Columbia University Science Honors Program ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

No clue @mStabile20

I was at 13/15, but now 12/15. Not dead yet, if what I’ve heard recently is correct; ten challenge questions is apparently the cutoff.

Do you think they factor in the fact I haven’t taken any chem/physics/earth classes when interpreting my score? I’ve only taken biology and “physical science” which was a really basic honors class so I was barely able to answer any questions outside what I knew of bio :confused:

@simeonss yea i never took physics or chem either so I just skipped those ones

Where did you hear that @WCEdmonds

@mStabile20 I have two friends who got in the program, and one says that a professor there said that they weight the challenge section very highly, and that a ten is their cutoff. I definitely don’t guarantee that as correct, but I trust that it was at least somewhat accurate.

@WCEdmonds what if I only answered 9 to begin with? Do they grade mine any differently?

@mStabile20 I honestly wouldn’t know. It’s possible, I think. Good luck!

Thanks you too @WCEdmonds

@WCEdmonds But do they do base it after the penalty or the number of questions you get right? Cause I got 10 right but not sure if that meets the cutoff or not cause i got 2 wrong.

When do students get the results of their test?

@scietywi I answered 42, 46, and 8. I know my chances aren’t good but I only skipped so many on the science because it was physics and chemistry, classes I haven’t taken yet. I hope they take that into consideration at the very least, and I am also counting on the freshmen curve.

@Bluwee We never find out how we did on the test, we just get a decision on admission which is June 14th, if I remember correctly.

FOLLOW-UP: I just checked, and it’s actually June 21st. @Bluwee

@WCEdmonds Thank you very much! :slight_smile:

Has anyone that didn’t get in in early year get in the next?

I mean has anyone who didn’t get in one year get in the next year

@nStabile20 For the square problem I think the ratio was 2. Since square 1 has side length 1 and this is a diagonal for the second square, it must mean that a side of square 2 = radical 2 over 2 because of 45-45-90 rules (Idk how to explain this well). So the area is just 0.5, so 1:0.5 = 2. Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure

@simeonss That’s what I got too! I was pretty sure it was 2 but then others began saying it was
1/2 so idk

Maybe idk I thought it said that square 2 was the diagonal of square 1 though. Maybe I’m wrong though I don’t know.