<p>I got into this thing for Columbia. The letter felt vagueish though.</p>
<p>Can anyone who was/is in it elaborate on the specific benefits that they got from being this scholar?</p>
<p>The scholars program is really more of an incentive to matriculate than anything else. It basically entails for your freshman year participating in a biweekly scholars seminar (essentially pointless), attending a couple of mandatory speaker sessions (often pretty interesting), and doing some sort of group project that I still don’t entirely understand. </p>
<p>Benefits:</p>
<p>(1) Often waaaay better financial aid. My CP Davis grant made Columbia a cheaper option than state school for me.</p>
<p>(2) Summer internship/research opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t be available to freshmen (which you should most DEFINITELY take advantage of)</p>
<p>(3) Putting it on your resume</p>
<p>RypuAK, congrats! I got this as well :)</p>
<p>My question is, could I somehow leverage this to get at least some financial aid (I wasn’t offered any at all)?</p>
<p>^Oh wow, is this part of the acceptance letter you guys got? I tried to open my financial aid, but it wouldn’t work, so just wondering if this scholarship notification was included in the welcome/congrats letter.</p>
<p>^when I opened up the acceptance letter, a window popped up and this came right after it on the next page</p>
<p>i got one of these too…can anyone tell me if it is in addition to financial aid or if that’s all the money i’m getting? because i can’t afford columbia if that’s all the money i’m getting…</p>
<p>@alienwithane
if you got need-based financial aid offers from other schools, show the best one to columbia, and they’ll match it or give you even more money.</p>
<p>When were you guys notified of the Scholar selection? I was admitted to CC but I don’t think I got any scholar programs. I was just wondering!</p>