Has anyone applied and/or received admission at the Columbia University Science Honors Program? If so, could you share your experiences with…
-The entrance exam
-How selective it is
-Your overall learning experience
-The professors
Overall, would you recommend a sophomore who has taken Honors Biology, AP Biology, and Honors Chemistry to apply?
It is an extremely competetive, highly prestigious program, probably the best in the country. The exam covers all aspects of science. The courses are amazing taught by professors.
Have you participated in it? Do you think it is possible to prep for the exam? I am pretty sound on bio and chem. I haven’t taken physics yet.
im taking the test in a few weeks… does any one remember what types of questions are on it?
@compscigeek19 I have heard that there are general science questions (bio, chem, physics, earth science, astronomy, etc.), easy SAT I math problems, and a challenge AMC-10/12 math section…I am taking it soon too!
Hi all,
I was wondering if someone could help me understand how high school freshman are qualified to take the entrance exam for CSH.
My son will be a 9th grader this September and would like to apply for the program in February 2016. The entrance test is given in March / April of next year. By then, he will have completed Algebra and Earth Science (8th grade) and part of Geometry and Bio (as a 9th grader).
But how has anyone in 9th grade completed the science classes necessary (bio, chem, physics) and additional math topics (geometry, trig) to do well on the test??
Is it a different test depending on your grade level? Is it curved based on grade level? Is there someway he can prepare for these gaps in content?? A review book?? AMC questions?? SAT math questions??
Thanks
@rrrrbbb2015 Quite a few applicants have skipped courses, I was taking AP Calc AB and AP Bio when I took the exam in 9th grade.
There is some sort of curve depending on what grade you’re in, but exactly how it works is debatable. To close up some holes in chemistry and physics, I just skimmed through respective textbooks. Very little physics, quite a bit of chemistry though. Nothing that in depth. The challenge math questions can be easily prepared with AMC 10 questions. If you do well on that, you’ll do great with the math.
I wouldn’t say that the program is that prestigious. I know quite a few people who got in and declined to do marching band and other things.
Good luck to your son!