Shifting from Columbia Engineering to Columbia College

admissionsgeek
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:29:44 +0000

you really ought to have thought about this before you applied -

columbia clearly states that applying to the engineering school means you have decided that you believe engineering is for you, or that you would like an engineering education in whatever future you desire.

a) you must complete an internal transfer to columbia college; columbia seas and cc try to keep ratios relatively stable thus they do not allow all students to transfer that wish to transfer, it is selective.

b) transferring is difficult for the student - hence above - because you will then have to complete aspects of the core that you had not begun yet, thus hindering your ability to complete a major and the core effectively. it is for this reason that transferring is not an open and shut case for students, and why honestly it is to your advantage if you truly wish to attend columbia to pick the school you like the most, apply, hope you get admitted and attend for 4 years.

if this does not sound enticing - you can always pull out of your ED application, ask to be a RD candidate, you can even at this point in the cycle request to have your application be read as a columbia college candidate, or lastly you may even feel that columbia is not right for you and select to either keep your app open (just to see) or withdraw your application and pick schools that match what you want.

there are a lot of incredible things about columbia - but for practical reasons (a and b) it is not a swinging open door between schools as funding for schools depend on school ratios, and also the quality of the experience for the student depends on students selecting and being comfortable with their school choice from the beginning.