Columbia 2010 Forum

[muahawhawhaw]

According to momma, yellow envelope from Columbia.

Norcal. Applied mid-November. Best wishes to all!

[keiko]

According to momma, yellow envelope from Columbia.

Norcal. Applied mid-November. Best wishes to all!

yellow? i thought CLS was baby blue. now why do i think it's supposed to be blue...

[muahawhawhaw]

According to momma, yellow envelope from Columbia.

Norcal. Applied mid-November. Best wishes to all!

yellow? i thought CLS was baby blue. now why do i think it's supposed to be blue...

(Shrugs) My momma told me it was yellow. I trust my momma.

[Dignan]

In!

I'm in Northern California. I was complete in mid-December.

[Lmao Zedong]

Is Gargamel the only California applicant to hear back yet?

Gargamel, you in NorCal or SoCal?

come now, you know we had this talk in the Stanford thread. do you think I prefer beautiful women and flawless weather, or rain, fog, and arguably the world's worst slang lexicon?

[Core]

Congrats to all the admits!

[crackberry]

Is Gargamel the only California applicant to hear back yet?

Gargamel, you in NorCal or SoCal?

come now, you know we had this talk in the Stanford thread. do you think I prefer beautiful women and flawless weather, or rain, fog, and arguably the world's worst slang lexicon?

Haha sorry didn't remember.

[cboo]

In
Mailed to Boston. Postmarked 1/22. Application complete 1/7.

[doubleentendres]

In! I do not know what to do with myself right now! Postmarked 1/22 sent to Orange County.

[keiko]

In! I do not know what to do with myself right now! Postmarked 1/22 sent to Orange County.

congrats!!

CLS take me take me take meeeeee

[Core]

In! I do not know what to do with myself right now! Postmarked 1/22 sent to Orange County.

Congrats!! You give me hope!

[4910]

anybody in texas hear anything?

[JollyGreenGiant]

Congrats all.

[crackberry]

anybody in texas hear anything?

At least one person did, a couple pages back.

[VindaSo]

In!!!!!
Complete e-mail 12/3, 3.8+ and 171. Current HYP undergrad, so the mail didn't have to go too far.

[Hattori Hanzo]

Anyone know if the Butlers are targeted towards PI type people, or if they are mostly number based?

At least in my case it seems to be more number based since I hadn't expressed specific interest in IP.

[Kronk]

No mail for me today. Won't start worrying until tomorrow (probably).

[Dignan]

Anyone know if the Butlers are targeted towards PI type people, or if they are mostly number based?

At least in my case it seems to be more number based since I hadn't expressed specific interest in IP.

Would you mind sharing your numbers?

[Lem37]

Congrats to today's admits!

Absolutely. Typically, the non-named (ie, NOT Hamilton) scholarships are offered in March, when you start going through your financial aid with the schools. I did not receive a named and would absolutely not qualify for financial aid, but I used my other scholarships to leverage with Columbia. I'd say that a number of students (at least, the majority of my friends) received aid from them.

Does this mean that you received an initial fin aid offer from Columbia and then negotiated with scholarships from other schools as leverage?

No, I received no initial offer. I contacted the FinAid office once I'd gotten my other scholarship offers.

[examplepdf]

In too, yay! Complete 01/08, 175/3.5ish.

Can't remember the NYU ASW dates offhand; is it possible to combine NYU/CLS into one trip? I don't really want to go to NYC twice... anyone planning on this?

[Lem37]

Absolutely. Typically, the non-named (ie, NOT Hamilton) scholarships are offered in March, when you start going through your financial aid with the schools. I did not receive a named and would absolutely not qualify for financial aid, but I used my other scholarships to leverage with Columbia. I'd say that a number of students (at least, the majority of my friends) received aid from them.

Is this "aid" guaranteed all three years? I mean say they give you financial aid that is somewhat based on merit, and then when you file your FAFSA the next year, you (or your parents) have much greater assets. Could you lose some of this financial aid that you wouldn't have lost if it was purely merit aid?

My aid was merit-based, and is spread out over 3 years. Future FAFSAs don't affect that.

[babaghanouj]

No mail for me today. Won't start worrying until tomorrow (probably).

+1

[crackberry]

No mail for me today. Won't start worrying until tomorrow (probably).

+1

Yeah, +2. Worry not the right word in my case, but I won't assume I haven't gotten in until the mail comes tomorrow with nothing from CLS.

[Hattori Hanzo]

Anyone know if the Butlers are targeted towards PI type people, or if they are mostly number based?

At least in my case it seems to be more number based since I hadn't expressed specific interest in IP.

Would you mind sharing your numbers?

Almost same as urs: 177, 3.9.

[superserial]

Absolutely. Typically, the non-named (ie, NOT Hamilton) scholarships are offered in March, when you start going through your financial aid with the schools. I did not receive a named and would absolutely not qualify for financial aid, but I used my other scholarships to leverage with Columbia. I'd say that a number of students (at least, the majority of my friends) received aid from them.

Is this "aid" guaranteed all three years? I mean say they give you financial aid that is somewhat based on merit, and then when you file your FAFSA the next year, you (or your parents) have much greater assets. Could you lose some of this financial aid that you wouldn't have lost if it was purely merit aid?

My aid was merit-based, and is spread out over 3 years. Future FAFSAs don't affect that.

grants are basically guaranteed for three years, but Columbia reserves the right to change them in certain circumstances:

In some cases, when significant changes have occurred in a student's personal circumstances (e.g., student's marriage or divorce, change of spouse's status, etc.) or when a student receives grants from other sources, the student will be asked to provide additional information since eligibility for certain types of aid may be impacted.