Does anyone know if you can study engineering after returning from Science Po? It’s on the list of majors on the application, however, engineering is not part of the GS. Any ideas?
Also, is CC less selective than the Dual BA in terms of GPA and test scores?
Not sure about your first question. But as to your second inquiry, both programs are extremely competitive, although I suspect that CC is a tad more competitive from a pure GPA/test scores standpoint. Candidates for the dual-BA program must have stellar “stats,” but the admissions committee does a much more holistic analysis, that is, they are trying to find prospective students who are the right “fit” for the program.
As to the caliber of students who enter the program, a dual-BA student was the the only Columbia undergraduate (CC, SEAS included) to win the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship within the past 5-years.
Trying to find more discussion about the Columbia Sciences Po dual degree program. DS applied. Waiting to hear about next step, ie interview. Has anyone had their Sciences Po interview?
Hey! I was invited to interview and have my interview on Friday. A friend of mine is in the Dual BA and I talked with him and he said you have a good chance of being accepted if you’ve reached the interview stage. You can either go to Columbia or have it through skype. Seeing as I live in Spain I’ll be doing it through skype. There will be 2 reps: 1 from Columbia & 1 from Sciences Po. The sciences po one tends to be very academic and rather cold, but the columbia one is the one who dominates the discussion. If you need any info feel free to message me or reply to my comment 
Hi guys,
I’m currently in the Dual BA and had considered studying engineering at Columbia. It’s definitely possible through the “Combined Plan” or “3-2” program – you’d do your two years at Sciences Po, a year at GS taking your engineering/science pre-requisites and completing GS core, then during that third year you’d apply to transfer to SEAS for the last 2 years.
So as a Dual BA student who completed the 3-2, after 5 years you’d actually be graduating with 3 Bachelor’s degrees – Sciences Po, Columbia GS, and Columbia SEAS.
While I’m not pursuing this option in the end (planning on Architecture instead), let me know if you have any other questions and I can hopefully answer!