Columbia College and the Fu

admissionsgeek
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:45:38 +0000

hi ybc,

going to give you some webpages to check out and let you form your own conclusions regarding differences. there are also quite a few threads on here. but the number of differences are pretty exhaustive and best not to be written down.

1) cc has a physics major, it is under the majors list.
2) you could take eng classes in CC, but have to have the prerequisites to take the class, and preference usually goes to majors. two majors exist in both schools - compsci and applied math, and that is usually the difference.
3) consider columbia has a 5 yr BA/BS program in which you choose one school at application time, but then decide while at columbia to apply to receive a second bachelors at the other school.
4) the applicant pools are different - more spaces and thus more candidates for the college, also more majors to choose from. engineering is smaller, fewer majors, more self-selecting pool. the admissions folks adjust what they are looking for accordingly - if you want to go to columbia college than you have to know what the core is, and stand out in a large pool. if you want to do engineering, you have to understand the difference between applied sciences and the hard sciences. in the end i would argue that it is equally difficult to get in to either school, but for different reasons. for seas you have to have the math brain and test scores to prove it. for the college you have to have to stand out in a very large applicant pool.

[Columbia College | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](Columbia College | Columbia Undergraduate Admissions)
[Columbia Engineering | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/engineering)
[Admission Statistics | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php)