Columbia c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013) Forum

[jbagelboy]

umm i think i just received $0 from Columbia. with a 4/171? what?

so they emailed you anyway just to tell you that?

[jbagelboy]

Just got my award letter via e-mail. $85,000. Not bad at all, and I appreciate it, but that's not going to be enough to compete with my offers from Michigan, Virginia, or Chicago, so I'm probably going to shortly withdraw. Best of luck to you all!

When did you submit all your finaid stuff?

Also, do we have to send in our taxes before we can an offer or is it like SLS where we don't have to until we accept the offer?

you need to fax in your & your parents completed tax returns prior to them reviewing your file

[az21833]

yeah i got an email showing my complete financial aid package which included 0 grants. el terrible - do you think you demonstrated a lot of financial need?

[bananapudding88]

people who received your finaid info today, I know its rolling so I assume you had your materials in earliest?

[Lavitz]

Complete 11/28, radio silence since. Is it possible that they're waiting for someone to turn down a named scholly? I just dont get it. I mean, I havnt even been held.

I highly doubt they're going to offer anyone else named schollies at this stage of the game. I think this is just Columbia being their slow selves. I'm pretty sure there were some radio silence people who didn't hear anything until mid-April last year.

[EdSaid]

Complete 11/28, radio silence since. Is it possible that they're waiting for someone to turn down a named scholly? I just dont get it. I mean, I havnt even been held.

I highly doubt they're going to offer anyone else named schollies at this stage of the game. I think this is just Columbia being their slow selves. I'm pretty sure there were some radio silence people who didn't hear anything until mid-April last year.

Just curious, but are you basing that off of last cycle's LSN? I haven't looked at it, so I don't know, but I was holding onto the hope that the reason Columbia hadn't gotten back to me was that they were going to give me a scholarship lol.

[sinfiery]

Last couple of years on LSN

Though getting 50-75k in $$ is possible, you will likely not receive a named scholarship based on historical data.


From like 5 years of data, there is one exception (a urm)
http://lawschoolnumbers.com/rowlf

[TripTrip]

Yeah, it looks like all the named scholarships are set in stone in February.

[az21833]

it honestly seems pretty need-focused at this stage. thats the only way i can see me getting $0K, to be honest and I mean that in the most humble way possible - i sent them in significant offers from Chicago, NYU and Penn

[banjo]

it honestly seems pretty need-focused at this stage. thats the only way i can see me getting $0K, to be honest and I mean that in the most humble way possible - i sent them in significant offers from Chicago, NYU and Penn

What would it take to win you over? 85k? I always thought schools are pretty loathe to lose lifers (which makes sense from a donation perspective). Maybe if they knew you had HLS/SLS they'd make some money available.

[az21833]

it honestly seems pretty need-focused at this stage. thats the only way i can see me getting $0K, to be honest and I mean that in the most humble way possible - i sent them in significant offers from Chicago, NYU and Penn

What would it take to win you over? 85k? I always thought schools are pretty loathe to lose lifers (which makes sense from a donation perspective). Maybe if they knew you had HLS/SLS they'd make some money available.

yeah perhaps, i just never knew it was appropriate to mention that and really don't know how to broach the topic at this point. 85K is essentially a butler and i almost certainly would have attended with that, given I'm facing sticker at H/S. Again, i think it is largely need driven which is why I wasn't considered

[az21833]

#s didnt make sense after my finaid offer so just withdrew so the spot could fall down and someone else could have better luck. really hoping its a TLS waiter. enjoy morningside guys

[bl1234]

did people who submitted LOCIs receive confirmation?

I did. Was told it was added to my file.

Really? Did you submit via email or the LOCI form? When I tried to submit via email they directed me to a LOCI form and then I didn't hear anything after I submitted it through that.

Email

I submitted mine through the form and didn't get a confirmation either...

[bluecouch]

I submitted mine through the form and didn't get a confirmation either...

I think there's a lag. It took the office a few days to process my LOCI when I sent it through the web form.

[bl1234]

I submitted mine through the form and didn't get a confirmation either...

I think there's a lag. It took the office a few days to process my LOCI when I sent it through the web form.

I called them today and asked because i sent mine a month ago. They told me that they don't typically send out email confirmations and the guy looked up my file and said the loci was in there.

[helix23]

Finaid?

[jbagelboy]

Finaid?

still waiting here. early march tax return submit tho

[helix23]

Finaid?

still waiting here. early march tax return submit tho

Is working at the fin aid office a school funded job? I might look into it. Seems chill...

[chickpea]

decisions?

[swordking90]

decisions?

No news since being held in late February. I think there has only been a single post-hold acceptance so far (which happened last week); he/she is URM.

[bluecouch]

decisions?

No news since being held in late February. I think there has only been a single post-hold acceptance so far (which happened last week); he/she is URM.

+1

[switchis32]

decisions?

No news since being held in late February. I think there has only been a single post-hold acceptance so far (which happened last week); he/she is URM.

+1

I think you may be referring to me (male). I get in last friday, and idk of anyone else who has heard of anything.

[Anonymous4444]

decisions?

No news since being held in late February. I think there has only been a single post-hold acceptance so far (which happened last week); he/she is URM.

+1

I think you may be referring to me (male). I get in last friday, and idk of anyone else who has heard of anything.

stats?

[jbagelboy]

Finaid?

still waiting here. early march tax return submit tho

Is working at the fin aid office a school funded job? I might look into it. Seems chill...

lol. well you're a snarky one

[WhiteyCakes]

^^^ strange response