Columbia 2011! Forum

[88rabbits]

Some of us are still here, good and forgotten.

When were the complete dates for the people who got decisions today? I'd guess that a lot were from the December group...

Sent 1/21, Complete 1/25 and acceptance via email yesterday. Very excited! Congrats to everyone who got accepted and good luck for all the cool people still waiting (yes, you are all cool, I have been stalking )

[incompetentia]

Mass email acceptances?

[kwais]

Hey, so I started reading the financial aid page and got a little worried. Has anyone ever heard (in general or in regards to Columbia) of someone simply not receiving all the loans they need for law school? or is the money always there one way or another? thanks

[kch3684]

Got my rejection envelope in the mail postmarked 2/9 this morning, I was an auto-ding applied due to the fee waiver.
Good luck to all still waiting!

[bendurnotes4me]

Has anyone who went complete in January been held, reserved or rejected?

[HugerThanSoup]

Hey, so I started reading the financial aid page and got a little worried. Has anyone ever heard (in general or in regards to Columbia) of someone simply not receiving all the loans they need for law school? or is the money always there one way or another? thanks

Everyone is eligible for GradPlus loans, which will cover up to the full cost of tuition (about 72,000), minus what you get in grants, scholarships, and other loans (e.g. Stafford, Pell).

[bdubs]

Hey, so I started reading the financial aid page and got a little worried. Has anyone ever heard (in general or in regards to Columbia) of someone simply not receiving all the loans they need for law school? or is the money always there one way or another? thanks

Everyone is eligible for GradPlus loans, which will cover up to the full cost of tuition attendance (about 72,000), minus what you get in grants, scholarships, and other loans (e.g. Stafford, Pell).

FTFY

[r6_philly]

Hey, so I started reading the financial aid page and got a little worried. Has anyone ever heard (in general or in regards to Columbia) of someone simply not receiving all the loans they need for law school? or is the money always there one way or another? thanks

Everyone is eligible for GradPlus loans, which will cover up to the full cost of tuition attendance (about 72,000), minus what you get in grants, scholarships, and other loans (e.g. Stafford, Pell).

FTFY

There is no Pell for grad students. And not everyone is eligible for GradPLUS, you need good credit or a cosigner with good credit. You can also get your COA/budget adjusted if you have a good reason so some people may be eligibile for higher amounts.

[kwais]

hey philly, thanks for the info, do you know how hard core the credit thing is. I have a few bumps from 5 years ago and a perfect record since. I still have trouble getting credit cards but do you think GradPlus is more or less stringent?

[r6_philly]

hey philly, thanks for the info, do you know how hard core the credit thing is. I have a few bumps from 5 years ago and a perfect record since. I still have trouble getting credit cards but do you think GradPlus is more or less stringent?

You should ask the financial aid office. The only thing I have ever read states you can't have bankruptcies and foreclosures - big stuff - within 5 years. You should be fine but check with the office.

ETA: it isn't based on the score, so having no/short credit won't hurt you like it would getting credit cards and consumer loans.

[c_dubya_s]

ETA: it isn't based on the score, so having no/short credit won't hurt you like it would getting credit cards and consumer loans.

Thanks philly! That makes me feel a lot better about having a short credit history.

[kwais]

thanks philly! I will call the office

[Non-Chalant1]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

[LinzerTorte]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

CONGRATSSSSSS!!!!

Not so non-chalant now, are ya?

[timmna]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

Congrats, Twin!!!

[Non-Chalant1]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

Congrats, Twin!!!

Thanks timmna!

[Fresh]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!

[WestOfTheRest]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

CONGRATS!

[lakerfanimal]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

Congratulations!

[law_monkey]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

Hooray forgotten friend!!!!!!!! That's awesome!!!!!

[incompetentia]

Congratulations!


Looks like we're in line to see some more decisions soon. More emails please?

[mel2010]

IN!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Letter dated February 11th.

Well done, congrats! Columbia is slowly remembering that/those which it had forgotten...

[supahstahxruv]

Yayyyy non-chalant! You're a shining beacon of hope for us forgottens!

Sry but I gotta ask - was it real vomit or email vomit?

[law_monkey]

Congratulations!


Looks like we're in line to see some more decisions soon. More emails please?

Haha every single day I wake up and think that I'll be hearing from CLS. And then someone else or multiple people in the forgotten pile post their decision, and I still have crickets. It's been "soon" for like 3 weeks now. But I'm still going to bask in my foolish naivete and agree with you that we will indeed be hearing soon.

[incompetentia]

Well, there was sort of a lull between the holds and yesterday. With the emails, who knows what might happen. (Maybe nothing! yay!)