Columbia Univ.

[xabiere]

I have a question about Columbia application. My status of application is still saying "Incomplete". What does it mean? Does it mean that mine is still in process of reviewing or that I missed some requirements for completing application?

[limeinthecoconut]

I have a question about Columbia application. My status of application is still saying "Incomplete". What does it mean? Does it mean that mine is still in process of reviewing or that I missed some requirements for completing application?

Did you check the form to see if all the required materials are in?

[aditi123]

I have a question about Columbia application. My status of application is still saying "Incomplete". What does it mean? Does it mean that mine is still in process of reviewing or that I missed some requirements for completing application?

It means that some of the components of the application have still not been submitted.You might want to go through their check-list to see if you've sent in all the needed material...

[xabiere]

Did you check the form to see if all the required materials are in?

I submitted all required materials -Transcripts, Test scores, SOP, Writing Sample, CV-. However, my status is "Incomplete". How can I accept that? No reply from GSAS for now when I e-mailed.

[interista]

There was a discussion about the Columbia status problem on the Fall 2010 Admissions Results thread. Quite a few people also had their status listed as "incomplete" from what I recall; it's just a glitch in the system, and it doesn't seem to imply that your application was not received and considered. So I wouldn't worry about it too much, though unfortunately if you haven't heard from Columbia yet you're likely rejected.

[lifesurfer]

I submitted all required materials -Transcripts, Test scores, SOP, Writing Sample, CV-. However, my status is "Incomplete". How can I accept that? No reply from GSAS for now when I e-mailed.

i'm sorry to hear about this. i must say that of all the schools i applied to columbia's admissions process was the most disorganized. had i not been on top of my application and pestered the admissions office to look for the materials i submitted by the deadline (december 1) after i noticed that my form online also said "incomplete" in january, my application would probably never had made it to the political science department. even with me on top of things, and after emailing scans of all materials that i had already submitted, my application was not forwarded to the department until early february. i don't know whether and how this affected my admission chances, but it was definitely an unpleasant inconvenience.

[gleeful_horror]

i'm sorry to hear about this. i must say that of all the schools i applied to columbia's admissions process was the most disorganized. had i not been on top of my application and pestered the admissions office to look for the materials i submitted by the deadline (december 1) after i noticed that my form online also said "incomplete" in january, my application would probably never had made it to the political science department. even with me on top of things, and after emailing scans of all materials that i had already submitted, my application was not forwarded to the department until early february. i don't know whether and how this affected my admission chances, but it was definitely an unpleasant inconvenience.

Similar experience, part of my application was misplaced and my application was not forwarded before the end of January. In the end my file was only "complete enough" with parts missing that were in the same envelope as the parts that they did receive. The admissions office does not make it a secret that they rather not have you pestering them checking your materials, but then again, unlike some other schools, they will not alert you if there is something "missing" from your file either.

I guess these things can and do happen, the question is whether our cases are incidents or GSAS has more structural problems. Either way, it does bug me a little, seeing that Columbia was one of my top choices. I would hope that my application had at least gotten full consideration.

[yangus2010]

My application was only updated as "complete" and "at department" at the end of February. I emailed a woman at GSAS admissions and she forwarded my email to the department. I have yet to hear back from the department.

At this point, I know I didn't get in (just because I didn't hear when everyone who got in heard), but I just want to know when my application was processed. If it wasn't processed until the end of February, I want a refund of my application fee.

Really??? So many people havenot heard the result from Columbia. I shocked about it. Extremely sad to be rejected silienctly. At least, they should inform us in stead of ignoring us. A bit furious about that! They treat as like what, bubble???