<p>So let's sum this up in key words:</p>
<ul>
<li>Canadian</li>
<li>Admitted to Columbia</li>
<li>Dirt poor (Household income of 12,000$)</li>
<li>NO financial aid whatsover for entire undergrad (Fell through the worst crack in the system)</li>
<li>Canadian gvmt won't help</li>
</ul>
<p>What I need: To find an association/agency/whatever to take a loan for my tuition (and hopefully not get brutally sodomized with interest rates while I'm still in school)</p>
<p>PLEASE help me.</p>
<p>do yourself a favor and don't let anyone loan you 200+K</p>
<p>surely there is a school in Canada you can get FA to attend</p>
<p>What you need is to find another school ASAP.</p>
<p>Yes, I'm weighting my options very carefully and am definitely not going to sign anything blindly- urgency of this thread not withstanding.</p>
<p>HOWEVER I would like to investigate these options so thanks for the advice, it does not fall on deaf ear, but please suggest me some viable loan sources.</p>
<p>How about taking a gap year and getting your finaid system crack addressed, I know lots of Canadian kids at Ivy's w/really good aid, so unless your crack is irreparable, you'd be better off to take a year off and start next fall WITH finaid</p>