COLUMBIA 2011 SCREENWRITING/DIRECTING WAITLISTERS

[FilmSchoolDad]

Originally posted by cineaste504:
Still haven't heard anything, but I did receive something interesting in the mail yesterday: a letter from my state's higher education department informing me of my status for state financial aid. The letter specifically mentioned Columbia University and it said the financial aid decision was for the 2011-2012 school year (more specifically, it said I am ineligible for state aid, because CU is a private school and my income is more than $10,000 a year...however this will not affect my Federal Aid eligibility)

Could this be a sign that Columbia started processing the Financial Aid paperwork for select waitlist candidates? Or is this just a standard letter sent to everyone who applied for Need Access?

I'm sorry to tell you that it doesn't mean anything. When you apply for financial aid via FAFSA, all of the schools that you indicated you want your financial data sent to also send it to your home state so that if you're entitled to anything, you would get it. This letter is sent to anyone where the home state offers financial aid in addition to what you could be qualified to receive through the usual federal financial aid (e.g., Stafford Loans, Perkins, Direct Plus Graduate Loans, etc.).

 

[Procallout]

Originally posted by joybird:
Hey Guys!

You will probably be on the waitlist till August. That's the way it works. They hold people on the list right up until school starts. I know NYU holds people till August 15th.

We're wondering about initial openings from those who turned down Columbia. Other schools had their wave of wait-listers offered spots except CU. You'd think one or two of us would be accepted outliers if CU moved onto the waitlist.

 

[cineaste504]

It's still silent in June....

I'm so confused.

 

[aNDy2011]

Yes, it certainly is and it is almost August.

 

[Lights_out]

Hey guys I've had enough of waiting I'm going to call admissions
Tomorrow and tell them to let me know if I will
Be attending or not because I'm passing some great opportunities as I "wait" and i need to know what their decision will be. If yes "which I hope for" great if the same answer " we have to wait until the end of the summer I will respectfully tell them I cannot wait any longer I have to prepare for a filming position in Spain and will re apply next year......
Wish me luck n good luck

 

[paper]

Lights-out, I actually tried that, I had gotten to the interview stage of a scholarship that would pay for graduate education in its entirety and I was still hoping to get some information from Columbia, but did not and it did weigh heavily on me during the interview. Anyway, it was frustrating even trying to get information. But good luck and the opportunity in Spain sounds fantastic.

 

[RobbieBlock]

Is that a scholarship specific to Bangalore Paper?

 

[paper]

A scholarship open to all Indian citizens under 30, its called the Inlaks scholarship, its rather hard to get. Anyone from India interested in applying to grad school next year, look it up.

 

[Procallout]

Any updates guys? Lights-out were you able to get some answers?!?!

 

[Lights_out]

I called and asked for an answer and of course they said they don't have one yet so I told them about my job offer and that I cannot wait any longer and they didn't budge sooooo... I guess good luck to all of you and if they call me by August I'll probably be gone so will respectfully decline....

 

[aNDy2011]

Should I keep waiting?

 

[Procallout]

Originally posted by aNDy2011:
Should I keep waiting?

Of course its plausible people have been let off the waitlist. BUT YOU'D THINK WE'D HEAR ABOUT IT ON THIS FORUM LIKE ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS--AND CU LAST YEAR--GOD DAM*IT.

 

[Procallout]

10 days! Any updates?

 

[aNDy2011]

Are we still waiting?

 

[Procallout]

Originally posted by aNDy2011:
Are we still waiting?

Yeah man! They must of let someone off the wait list by now!

 

[aNDy2011]

Good luck and have a great summer.

 

[HI FILM]

Nothing new happens in the East Coast...

 

[Procallout]

Originally posted by HI FILM:
Nothing new happens in the East Coast...

Any chance Columbia over-enrolled--ala undergraduate schools--knowing a small percentage of accepted students would decline?

 

[aNDy2011]

Are we still waiting?

 

[aNDy2011]

Should i wait and hope for the seat?