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I don’t know much about letters of intent but the aid at Columbia is hella generous. Both need based and merit. It might be worth reaching out to the aid office.
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2019-2020 Columbia VP&S
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Medschoolbelle
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But you can keep yourself on the waitlist until June or July and accept the other offer.
Medschoolbelle
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Did the ppl who withdrew from Columbia get accepted to Harvard or where? Lol
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Just withdrew! Hope the spot does some good for someone!
stressed0-0
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Hi guys, I'm currently on the waitlist, and I'm wondering if anyone is willing to share what financial aid at VP&S is looking like? How do they calculate their "100% of financial need," and do you find it to be accurate in terms of your needs?
I'm just asking to gauge how to feel about my other dream school's offer on the tinyyy chance I get accepted here later on.
I'm just asking to gauge how to feel about my other dream school's offer on the tinyyy chance I get accepted here later on.
They do two calculations, one based on parent income and one based on assets. If your parents make less than $125,000, they do not expect a contribution to tuition based on income. However, they can still calculate one based on assets.
That’s all that is included regarding their calculations on the award letter. They also do match merit aid but I assume that goes through a dif process. Good luck!!
PM me! Don’t think I can start a conversation with you
ls1422
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man would I love to know the answer to this
I know of ~10 people who have withdrawn here in the last few days so I imagine it has to be soon!
ls1422
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you're my new favorite person
Congratulations!! did you send a letter of intent?
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ls1422
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congratulations!! did the call come from your interviewer or from the dean?
Thanks! Call came from an associate dean of admissions!
To the best of my understanding, it is 6% per year of parental assets excluding primary home and retirement funds. Plus a sliding percent of parental income from 0-45%.
This calculator works decently as an EFC estimate:
Financial Aid & Student Aid Index (SAI/EFC) Calculator - 2024-25
Financial Aid & Student Aid Index (SAI/EFC) Calculator - 2024-25
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Congrats to everyone who got off the WL! Is there a chance to get off the WL if you sent a letter of interest and not a letter of intent? Has it happened in the past?
I think Columbia is a relatively high yield school so the little WL movement they have might be for people who sent intents.
I think Columbia is a relatively high yield school so the little WL movement they have might be for people who sent intents.
I know of a couple people who sent letters of interest and got in recently
filthy_premed
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to the people who have gotten in off the waitlist - how long do they give you to decide? and do they let you get a financial aid package before deciding?
Think you should have at least 5 biz days to respond right now according to the AAMC traffic rules. I’ll let someone else chime in regarding the financial aid award letter but their office seems to be very responsive, for what it’s worth!
Correct.
Wondering if any current students on here could speak to how closely the cost of attendance budget matches their experience? From what I calculated, $67,405 of the $93,064 total CoA goes to tuition and required fees. That leaves $25,659 for rent, food, and other living expenses. Is this do-able in Washington Heights? Could I get away with budgeting a little less -- say, $22k, if I plan on spending about $1,000 in rent? About how much do students find they are spending on rent, and then on living expenses other than rent? Any insight would be much appreciated!!
If you have your own health insurance already, you can remove that expensive line item from the Columbia estimate and get to your number.
Thanks, and I already didn't include the insurance in my numbers above.
30 people have joined the groupme in the last week.. so there’s definitely more movement than has been posted here!
moldydorito
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I think some of the people that joined the groupme were already accepted but just late to join lol. But ya looking at the facebook group I think about 20 people were added in the past few days.
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For anyone that participated In the virtual second look:
Does anyone have the class of 2024 academic calendar for VP&S?
Also, is move-in day the day of Orientation, or before?
Does anyone have the class of 2024 academic calendar for VP&S?
Also, is move-in day the day of Orientation, or before?
Thought your kid picked cornell
Looking like they are changing mind after more research.
medschoolthrowaway2020
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Genuine question, how are they still holding more than one acceptance?
moldydorito
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wouldn't they already have had to withdraw from columbia if they decided on cornell?
When you get off a WL you have five business days to decide between the current acceptance and the new (off the) WL acceptance so that you can evaluate the fin aid awards. You have to communicate with both schools and get their agreement with that arrangement as well; it's outlined in the AMCAS traffic rules.
medschoolthrowaway2020
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They were posting about this choice well before traffic day. So even if they got off the waitlist before traffic day, 5 days has passed a while ago. Also Columbia and Cornell both sent out emails that pretty clearly stated you were required to narrow it down to one acceptance and select plan to enroll by April 30th, so the school specific policies were very clear outside of AMCAS guidelines. But to your point, I’m sure there is something else going on that I haven’t thought of. I doubt someone would gamble with school specific policies and acceptances being rescinded at this point.
Some people are above rules.
Not following traffic rules is a middle finger to other applicants/potential matriculants.
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deleted994247
Chill folks, this all seems to have occurred after April 30th, it was not “well before traffic day.” We all have to follow the rules, Idk how you’d go above them unless u email a school for an exception, and if they say yes then ur still following the rules. So there’s literally no way to “break” the rules.
medschoolthrowaway2020
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I’m not saying they broke the rules! I have no clue what the details of their situation are. I remembered they posted a help me decide Cornell vs Columbia well before traffic day because I used it to help me think about my decision too so that is what I was referring to above. I just assumed their kid was accepted to both schools before that post. But again, I don’t know their full situation.
I had the same question! I assumed it meant academic travel but idk
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deleted994247
you can just submit a second form if you want. a warning to everyone: there's no final "submit" button on the form, it just looks like a next button, but then the next page says "thank you for submitting"
It can change year to year
edit: also assume you got your other question answered on the fb! But yeah it depends on the size of the room you get.
tardigrade12
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Total EFC is split between dependents. So if you and your sibling are in school this year, and they graduates, your portion of EFC will double.
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Was it with two faculty? or a faculty and student?
