Creesha

I'm entering second year at TC in the counseling psyh program. TC is definitely a cash cow looking to ship out Master students as fast as possible. However for the counseling program, they just hired a new department chair and she is pretty awesome. She actually listens to us and is very approachable, whcih makes it easier to stand being in this program. The class sizes for the program aren't too large actually, however they have been increasing the number of students each year pretty substantially. I will say the faculty and staff really suck as a whole. Everyone seems to have a pretentious attitude because we are at a high ranking school. The best part of the school and the counseling program are your fellow colleagues. It's going to be a serious journey, but as of my first year, I have learned so much about myself and about counseling. Personally I think the academic classes aren't the best (my undergrad was harder), but the experiential classes where you learn actual counseling are completely worth it. This program will completely break you down to and they are very harsh with their feedback, but you do grow from it. Good luck!

Great advice thank you!

I'm having the same issue too. Columbia's programs are great but their funding sucks! I think people just pay for the name and deal with it after they graduate.

I'm torn between a Masters at Columbia and BC for Counseling Psychology. BC gave me scholarship money that would cover most of my tuition and 20g in loans. Columbia gave me no money and is double in loans to cover tuition, living etc. I really want to go to Columbia but the price tag is a huge deterrent. I'm also a native New Yorker and really wanted to go back to NY. IDK WAT TO DO!