<p>Damnn… it really does look like a lot of you made it in… congrats… im still on pins and needles over here, waiting for the final decision… a storybook email is all i care about in life rite now lol</p>
<p>I didnt really make it in, Im pretty much halfway in the door, lol. Anything can happen on finals for me still …</p>
<p>yea this is true… well just do wat uve been doin w extra emphasis bc of how close u r, n ull b fine… hopefully lol</p>
<p>Hi guys! I’m an international student from London and just got accepted to GS yesterday!!! Am so excited!!</p>
<p>congrats princess</p>
<p>I just got a rejection letter in the mail. :-(</p>
<p>Sorry to hear that, keep your head up, call Columbia and ask them for an interview and maybe they’ll discuss with you what went wrong</p>
<p>Tomorrow is the first. I wonder if I’ll get a call or a letter of rejection. Just curious</p>
<p>I’ll ask for an interview. I just think its sick that I didnt get in. I had a brilliant story. At one college I had great grades, at another, not so great. However, I explained why etc etc</p>
<p>When I hear ballerina’s get in just with a GED, it just makes me sick.</p>
<p>Oh no… terrible to hear… hope u get into all the other schools u applied 2</p>
<p>I didn’t apply anywhere else. I’ll have to stay at my current school. :-(</p>
<p>fwiw, pro level ballet performers work pretty damn hard, and if they have solid test scores I see no reason why they shouldn’t be given a chance at gs. sry to hear you didn’t get in.</p>
<p>Hey dreamchild so sorry to hear you didn’t get in but I definitely think you should ask for an interview. Because I’m an international student there were things they didn’t really understand about my application so someone called me on Tuesday night this week! Literally 3days before the acceptance date. It was really informal and she was really nice about the whole thing. Set up a date for interview and if you like I can tell you some of the more general questions I was asked? Good luck!</p>
<p>Also just a quick question… I looked at the university housing for GS and it doesn’t look like any of the dorms are catered! Can anybody verify this? Also coming from London and being 20 still, my dad is really unhappy with my living off campus :S</p>
<p>DreamChild. Sorry to hear. If you really want to be at Columbia, I would speak with an advisor and ask what you can do to improve your chances. There are quite a few people that were accepted to GS that were rejected the first time. Furthermore, people should realize that GS isnt cheap, so keep that into consideration.From going to an info session, I remember being told that all rejections are welcome to re-apply. So just take a few more classes at your institution and ask when you can re-apply if this is where you really want to be. What is your stats?</p>
<p>Dreamchild, it’s not fair to be “sick” over ballerinas that are accepted. Ballet dancers, at least the ones who come to Columbia, are some of the brightest and most disciplined students you could imagine.</p>
<p>They also routinely get into top graduate programs and professional schools.</p>
<p>Princess, congrats on your acceptance.</p>
<p>What do you mean by catered dorms? You can purchase a meal plan and eat in one of Columbia’s dining halls. But, housing is pretty strictly apartment-style living.</p>
<p>Thank you! So if you purchase a meal plan does that mean you have to go from the off-campus GS housing onto the campus for meals? </p>
<p>Sorry to ask such basic questions but I really haven’t got much insight into the GS experience as my application was originally to CC and they transferred my application to GS late in the process.</p>
<p>Yes, typically American schools in urban settings don’t have dining options in their dormitories. The same isn’t true for suburban or rural schools where even fraternity and sorority houses might have full-service dining rooms. In a place like New York City, where space is at a premium, one or two centralized dining halls tends to be the way to go.</p>
<p>So, there are no Columbia dormitories that are catered, so to speak. Pretty much all of our undergraduates buy a meal plan at one point or another. This gives them the option to go and dine in John Jay Dining Hall, Ferris Booth Commons, or even Barnard’s dining hall for brunch and or dinner.</p>
<p>Wow, food service at the dorms in Europe must be great. Seems the Brits are well taken care of at their institutions. I personally wouldnt mind having caviar spoon fed to me at the bedside 
On a serious note, why would you want catering at school when you are in New York??? The food capital, hellooo. You’re a stone throw away from both cheap and expensive food in the city.</p>