Our admissions team works hard to ensure that all of the answers to your admissions questions are available on this website, including maintaining a regularly updated Frequently Asked Questions section. In order to get the information you need as efficiently as possible, we ask that you please consult the FAQ prior to emailing or calling our office. Please also note that we don’t track demonstrated interest, so there is no advantage or preference to be gained by contacting our office.
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Undergraduate Admissions mailing address
All paper correspondence and mail for Undergraduate Admissions may be directed to:
Columbia University in the City of New York
Undergraduate Admissions
212 Hamilton Hall, Mail Code 2807
1130 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Applications & admissions process
For questions about undergraduate admission and the application process that are not addressed by our Frequently Asked Questions section, contact:
Undergraduate Admissions
Phone: 212-854-2522
Regular Business Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time
ugrad-ask@columbia.edu
Please note that it may take a few days for us to respond to general email inquiries.
Application materials & updates
To submit supporting admission application materials that cannot be uploaded directly through your application, or to provide any updates or changes to your application, use the mailing address above or contact us by email to ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu.
For email submissions, you must include your application ID and which application type you are submitting (Early Decision, Regular Decision, Transfer, Combined Plan or Visiting Student); otherwise, your submission may not be processed. We ask you to include your application type in the subject line of your message.
This email address should be used only for document submission and materials-related questions. Any other messages will not be responded to and should be addressed to the other points of contact listed on this page. Please note that given the volume of documents that are received daily, we are unable to confirm individual submissions. Applicants will receive information via email about tracking their application materials.
Columbia accepts transcripts from colleges and universities through electronic credential exchange networks. Please make sure to select the correct accounts when utilizing these services:
- National Student Clearinghouse: Columbia University - Undergraduate Admissions College and Engineering - ETX
- Parchment: Columbia Univ-CC/EN
Financial Aid
For questions about the financial aid process and how to finance your education at Columbia, contact:
Financial Aid and Educational Financing
Phone: 212-854-3711
Regular Business Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time
Fax: 212-854-5353
ugrad-finaid@columbia.edu
All paper correspondence and mail for Financial Aid may be directed to:
Financial Aid and Educational Financing
100 Hamilton Hall, Mail Code 2802
1130 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
How do I track the status of my application?
Online admissions document tracking is only available during certain times in the admissions process. Applicants will receive an email notifying them how to access their applicant portal. If, at that time, you discover that any items are listed as "not received/processed," please have your school submit a duplicate copy of this missing information to us via email at ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu as soon as possible. Emailed materials will take up to one week for processing. You will have time to submit the missing credentials before decisions are released without being penalized.
Can I provide updates or corrections to my application after I have submitted it?
Any additions or corrections to the application must be submitted in writing either through the application status page or via email to ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu. Please include the student's identifying information: name and high school/secondary school; Columbia ID number (C00...); and date of birth.
We will accept self-reported ACT and SAT scores on the testing section of the application and on your application status page. If you wish to provide updated scores after you have applied, you can do so on your application status page. We do not track Midyear Reports/senior grades or additional materials.
May I submit supplementary recommendations?
We welcome an additional letter of recommendation if the writer has worked with you in a researcher or college course capacity. Any supplementary recommendations should not be completed on the Teacher Report forms of your application, but instead submitted directly by the recommender to our office via email to ugrad-confirm@columbia.edu. Undergraduate Admissions discourages the submission of additional recommendations, as admissions decisions will be based primarily on the required recommendations from your high school teachers and secondary school counselor.
When do application decisions become available?
The Columbia community is committed to environmental responsibility; in keeping with this commitment, we will provide some admissions decisions only online, not via regular mail. Applicants will receive specific instructions as to how to check their decisions online before decisions are released. The below timelines are followed for different admissions programs:
- Admission decisions for first-year candidates who apply Early Decision are typically available on or before December 15.
- Admission decisions for first-year candidates who apply Regular Decision are typically available on or before April 15.
- Admission decisions for transfer candidates are typically available by or before the end of May.
- Admissions decisions for Combined Plan Program candidates are available in the spring.
- Admissions decisions for Visiting Student Program candidates are available 4-6 weeks after complete application submission, as this is a rolling admissions program.
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