RiemannForBeginners

Guys! I am soon confused right now. I got the financial package from Columbia and in the end, it is very comparable to NYU. I would of course owe more in loans if I go to Columbia and have less money for living expenses, but in the end, they are pretty comparable, which I was not expecting. The course curriculum seems very similar too. Argh! Now I'm not sure anymore.

jharper, you can totally make it. I asked NYU abt the class of 2017 page and they said we can make our own.

chilly, Thanks for the details! Wow, I can't believe they said that. I did part of my undergrad at Columbia and they were actually great so I was surprised to see how different CSSW was, especially since we are talking about social work and there's some expectation for some humility and self-awareness. BTW, I do not want to disparage anyone who is going to Columbia because obviously they are a good school - just not a cultural fit for me. Hope you get into Hunter! Best of luck! I've heard only great things about Hunter.

chilly, I didn't go today but watched the live stream. I had the same feeling as you when I went there a few months ago for an information session: great on paper but kind of obnoxious in person. I'm curious (since the livestream did not work until 3pm): were there any faculty members running or answering questions during the morning sessions or was it all administrative staff?

Congratulations to everyone who heard this week!!! Just want to put it out there again that we have a Class of 2017 Facebook page, if you are interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1444632482494262/

I'm in! No letter or email, but it updated on the website "allllllll the way in the application"

Ahh, that *is* alllllll the way in Way to bury it. Mine does not have an update but good to know where to look. Thanks!

jharper, not sure what you mean by "alllllllll the way" . I logged in and it says "submitted". I do not see any decision letters but how weird that they updated you so long ago without sending an email. I wonder what percentage of people who end up attending Columbia lose deposit money because they had to accept other offers.

The admissions office told me I would know the answer by the end of this week. Guess what? No answer still. So frustrated with them. I got a generic email a couple of weeks ago and on the bottom it said, "Again, congratulations! Join our admitted students Facebook group here." But no actual offer. Ugh. I am mostly just frustrated with the long wait (4 months) when they said 4 weeks and that they keep saying that we would know "this week".

I applied to NYU, which is my first choice because I want to do clinical practice, and to Columbia's online program. I like NYU's program itself, the curriculum and their reputation for being an excellent psychodynamic/biopsychosocial program. But they have also been really, really nice, available, they email back, they have answered numerous questions for me, I got an appt with a faculty member who spent considerable time with me and seemed to love the school and made me feel like they wanted me there and were interested in my goals, etc. It is also $20,000 cheaper and they offered a great scholarship. Columbia is attractive to me because of the online option and the name. I love taking classes online. I am sure that the program is very good, though maybe their reputation is better in policy than in clinical practice. However, they have been SO unresponsive in my experience, v aloof, not answering emails, not really willing to talk abt the program; the staff I met with or talked to have all been kind of blase. I feel like they are counting on their Ivy league laurels a little bit. I am also disappointed that it is taking them months to send out decisions when we were supposed to receive them within weeks. I gave NYU my deposit months ago. I am still waiting to see what Columbia offers (if anything!) but even though they started as the frontrunner for me, they fell waaaaay behind NYU. What are your thoughts?

Congratulations to everyone who just got accepted! Here is the brand new Facebook group for Class of 2017! Please join! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1444632482494262/

Has anyone else applied to this program or gotten in?

Sure, here is the link to the main new student group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nyusssw/. And this is the 2017 class group that I found: https://www.facebook.com/groups/208491365984923/. MSWHopeful, I hope it all works out and maybe we'll see each other at NYU! Best of luck!

MSHopefulCT, I wonder if that's the group I was trying to join We can start a new group! There's a group called NYU Silver School of Social Work - New MSW Students that is up and active. I just asked there about the 2017 group and if you join, you can see me there and we can be friends! I only use FB for NYU and would love to meet people from my cohort! Will you be going to NYU or are you waiting for CSULB? And do you live in CT? I live in CT.

riyadiya, there's a Facebook group but the admins are not approving new members, i think? my request has been pending for months