Shifting from Columbia Engineering to Columbia College

beard_tax
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:03:51 +0000

Admissionsgeek is right, you can’t easily transfer internally between SEAS and CC. The application process is highly competitive. If you’re not 100% set on engineering, then Columbia SEAS is not the school to just “try engineering.” Apply to Duke, Princeton, Harvard, etc. engineering schools because it will give you a higher chance of admissions and studying engineering is non-binding; it’s quite easy to switch majors if you find that you dislike the curriculum.

Columbia is one of the only schools that I applied to which forced students to stay in either CC or SEAS; honestly, I find it hard to believe that a 17 or 18 year old will know what they want to study, especially something as difficult as engineering. My advice would be to let the admissions committee know as soon as possible about your decision to apply to the College instead of SEAS.