Columbia financial aid

sprtn117
Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:52:03 +0000

It is misleading because the OP says his income is 200K and that he won’t get any financial aid. Given that information, I don’t care where you live in the US, the first rational thing to assume is that’s a lot of money.
If instead the OP would have said his family’s income, after taxes, is 100K and Columbia is still not giving him any money despite the fact he lives in NY, then that would be different. Given this different viewpoint, people can then have some sympathy for him.
Besides, Shraf said he lives in NY and that at 100K per year its enough. I would listen to him. When it comes down to it, the biggest indicator of how much financial aid you receive is the Expected Family Contribution from the FAFSA report. This EFC takes into account all your assets, income, taxes, and whatever. The fact that the OP doesn’t receive any financial aid signifies his EFC is very high which means his family can afford to pay their way. Whether his parents are willing to pay and whether they can pay are two different things. If he is so concerned about his parents scraping the piggy bank to pay for him, then he should get a job to help them out and prove it instead of whining about how his 200K salary is barely enough.