Holiday Office Closures and Updates for Spring and Fall Early Decision COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

Holiday Office Closures and Updates for Spring and Fall Early Decision COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog Today is the last day of classes for the Fall 2018 semester, and we cant quite believe how fast this semester has gone by either. Heres a quick update of where were at with SIPA Admissions: Congratulations to the incoming Spring 2019 class! Decisions went out to our future J-termers a few weeks ago (J-term because they start classes in January), and we cant wait to welcome them to campus next month. They have an advantage of an extra summer semester to pack in more internships or work opportunities during their graduate school experience which is already short as it is. In observance of the holiday season, the Admissions and Financial Aid office will be closed December 24, 2018 through January 1st, 2019. Well be open, business as usual, on January 2nd, 2019. This means for you Fall 2019 applicants who are submitting on the January 5th deadline get your application questions in as soon as possible! Please do your research, of course we dont want to get backlogged with questions that could have been easily answered with an internet search and plan accordingly to make sure you can submit your application on time. A reminder from Financial Aid to U.S. citizens and permanent residents: SIPA offers scholarships to a limited number of admitted applicants, and those scholarships are based on not only candidates’ academic and professional credentials, but financial need as well. In order to receive consideration for these awards, don’t forget to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (the FAFSA) for the 2019/20 academic year. Columbia’s school code is 002707. We recommend that you complete this by about January 5th so that once the Fellowship Committee’s deliberations begin, we will have all required information from all applicants. The FAFSA is also required if you want to consider student loan options from the federal government or Work Study positions. And to our Early Decision applicants waiting on your decision, trust that were working hard to get that to you before the end of the year! Thank you for your patience, and the Admissions Committee is grateful that you put so much work into your applications and to share your aspirations with us. We think SIPA will be a great place for many of you, and youll hear the official word soon.