I've just received my admission decision. Applied through the regular cycle and one of my referees submitted his recommendation from a Gmail address. However, he explained why he was doing so and I also included an explanation in my application. Here is my timeline:

Applied: December 17
Application complete: January 13
Admission: January 30

Best luck to all!

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Trying to surprise my wife.
She is lawyer with LLB and LLM from university of Benin in Nigeria, but she wants to repeat her masters in law( Medical Law).
I trying to get a school for her in USA or Canada and also get a scholarship for her.
Please can someone pls guide me through please.
My name is James.
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Hi All, I have recently received an email from Columbia stating that I need to provide my recommenders work email address. My recommender does not have a work email address? What do you guys think I should reply with? According to the email they "can not accept generic email addresses such as yahoo, gmail, aol, etc., as we have no way to verify their authenticity". Is there an explanation I can give? Can anyone please help. Thank You

Hi All, I have recently received an email from Columbia stating that I need to provide my recommenders work email address. My recommender does not have a work email address? What do you guys think I should reply with? According to the email they "can not accept generic email addresses such as yahoo, gmail, aol, etc., as we have no way to verify their authenticity". Is there an explanation I can give? Can anyone please help. Thank You

Could please tell me if this email was sent before your status changed to "application complete"? I am asking because one of my recommenders used his gmail to submit the recommendation to LSAC. I would like to know whether they might raise this issue even after they considered the application as "complete". Thank you!

Yes, prior to the incomplete email my application was marked complete. However, after providing the school with my referees work email address, my online status has changed to complete. I hope that helps.

Hi All, I have recently received an email from Columbia stating that I need to provide my recommenders work email address. My recommender does not have a work email address? What do you guys think I should reply with? According to the email they "can not accept generic email addresses such as yahoo, gmail, aol, etc., as we have no way to verify their authenticity". Is there an explanation I can give? Can anyone please help. Thank You

Didn’t you explain that in the space they had provided in your application? As in, they require every applicant to mention why their referee cannot provide an official email id. Did you skip that part? I’m curious to know because one of my referee’s too has not provided an official email id, however I explained the situation. I have not received an email from columbia yet. Want to know whether I didn’t get an email because I had explained sufficiently well?

Hi All, I have recently received an email from Columbia stating that I need to provide my recommenders work email address. My recommender does not have a work email address? What do you guys think I should reply with? According to the email they "can not accept generic email addresses such as yahoo, gmail, aol, etc., as we have no way to verify their authenticity". Is there an explanation I can give? Can anyone please help. Thank You

Didn’t you explain that in the space they had provided in your application? As in, they require every applicant to mention why their referee cannot provide an official email id. Did you skip that part? I’m curious to know because one of my referee’s too has not provided an official email id, however I explained the situation. I have not received an email from columbia yet. Want to know whether I didn’t get an email because I had explained sufficiently well?

Yeah, so I had simply stated that she does not have a work email address. I didn't think to elaborate on it, maybe I should have. Anyhow, my referee was kind enough to create a work email address on an urgent basis and my application has been marked complete.

Has anyone from the deferred pool of students had any news? I haven't. Lets keep us informed.

Anyone heard anything further? Seems very quiet at the moment.

I saw on the app tracker that someone got a rejection decision today. I don't know how accurate the app tracker is, but if someone heard anything new from CLS, please share with us!

I saw on the app tracker that someone got a rejection decision today. I don't know how accurate the app tracker is, but if someone heard anything new from CLS, please share with us!

The silence is deafening! Lets hope for us to hear from them soon!

I saw on the app tracker that someone got a rejection decision today. I don't know how accurate the app tracker is, but if someone heard anything new from CLS, please share with us!

I saw on the app tracker that someone got a rejection decision today. I don't know how accurate the app tracker is, but if someone heard anything new from CLS, please share with us!

I wouldn't read much into that cause the date mentioned is Feb 7. And Feb 7 is yet to begin in US.

I am waiting too. I have the feeling that this year they are particularly slow

Has anyone received any updates this week? The newsletter emails keep giving me false hope.

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Had anyone received any updates this week? The newsletter emails keep giving me false hope.

Had anyone received any updates this week? The newsletter emails keep giving me false hope.

I totally dislike those GLS newsletters. Too much anxiety.

Really hope decisions will be available soon.

Really hope decisions will be available soon.