<p>So Nervous !!! I finally finished the application part 2 last week, and it’s like sitting on nails waiting for the results !!
My stats :
BFA + MA ( fashion design )
GSAE
Intended Major : Astrophysics
College GPA : 3.5
Extra Curricular : Not much in college, but I did found a company and worked as head consultant for another.
Essay : I wrote about being bullied and how I had to crawl my way out of that .</p>
<p>I so want to get into the school !</p>
<p>misteruee,</p>
<p>I feel you re: hours spent psychoanalyzing clues. A few days ago I noticed that my application tracking page had been suddenly “cleaned up” (originally my high schools were each listed twice, and now they are only listed once apiece) … somehow I have managed to spin intense fantasies of inference from this minor change. Of course now I keep checking the financial aid page to see if I can log in (nope) and I am disappointed each time. </p>
<p>The worst thing is checking my mail when I come home … since I know that what I’m looking for is a FedEx package and not a letter, opening my mailbox now has a tinge of dread to it …</p>
<p>I have no clue how to afford this. Even when I got my acceptance call the admissions counselor spoke with me about it. I don’t qualify for federal aid or federal loans, so I am relying on Columbia’s financial aid and heavily on loans at least for the first year. It is pretty late in the game for most scholarships, but I’m hoping that will not be the case for the subsequent years…</p>
<p>@Juliana, the class was mentioned in my acceptance letter. I also have to take an ALP Essay Exam or the TOEFL because my first language isn’t English, even though I completed High School in the US.</p>
<p>For those of you seeking financial aid - perhaps deferring for a semester or a whole year would be good. By the end of summer I’ll have 59 credits from my community college and hopefully most of them transfer. Getting to Columbia as a junior, with maybe a few credits you need to take care of during summer classes, is the most cost effective approach. For me it’ll be a difference of thousands of dollars. I have some GI Bill benefits (10K) and I qualify for Pell Grant (5K) but that leaves a monster of 30K+ a year for two years. If I don’t get financial aid or a scholarship I would be looking at arounds 60K in loans. That said, 60K is WAY better than 90K or over 100K. If I was willing to do three or four years at Columbia I’d be paying a ton more.</p>
<p>Be smart. Pick classes at a community college that will transfer. Not “business” calc or any of that crap. Real classes. Humanities. Engineering track for math. Science WITH a lab, not that bs some schools call a science class. If you mirror what a Columbia student would have under their belt by their third year you might lose some credits in the transfer process but you could potentially cut your debt in half.</p>
<p>Just something to consider.</p>
<p>Unfortunately transferring credit for classes taken while deferred is usually not done, and taking classes after deferring can negatively impact your candidacy. Fyi. [Columbia</a> GS | School of General Studies | Columbia University in the City of New York](<a href=“http://gs.columbia.edu/]Columbia”>http://gs.columbia.edu/) [Transfer</a> Credit | General Studies](<a href=“http://gs.columbia.edu/transfer-credit]Transfer”>Transfer Credit < School of General Studies | Columbia University)
Be careful about that stuff y’all.</p>
<p>[Deferrals</a> | General Studies](<a href=“http://gs.columbia.edu/deferrals]Deferrals”>http://gs.columbia.edu/deferrals)</p>
<p>^that’s what my first link was supposed to be. Check it and the transfer credit link out .</p>
<p>Just called. They made a decision today and all they can tell me that it will either be sent out today or tommrow.</p>
<p>pointillicist - thanks for the link. Either way, if someone doesn’t get in they still have the option of pursuing another year at another college before reapplying if they don’t want to pay 50K a year for 4 years.</p>
<p>True dat motame!</p>
<p>Good luck ssantana! Fingers crossed for you!</p>
<p>Does anyone know what your chances of getting in are if they request an interview? I think I did really well at explaining myself. Wish me luck</p>
<p>Good luck stunz!</p>
<p>As far as interviews go… I wouldn’t obsess over it. I sent in the last of my material the week of the 19th and heard back before the 1st. I never did an interview. I think some of you are on the cusp of analyzing tea leaves or hiring a psychic. I’m sure you’ll know within two weeks. Go eat some wings or have sex or something.</p>
<p>@to6284 thank you!!</p>
<p>@Motame that is very ironic i just made wings lol but i already had my interview yesterday</p>
<p>Yeah but motame, my tea leaf-reading psychic predicted you’d say that so now I don’t know what to do…</p>
<p>Reading your positive results as a group is pleasing. I only hope that when I decide to apply I’ll be admitted as well. I know the June 1st deadline is approaching and the Spring session follows, but at this stage I’m still running through the thought process (and financial queries). Anyway, congratulations to all of you and for those who do enroll, good luck.</p>
<p>The financial aspect is real and non-trivial for all students. Ask any GS student, our Dean, or administrators and they’ll certainly mention it as the number one issue for the college. </p>
<p>It’s expensive, but there are ways to do it. GS scholarships as fairly typical for non-GI Bill, etc students, and do help quite a bit. There are a limited number of PALS near full ride scholarships also.</p>
<p>Everyone concerned about the financial aspect should immediately attempt to make at least a phone appointment with the financial aid office. Skip Bailey and his team will walk you through your options in a no BS way. However, seriously, seriously consider whether taking out $100k in debt is worth it for you. GS is amazing, but it’s amazingly expensive. Is it the best route for you?</p>
<p>An amusing and/or disheartening joke: There are 3 kinds of people at GS, veterans with the GI Bill, rich folks, and the ones who can’t do math.</p>
<p>EDIT: Anyone on storybook, I just wrote a similar post over there.</p>