<p>@monydad: i get no financial aid b/c i can’t file a fafsa. also since i want to dorm, the cost of attendance at columbia will proabably be over 30K more than the 25-30K I would be paying at cornell. but getting any aid from the schools thesmelves is impossible, period. when i get my greencard in a year or two, then i can get substantial fin. aid, i think (parents make around 30K together)</p>
<p>i guess my major preference for columbia is that the being in the city is more convenient at this point of my undergrad life.</p>
<p>@collegenewb: its 100K EXTRA for columbia…i’m already taking out a pretty big loan. and i’m not korean but i am asian lols</p>
<p>@XX5XX: commuting 15 mins is ruining my life as it is so i don’t know how i will handle a one and a half hr commute each way. if only i had a greencard already…</p>