<p>me again:) I also thought it might be helpful for you to know that while there is no French language requirement for the Dual BA, students are expected to learn French in their two years at Sciences Po. The level of French with which students start is however very varied.
[Is</a> there a French language requirement for Sciences Po? | Dual BA Program Between Columbia University and Sciences Po](<a href=“http://gs.columbia.edu/sciences-po/p-there-french-language-requirement-sciences-pop]Is”>http://gs.columbia.edu/sciences-po/p-there-french-language-requirement-sciences-pop)</p>
<p>On the website it says that interviews will be held in Janurary/Feburary, so I guess the time has come! If anyone gets an interview request, let us know!</p>
<p>Apparently we’ll hear back from the application process in about 6 weeks, I have just called a member of the Office of Admissions and they need to review all the applications before telling anything ! </p>
<p>Do you guys speak French ? Have you ever been to France ? What attracts you most to this program ?</p>
<p>I think it’d be great to hear a bit from each other since hopefully some of us will be classmates next year :p</p>
<p>@lpoupon: great idea!
Lets see… I was attracted most to the program because of its international relations focus, and also sciences po’s prominence as a political science university… the "french"aspect of it was a ‘By The Way’ sort of thing at first, but the more I thought of it, the more I realized what a unique opportunity studying in france Would be…</p>
<p>@tine: thanks for the info! How do you find the program so far, and could you say a bit about the feeling on campus, the nature of the student body as well as the classes??</p>
<p>Has anyone heard back about interviews for this program?</p>
<p>do you guys know whne we find out our decisions??</p>
<p>So far the program has been really great. I think that Sciences Po and Columbia together offer us the best of college education. Sciences Po campuses are small but very international and classes are challenging. Due to the small size of the student body there is a nice community spirit and the administration and professors actually know the students. With all the sports and arts clubs that are offered you can easily connect with other students and France (yay).
Obviously coming to Columbia is quite different. It is still international and challenging but the campus is huge and you have so many courses to chose from. New York is also great and Columbia really allows you to make the most of the city.
The first two years were a good preparation for the more independent student life at Columbia. These are just my impressions and please feel free to ask further questions!</p>
<p>Does anyone know when we will (if at all) be contacted for interviews?</p>
<p>@nikcarverhill - We will hear back sometime this month. If we do not hear back by March 1st, then I guess it’s over :(</p>
<p>Yeah - that’s what they told me… do you if we are eligible for the Emile Boutmy scholarship at Sciences Po if we get accepted? I’m so nervous about this school … definitely my top choice. People wanna share stats? 2210 SATs, 44.5/45 IB predicted, pretty good ECs, good refs</p>
<p>You all should have just gotten an e-mail in regards to the interview process. When I saw it in my mailbox I was getting really excited to think it was the official intweview request, haha!
Everyone will hear back the week of February 11th. They also said that candidates are selected for interviews on a case-by-case basis and that it is not required for some applicants (which strikes me as new). </p>
<p>Best of luck!!</p>
<p>Did any of you guys take the French subject test? I’m just wondering because I did take the test, but I didn’t apply to Science Po (just CC!)</p>
<p>I wrote the French subject test. Did they send out the email notification to all applicants? (ie., is it any kind of indication?)</p>
<p>one more day until interview requests come out!</p>
<p>The thing is that it is not representative at all since some people get in without interviews and having one does not mean you actually got in. At the end it is just more confusing ! but still, I’m really stressing out !</p>
<p>I’m not personally applying, but one guy is applying to the program in my class and a handful are applying to Sciences-Po (we are a french school in Canada).
The thing is, our school has a sort of “agreement” with Sciences-Po (I guess you could call us a feeder school, about 10-15% of each class goes there, though we’re very small classes).</p>
<p>Based on the people who have gone, admissions to Sciences-Po aren’t as difficult as top US schools, but still tough (I’m sure that they’re way more difficult for this program). However, I’d say that our school is filled with pretty gifted people (making my class rank a bit low :S).</p>
<p>Sorry for this pointless wall of text, but I thought you would like some insight into my personal experience :)</p>
<p>Good luck to you all (especially on the interview) !</p>
<p>@risubu</p>
<p>I also applied to CC! I took the French with Listening (800) and am waiting on my Spanish test (probably around 750)</p>
<p>anyone get an interview invite today?</p>
<p>just got an interview invite 20 minutes ago.</p>
<p>Congrats Gotousa! Did anyone else hear back?</p>