5 year dual degree versus 4 year joint major

Montegut
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:29:50 +0000

Agreed. I have seen many schools offer a 3+2 program in conjunction with such selective schools as Columbia, Wash U, Vanderbilt. Would seem that many people would go to these less selective schools, where they could probably get good scholarships, then go on to the more expensive school for the last two years. Our local Jesuit college has a more realistic program. Get a degree in physics from Loyola, and get your engineering degree from UNO, a less selective, local, commuter college. Hard to believe that you can actually get a degree from Columbia for just going there for two years, but I guess it’s on the same playing field as transfer students. Back when I was in college, you could take many courses from other colleges, for example, during the summer, but your final 30 hours of your degree had to be taken at the institution awarding your diploma. Only time I know of this being waived was during Katrina, when my nephew finished his last semester in the Fall of 2005, at another institution, but still was awarded his Tulane degree in December of that year.