th?
Or
Is it 11.59am on Jan 8th?
Or neither?

This is a good question. From my interpretation it is due 11:59PM on the 9th. Most schools have a time deadline but I cant find a time on Columbia.

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And just to ensure that people don't get confused about the Jan 9th deadline, this RD deadline is meaningful only for those who want to be considered for fellowship. Since the adcom will start reviewing earlier RD applicants first (Those who applied from Oct to Dec. Or those like me), Jan 9th deadline doesn't mean anything more to those who are submitting now and don't care for the fellowship. The final deadline for RD is March 3.

I am also supposed to get a result from Columbia around the Jan 9th deadline. Pray for me, people !!! :pray

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Thanks mNeo, and I pray for you...
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I am also supposed to get a result from Columbia around the Jan 9th deadline. Pray for me, people !!! :pray

Sorry if there is an obvious answer to this but how do you know that you're supposed to get a result from Columbia around 1/9?

EDIT: I may have answered my own question - did you apply ED?

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Yeah .. I applied ED and Columbia deferred my decision to Jan 9th. They asked me to inform them on Jan 9th if I was still interested in the school. And since I definitely am, I am expecting to get a :yes

from them just after 9th Jan.

ps. Yey, I've remembered to use the additional smilies for a change.

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mNeo

That's what I figured, but I didn't want to take any chances. I submitted my Columbia application yesterday. I guess I'll just hear back sooner rather than later.

Good luck Neo!

EDIT: So the deadline for US citizens is in April? I am ahead of the game for once! Woohoo!

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Mneo I will definitely pray for you! Submitting mine tonight, for RD...

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mNeo - All the very best buddy!!!
When a school asks you to get back regarding your interest, I am sure they want you real bad!
Nevertheless, shall pray for you

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Good Luck mNeo!

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mNeo, I am sure you will get in. :pray

mNeo

from them just after 9th Jan.

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Wish you luck with Columbia but I don't think you would get a decision early as Jan 9th. Deferral status is more favorable compared to waitlisted, but the adcom will not have a second look at the "deferred" list until they get a good grasp of the Rd applicants. Applicants are deferred in ED since they are favorable candidates but not quite appealing as ED admits. So the adcom like to have a second thought comparing them with the RD application pool. At least this is what I gathered at the admitted students event at CBS last month.

Jan 9th is not a official deadline for any rounds at CBS, but if you compare this date to other schools who don't run rolling admission, this is about the same time as deadline for 2nd Rd. This time line may suggest the volume adcom haved received by now, and how many seats are left once they go through apps submitted to date. We all know that the chance of R3 is so slim not even worth a try, so for those not submitted their apps it's best to do so soon.

Best luck to all

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Is the word limit for Columbia strict. It says "recommended word limit 500" so Im assuming that I can go over. Am I right or wrong about this??

It's not wise to go over.

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mNeo

from them just after 9th Jan.

ps. Yey, I've remembered to use the additional smilies for a change.

Good luck mNeo! I really do hope that CL works out for you. Its a great school and you cant beat the NYC location.

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mNeo, good luck man!!

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Just submitted! Uphill is in for R2...good luck, all!

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Good luck mNeo!

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i submitted my app yesterday and i am having nightmares about it already :/ i am happy with all of it except essay #2, which i decided to reread today just to torture myself. i tried to go with something "different" (i have a very different kind of background, including heavy academic writing exposure) but it sounded too intellectual and not business-y enough. that's not even counting the disaster of a sentence i had in the first pargraph that made sense to me when i revised the essay 15 times but now seems borderline absurd.

i guess i will take this chance to weigh in on the "safe, boring essays" vs "risky, memorable essays" debate. hopefully this will help others. the conclusion i have reached is that you should almost certainly go with a safe essay unless:

1) you are applying to stanford -- you won't get in anyway, so you might as well swing for the fences (their essay topics seem to encourage this).
2) you are in one of the major feeder industries and have to compete with one or two thousand carbon copies of yourself, who have identical stats, internships, etc. and need a way to stand out.

in hindsight, i probably should have written boring, safe essays. my accomplishments are very different than any of the profiles i have seen posted on this or other sites, so my essays would have stood out anyway. i got sucked into the idea that the adcoms are being honest when they say, "we want to see your real personality - be honest." maybe i am just second guessing myself, but i now have serious doubts about that. i now suspect (as i should have before) that most of people reading the essays have little exposure to "real" expository writing and are likely to get befuddled by anything out of the ordinary.

just my 0.02 with nothing but angst to back it up.