<p>Can someone please explain how this works? I understand that you can only declare yourself a 3-2 guy after your sophmore year. How competitive is this program, also, is it possible to pursue a minor in addition to the physics or math for this program?</p>
<p>Check out this link: [Science</a> and Engineering - Georgetown College](<a href=“http://college.georgetown.edu/programs/majors/43472.html]Science”>http://college.georgetown.edu/programs/majors/43472.html)</p>
<p>Basically the 3-2 program boils down to this, though:</p>
<p>You pick a major, usually physics or math.</p>
<p>You MUST complete ALL of the requirements for both your major and your gen eds in the three years that you’re at Georgetown (which is no small feat, believe me.)</p>
<p>You must also look at the site above and complete the pre-engineering requirements (many of which overlap with a physics major), in addition to the requirements for your desired engineering specialization. <a href=“If%20you%20want%20to%20do%20BME,%20computer,%20or%20electrical%20engineering,%20a%20few%20classes%20required%20aren’t%20offered%20at%20GTown,%20and%20would%20need%20to%20be%20completed%20at%20Columbia%20before%20you%20matriculate,%20or%20at%20another%20college%20over%20the%20summer.%20This%20isn’t%20really%20a%20big%20deal,%20though.”>I</a>*</p>
<p>You must maintain a 3.3+ GPA, with nothing below a B in your pre-engin. classes. </p>
<p>You must get 3 good letters of recommendation from your dean and science/math faculty members.</p>
<p>If you can do all of this, you’ll be guaranteed admission to Columbia, and will, after you 5 years, receive bachelors degrees from both universities. It’s an awesome program (one that I considered for a while), but completing all of those classes on time is tougher that it’d seem. You’ll probably have to take a summer class or two if you’re interested in broadening your horizons with non-gen. ed. and non-science/math courses!</p>
<p>If you have any more questions, or need some clarification, just let me know!</p>
<p>–Adam</p>
<p>Two other quick points:</p>
<p>If you look on Columbia Engineering’s website, you’ll see that the main reason this program exists is to allow students to have a broad, liberal arts experience (something that GU does extremely well) in addition to their engineering training. Just pointing this out in case anyone was wondering about the "why"s of this program.</p>
<p>As a former physics major and current GU student, getting a 3.3 in physics, while hard, is not impossible by any means. The professors generally look out for their majors, and I haven’t known of a professor giving out a grade lower than a B to a major, even when they deserved Cs or Ds but worked their butts off.</p>