<p>@lilyrose</p>
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<li><p>you won’t have time for a double major as an engineer unless it is a major within the engineering school</p></li>
<li><p>I’m almost positive seas and cc students cannot double major in a discipline residing in the other school. Don’t quote me on it however</p></li>
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<p>Again, my opinion on Columbia will biased no matter what. But as an Egleston (and i know the other eglestons feel the same way), we are provided with so many amazing opportunities that I cannot see another engineering education (even at stanford, mit or caltech) being more enriching. If you want detailed specifics, feel free to message me. In speaking with the undergraduate recruitment office, you should be receiving more specifics soon enough (via email and snail mail). I beseech you all to fly out to NYC for the Egleston experience, you will not be disappointed! Filet mignon with the dean of engineering is just one of many attractions :)</p>
<p>My daughter is admitted as C. Prescott Davis Scholars. What’s the difference? From the award letter, it didn’t mention anything like $10,000 stipend. Does it mean Egleston is more prestigious?</p>
<p>hcheng -</p>
<p>egleston scholars are fewer in number, with a different focus. davis scholars cover more students, have different programmatic aspects.</p>
<p>in the end the idea is the same: to give certain students, especially those most prone to go into academic study, the tools and resources to find research opportunities on the one hand, and for the davis scholars it is especially the idea to develop life-long engineering types so there is an added internship in engineering firms.</p>
<p>not all students receive the scholarships, but they do have a specific purpose to make sure that individuals who specifically express an interest in becoming a professional engineer to do so.</p>
<p>both programs, moreover, are yield tools that Columbia gives to sweeten the deal for an exceptionally bright student.</p>
<p>Simply put, yes. However, I will mention that the CP Davis scholars to receive significant perks over general engineering students. One of these perks is access to scholar-specific summer funding for low-paying or unfunded internships, independent research projects, and the like. Several students have told me they have received upwards of $7,000 for various summer directives, and any CP Davis scholar with a reasonable project idea will likely be awarded money. In addition, there are plenty of scholar-only networking and development events. Last weekend, a SEAS alumnus payed for a group of engineering scholars to attend a broadway show.</p>
<p>@lily and tyman:</p>
<p>you can double major in cc and seas only if you do the combined plan program. that is a 5 year program (3+2 or 4+1). i know of a student who did the combined plan program in 4 years, but that is rare.</p>
<p>there are many minors in the engineering school, and the school is pretty open about developing new minors based on what students want. one year a student asked for a minor in dance, and the committee on instruction in SEAS put together the minor for that case, and it continues today.</p>
<p>i guess the real question (think about a school like harvard that almost exclusively does not allow double majors) is why you want that second major. if it is just for a philosophical reason, then taking classes is more than sufficient. if it is for a skillset reason, then that is when i personally think doing the combined plan is worth it. if you want to do chemical engineering, but you also want to get behind the policy history of it, perhaps doing a second major in political science or sustainable development is not just good, but very helpful.</p>
<p>the story columbia repeats, and i’ll tell it again here is actually of a friend of mine, who in the wake of hurricane katrina realized that she wanted to learn more about large engineering projects. her major was economics in the college, but she ended up taking on a second major in civil engineering so that she could work on those projects. this is a great example.</p>
<p>otherwise i suggest that students explore academically as much as possible (something you can do at Columbia very easily), but the impulse to double major is not necessary.</p>