<p>Are any of you applying to Columbia?
If you are … ED or RD?</p>
<p>And where are you from/ where are you applying from?</p>
<p>silver_warez, I can’t think of a better person to ask:</p>
<p>How is Columbia with finaid for intls? Almost impossible??</p>
<p>HAHAHA! I’m not even in yet… but I get a Columbia question directed to me… NEAT! 
Columbia is very bad with finaid for internationals…</p>
<p>It is literally impossible… If you are applying for finaid you practically have no chance for ED…
It’s def. not need blind for international students…</p>
<p>Try Wesleyan… or Claremont McKenna… I think even Yale is more generous with finaid for int’ls… but the first 2 schools I mentioned are very sensitive with intl students finaid needs… (off the top of my head)</p>
<p>Hope that helps astrix…</p>
<p>actually they are good with fin ONLY if you apply ED</p>
<p>and Astrix, why are you so bothered, aren’t you heading to Princeton ;)</p>
<p>No that’s not true hello…
Columbia is not generous with finaid to intl students… and you have virtually no chance if you apply ED requesting finaid.</p>
<p>My college cousellor said so… and it’s a known fact.</p>
<p>Hmm thanks silver. Luck to you!</p>
<p>hello, 12 days!!</p>
<p>And btw, I always read your handle as silver_warez. Just noticed you’re wavez <em>waves</em></p>
<p>yeh it’s waveZ lol… it’s just a SN that has stuck since grade 5 lol…
quite lame but anyhoo…</p>
<p>ya… so are any of u applying to columbia?</p>
<p>I am applying to Columbia College ED. And I requested financial aid…I know a guy from China applied financial aid to Columbia last year and got in; according to what he said, deferral is likely to happen to me (although I think rejection is more likely) because Columbia wants to compare all international applicants requesting financial aid in the regular decision round.
But I know competition is keen…my chance is close to 0.</p>
<p>Did the guy from China get accepted ED ?</p>
<p>If you’re in TX how are you international?</p>
<p>Okay calm down. I have very little idea about undergrad. BUt most of the kids who got o IVYs from international are mostly coming from very rich families or politically influential families. On other hand if you are exceptional you may have a chance to be admitted. I see lot of international student claiming that they are the top from thier country, but Ivy school adcom are savy and would verify that. Anyway good luck</p>
<p>Ok, well I was asking sweetbee a question.</p>
<p>And in general… I’m asking the int’l students out there…who is applying to Columbia?</p>
<p>But anyway… where do you go chinaman?
And I think you may be quite right about –> “kids who got o IVYs from international are mostly coming from very rich families or politically influential families.”</p>
<p>Well I came to the U.S. 3 years ago, and I’m not U.S. citizen or permanent resident, so I’m counted as international. The guy at Columbia was in the same situation as I, except that he spent 3 years at a high school in another state in the U.S. I believe he’s exceptional academically. He got a lot of fin aid at Columbia.</p>
<p>Well Columbia obviously saw a lot of potential and good qualities in him…
So you’re applying ED, and he did too?</p>
<p>I’m sure you will have a chance… well, it’s only 8 days left now… Just wait and see.</p>
<p>Actually he applied RD last year.
8 days… yeah I’ll find out then…</p>
<p>Yeh… I’ve just heard that if you’re int’l and apply ED requesting finaid, it’s really really tough! </p>
<p>I guess if they really want you they’ll accept you, or maybe defer you… and then consider you wilth all the other int’l students requesting for finaid from the RD pool…</p>
<p>i am aplying to columbia
frm Nepal and im also applyin 4 fin aid</p>
<p>oh n im an rd</p>
<p>i’ll apply rd to columbia…</p>
<p>and guys, esp silver_waves, come on! applying as an intl isn’t that bad… really!!
i mean you said:
yale IS need-blind with intl, so it can’t be more than that… (i suppose it’s full need too)
OR
■■■? if i had read this some time ago, i would have had 2nd thoughts about princeton… and i’m sure it aint like this… i ****in’ can’t!! and thaaaa!!! everybody has to be exceptional to get into ivy’s, right? so what’s the point emphasizing that intl have to be so too?!?</p>
<p>i hate it when ppl are negativistic… <em>boils with self-inflicted anger</em></p>
<p>Yes, Yale does meet full demonstrated need…
<a href=“http://www.yale.edu/admit/international/index.html[/url]”>http://www.yale.edu/admit/international/index.html</a></p>