请教：关于Columbia的Early Decision

babybluet

Early Decision 要求在收到offer的两周内表态并汇款，而且据说一旦学生commit了，它们会给其它所有学校发通知，表示这个学生已经是Columbia的了。
那么，这个Early Decision一般会在什么时候发offer？早于HBS / Wharton这些学校吗？
多谢！

thecow10000

There is NO WAY that they will punish you in any form.  If you deposit the $6,000 and not join:

1. Someone who's on the waitlist will be very happy to deposit his/her $6,000 and join CBS.
2. Columbia is $6,000 richer from your deposit.
3. To sue/punish you it will cost them money to hire a lawyer for litigations.  It isn't worth it.  How can they prove the damage you caused them?  They got $6,000 from you and got a replacement (from the waitlist) who is probably as qualified as you... what damage?  It won't look good in the press either for their actions.
4. Why force someone who doesn't want to go?
5. Other schools don't really respect this policy... if you took HBS over CBS ED, you think HBS would care if CBS told HBS?

CDJJMM

好像发offer的时间大部分都比别的学校早。所以如果不想给committment的话，就申R2吧。个人觉得差别不是非常大。

zonia

I was an admit last year, i chose another program over CBS (I turn down MBA for a JDMBA program tho) and no outcome. I just noticed the adcom about it. (Actually I still keep in touch with them and they are friendly to me even tho I didn't join them) You'll just lose the deposit if you have already deposited. The school is not going to notify other schools because basically you don't need to tell them which school did you apply other than CBS.

Early decision traditionally has a better admission rate than other rounds, that's for sure so it is good if your first choice is CBS.

yidiyuehan

Actually I am also thinking about the outcome.

If admitted(just IF), and I definitely still want to try other schools........

But not sure if I finally chose another school even after paying for the deposite, will Columbia tell other schools and eventually I got nothing to go?

calvinhobbes

Is ED for CBS in Oct?

Any other school is using a rolling basis like CBS's?

Thanks.

gracezz

楼上的解释很有意思~~

ivyer

Early Decision 要求在收到offer的两周内表态并汇款，而且据说一旦学生commit了，它们会给其它所有学校发通知，表示这个学生已经是Columbia的了。
那么，这个Early Decision一般会在什么时候发offer？早于HBS / Wharton这些学校吗？
多谢！

-- by 会员 babybluet (2010/7/3 19:54:15)

什么时候发offer取决于你什么时候提交申请和面试，好象是提交申请的12周以内，可以自己查一下。但一般会早于HBS/WHARTON，如果比他们晚，你觉得ED还有意义么？

另外columbia不会通知所有的其他学校，没有哪个学生值得学校花精力这么做吧？这是你自己的commitment. if you choose to break it, you break it. 损失钱，走人， 没人会哭着喊着拦着你。就像离婚一样，被骂得再厉害，你也可以离的。你可以说是你结婚的时候没想清楚，但很多人还是想好了再去结婚的。

whismanc

国内人要申cbs，就赶在ed,否则就别浪费钱了

canols

这个问题应该蛮多人关心的，希望知情人解答

Early Decision 要求在收到offer的两周内表态并汇款，而且据说一旦学生commit了，它们会给其它所有学校发通知，表示这个学生已经是Columbia的了。
那么，这个Early Decision一般会在什么时候发offer？早于HBS / Wharton这些学校吗？
多谢！

-- by 会员 babybluet (2010/7/3 19:54:15)