<p>As sad as this may be to you, you may have to take Columbia off of the table as it is not going to be affordable to you.</p>
<p>To take the 12 credit minimum you would need to get full financial aid, your tuition would be 18, 144</p>
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<p>For kicks and giggles, lets say you do get the max money for the spring semester:</p>
<p>Columbia Scholarship $4500
TAP (if you are a NYS resident) $2500
Pell $ 2822
Direct loan $ 4750</p>
<p>Total $ 14, 572 You would be operating at a decifit of $3571. You haven’t paid fees, insurance, a text book or a metro card (if you do not live walking distance from Columbia. At this point, you have no funds for housing).</p>
<p>Once again, how are you going to financially swing this for not just this term but for the following 3.5 years?</p>