Columbia University Science Honors Program ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

<p>Yeah, Thats true. I just really want to get in to this program. I Guss all we can do is wait.</p>

<p>Omg results are going out on jun 23rd! Im so freaked out! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! :(</p>

<p>OMG almost a week left!!! :I</p>

<p>@JHU Girl, i am freaking outā€¦i hope i did wellā€¦im a freshman, but do you think i have a good chance? plz tell me! im so scared, im gonna like pray before i open that envelope!..and do we GET the letters on june 23rd, or do they send em out on june 23rd?</p>

<p>Haha Im just going to be glued to this thread from the 20th till I get my results. Cant wait.</p>

<p>@wongtongtong, SAME HERE! LOL! IM GLUED TO THE THREAD LIKE FROM NOW TILL 23RD! YIKES! :(</p>

<p>For you freshmen freaking out, I didnā€™t get in freshman year either but I got in sophomore year :). You can ALWAYS try again. I even have friends took the test for the first time this year (junior year).</p>

<p>PS. For those who get in, Ollieā€™s is like the best Chinese food ever lol.</p>

<p>@rainbowrose, WISH ME ALL THE LUCK IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE! lolā€¦i rly want to get into this program! :x</p>

<p>@desigirl Iā€™m sure you have a great chance of getting in, considering it seems like you care so much about it.</p>

<p>Keep in mind, however, if you donā€™t, itā€™s not the end of the world. Itā€™s pretty much a resume builder and an excuse to go into the city. Itā€™s definitely a fun program and Iā€™ve learned a few nice things, but I wouldnā€™t say Iā€™ve gained any life-shattering experience from it. Itā€™s just another fun, selective program and once you get there, youā€™re just taught by graduate students and the class isnā€™t really THAT serious (except maybe organic chem because thatā€™s a really popular one).</p>

<p>I will admit though, Iā€™ve had the opportunity for some nice perks. I was allowed to get free tickets to something at the World Science Festival :slight_smile: but I didnā€™t take them since it was my last weekend before finals started.</p>

<p>Good luck to all!</p>

<p>@rainbowrose, thank you very much! hope i get in like u sed! :slight_smile: just 11 more days! (hyperventilation!)</p>

<p>Trust me, itā€™s not worth hyperventilation! Itā€™s just another fun thing to do if youā€™re interested in science and/or math.</p>

<p>@rainbowrose, do we get notification by EMAIL or mail?</p>

<p>Im just hoping to get in so I have an excuse to chill in NYC lol, the program is like a bonus :wink: . also, orgo might be fun :o</p>

<p>I really really really ectā€¦ hope i get in. And desigirl, i guess youā€™re not the only freshman freaking out. I know its only our first year, but it just feels better if we get in the first year, as freshmen, right? I feel the same way. Good Luck Everyone!!!</p>

<p>Ah, you guys are lucky, you still have 2 chances to get in if you dont get in this time. Im a junior so this is my first and last try.</p>

<p>Aww its okay, you still have alot of intelligence, in the scientce and math sense</p>

<p>@desigirl Iā€™m pretty sure I only got a letter mailed to me although Iā€™ve gotten a couple emails from Allan Blaer throughout the year about cancellations and special events and things (but I think if you found out THEN youā€™d already have been kicked out for too many absences :P).</p>

<p>Would they care if you just sat in the back and didnt do anything the whole year?</p>

<p>@WongTongTong they really wouldnā€™t. In my Genetics of Bacteriology (it was called something like that) there were kids who played with the bunsen burners half the time and then in the lecture class Iā€™m taking now probably 75-80% of the people pay attention at least part of the time but I donā€™t think a single person (MAYBE ONE) pays attention the entire time out of ~20 kids.</p>

<p>^All right chill. The main reason that we did that was because the class wasnā€™t as in depth as we would have liked. We already do basic genetic research under this program called Waksman and thought that the class would be more in-depth than inducing basic transformation, conjugation, and transposition and etc. in bacteria.</p>

<p>Although the experimental classes are undeniably more fun and hands-on, I would advise against taking it if you already have background in the experimental topics, as youā€™ll end up bored while a lecture class on completely new material would teach you a lot more.</p>