<p>just got an email from columbia engineering -- "Now, in recognition of your exceptional achievements, I am happy to inform you that you are also likely to be named an Egleston Scholar, the most prestigious academic designation for undergraduates awarded by Columbia Engineering. "</p>
<p>what is this?</p>
<p>Never heard of it, but it could be a new program. :)</p>
<p>I received the same email – a google/CC search didn’t return any results, so I was like…what? </p>
<p>“…we plan to acknowledge your status as one of the most promising applicants to Columbia Engineering this year by funding your travel to campus during Columbia’s Egleston Scholars Experience and Engineering Days on Campus, from April 15 through April 17, 2010.”</p>
<p>Is that going to be on top of prefrosh orientation days?</p>
<p>no clue…</p>
<p>I also received this email. Does it have any other benefits attached to it? Maybe a columbia admin perusing the columbia threads will chime in</p>
<p>Sounds like something similar to the CUSP scholars. </p>
<p>If Egleston scholars are like Rabi scholars for SEAS, that would be dope.</p>
<p>What does “dope” entail lol?</p>
<p>What are Rabi scholars/CUSP scholars?</p>
<p>Dope is a colloquialism for “really cool”.</p>
<p>You can look up the CUSP and Rabi Scholar programs either on google or on this forum using the search feature, so I won’t elaborate on those.</p>
<p>The Egleston Scholars Program is just launching for the students admitted this spring, so I guess it makes sense that there isnÂ’t much you can find out about it online yet. But I understand that it includes a $10,000 stipend for students to do their own research, or a professional internship, or something along those lines; guaranteed engineering projects of some kind in the summer and school year, your own personal faculty advisor/mentor person, and just extra advising in general, for your career, and for grad school, or your classes, or whatever. ItÂ’s kind of like the other scholars programs at Columbia, where they also get special lectures, and trips around the city, and stuff like that.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how many people got this? I got a likely but didn’t get one of these.</p>
<p>Around 20 are offered it</p>
<p>I received this after getting a likely. I’m looking forward to seeing you guys during DOC.</p>
<p>they implemented the program this past year. everything described above is correct. the program is the science research scholar/rabi scholar equivalent in SEAS. you get a 10000 dollar stipend, which basically means you can get paid by columbia to pursue any unpaid opportunities/research opportunities.</p>
<p>I’m currently an egleston at columbia…there are about eleven of us. If anyone has questions about it, i’d be happy to answer. There are few questions I can’t answer, look forward to seeing y’all at days on campus, the free visit to NYC is absolutely worth it!</p>
<p>So I got this as well. I’m actually leaning towards Princeton right now, but I feel like it’s a shame to give up the Egleston recognition. Does anyone have an opinion on Princeton Engineering vs. Columbia Egleston? I also received generous aid from Pton, so money should not be an issue. I’m not quite sure which engineering field I’ll go into, but mechanical, computer science, or financial engineering all seem likely.</p>
<p>They’re ranked roughly the same in engineering by USNews – Columbia a bit higher (16) to Princeton’s (18). You can’t go wrong with either.</p>
<p>I would advise you to accept the invitation to visit Columbia mid-April–it’s fully funded at at the very least, you’ll have an awesome weekend. I got to visit Goldman Sachs that weekend, which was certainly a nice surprise. </p>
<p>The Egleston designation goes far beyond aid as well. All of the Eglestons are basically guaranteed a lab position freshman year, and we are introduced to plenty of alumni to benefit our professional network. I can almost guarantee you there isn’t another program like it within the Ivies besides Columbia’s Rabi program.</p>
<p>@vivawasabi</p>
<p>I’m also trying to choose between two schools that have strong engineering programs. I feel that as an Egleston Scholar, I will have more of a chance to pursue research which is what I want to do. But I was also accepted to MIT which is considered to be an “engineering school.” </p>
<p>I also want to double major with a major that’s in Columbia College. How flexible is it to maintain a double major in both Fu and the College? Are there a lot of students who do this? Answers from current Columbia students (tymanx2) would really be appreciated!!! :-)</p>
<p>If anyone wants to weigh in on being a John jay scholar, I wd really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Just want to note that students in seas are exceptionally qualified - they’re SATs, class ranks and the seas acceptance rate is all pretty much exactly where MITs are:</p>
<p>[Columbia</a> University - 2009](<a href=“http://profiles.asee.org/profiles/4625/screen/19?school_name=Columbia+University]Columbia”>http://profiles.asee.org/profiles/4625/screen/19?school_name=Columbia+University)
740-800 on SAT Math in 2009 (probably slightly higher now)</p>
<p>[Admission</a> Statistics | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php]Admission”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php)
97% in top 10% of high school class</p>
<p>[Columbia</a> College admit rate drops to 6.4 percent](<a href=“http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/03/30/cc-admit-rate-drops-64-percent]Columbia”>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2011/03/30/cc-admit-rate-drops-64-percent)
9.9% acceptance rate this year</p>
<p>your peers will definitely challenge you, the egleston scholarship makes it a little sweeter.</p>