chance an anxious international for SEAS?

confidentialcoll
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:00:47 +0000

“shouldn’t the fact that I’m not applying for aid as an international be somewhat of a hook, cuz i’ve heard that most international applicants ask for financial aid, and since Columbia is not need blind toward internationals, that gives me somewhat of an edge relative to other internationals”

don’t kid yourself, applying as an international makes it tougher, or at the very least it’s about the same as applying as a domestic applicant, because a small % of acceptees are international. Now i don’t know how many international applicants they get, but in my experience most at columbia do very well, high GPA high extra-curricular involvement, so it’s likely tougher. applying for aid in addition, decreases (not by a huge amount) those already small chances further. Cultural diversity is not a hook unless you’re from Equitorial Guinea or someother country they don’t yet have, even that isn’t quite a hook. For you and anyone reading this, a hook is something that would make them hard pressed to reject you. Otherwise it would be called ‘an attraction’ or ‘a positive’. I have friends here who’ve lived in 5-6 countries in different continents, if they weren’t as smart as they are they too would not have been accepted.

chances wise you’re where you need to be, you aren’t going to get in for sure, but you have a pretty good shot.