SIPA and financial aid

[007]

Hey there,

does anyone of you have some sort of experience with Columbia SIPA's financial aid? From what I have read so far, the school does not seem to be very generous for first year students but does offer grants for the second year. Do you have any kind of more detailed knowledge?

Best,

007

[greendiplomat]

Hey there,

does anyone of you have some sort of experience with Columbia SIPA's financial aid? From what I have read so far, the school does not seem to be very generous for first year students but does offer grants for the second year. Do you have any kind of more detailed knowledge?

Best,

007

http://sipa.columbia.edu/resources_services/financial_aid/types_aid.html

all you need.

EDIT: never mind, i realized i have more info. i intern with a number of SIPA students, and the cutoff for 2nd-year fellowships last year was a reasonable 3.2.

Edited January 17, 2010 by greendiplomat

[Hopster]

Hey there,

does anyone of you have some sort of experience with Columbia SIPA's financial aid? From what I have read so far, the school does not seem to be very generous for first year students but does offer grants for the second year. Do you have any kind of more detailed knowledge?

Best,

007

They don't seem to be that generous!

I read somewhere an article on this SIPA student run blog that the numbers they were giving out for the 2nd year were misleading. Couldn't find the link though...  

[mpa2012]

They don't seem to be that generous!

I read somewhere an article on this SIPA student run blog that the numbers they were giving out for the 2nd year were misleading. Couldn't find the link though...  

Here's the link:

http://themorningsidepost.com/2008/08/50-of-the-time-it-works-every-time/

and to be fair the response from the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid:

http://themorningsidepost.com/2008/08/50-of-the-time-it-works-every-time/

I actually know the author of the original article, and he had well above a 3.2 GPA.