Has anybody who applied for regular decision heard anything?

Brijul
Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:39:49 +0000

@lexyjm12 I was beginning to lose hope. All this week and last week, I had been trying to enter the financial aid information exactly as you had described. I kept on getting bumped out of the system because my birthdate could not be recognized.

Here’s where it gets weird. Last night I went to bed feeling worried and disappointed. Well, I had the most wonderful dream that I was accepted into Columbia GS. I woke up feeling really excited and happy, and then reality hit that I hadn’t been accepted at all. It was only four o’clock in the morning when I woke up. I couldn’t get back to sleep. I was tossing and turning. I decided to go back online. I told myself that I wasn’t going to set myself up for heartbreak by looking at the financial aid site. I listened to myself for a while, but at around 4:45, I couldn’t help it. I was like an addicted site fiend. I logged in as I had always done. Much to my delight, I was allowed into the system! I tried again to make sure that I wasn’t still dreaming. Sure enough, I was accepted into the system. I believe there is hope!

My heart continues to pound from excitement. I feel less worried, and I do feel some comfort after being able to login to the site. From other College Confidential posts about Columbia GS I read that if you are accepted into the financial aid site, then your chances are excellent that you will be or have been accepted.

I suppose for now we will have to wait for either a FedEx package, a telephone call, and/or a letter. At a GS information gathering in the late spring I learned that we would hear back regardless of acceptance on or around July 20. Only 10 days away!

I hope to see all of us at Columbia! For now, we’re all future Lion hopefuls.