TTPB: I completely agree. I have sent emails to the ms admissions email address with no response. While it is expected for decisions to take longer, the lack of transparency with the longer timeline is unwarranted.

Decisions take a long time due to Covid-19 is perfectly understandable. However, there is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE to provide no update and ignore our inquiry emails. If the decision takes longer than usual given the current situation, just tell us so! I am sure people would understand. All they need to do is to say something. The way they ignored us shows no respect and compassion for people who are also going through this difficult time.

GPA 28.8/30 from Engineering of Computing Systems BSc at Politecnico di Milano, normal LORs, normal SOP, no GRE

High GPA from a reputable german University. No GRE. Medicore recommendation letters and motivation letter. Seems like they mostly care about grades and having the correct courses.

Applied in October 2019, and my application is still in pending status. Engineering undergrad with a 4.0 gpa from the top university in Florida, 2 internships, and 2 years of work experience in the engineering field. Got into two other Ivy Leagues, but Columbia is my top pick. I think this is ridiculous. Columbia is not respecting their applicants by not giving them a timeline or an update on when they should be expecting to hear back.

COVID-19 is a developing situation and things change rapidly. There are a lot of things at play that influences when the admission decisions go out. The application review process must have completed a long time ago (No need to change your application now). There is a chance that some more students will be admitted in the coming weeks. But like I had said earlier, everyone needs to wait till the school makes a decision. People who have decided to choose other schools should celebrate and move on. All the best!

Completely agree. This is utterly hideous behavior from such a reputed university. Although I have decided to accept admit from another university, I deserve a decision(doesn't matter what). It's completely disrespectful to students to have to wait for more than 5 months for a decision. Covid-19 is no more an excuse as every other university has finished sending out the decisions and are already planning their Fall 2020 semester amidst the chaos. It looks like all that Columbia cared about is 85$ application fees. Byproduct of capitalism.

I agree with the post below. I think it's completely disrespectful to tell applicants that they hope to have some information by the following week then go completely silent for the next 3 weeks. Regardless of the COVID situation, they should give us at least an update on how our applications are being reviewed...Anything?! What annoys me the most is actually the fact that I can still update my application, like really?!

Very disappointed, coming from a top uni in Europe with good grades but from EE degree. I've given so much time to the application and research on ETH Zurich only to get the usual rejection email is harsh.

Answering the previous question: Click on 'View as PDF' for your application submission form in the applyweb portal. Collegenet ID is your applicant ID

Is anyone still waiting for MSCS results?

Finally they sent an email saying the status has been updated. It took them f**ing six months to send a rejection letter.

Got the admission offer at portal first. Requested a deferral. More likely to be approved. After research, I would recommend everyone to take a look at the data by googling 'GMU OIPS Data Report 2016 yumpu' (Repeat the same for 2017, 2018; Refer page 12). After reaching out to certain alumni - they stressed on some predatory practices being followed for tuition fees and intentionally raising standards of CS583 to retain existing graduates for an extended duration.

Got the admission offer at portal first. Requested a deferral. More likely to be approved. After research, I would recommend everyone to take a look at the data in the following links. After reaching out to certain alumni - they stressed on predatory practices being followed and advised to take caution as visas are on rampant denials for stellar profiles. For others, Please take a look at the following links and the decrease in the international student population per country basis. [GMU OIPS Data 2016] https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/57162240/international-students-and-scholars-data-report-fall-2016 [GMU OIPS Data 2017] https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/59900136/oips-data-report-fall-2017 [GMU OIPS Data 2018] https://oips.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/International-Students-and-Scholars-Data-Report-2018.pdf

Just quit waiting. The school is not respecting applicants. No longer worth going

TTPB: I would...I have been waiting for so long, checking this post daily, and still would, I'm a masochist...

A followup on my last post: How many of you (accepted or waiting) are willing to pay the full tuition for online classes in Fall 2020? My last post: Columbia is working on the logistics of the next academic year (2020-2021). There are multiple plans that have been proposed so far but the engineering school (and CS department) has not taken a decision. Most likely a decision will be made by the end of June (Depending on the COVID-19 situation then) and everyone will hear back about their application status. As of now, there is a very high chance that classes will be held online in Fall 2020 (for incoming students). I hope this helps. All the best!

Actuarial Science undergrad from St. John's University. 3.33 overall GPA, 3.87 for junior/senior year. 2 internships and 1 full-time position as an actuary. Only 1 year worth of full time experience. Learned to program in R and Python in my free-time/ on the job, and I have some GitHub projects (nothing big though).