<p>A student’s GPA will play absolutely no role in the amount of financial aid he/she receives. Columbia offers zero merit-based awards to any of its students, whether they be international, in the 3-2 program, or just normal undergraduates. </p>
<p>The Columbia website specifically says that, for international students, “limited financial aid is available”. You can take that as you will. You could also email them directly if you really want a concrete answer, though I doubt they’d say anything definitive. </p>
<p>As for a letter of recommendation from a computer science professor, that’s absolutely allowed. I personally am majoring in Computer Science, and one of my recommendations is coming from a Computer Science professor. </p>
<p>The only requirements are that the three recommendation letters be from one math professor, one science professor, and the combined plan liasion at your school. Computer Science absolutely counts as a science.</p>
<p>Ha Nice to see you Show!
Merry Christmas.
I talked to my professor, he said “we will see” I guess he needs to grade it and then see how close I will get to a B. I am so nervous now.</p>
<p>Also, do you mind to give me your email address please?</p>
<p>I am a sophomore and I just got my final grade in Chem I today and have a B-. I am an engineering major and have As in courses like Calc II, Physics, and Linear Algebra. My GPA is around a 3.45. So far I am on track for everything except the B- requirement. How badly will this hurt my chances for getting into Columbia? Is there a way to make amends for this B-? Any advice would be helpful as I am freaking out a bit now.</p>
<p>Option 1.) Does the professor know you personally? Were you close to a B? You can email your professor explaining the situation and see if maybe he/she will bump you up to a B. Ask respectfully, it can’t hurt. Hopefully you met with the professor during the semester - that would make the professor more likely to bump you up. Don’t get your hopes up too high though. </p>
<p>Option 2.) What do you plan on majoring in at Columbia? General Chemistry I is always a requirement, but sometimes Chemistry II is required is well. If that is the case, work really really hard in Chemistry II! If you get an A- or better in Chemistry II, that will indicate to Columbia that you fixed any problems you had in Chemistry I. Also, if you’re, say, going into computer engineering, a B- in chemistry might not hurt you as badly as if you were going into chemical engineering.</p>
<p>And remember this: just two years before your class, Columbia only required a 3.0 GPA, with no restrictions on getting a bad grade in a certain course. As in, you could have 5 C-'s, and if your GPA was over 3.0, you’d have guaranteed admission.</p>
<p>These new requirements are much, much stricter than the old ones. This would seem to indicate that having one lone B- won’t kill you. But, junior year is only going to get harder. One B- probably won’t kill you, but multiple B-'s almost certainly would. </p>
<p>Keep working hard - those A’s look very nice. And always meet with every professor during their office hours at least once per semester. It can’t hurt for them to get to know you. </p>
<p>Overall, a B- is definitely a cause for concern, but I wouldn’t worry too badly about it. Keep working hard and you can still stand a very good chance at being accepted.</p>
<p>I have a question. I am a Junior, majoring in Computer Science and minoring in Math. When, and if, I graduate from Columbia in 2 years, would that be considered a double major from Columbia, or one BS in CS from my current college, and one BS in engineering from Columbia?</p>
<p>@ShowShowShow I will be applying this year. Did you have any withdrawal on your transcript? I withdrew a linear algebra class, and took another one, which also satisfies the requirement, with the grade of A. I am worried about the W on my transcript. </p>
<p>I missed the guaranteed admission requirements by a B-, and I was still accepted. I think really what they look for is how many items you missed and I assume the killers are too many B-'s, too low GPA under 3.3, too far off completing your intended major at home school. Also I kind of feel that they take the prestige and name of your original school into account. </p>