<p>tsar, so tell us…</p>
<p>what happens during Columbia University “reunions”?</p>
<p>are GS students allowed to join CC and Fu alumni in their annual celebration of their graduation at “Reunions”?</p>
<p>CC reunions are separate from SEAS reunions. GS reunions are separate from SEAS reunions…and so on. All three colleges have their own separate reunions.</p>
<p>geesh, so GS students are not even allowed to room in the on-campus dorms at Columbia together with the CC and Fu students:</p>
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<p>The average age of a GS student is 27, and thus they live with law/grad students who are roughly the same age. This makes perfect sense actually. What 27 year old would want to live with an 18 year old? Matruity-wise, this is not a match.</p>
<p>oh my…</p>
<p>so 64% of Columbia GS students are “part-time”?</p>
<p>[College</a> Search - Columbia University: School of General Studies - GS - At a Glance](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>
<p>so Columbia is like a part time night school university then</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s called having a job! Most GS students are adults and cannot rely on mommy and daddy for money. To me, this is commendable, to you (someone who lives with his parents) this a negative.</p>
<p>Why do you even bother tsar? This is one of those instances where you point to a black chair and the opposing party will insist it’s white. There are clearly some veiled issues going on here, and I would guess it has something to do with person’s ostentatious superiority complex*. This is likely a result of his insecurity personally or of his institution of education. And being stuck in purgatory, unable to attain the quality of education he desires, he deems others unworthy to possess it either.</p>
<p>“so Columbia is like a part time night school university then” </p>
<p>As for this DESPERATE attempt to grab whatever remaining straws you might have left. I’ll let wikicu answer this: </p>
<p>“GS students attend the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night, but they are available to all students.”</p>
<p>^^^^^yes, thanks for verifying that:</p>
<p>“so Columbia is like a part time night school university then”</p>
<p>Huh? Is this your way of giving up? </p>
<p>Per wikicu: </p>
<p>“A Columbia undergraduate class could include students from any of the following schools: GS, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, or Barnard College. GS is unique among colleges of its type, because its students are fully integrated into the Columbia undergraduate curriculum: GS Students take the same classes with the same students and professors and are granted the same degrees as students at Columbia College or SEAS. The school awards both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. GS students, who comprise of approximately 25% of all Columbia undergraduates, have the highest average GPA of all the undergraduate schools at Columbia.”</p>
<p>Only GS students are allowed to attend part time, as some are older and must have jobs. Some GS students live independently from their parents, and Columbia University recognizes this and accommodates these students. I think it’s great that an Ivy League university recognizes that older people, who are intellectually qualified to get an Ivy league education (as noted by GS students having the HIGHEST OVERALL GPA OF ALL THREE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS), can both work and attend school simultaneously. </p>
<p>“GS enrolls world-class dancers, Olympic athletes, and musicians; investment bankers and small business owners; published authors and military veterans; and people who come from as far away as China, Israel, and Germany. Many students work full-time while pursuing a degree, and many have family responsibilities; others attend classes full-time and experience Columbia’s more traditional college life.”</p>
<p>tsar, why is it that you continue to quote from wiki?</p>
<p>don’t you have a “real” source that is more credible than this wiki quote?</p>
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<p>my guess is that it is not true and that a GS student entered the quote in wiki…</p>
<p>tsar, but what 18-19 year old students in the world would ever want to go to school with a bunch of 30 somethings with kids, 550 SAT’s, B average and which are attending the college part time as their fellow undergraduate students?</p>
<p>Around campus, wikicu is considered the unofficial Columbia encyclopedia. </p>
<p>“but what 18-19 year old students in the world would ever want to go to school with a bunch of 30 somethings with kids, 550 SAT’s, B average and which that are attending the college part time as their fellow undergraduate students?”</p>
<p>550 SATs and a B average? Where did you get that figure from? Do you have some inside information that NOBODY outside of the Columbia GS admissions committee has? </p>
<p>Actually, for transfer students, the average college GPA is: “For transfer students, most successful applicants attain GPAs of at least 3.8 according to the GS admissions office.” Additionally, ““Most GS students are transfer students, as 78% of the admitted class in 2006 transferred some college credit.””</p>
<p>So 78% of a given class has a transfer COLLEGE GPA of 3.8 or higher. Last I checked, a 3.8 was hardly a B average. </p>
<p>AGAIN, COLUMBIA GS STUDENTS HAVE THE HIGHEST COLLECTIVE GPA OF THE THREE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS. </p>
<p>At this point, it’s clear that your simply a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>My Columbia College son’s experience has been greatly enriched through his friendships with GS students (including with a former US Army sniper in the Iraq war). The presence of GS students makes the undergraduate experience at Columbia unique, and is unavailable to students at other elite universities where the 18-22 year old “bubble” experience is more heavily emphasized.</p>
<p>oops!</p>
<p>[FAQs</a> | General Studies](<a href=“http://www.gs.columbia.edu/admissions-faqs]FAQs”>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/admissions-faqs)</p>
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<p>Can you even imagine a Princeton, Harvard or Yale website saying this about what they look for in a GPA of entering students?</p>
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<p>this, of course, comes only from wiki and probably was planted by a Columbia GS student to make him feel better…</p>
<p>Actually, all Columbia University information on WIKICU is actually quite accurate. Keep trying though. </p>
<p>As for the MINIMUM gpa, that is exactly what it is, a minimum. According to GS adcoms, however, the average transfer gpa is: “at least 3.8 according to the GS admissions office.” Sorry, but if one’s gpa is lower than 3.8, his/her “life-story” needs to be quite exceptional to gain admittance. </p>
<p>This is per The Corsair, a newspaper for Santa Monica College, chronicled when a Columbia GS representative was interviewed about admittance: “Ivy leaguer, Columbia University, School of General Studies, takes a slightly different approach when looking for transfer applicants. ‘We are particularly looking for transfer students that have life experiences,’ said Mathew Rothstein, Director of Admissions for Columbia. ‘Nontraditional students with unique life experiences add a different dynamic to the classroom.’ In fact, as part of their application, a student must write a five to seven page autobiography, explaining what their life experience means to them. However, ‘life experiences’ wont be the only key to unlock Columbias door. Most transfer students have around a 3.8 grade point average.”
[The</a> Corsair : College fair draws a crowd](<a href=“http://www.thecorsaironline.com/news/2011/03/30/college-fair-draws-a-crowd/]The”>http://www.thecorsaironline.com/news/2011/03/30/college-fair-draws-a-crowd/)</p>
<p>A minimum GPA of 3.0 is just stated to encourage prospective applicants to apply.</p>
<p>But, wikicu is a reliable source of information with regards to Columbia University, as any/all types of misinformation are quickly fixed. And thus, that web site states: “For transfer students, most successful applicants attain GPAs of at least 3.8 according to the GS admissions office.” </p>
<p>Which is exactly what I heard from Kari Razdow when I attended a Columbia GS information session. </p>
<p>Columbia GS looks at life experiences when deducing whether a prospective applicant deserves admittance.</p>
<p>Okay, so what is your goal here? You have already exposed yourself as an insecure ■■■■■. Other than showing ALL who views this thread that you are an insecure, jealous, small-minded ■■■■■, who is deeply affected by the GS program, what are you trying to accomplish?</p>
<p>This is per the COLUMBIA GS WEBSITE: “Yes. Columbia University School of General Studies (GS) is as competitive as Columbia’s traditional undergraduate colleges, which include Columbia College, the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and affiliate Barnard College. Though admission requirements differ slightly from the aforementioned schools because of our nontraditional student applicant pool, GS admits only the best and the brightest prospective students.”</p>
<p>[FAQs</a> | General Studies](<a href=“http://www.gs.columbia.edu/admissions-faqs]FAQs”>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/admissions-faqs)</p>
<p>For Columbia University as a whole: “No. Columbia does not have a ‘cut-off’ GPA or test score for applicants.”</p>
<p>[Is</a> there a minimum test score, class rank or GPA required for admission to Columbia? | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/faq/there-minimum-test-score-class-rank-or-gpa-required-admission-columbia]Is”>Columbia University Authentication)</p>
<p>So, Columbia College and SEAS do not have a cut-off transfer GPA.</p>
<p>Also, I would compare Columbia GS to UC Berkley, as Cal is a comparable school with regards to transfer admissions and cross admits. </p>
<p>This is per the UC Berkley website: “Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and have completed the equivalent of all required core UC Berkeley preparation courses (see assist.org) to be eligible for admission.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/12626_5.Info_TransAdm.pdf[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/12626_5.Info_TransAdm.pdf</a></p>
<p>As a Columbia GS student, I am fine with being compared to UC Berkley students. Seeing that I went there, and that it’s an amazing and prestigious university.</p>
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<p>of course you would</p>
<p>something that Columbia College students would not be fine with</p>
<p>Seeing that UC Berkeley is ranked HIGHER in most academic departments than Columbia University, and given the reverence CC students show when I say that I transferred from UC Berkeley, I think they wouldn’t mind one bit.</p>
<p>Here is a metric on UC Berkeley’s higher ranking on most, if not all, rankings with regards to academic departments:</p>
<p>[NRC</a> Rankings in Each of 41 Areas](<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/nrc41indiv.html]NRC”>NRC Rankings in Each of 41 Areas)</p>
<p>My question is: where would rank GS with regards to all of the colleges in America?</p>