@mathnerd101 I am not able to access my financial aid either. I am going to call the financial aid office tomorrow morning to find out what’s going on.
I was able to view my award earlier on at 1am… I can’t do that at the moment so maybe the site is down for now.
In my day John Jays scholarships were offered to be the most academically promising freshman from around the country and around the world. There was a geographic distribution, so you had honorees from all over, which was great. There were monthly dinners, and some other meetings. It was quite an honor, though of course what really mattered was what you did in your four years there.
Accepted 
Rejected…
waitlisted
Does anyone have any updates on the financial aid situation? I can’t view it either oops
DD accepted (likely letter) with John Jay scholar designation. Had her sights set on Columbia since her freshman year! So excited and honored. What a crazy process college admissions has been. Happy rn that I have only one child and won’t be doing this again, haha! Best of luck to all applicants and congrats to all accepted, WL, and rejected as everything will work out for the best for such amazing, smart, and talented people. I am in awe and so very impressed with all of you, wow!!
accepted!
According to the Columbia Spectator, the school had its lowest ever acceptance rate at 5.1%. 42,569 applicants for 2,190 spots. Congrats to everyone. Go Lions (or Bears, or Quakers, or maybe even Beavers…still deciding).
accepted to the school of engineering!!
@mathnerd101 My son is a freshman with a John Jay Scholarship. It mostly means your daughter won’t have to work on campus the first 2 years and still get money as though she did. It’s basically a back door way to give a small merit scholarship and attract top students (though really, who isn’t a top student at Columbia)? She’ll have to go to meetings, though I’m not sure how often. She’ll have a separate adviser - which I thought would be the main advantage. However, my son’s adviser hasn’t been all that great and hasn’t provided any added value to be honest. If she decides to go to Columbia I’d suggest she try to work her adviser to try to take more advantage of this if it’s possible. It may or many not be. And congratulations!