Have any other admits received a credit report letting them know which classes will transfer over? I haven’t heard anything about it.
I have also been lurking in this forum since I submitted my app in January. I got accepted (yay!!), so for those of you who are interested in my stats/story:
I’m 24. I am originally from Mexico City, I dropped out of high school (went only for a year) because it seemed like a waste of money and time; I was NOT into formal education. I also dropped out because I wanted to pursue my passion (film/photography) and so I went to photography school for three years.
I moved here a little over 4 years ago with no high school diploma. I was severely depressed for two years and so I did nothing during that period of time except for two continuing ed courses in photography (took them at SVA).
After two years, I finally decided to get my life together and I enrolled at a summer-long course that was designed to prepare students for the TASC (formerly known as GED) exam. After a month, I was told I was ready to take it; I passed and a week after, I was already in the admissions office of my community college. Funny thing is that I just wanted to have a high school diploma and my plans never included going to college.
So then I went to community college and I excelled during my first semester, which was surprising due to the fact that I had been out of school for over 5 years at that point. As of now, I have completed 51 college credits, my GPA is 3.97, and I will be graduating in May.
I have taken approx. 19 honors credits, I’m a PTK member and executive board member of the Honors Association. I’ve been part of several other EC activities, including being editor-in-chief of two newsletters (one for the Honors Association and the other for the feminist club on campus) and presenting a paper at the Beacon Conference. Relevant employment includes working as a writing, cinema studies (my major) and mathematics tutor in my school’s tutoring center for over 2 years now.
In my essay, I talked about all those things, why I chose to study film, and how regardless of my disdain for formal education during those years, I’ve always sought knowledge independently. Honestly, my essay wasn’t anything extraordinary, I just talked about my life story.
Oh, I also had to take the TOEFL iBT (scored 113) because I didn’t attend secondary school here.
My top advise for prospective students is: be authentic in your essay and don’t forget to mention what you think you can bring to CU. 
For those who have already been admitted, have you guys been able to log into the financial aid portal?
I sent an email to financial aid because I was unable to login. They told me that the financial aid info fro 2017-2018 won’t be accessible until March 15th. That’s why our current logins won’t work.
Ahh, makes sense. Thank you, @Johnx014 !
Is anyone else on here deferring their acceptance to Spring 2018?
Has anyone gotten their financial package yet? I was able to log into the portal but I don’t see anything…
Does anyone know when notifications begin for those who applied by the March 1 deadline? Has anyone received any status updates for the March 1 deadline?
Crawford, I applied before the March 1 deadline and have not heard anything yet. I know they said we will get something by May 1st. The suspense is killing me. It looks like everyone got their notification on the March 1 for the first batch, we may have to wait until May 1st.
For all of those people who have been accepted, how many of you were offered interviews? I too have yet to see anything in my Inbox from Columbia.
Does anyone know what is the Deadline for EA applicants(admitted March 1) to accept the offer and pay the deposit?
@famfriendly17 I was accepted but wasn’t offered any type of interview. Did you apply before or after the Jan 15 deadline?
Accepted and got the notification early, March 17th, but nothing in terms of interview or weird financial deadlines.
International applicant: Chinese raised in Peru enrolled in American school doing the full IB diploma.
SAT: 1400/1600
GPA: 6.5/7 or predicted 43/45 for IB (conversion to 4.0 is awkward)
TOEFL: 114
Activities: Leadership roles, honor societies, science competitions and a lot of volunteering.
Essays: Wrote about extracurriculars, family background, personal engagement and life philosophy I guess 
Message me if you have any questions
@panque I applied for the March 1 deadline, couldn’t find the right words for my essay in time for the January 15 deadline!
@Linglourious congrats! Sounds like an awesome story. Did you apply for the March deadline?
@Linglourious when did you submit your application?
Waiting is the hardest part…(sigh)
I called too and didn’t even mention any information about myself and that is the same thing they told me
Hey guys, I was accepted on the April 19th and I’m an international… I had applied by the March 1st deadline. Any idea what’s the maximum aid GS gives to its students irrespective of residency status? And does it increase in the subsequent years depending on performance?
I think it’s 5000?
@Rogercharlie1 Hey congrats man! Do you mind sharing your stats if you don’t mind? And also when did you hand in your application? I have not heard anything from GS…getting nervous ah…
Just got an email and I’m accepted!
I really want to wish all the applicants good luck and please do not panic!