<p>Hey i have a question. I want to pursue Engineering/Research, so i should probably apply to the FU School, but in my school, a girl applied to columbia college and said she'll continue research there. So is there also engineering/research in columbia college as well as FU School? Im really confused. thx for any inputs.</p>
<p>I'm confused by what you mean by "research". One can research many things. Most probably you meant she was conducting scientific research. Columbia College students can indeed major/take classes/research in the sciences, only not major in an engineering discipline specifically.</p>
<p>alright thx. im still having trouble deciding which school. i hear engineering has many opportunities so its good, and i guess there are aspects of research within engineering as well.</p>
<p>If research of any kind is what you're after, you'll probably wind up doing more in SEAS (Fu) on balance.</p>
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<p>I have to disagree. The question is whether the OP wants to be a scientist or an engineer. Col. College = sciences (bio, chem, physics, etc.). Engineering is for engineering subjects (MechE, ChemE, EE, BiomedicalE, etc.). There are more than ample research opportunities in either.</p>
<p>Oh, of course one could probably do all the research one wanted to in either. But since lab research and such is part of more required SEAS courses, the OP would probably realistically wind up doing more during four years in SEAS.</p>
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But since lab research and such is part of more required SEAS courses
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<p>In what SEAS courses is lab research required? Laboratory courses aren't research, and there are lab components in both science and enginnering.</p>
<p>True; forgive my humanities major ignorance.</p>
<p>ah so many opinions LOL but thx for ur advices. so there is research opportunities for both right? but maybe FU school might be better for me. though i heard its still as difficult to get into the FU school as it is for columbia college!</p>
<p>Overall College acceptance rate: 9.6% </p>
<p>Overall SEAS acceptance rate: 22.7%</p>
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Overall College acceptance rate: 9.6%</p>
<p>Overall SEAS acceptance rate: 22.7%
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<p>the pool of applicants is much stronger in SEAS since it is self selective and you get very few people who just apply as along shot as they would to CC. If you look into it more than just those two precentages, the avg SAT scores for SEAS is higher. </p>
<p>Also, OP, you really need to consider whether you want to do ENGINEERING or not....all science majors dont end up in SEAS by default...if your interest is in pure science only then you belong in CC not SEAS....also, if you suck at math but like science you also belong in CC. (though, granted, you could suck at math and still want to be an engineer, though i wouldnt recommend it.</p>
<p>There are research opportunities in both. You need to decide the basic question of whether you want engineering or not. If you don't want to be an engineer, there are an awful lot of courses you will have to take that will not interest you. It's definitely a mistake to only think about this in terms of your admission chances.</p>
<p>There is a summer research program (go on the Columbia website and search for SURF) that will give you an idea of some of the opportunities for research in the biological sciences. If you are a student at CC in the physical sciences, once you know what interests you, you can e-mail professors and see if they might have openings to work in their labs.</p>
<p>I think everyone here is right in saying that the OP needs to figure out what he/she wants to do vis-a-vis engineering versus science. Odds are against you getting into <em>either</em> CC and SEAS, so it isn't like you're guaranteed to get into one but not the other if you think you're playing some sort of numbers game.</p>
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There is a summer research program (go on the Columbia website and search for SURF) that will give you an idea of some of the opportunities for research in the biological sciences. If you are a student at CC in the physical sciences, once you know what interests you, you can e-mail professors and see if they might have openings to work in their labs.
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<p>When I was at CU, there was actually formal summer research fellowship in the chemical / materials area (that is through NSF perhaps?), but on a much smaller scale than SURF. Also, SURF isn't biological sciences per se: Both the faculty and the students involved are often into chem, BME, ChemE, etc.</p>
<p>I hear there are a lot of opportunities for engineering so im pretty sure i want to go for it. I'm good at both math and science and i want to actually apply my knowledge to society rather than just learn more about them. I recently attended a summer research program at a local university and i developed a huge interest in earth/planetary sciences. My research involved global climate changes. rather than just understanding global climate changes, i want to actually apply my knowledge to perhaps find a solution to these changes and help prepare society in the future. Thus, earth/planetary engineering. So does that sound about fit for an engineering school? thanks for any inputs i really appreciate it.</p>
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i want to actually apply my knowledge to society rather than just learn more about them . . . So does that sound about fit for an engineering school?
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<p>Absolutely not. Being that you're only a high school student, it's understandable that you'd have a pretty "youthful" view of this, but that's not at all the difference between science and engineers.</p>
<p>Both science and engineering can be as theoretical (learning to learn more about things) or as practical (applying knowledge to better society) as a person wants it to be. As a student, your professors are going to be on the theoretical side for the most part in either science or engineering.</p>
<p>o i understand now. thx a lot! i guess i really do want engineering then. you don't have to have had engineering experience to go to an engineering school right?</p>
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o i understand now. thx a lot! i guess i really do want engineering then. you don't have to have had engineering experience to go to an engineering school right?
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<p>Most high school kids wouldn't have had any reason to have an engineering experience. You have to show that you want to do engineering and that you can excel in it, however.</p>