<p>@Fly: Good luck. say something when you finish it :)</p>
<p>So after being a silent reader for months now, I finally got a CC account and here is my 1st post. 
Shine a light on this if you can…
I have 4.0 GPA from my CC and Private University here is So Cal, 30 yrs old, former business owner. But my HS and SAT scores are pretty bad…
I just received an emaill today saying that GS does not have my official test scores and until those are received my application is incomplete.
So I quickly sent in a “rush copy” and also emailed a PDF version of the scores from collegeboard.
Then ( I would say maybe 15 mins after my email) I tried the Financial Aid Site and I got in… I’m not sure what to make of all of this??? (This is 1st time I have tried to log in)
When in the Fin site, there is really nothing there. It only allows me to update my password… and that’s it…
What is happening>!?!?</p>
<p>Ok guys soo… I think it went kind of well. The thing that concerned them was the external things in my life outside of education. (family deaths and illnesses, past drug/alcohol use, the fact I have two jobs((which I plan on leaving 1)). She asked me about this in the middle of the interview, and then again at the very end. Is this bad? Does this mean I didn’t give a good answer the first time? Freaking out here!! I told her that I feel strongly that if I continue to allocate my time and resources accordingly and accept the fact that things aren’t alays ideal in life then I will be able to succeed anywhere. I also indicated that my throughout my mother’s death lat year I still woked both jobs and maintained a 4.0 for that semester and did well on all mid-terms. I hope I was able to show her that I’m ready.</p>
<p>I don’t know… I feel that I handle adversity pretty damn good if you ask me. I just hope the adcoms can see that also</p>
<p>It sounds like you did very well in your interview. I hope you are admitted:)</p>
<p>I hope so Fauves, although I have a bad feeling. I hope I’m just bugging out. I cann’t log into FA either… When were u guys able to log into FA?</p>
<p>Fly, congratulations! I agree with Fauves, I think you did very well on the interview. What’s the major you’re planning to take?</p>
<p>@Fly It sounds like you did very well on your interview. I was able to log onto FA the day after my interview. However, there are plenty of people that got in and still couldn’t log into FA.</p>
<p>I have heard anything as of yet. I hope to hear something today…</p>
<p>Congrats Elizabeth, Fauves, and everyone else who’s been accepted!</p>
<p>@marlon porque nao os professores dao notas adequadas? Seraque eles querem comer no cafe da manha?</p>
<p>@hiimafrican: Portuguese! (with respect to others, I’ll reply in english) Well, i dunno why they don’t give grades from 0 to 20, but i suspect that it has to do with some academic arrogance. They assume that giving good grades, means that we are as good as them, and they really don’t want to show that. I don’t know, it’s just stupidity.</p>
<p>Where are you from?</p>
<p>@marlon, wow, that sucks. I remember it was the same way when I was in Cameroun. One time, the teacher had to deduct 5 points because “you can’t get a 100 in my class.” I ended up quitting school for a while because it was so frustrating. I think if you explain your class rank somehow you’ll be fine, though</p>
<p>I’m half Camerounian and half Angolan(e por isso que o portugues) :D</p>
<p>I got my storybook invite!</p>
<p>I also got my storybook invite!</p>
<p>i wanna go get some Columbia apparel anyone want to join?</p>
<p>I decided against going to GS.</p>
<p>So I just did my Storybook page If anyone else made their page request me!</p>
<p>why is that dcsmiss?</p>
<p>See you all on Storybook! Can’t wait to be invited to Issac!</p>
<p>@hiimafrican: oh, how I understand you! Once, while doing statistics in my bachelor, I got 19/20 and I asked the professor how so if I had everything correct. She answered me: “Because I’m not allowed to give 20/20”…</p>
<p>I haven’t gotten my storybook invite yet and I was accepted May 1st like you guys… :S</p>
<p><em>incoming flood of paranoia</em></p>
<p>@yayme123 - I just went Saturday to get a T-shirt and car window decal haha. Yesterday I saw some guy with a Harvard sticker and cut him off on the Garden State Parkway, felt like a badass.</p>
<p>Newly admitted and just found this site in the last few days…a lot of great info on here and most of you folks seem halfway sane, so that’s a plus!</p>
<p>Looking forward to a new adventure.</p>
<p>About myself - 34 y/o from Indiana. Originally attended the prestigious (insert laugh here) Ball State University right out of high school before getting bored and dropping out. I’ve spent 10 years at a large financial services company and am what most would consider “middle management”, but probably at at my ceiling. </p>
<p>So that led me to want to go back to school…online classes aren’t the challenge I was looking for and I stumbled into the Columbia GS program after a friend working in NYC already heard about it.</p>
<p>So here I am…basically hitting the reset button on life. I’ll be entering GS as a junior and planning for grad school as well. </p>
<p>Also…extremely nervous. While the curriculum shouldn’t overwhelming I’ve been out of school for almost 15 years now, so I know I have a challenge ahead of me.</p>