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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I read your update. What happened to your great plan of taking time off, gaining financial independence from your parents, and applying to seven sisters or another school in a few years? I agree with you that you shouldn’t go back to Columbia. You know yourself best and you know it’s not a good fit for you.

Another option if you’re worried about taking the time off would be to apply for a state school now, which, even if it requires you to report your parents’ income, may offer you a better financial aid package with loans that would be more manageable for you.

The previous poster who’s an Asian woman and is adamant about attending the Ivy League (and who I think is dead wrong in her assessment of you), is only one person with one life experience. Perhaps she is right that an Ivy League undergrad is especially advantageous for Asian women, but I went to a state school where I’d say at least 1/3 of my friends were Asian, and none of them had trouble finding decent employment. They are all professionally successful. Could they have gotten an additional promotion or worked at a more prestigious company if they had gone to an Ivy League? Maybe! But who cares, they are financially comfortable and seem satisfied with life.

I’m rooting for you, OP, and thought you had a good plan in place for yourself.

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