2011 Application Process Notes COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

2011 Application Process Notes COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog I wanted to take a moment to provide some insight to those that plan on applying for a future semester.   While it is possible to log in to our application at the current time to create an account, it is not yet possible to apply for the spring 2011 or fall 2011 semesters.   Our goal is to have the application live and running by August 15th.   I will keep you updated on our progress on this blog. At this point we recommend that you wait to log in to create an account as we will be making some changes to the application in July and August.   It is fine if you have already created an account, however after the new application goes up you will want to make sure to start at the beginning of the application and review any information you filled in as some of the required fields might change. The deadline for spring 2011 admission will be October 1st and the deadline for fall 2011 admission will be January 5th. We will be taking the application down for a few weeks to implement the technical changes for the coming year.   This will likely occur during the first two weeks of August so we can test the system.   Our changes should not stop you from starting to work on your application materials.   Many of things we ask for will remain constant.   For example: We will still require transcripts from all schools attended since graduating from high school.   Thus you can start accumulating copies of your transcripts for submission.   We do allow applicants to scan copies and upload them to our application site.   This is the recommended method. We will still require two résumés.   A full description of this requirement can be found by clicking here. We will still require either the GRE or the GMAT, and for those that speak English as a second language, the TOEFL or IELTS. We will still require three recommendations.   These should be academic or professional, in other words, individuals that have supervised you in the classroom or in the work place. We will most likely be making some changes to the personal statement so that is something at this point in time that is not decided.   The Admissions Committee hopes to have the final questions/statements ready by the end of July and I will post them to this site as soon as they are finalized.