I am also super stressed about the Feb 16th deadline and really hope I hear back from other programs before then! I also emailed the financial aid office and the award package is supposed to be in within 2 weeks so hopefully that will lower the cost. I know the answers are somewhere on here... but is the cost worth it? I am extremely stressed about the high cost of CSSW but I am hoping that the networking, internships and reputation will help. Im planning on moving out west after getting my MSW degree and I'm thinking the Columbia name will help me get my foot in the door. My sister goes to Princeton for undergrad right now and she has amazing opportunities and has incredible, talented and top-in-in-their field professors (so has great chances to network) so I'm hoping Columbia would be the same?