<p>Fordham has this 5 year program where you spend 3 years getting a BA in an Engineering/CS major at Fordham and them 2 years getting a BS/Engineering degree at Columbia. I am interested in the one for CS. Here's the site for it if anyone needs info:</p>
<p>3-2</a> Program Requirements</p>
<p>My question is, is anyone in this program or know of people on it? I want to know how intense the course load is/overall experience of the program.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>My brother is in the program and is in his first year at Columbia. The program is pretty intense due to all of Fordham’s liberal arts requirements and Columbia’s technical requirements. He wasn’t able to get in the first time he applied due to not being able to finish all the requirements in time; I think he fell one or two courses short…Columbia is pretty strict about completing all of the requirements by the Spring of the year you’re applying. He ended up doing the 4-2 (also undergraduate). My brother was a Math major at Fordham and was also able to squeeze in a master’s in Computer Science while he was there. He is majoring in industrial engineering/operations research at Columbia. From what my bro told me, the CS department isn’t too hard at Fordham and most of the classes are manageable if you pick the right professors and work in groups.</p>
<p>Awesome. Thanks a lot! Did your brother have a lot of AP credits? I have a good amount and hopefully that makes the program easier to complete.</p>
<p>Yes, he did come in with a few AP credits, but I don’t think he was able to get out of any core classes. Also, he transferred from Baruch (spent freshman year there), and one or two courses weren’t able to transfer, making it even harder for him. He did take a lot of summer courses. </p>
<p>It’s all going to come down to scheduling. Just make sure that the courses you need to take for your particular major at Columbia are being offered at Fordham during that particular semester. My brother is an industrial engineering major and needed a Finance course and a Computer Science course, both of which weren’t offered during the spring semester of his 3rd year. It was just terrible luck and Columbia wasn’t even understanding even though the program liaison wrote a letter explaining the situation, so just keep this in mind. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yes, he did come in with a few AP credits, but I don’t think he was able to get out of any core classes. Also, he transferred from Baruch (spent freshman year there), and one or two courses weren’t able to transfer, making it even harder for him. He did take a lot of summer courses. </p>
<p>It’s all going to come down to scheduling. Just make sure that the courses you need to take for your particular major at Columbia are being offered at Fordham during that particular semester. My brother is an industrial engineering major and needed a Finance course and a Computer Science course, both of which weren’t offered during the spring semester of his third year. It was just terrible luck and Columbia wasn’t even understanding even though the program liaison wrote a letter explaining the situation, so just keep this in mind. Good luck!</p>
<p>All right, thanks a lot! If I go to Fordham I’ll make sure to plan everything out.</p>
<p>For those last 2 years, do you pay the same tuition you pay at Fordham, or Columbia’s tuition?</p>
<p>Columbia’s. Those two years, you’re a Columbia student and no different from any other Columbia student, and are subjected to all of Columbia’s rules (tuition, financial aid, class registration, dorms, etc).</p>
<p>I had a feeling paying Fordham’s tuition was wishful thinking. Still, it sounds like a worthwhile program.</p>
<p>It’s definitely a great program…great liberal arts education at Fordham/engineering education at Columbia, and you get to graduate with two very strong degrees and networks…not many people get a chance at an ivy league degree/</p>
<p>So if one were to go for the Computer Science, would that be a CS Engineering degree?</p>
<p>I guess I’m a little confused about how this works. It’s not too clear on the website. You get a BA at Fordham, but are still majoring in Computer Science? Then can you get a Computer Science Engineering degree from Columbia, or does it have to be some other type of Engineering degree?</p>
<p>Yes, if you’re going that track, then I guess you’ll get a BS in CS (from the engineering department). However, a lot of the students that I know that did the 3-2 program were math majors at Fordham (BA math).</p>
<p>About Columbia’s tuition, do they offer good scholarships/financial aid for the 3-2 students? I’d hate to work hard to qualify for the program and not be able to afford it.</p>
<p>Financial aid depends on your family’s financial situation. My brother did not qualify for any aid at Fordham or Columbia. Fordham also did not give me any aid. Generally, Columbia provides good financial aid since they have a lot of money.</p>
<p>All right. Thanks again.</p>
<p>I’m also thinking about Fordham’s 3-2 program - does anyone know which campus you apply to if you’re looking at doing this program? I looked at Fordham’s website and couldn’t find which campus is specific to the 3-2 program…could anyone help me?</p>