<p>before applying to any school you should speak to a financial aid advisor. not attending now after taking a slot from someone who couldve afforded it. do your hw.</p>
<p>I’d like to think I earned my spot. After all, it was I that spent weeks preparing an application, $80, and countless hours waiting, including following this thread from the start. No financial aid office is going to tell you you can’t afford their education, especially an Ivy League one. Furthermore, you won’t know if you can or cannot afford an institution until you get accepted and receive a financial aid package.</p>
<p>@ Motame, PTK gave me $8,500 and yea it was in addition to my GS scholarship.</p>
<p>Any browsers of the thread still have their application in review? I do.</p>
<p>VikingLady mine is still in review. I turned mine in back in late Feb.I had an interview last week and after I called today it is “in the final stages of review” no idea how good or bad that is but since it seems like most people who interview get accepted w/ in a week i’m guessing bad.</p>
<p>Well said to6284! We can’t know until we accept and are given our aid packages. My approved federal loans were for less than I originally planned for after doing my homework. The positive that can maybe come out of any GS “summer melt” is perhaps the redistribution of the monies to those who do decide to continue with enrollment :). More melt more awards? Not sure if that happens in GS but who knows!</p>
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<p>Columbia College has what they call full need, no loan financial aid. They claim that federal+state grants+work study+scholarships will pay all your tuition, etc if your family income is “low.”</p>
<p>General Studies is not Columbia College. Our endowment is much smaller, as is our aid. However our aid is based primarily on merit, while Columbia College’s is based entirely on what they calculate as your need. So yes, Columbia College is very generous with need based aid, but GS is separate.</p>
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Nobody who is accepted and then declines is taking a spot or money from anyone else. “Their spot” will be filled by another great candidate. GS knows from doing this for years what percent of students are likely to accept, and admits correspondingly more so that the approximate number of final students meets their target. They also operate with rolling admissions, effectively a giant waitlist, so they can start letting in more people if more people are turning them down.</p>
<p>So great to have a pro on this thread, Campaigner. Thanks, as always, for your input.</p>
<p>My application is still under review.</p>
<p>I too am in review purgatory.</p>
<p>Has anyone who has been accepted gotten back information regarding any previous college credit and whether it will count towards their Columbia degree?</p>
<p>Also, those accepted, be sure to start your housing search ASAP! If you are going for university housing, REALLY start ASAP!!</p>
<p>“before applying to any school you should speak to a financial aid advisor. not attending now after taking a slot from someone who couldve afforded it. do your hw”</p>
<p>Amaster2323, nobody can take a spot from you. If you earned admission, you have a spot. If you didn’t earn it, the fact that you could have afforded it doesn’t matter. </p>
<p>Me? I’m still chewing fingernails down hoping to get good news from GS. I think my application deserves consideration, but can’t presume to believe rejection isn’t a real possibility. As demonstrated in this thread, there are many highly qualified candidates out there.</p>
<p>I have received my credit report and thankfully almost all of my credits were accepted. The only credits they didn’t take were the expected SUNY requirements, such as gym.</p>
<p>Natdcny, when did they send the credit eval. Was it soon after you were accepted? Did it arrive snail mail or email? Not sure why mine is being held up. I was accepted a year ago and deferred. I’ve contacted them a couple of times but haven’t received a response…hmmm…maybe my really, really old transcript had to be sent to an archaeologist to get deciphered…</p>
<p>With regards to transfer credit, did you have to specifically request credits to be accepted? I would prefer to start fresh as a freshman and not transfer anything in. Do we have a say in this matter? Like many GS students, I had an academic turnaround, and I wouldn’t want the poor grades (poor being anything but an A) tainting the fresh start GPA.</p>
<p>Any help?</p>
<p>Those transferred credits do not affect your Columbia GPA. Also, each transferred credit saves you over $1000.</p>
<p>Hello,
This is my first post, but I’ve read all of yours! Sorry to go a little off topic, but how long did you guys wait for your results? I had to apply for regular decision and one of my letters of recommendation wasn’t in until April 21st. I’m already anxious! Was the six to eight weeks pretty accurate for you guys?
Thanks!</p>
<p>@claraalto Welcome to the thread!</p>
<p>Here are my dates to give you some idea:</p>
<p>Feb 18: First Part of my application received
March 5: Transcripts received
March 23: GSAE
March 27: Application part II received
April 29: Phone Interview
May 1: Acceptance call and package received</p>
<p>One of my letters of recommendation was also delayed, it wasn’t processed until late March). I know the anxious feeling, but try to remain calm! (It’s easier said than done… I know…)</p>
<p>Good luck to you, VikingLady, hjw52340, Pointillicist, StuntZ and Hglmel! I hope you all get in!</p>
<p>@Natdcny I sent you a friend request on storybook!</p>
<p>I got my transfer of credit report in an e-mail but it looked like an electronic image of an actual document. Kind of grainy and black and white. They’re taking 30 of my 39 I had starting in the spring. I’m also taking 11 right now and taking 10 more in the summer so hopefully I can inch that closer to 60 or at least 45 when it’s all said and done.</p>
<p>If you guys want to find me on storybook I recently joined. Thomas S. – I don’t think there are that many other Tom’s on there but if you still can’t find me look for the goofball with the cigar and the Churchill pose.</p>