Hi,
I’m new here.
I would like some insight on financing Columbia as an International student. Recently, I got accepted at Columbia for a masters program beginning in Spring 2016.
Financial resources in my country aren’t really available and the highest loan I could get is 30K which I would, but I havent paid a bill in 2012 so now I have bad credit and cant get a loan (true story). Among many others, I tried the only 2 big scholarships here, I got denied at one, but the other one is not decided yet. I’ve tried everything I can, but I am running out of time.
And CU can’t help me because the school (Continuing education) has no budget.
One of the reasons that actually made me apply to CU was this whole need blind policy admission but there is no word about that at all. All the links that they send me didn’t even apply once I tried those options.
I don’t know what to do. Any advice on what else I could try? I mean this whole acceptance thing must count for something, right?
The need blind policy is for undergraduate admissions only. It doesn’t apply to the School of Continuing Education. The School of Continuing Education also has a 67% acceptance rate, so, being accepted does not count for a whole lot.
Ahem, what is it with you and acceptance rates? @bouders. does a school’s acceptance rate make it worth 30K in debt, even at undergrad level? @Afeme7 I no expert, but would you think of deferring your admission, or taking a part time job? Most grad schools in US don’t give financial aid, and any aid opportunities are mainly for US citizens.
If a school accepts you, there is no guarantee that funding goes along with that acceptance.
This is the situation that you and countless other students (domestic and international) are currently stuck in. There is no money to go to college.
I agree that until you come up with the money, Cornell is not happening.
You should defer your admission and take a gap year to work and raise some money.
As an international student, you cannot really work, with a student visa in the US, and expect to make that kind of money in a limited part-time job.