GS Transfer Credit Evaluation

RandomAdmit
Sun, 22 May 2011 20:53:22 +0000

If you take a look at the majors available on the GS website, you will notice that Econ-Operations research is no longer available to undergraduates for both GS & CC. As an alternative, Columbia suggests either econ-math, econ-stats, or Financial Econ.

[url=http://www.gs.columbia.edu/major-title?majorid=1819]Economics-Operations Research | General Studies/url

As you already know, the UC system tuition and fees are a life saver for the education that you receive.

If you are planning to go back to California for work, then UCLA might be a better option because I have heard that they have pretty good placement into a lot of the firms in the Los Angeles/ Orange County area, but I am also sure you are only limited to jobs in California.

If you are planning to live in NYC for a while and work here, I think you have better chances going to GS for obvious reasons; location and the Columbia brand, considering you get a high gpa and internships while you are here.

What it all boils down to is money though. As anyone here that actually attends GS can tell you that the financial aid is abysmal and the costs of living outside the dorms can be borderline ridiculous for students. You dont want to be in the middle of finals and find that you dont have enough money for the current months rent…

As for the length of time that you will be here, it would depend on how much of your courses transfer and how well you adapt to the universities environment. But I would safely assume that you should definitely count on being at Columbia for five or six semesters.