<p>Hello CC. Background: I'm an Asian male.</p>
<p>From the provost's statistics office (<a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/opir_enrollment_ethnicity_1.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/opir_enrollment_ethnicity_1.htm</a>), it seems that CC has a smaller percentage of Asians than SEAS. Would it help my chances to apply to CC rather than SEAS?</p>
<p>If I get in, I plan to do the combined plan (which is available from CC and SEAS) and get a BA and a BS (just to clarify: this means I could get say, a BA in math and BS in CS from SEAS, right?). It doesn't matter that the schools offer different majors.</p>
<p>Additional questions: Does choice of major factor into admissions? Which SAT subject tests should I submit for CC? I've taken SAT physics and math II, and I'm wondering if it would help to take say, literature and history (other areas I'm strong in) for CC.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>also curious about this</p>
<p>Additionally: I only took two years of a foreign language in high school. CC “strongly recommends” 3 or 4. However, would this be overlooked if I self-studied Spanish (not my native language) and got a very high (780+) score on the SAT subject test?</p>
<p>I have a good reason for not taking it in school, since I transferred in freshman year and was behind everyone else (I was taking Spanish I while everyone else was at Spanish 3), so continuing the route would have lowered my rank.</p>
<p>First, CC is harder to get in than SEAS. So there’s rick on both sides. The choice of major does affect admission sometimes, as there are popular majors such as economics and mathematics that are harder to get in. However, don’t forget you need your ECs and essays to back up your majors; it’s obviously not reasonable to apply to, say music, when all your ECs are about maths and sciences.
I think Columbia doesn’t care about if you took the course at school as long as you can prove your proficiency with your test scores. I self studied 5 APs because my school didn’t offer enough APs.</p>
<p>Stanley: I should have been more specific. I know that CC has a lower admission rate overall than SEAS (<a href=“Columbia OPIR”>Columbia OPIR) (7% vs 9%). I was wondering if I would actually have a better chance at CC because SEAS is mainly Asian and male and I can’t imagine the higher admissions rate to help me much (plus, SEAS and CC admission rates are closing in, there’ll be negligible difference between them). CC has fewer Asians and I know males have a slightly higher chance of getting accepted, and I imagine this is due to CC not SEAS).</p>
<p>I know single digit percentage points don’t mean much but…</p>
<p>Well, if you just look at statistics, you, as an Asian male (am I right?), might have a better chance if you apply to CC.</p>