International ED Results

pearfire
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:27:15 +0000

EFC? It’s been a while since I went through the college application process, I’m a junior at Columbia.

What grade are you in? If you’re a junior, ED will give you a huge boost! I know of about 20 int. kids in my class who also applied for aid and all of us received VERY generous aid. We’re all from upper-middle class and only contribute 10-15k per year, which is doable in my opinion. Finaid packages at Columbia contain ZERO loans, it’s all grants. Also if your household makes less than 60K, you’ll get a free ride.

Besides, there’s a Scholar program at Columbia that takes about 5-10% of all accepted applicants. For those Scholars, Columbia tries to really push the limits of financial aid and “accidentally” a disproportionate number of Scholars are international kids. You see, Columbia tries everything to give good aid to international kids.