C. Prescott Davis Scholars

Sneeezy
Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:54:22 +0000

The scholars program is really more of an incentive to matriculate than anything else. It basically entails for your freshman year participating in a biweekly scholars seminar (essentially pointless), attending a couple of mandatory speaker sessions (often pretty interesting), and doing some sort of group project that I still don’t entirely understand.

Benefits:

(1) Often waaaay better financial aid. My CP Davis grant made Columbia a cheaper option than state school for me.

(2) Summer internship/research opportunities that otherwise wouldn’t be available to freshmen (which you should most DEFINITELY take advantage of)

(3) Putting it on your resume