Accepted to Columbia without aid

cptofthehouse
Mon, 19 May 2014 12:21:43 +0000

I am taking the view that the OP is looking for ways other than through Columbia financial aid to get money for going to college there since the OP states s/he knows up front that fin aid is not a go. However, IMO, it’s important to reiterate the policy.Since the very last sentence in that post states: " Please advise
or is there any way for him to get aid at this point in time before term starts ", I felt that it is worth letting the OP know what one of the consequences of being an international student who did not apply for financial aid is and the reason why.

I wouldn’t say that there is absolutely no way, the student will find ANYTHING once there, but the pickings are pretty dry. That is why in order to get the student visa even, the funds to cover have to be listed and verified. Once there, depending on luck and how intrepid the student is, there might be some way to get some money. Babysitting jobs, perhaps, other under the table work and whatever permitted for a foreign student. But Columbia’s COA is mid sixties with three zeros behind it. If there are large sources of funds, there would be a line for them.