heya! trying to find the official forum for aspiring transfer students for Columbia - Fall 2020. talk and stay positive! 
Hey, I’m planning on applying as well. Which schools does everyone go to?
california cc - HELLOOOOOO people from community college 
UC Berkeley. I’ve always wanted to go to Columbia but I didn’t apply for it in high school because I see little chance of getting in. But I will try this time:)
Hey everyone,
I am a first year California community college student. I’m applying as a rising sophomore. Does anyone know if I have a better chance applying as rising sophomore or rising junior?
Is their application live on the Common App yet? I cannot seem to find it. The only Columbia College is the one in Missouri.
@jazziscool heya also from a california cc - from what my transfer counselors have said about previous transfers, it is better to go in as a rising junior but idk so dont take my word on it 
@jazziscool I think that there are mixed opinions on when to transfer. Since their core is super hard, some people think that applying as a sophomore may be an advantage. Whereas some believe it shows less growth from HS, therefore applying a jr is better. This is just a summarization of what I’ve seen lurking around the internet and asking around. Overall, I think just making sure all parts of your application are good to go is the best you can do! Also, has anyone started their app, I cannot find it on the commonapp?
Hey everyone,
I’m currently a junior at Cornell who is looking to transfer to Columbia. I’m looking to transfer because I want to switch majors (to do that at Cornell requires internally transferring and for the college that I’m interested in here I’m not even allowed to internal transfer as a junior) and also because I seek a change in atmosphere (I have SAD which means that my mood and ability to concentrate is heavily influenced by the weather/climate and obviously Ithaca is an incredibly AWFUL place to go to school).
Although I feel that transferring is an appropriate action for me to take at this point, I have 2 concerning issues that will probs negatively affect my transfer chances and I’m not sure if it’s still worth pursuing it. First of all, I transferred once to Cornell already so I’m pretty sure that transferring again will be a negative for me in the admissions process. Secondly, my GPA isn’t that good (approx. 3.6 currently). I had a 4.0 in my previous college. The discrepancy in the GPAs is mainly due to the difference in location/climate and how it impacts my SAD (the previous college was in the city/good weather, etc).
Given everything that I said above, do you guys think it is even worth applying to transfer to Columbia?
Thanks in advance! Good luck to everyone!!
hi you all! Am a current sophomore at Columbia College who just transferred in this semester (Fall 2019) I would love to answer any questions you all have about the process!!! Something that def frustrated me when I was applying was the lack of people I could talk to that had done something similar, so I figured I would reach out just in case anyone needed anything 
best of luck!
@heyigotnoclue thanks!!
@brightplaces The Columbia transfer application is on Coalition, not Common app 
@QueerandHere That is awesome congrats! Is it okay if I PM you? I’m really interested because you transferred as a rising sophomore and I don’t know if I have a better chance applying as Junior or sophomore.
Does anyone else here have really bad grades in high school but has really good grades in college?
@jazziscool totally fine!
@jazziscool Ahh…all the other ivies were on commonapp and I was avoiding making a coalition account. Makes sense.
@QueerandHere do you mind sharing some facts about you? if not, completely fine
@QueerandHere Hi. I’m currently a college junior at Cornell who wants to transfer. Based on your experience, do you think it is worth it to apply given that I’m already a junior. I would be willing to delay my undegrad education if needed.
Thanks!!
@CollegeSun If you don’t mind me asking what makes you wanna transfer out of Cornell? (lol that’s one of the schools I’m applying as a transfer to.)
@CollegeSun i wonder if they will accept you since you are a junior