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22 Oct 2013, 11:58

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Thanks, mgh!

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22 Oct 2013, 12:34

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Did everyone receive the "Online Information Session" email?

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22 Oct 2013, 12:37

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Did everyone receive the "Online Information Session" email?

Yes, I did. And that did put my heart on hold for a couple of seconds. Another email to confirm my already bad feeling about my app this year.

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22 Oct 2013, 12:45

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Did everyone receive the "Online Information Session" email?

Yes, I did. And that did put my heart on hold for a couple of seconds. Another email to confirm my already bad feeling about my app this year.

I was invited to interview and got this email too, looks like EVERY applicant got it, has no bearing on your application.

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22 Oct 2013, 13:20

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Did everyone receive the "Online Information Session" email?

Yes, I did. And that did put my heart on hold for a couple of seconds. Another email to confirm my already bad feeling about my app this year.

I was invited to interview and got this email too, looks like EVERY applicant got it, has no bearing on your application.

i got it too. they are on different systems, i am sure.

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If, unfortunately, we are left to be dinged how soon does that notification typically go out?

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22 Oct 2013, 14:21

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Was hesitant to post this because it might simultaneously freak people out unnecessarily or potentially give people false hope, but since I see a lot of the same questions on this:

The way Columbia admissions were explained to me, is that all applications are reviewed initially. If reviewer one wants an interview - boom you get it. If interviewer one rejects you, you are reviewed a 2nd time by someone else - if he wants an interview, boom you get one.

So people who haven't gotten an interview yet, it doesn't mean you were dinged, it just means:
1) they've done the first reviews but not the second reviews...if you were rejected a 2nd time, you would've gotten an email
2) It's also highly possible they segregate their queue by expertise and by stats. If you have a certain profile, it could just be that pipeline is more "clogged up". A lot of schools review high GMAT's first.

With that said, I think a good assumption to make, is that if you get a interview request after a long wait, it probably does mean you are on the border, and you really need to do well on the interview.

Please note I could very well be wrong on all of this, but this has been my impression from talking to people and going to the speaker events.

Good luck!

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Updated on: 22 Oct 2013, 16:04

Originally posted by fionaS on 22 Oct 2013, 15:04.
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Does this mean, everybody who applied in the ED round will get a final decision before Nov. 18? This is way earlier than the other school's decision date....

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essaysnark

Big news: Columbia will begin processing Regular Decision apps on November 18th.

That's at least a month earlier than they've ever done it before.

While it's possible that they got fewer apps in ED (we're sure plenty of people will be speculating as much as soon as they hear this change), we actually believe that this is due to the change in leadership in admissions and the increased efficiency of the team.

What it means for you: If you've already gotten that RD app in, you can start nervously refreshing your inbox on Nov. 18th, looking for that interview invite. :-)

And if you haven't submitted yet... it's time to get busy!!

Good luck to all!
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22 Oct 2013, 15:32

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Because CBS' admission process is a rolling one, wouldn't it make sense that those waiting (probably from 10/1 or 10/2) are sure to be last to be reviewed within the ED cycle? And I'm sure there were quite a few submitted on those days. I applied 10/2, holding out hope for now, still have several weeks until the 11/18 date.

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22 Oct 2013, 15:36

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To follow up on that, we've seen very few individuals (I think only one or two) who applied on 10/2 get an interview, which wouldn't be proportionally aligned with the string of interview invites in the past several weeks, given the higher number of (assumed) equally qualified candidates. Just building a case to stay positive.

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22 Oct 2013, 15:49

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I like the way you think. Yeah I'm hoping/assuming there was a deluge of apps on 10/1 or 10/2 and just takes times to get through all of them...!

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VistaMan

I like the way you think. Yeah I'm hoping/assuming there was a deluge of apps on 10/1 or 10/2 and just takes times to get through all of them...!

Yeah, we'll have to see. I feel that the widespread silence is better than having a ton of invites going out to 10/2 applicants and hearing nothing yourself...one can only hope tomorrow might be the day. And fingers crossed for no more false alarm emails from CBS -- Wharton did the same thing today to its applicants. Freaking everyone out.

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Can somebody please pass on the email and the contact # to reach CBS Adcom ?

Applied 10/2
Haven't heard anything yet
No Information Session Mail

Would like to check the status of my app

Thanks !

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22 Oct 2013, 20:42

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Can somebody please pass on the email and the contact # to reach CBS Adcom ?

Applied 10/2
Haven't heard anything yet
No Information Session Mail

Would like to check the status of my app

Thanks !

I think that's a bad idea. They haven't forgotten about you, calling/emailing them may be counter productive.

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Thanks mgh !

I wasnt all that bothered about my app status until today morning, when i found on this forum that almost all applicants received an "Info session mail" from Adcom.
Since i have not received any communication, just wanted to check if everything was alright with my app. Not per se to check my app status

Thanks!

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Can somebody please pass on the email and the contact # to reach CBS Adcom ?

Applied 10/2
Haven't heard anything yet
No Information Session Mail

Would like to check the status of my app

Thanks !

I thought everyone was supposed to get the Info Session mail at least. Is CBS blocked by your spam filter by any chance? :lol:

j/k

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My mail folders including SPAM are clean and i have not received any such mails

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22 Oct 2013, 20:59

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hanpin,

My mail folders including SPAM are clean and i have not received any such mails

hehe, I was just joking.

I applied on 10/2 too. Good luck to both of us!

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22 Oct 2013, 21:02

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hanpin,

Actually one interview invite of another program that i applied ended up in Spam and it went unnoticed for around 4 days.

Good Luck to you !

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22 Oct 2013, 22:33

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mikaarun

Can somebody please pass on the email and the contact # to reach CBS Adcom ?

Applied 10/2
Haven't heard anything yet
No Information Session Mail

Would like to check the status of my app

Thanks !

There is no info session mail in my inbox either. :?: