<p>I just read on the official Columbia website that juiors can be admitted to Columbia under “Early Admission”. Can someone please gimme some info abt this since I cant find anything detailed on the net. Some questions I have regarding this process are :</p>
<li><p>Is it binding? If we get admitted in our junior year, do we HAVE to go to Columbia after graduating from high school?</p></li>
<li><p>Are the prerequisites the same as seniors? 2 SAT IIs and the SAT I?</p></li>
<li><p>How competitive is it? How many people apply every year?</p></li>
<li><p>If we don’t get accepted in our junior year? Can we still apply again in our senior year?</p></li>
<li><p>Is the offer open for international students?</p></li>
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<p>I think it pertains to high school juniors who plan to graduate in three years instead of four by fulfilling requirements for graduation (usually the last year of English is the only credit left for most kids)-- thus, they apply to college Fall of junior year (with plan of earning a diploma in the spring) and like anyone else, must have all required parts of the app. </p>
<p>and if admitted.. i don't see why you wouldn't attend seeing as how, in that case, you don't really have a senior year to come back to and accepted ED, you'd have to attend either way. Deferring admission is another thing.</p>
<p>and i would think it would make your chances harder, if anything. You're going against kids who have a whole other year of coursework/chances to build a stronger profile.</p>
<p>.. at least thats how I interpret the info.
someone correct me if I'm entirely off-base.</p>
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<li><p>I had never heard of this before nor have i heard of or met anyone who was admitted this way</p></li>
<li><p>lets take a look at the wording of this (emphasis mine):</p></li>
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Early admission is occasionally granted to students of special promise who are completing the junior year of secondary/high school
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<p>so its not meant for people who rush through their minimum requirements and just want to get out of HS early. I can't even imagine the insane criteria that is used for these applicants. as deerpuhark said, it is for people graduating in three years, which is not only quite rare in HS but to have a profile that is competitive against the seniors who are applying would probably require superb talent</p>
<p>also, it doesnt seem like these people are considered as a separate applicant pool where they regularly accept a certain number of people but it does seem like their applications are given special scrutiny</p>
<p>I graduated from HS in 3 yrs. There isn't any special program. You fill out the same application everyone else does, and you're considered just like everyone else. You need to have everything Columbia is looking for in terms of grades, scores, ECs, essays, etc. Plus you probably have to show Columbia that you have the social and intellectual maturity to function well at Columbia.</p>