BNichole Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 12:23 PM, MPA__Applicant said: They have spring break from 10th to 18th March. But Adcom still work during break? Expand Yep office admin usually work during spring break. At least that’s how where I attend.
MidCareerApp Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I just called the Financial Aid Counselor and says to do nothing with the MYFINAID contact until admission decisions and financial aid results are released. She said that should happen shortly. Seems like it's happening today!
veronicaaaaa Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 They didn't even put up the admitted category yet. I doubt two posts will go up in one day?
jello1237 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Surely by "shortly" she might mean within the next week?
Venitian Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 1pm has been the release time the last couple of years. Let's see what happens in an hour.
PolicyHopeful2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 5:23 PM, econ14 said: Shortly means next Wenesday, I'm almost positive Expand Agreed! If this is the first time they are releasing funding decisions at the same time, I can’t imagine they would substantially alter their blog post/admissions announcement sequence, and do it all earlier - but who knows. Not getting my hopes up for today (or getting in ?).
lackey Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Nothing. On 3/9/2018 at 6:20 PM, 2018MPP said: From my observations, only for MPP, those who have the text above admission and financial tab disappeared since Monday will get in/waitlisted, and the latter group will get rejected. MPP applicants who were assigned counselors after 2pm EST will probably get denied. Should not be in alphabetical order, cause my name/ last name is at the beginning.. Expand I'm not sure how much we should read into this...
policyschool Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 6:20 PM, 2018MPP said: From my observations, only for MPP, those who have the text above admission and financial tab disappeared since Monday will get in/waitlisted, and the latter group will get rejected. MPP applicants who were assigned counselors after 2pm EST will probably get denied. Should not be in alphabetical order, cause my name/ last name is at the beginning.. Expand Is this something you've determined from forums on prior years?
mpa-applicant Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) On 3/9/2018 at 6:20 PM, 2018MPP said: From my observations, only for MPP, those who have the text above admission and financial tab disappeared since Monday will get in/waitlisted, and the latter group will get rejected. MPP applicants who were assigned counselors after 2pm EST will probably get denied. Should not be in alphabetical order, cause my name/ last name is at the beginning.. Expand someone (@poefan) who was in the same discussion last year already told us many times that these things have nothing to do with admission decisions last year they all made the same kind of assumptions on portal changes and so on and when admissions were released they just realised that any link could be drawn Edited March 9, 2018 by mpa-applicant Prester John 1
lackey Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 6:26 PM, mpa-applicant said: someone who was in the same discussion last year already told us many times that these things have nothing to do with admission decisions Expand I would think so as well. No consistencies.
Prester John Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I think it’s just trying to see a pattern where there is none. Matt can post about the admitted category on Saturday. He has previously posted on Saturdays Poli92 1
pumpkinturbo Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Yep, lots of reasons not to read too much into timing. Sometimes schools group applications by sector/experience/profile type and then pick admits from within those subgroups, which could all happen at different meetings. I still stand by my feeling that it's SUPER weird to assign someone a counselor and then reject them. It could very well be what's happening, but it'd be weird nonetheless.
lackey Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 6:59 PM, pumpkinturbo said: Yep, lots of reasons not to read too much into timing. Sometimes schools group applications by sector/experience/profile type and then pick admits from within those subgroups, which could all happen at different meetings. I still stand by my feeling that it's SUPER weird to assign someone a counselor and then reject them. It could very well be what's happening, but it'd be weird nonetheless. Expand Is it that strange, though? It could be a way for them to cover up decision results before they come out, and unassigning may not take too long...? I'm more confused about the fact that admits and packages come out together. Does that mean they only make packages for admits and have the list a week beforehand? LOL.
pumpkinturbo Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 7:01 PM, lackey said: Is it that strange, though? It could be a way for them to cover up decision results before they come out, and unassigning may not take too long...? I'm more confused about the fact that admits and packages come out together. Does that mean they only make packages for admits and have the list a week beforehand? LOL. Expand It could be, but IMHO it'd be a bad one for reasons other than their internal workflow: it creates confusion for candidates (they seem to take candidate experience very seriously given how much effort they put into the blog), and would likely result in lots of people bugging the counselors who aren't even going to get in. Wouldn't it be just as easy to not post any counselor info for anybody, and then post it for the admits once decisions come out? I can't imagine that taking much longer. Unless this is the only way for counselors to get access to the contents of financial aid applications, I don't know why they'd need to do this. And we submitted our financial aid info through the same portal as the admissions app, not through MYFAID. brown queer 1
lackey Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 7:08 PM, pumpkinturbo said: It could be, but IMHO it'd be a bad one for reasons other than their internal workflow: it creates confusion for candidates (they seem to take candidate experience very seriously given how much effort they put into the blog), and would likely result in lots of people bugging the counselors who aren't even going to get in. Wouldn't it be just as easy to not post any counselor info for anybody, and then post it for the admits once decisions come out? I can't imagine that taking much longer. Unless this is the only way for counselors to get access to the contents of financial aid applications, I don't know why they'd need to do this. And we submitted our financial aid info through the same portal as the admissions app, not through MYFAID. Expand It's certainly a confusing process!
Poli92 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) Looking through previous years' postings like... Edited March 9, 2018 by Poli92 pumpkinturbo and lutherblissett 1 1
mpa-applicant Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 6:59 PM, pumpkinturbo said: Yep, lots of reasons not to read too much into timing. Sometimes schools group applications by sector/experience/profile type and then pick admits from within those subgroups, which could all happen at different meetings. I still stand by my feeling that it's SUPER weird to assign someone a counselor and then reject them. It could very well be what's happening, but it'd be weird nonetheless. Expand actually not weird because from a previous post, councelours are assigned based on the program so you just enter the same name for applicants of the same program.
pumpkinturbo Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 7:28 PM, mpa-applicant said: actually not weird because from a previous post, councelours are assigned based on the program so you just enter the same name for applicants of the same program. Expand Seemed to be mixed based on my reading (some people shared the initials of their counselor) but that doesn't necessarily disprove what you're saying. I don't think it's weird because it takes a long time, though. I think it's weird because it causes confusion and results in lots of speculation and (probably) lots of inquiries that they wouldn't get otherwise. Ellen123 1
mpa-applicant Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 7:10 PM, lackey said: It's certainly a confusing process! Expand confusing because we are looking at things we shouldn't
lackey Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/9/2018 at 7:30 PM, pumpkinturbo said: Seemed to be mixed based on my reading (some people shared the initials of their counselor) but that doesn't necessarily disprove what you're saying. I don't think it's weird because it takes a long time, though. I think it's weird because it causes confusion and results in lots of speculation and (probably) lots of inquiries that they wouldn't get otherwise. Expand Yeah that's my point. I'm sure it'll be clearer next year since it's their first time doing fin aid and admissions decision simultaneously. pumpkinturbo 1
jello1237 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 On 3/6/2018 at 7:16 PM, lackey said: Latest prediction: Matt is looking at our <30k views. "These are rookie numbers!" Once we hit that magic number, decisions roll in. So...tomorrowish. Expand Goal achieved!
mpa-applicant Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) Columbia sipa has released decisions:) Edited March 9, 2018 by mpa-applicant yellina122 and pumpkinturbo 1 1
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