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First of all GS, caters to a whole different audience as it caters to adult learners. The typical student graduating our of high school applying for freshman admissions cannot apply to GS . Applicants may not simultaneously apply to the School of General
Studies and to any other undergraduate division of Columbia University (Columbia College or the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science), nor are applicants eligible to apply to the School of General Studies if in the last three years they applied to any of these divisions and were not accepted. Applicants are admitted to the School of General Studies as matriculated degree candidates.
Students may enroll either full- or part-time and may change their status from semester to semester.
The School of General Studies is the college at Columbia University
created specifically for students who pursue a nontraditional path to complete a B.A. or B.S. degree. Nontraditional students include persons whose education since high school has been interrupted or postponed for at least one academic year or individuals who for compelling personal or professional reasons need to attend college on a part-time basis
GS students have full access to the richness of a Columbia education. They take the same courses with the same faculty and major in the same departments as all other undergraduates on the Columbia campus. Students take the same classes and study with the same professors as do students from Columbia’s three other undergraduate colleges.
At the end of the day, no matter what people say the degree still says COLUMBIA.
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