<p>ok so theoretically speaking, if i were to actually be accepted into columbia college would there be any possible way on earth to transfer to the engineering college...? i originally wanted to do architecture but now i want to do engineering but by the time i made this decision i had already applied to all my schools...im screwed...haha</p>
<p>Of course it is, although you may be one of three people ever to flow in that direction.</p>
<p>one of three meaning that almost no one is able to do it? or one in three meaning hardly anyone does just because no one wants to?</p>
<p>the latter</p>
<p>he means the latter but i'd say "1 in 3 ever" would be a bit understatement</p>
<p>i think the usual ratio of SEAS -> CC transfers to CC -> SEAS transfers is about 3 to 1. I don't know of anyone transfering to SEAS from CC, but a lot (including my freshman-year suitemate) who went the other way once they realized an engineering curriculum wasn't for them.</p>
<p>ok whew...well that makes me feel better knowing that it is possible...i guess i should first worry about actually getting in...haha</p>
<p>he wasnt talking about ratios, he made it seem like an absolute number of 3 transfers ever</p>
<p>from what i heard, Fu is easier to get into; harder to get out of ... i'm not exactly sure what that means but i woudl think that more Fu students want to transfer to the College than the other way around</p>
<p>In order for your school's engineering program to be respectable, more students should transfer out of engineering than transfer in. If more liberal arts students are transferring into engineering, that tells you that the engineering program isn't very hardcore.</p>
<p>Okay...let me simplify.</p>
<p>For every 3 students that try to transfer from SEAS to CC, 1 tries to do the opposite.</p>
<p>About which is harder to get into, they both use the same adcomm and are read by the same people, and the admission's officers have stated time and time again that they don't hold lower standards for SEAS than CC, they're just different standards. For example, even though the acceptance rate at SEAS is twice as high as at CC, this is largely due to a more self-selective applicant pool applying for SEAS. Example: even though SEAS has a higher acceptance rate, it's SAT range is about 1400-1550, while CC is somewhere from the high 1300's to 1530.</p>
<p>SEAS has a lot of requirements, a lot more than CC. I don't know how hard it is to get accepted, but it would be harder to catch up than the other way around.</p>
<p>how about changing from fu to CC??? How hard is that, and how does that work???</p>
<p>It's more common, and actually easier, since engineers have some core requirements that overlap with CC's (as opposed to the other way around). Search the site, there are a number of threads on it.</p>