<p>what about this ?</p>
<p>[Scholarships-University</a> GSAPP | GSAPPonline](<a href=“http://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/thebulletin/scholarships-university-gsapp]Scholarships-University”>http://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/thebulletin/scholarships-university-gsapp)</p>
<p>Sorry, I linked the wrong page.</p>
<p>[Frequently</a> Asked Questions | GSAPPonline](<a href=“http://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/admissions/frequently-asked-questions]Frequently”>http://www.arch.columbia.edu/school/admissions/frequently-asked-questions)</p>
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<p>Okay thank you for your response. Taking a student loan could be a viable option.</p>
<p>Money aside, can you give me more information on the GPA? is 3.5 enough to get into this school ?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Taking student loans for $50,000 per year (just for tuition, let alone living expenses) is not a viable option. Your monthly payments would be at least $1,200 USD each month after graduating for the next 10 years. That’s at Stafford interest rates… international student loan interest rates are probably significantly higher, so your monthly payments would be higher. Student visas do not allow you to work off-campus, and New York is one of, if not the, single highest cost-of-living place in the United States.</p>
<p>Do you know someone here in America that will co-sign the loan? You won’t be able to get an student loan without a financially-stable U.S. citizen agreeing to pay the debt if you default, because the banks can’t chase your accounts back in Australia.</p>
<p>I have no idea what GPA that program looks for. But what I do know is that you should have a serious financial plan in place before you start spending a bunch of money applying to schools that you have no ability to pay for.</p>
<p>No one, you’re right. But it’s still 3 years down the track so I don’t want to just forget about my ambition to go to Columbia because of the money situation. </p>
<p>Thanks for your help. Some information on GPA’s / research projects would also be appreciated !</p>
<p>Juillet, you seem to be in the exact program I am seeking admission to. Are you aware of the new GRE scores that people are generally getting? My GPA is 3.95, but I have some things in my past I need to have overlooked by stellar performance.</p>
<p>Seifer, I’m going to PM you. The short answer is no, but the long answer is that I think I can guess based on conversion charts.</p>
<p>Juillet, the site won’t allow me to reply to pm’s yet. Would you send me another pm with your email? I did get your last message, I just can’t reply.</p>
<p>Juillet, did you see hmu reply above? I actually got some more information today and wanted to get your input. I am still unable to send PM’s, however.</p>
<p>Oh, sorry! Didn’t see that. I will PM you with my email address.</p>
<p>Juillet, I got the message, and the username part of your email, but the domain part, (the part after the “at” symbol) was blocked by the website. Surely, one last email with the domain name of your email address (like hotmail in johndoe at hotmail … com) will finally get me in touch with you. The restriction on this site as far as private messaging for new users is somewhat confounding legitimate communication in this case :/</p>
I am speaking from India. I have just graduated with 61% in Electronics and Communications Engineering from a well known India university. I want to apply for the robotics program at Columbia Graduate school for Engineering. My GRE is 329. I don’t really know how to comprehend my chances. Can you help me evaluate my US GPA equivalent and admission chances ?
@keyshavindia - It might be better to start a new thread. This one was started 7 years ago and the last post was 2 years ago.