<p>i had an “interview” this morning…thought i bombed it…then i got a call a few hours ago to let me know i was accepted!</p>
<p>So…has anyone actually been rejected yet?</p>
<p>I haven’t received my package yet. I got my call on the 19th. Did anyone else have to wait this long?</p>
<p>i’m still waiting and i got my call on the 19th! :(</p>
<p>I received my phone call on the 19th too, and received the package just today.
The date on the papers says July 22. so im guessing they sent the packages out on the 22nd.
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<p>got my package! eh, need to take university studies.</p>
<p>I just registered for gs planning day and orientation!
soooooo excited. can’t believe this is happening!!!</p>
<p>did you get your financial aid package yet?</p>
<p>No not yet. I got my credit report today tho. Im worried about my financial aid package… tuition is very…expensive…</p>
<p>@sweaterholic are you able to see any awards come up on your fin aid page??
After reading a couple posts on the forum here… Im starting to get really worried about tuition and paying for Columbia…</p>
<p>i’m starting to see some preliminary results come up like “federal perkins loan”, “seog”, “new student scholarship”, but I don’t see specific numbers yet.</p>
<p>Hi everyone
I’m new to this forum, but basically doing some background research before potential applying to GS. I was wondering whether anybody here (current GS student or otherwise), could comment on my suitability/chances of getting accepted. </p>
<p>Firstly - I am from the UK. So our school system is a quite different - there isn’t really such thing as GPA for a start. Just to give you a really brief overview of the UK system:</p>
<p>School is mandatory up to the age of 16, where you do your GCSEs (general certificate of secondary education). Most students take about 9 subjects (the usual suspects - math, sciences, history, geography etc.) (Graded A* to F)</p>
<p>If you want to continue education ‘Post16’ - you typically go to what we call college. At college, you specialise in 3-4 subjects to attain ‘A Levels’. A Levels take 2 years. </p>
<p>Then, if you have A-Levels, you can then apply to do a variety of undergraduate degrees at university. </p>
<p>OK - so sorry for the background info, but I’m guessing you won’t all necessarily be totally familiar with the UK system. </p>
<p>Onto me. I left school at 16, after my GCSEs. I took 11, and got 5 A*s and 6As. </p>
<p>I started college, but left when I decided to start my own business. We’re a tech company that make interactive lottery games. The secondary reason I left college was that I was, at that point in my life, fed up with education - I wanted to get out there!</p>
<p>The business has been pretty successful, but it’s a long road - we’re not there yet. We employ 40 people in London (ranging from software architects to graphic designers), and we’re in the process of opening an office in NYC. </p>
<p>The reason I want to go to CGS is that having left school at 16, I am lacking some really core skills that’ll allow me to stay at the top of the game when it comes to my business. I’ve got some matter between my ears, but no grounding from which to excel in the increasingly fast-paced business world that I find myself in. </p>
<p>I guess I’m looking for clarification on a couple of things; </p>
<p>-Does the fact that I haven’t stretched myself academically since I was 16 (I’m 23 now), and therefore feel academically rusty, matter? </p>
<p>-Do most applicants have education at a much higher level, i.e. beyond high school?</p>
<p>-Would they likely want to see me first get some good grades at a lesser school in the US to build up a more common GPA that they recognise? </p>
<p>Thanks for any help you can give - and sorry for the essay. </p>
<p>Oh - and I’d be considering a Econ-PoliSci major, providing my quant is up to scratch. </p>
<p>And one last thing - I would be paying for my education using my own cash, cash that I have earned from the success thus far of my business. </p>
<p>Cheers</p>