Engineering "3-2 Combined plan"

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>How hard is it to get into the Engineering 3-2 combined plan with Columbia?</p>

<p>We visited Gtown two years ago, and love it !<br>
At that time, he was thinking about history major, but now he's more like major in Engineering.</p>

<p>Does anyone has more inside info/experience about Engineering at G-town?</p>

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<p>There is no engineering at Georgetown
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<p>Found from Georgetown website: Georgetown college, Engineering and Science, The Fu Fundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.</p>

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<p>Have a friend who’s doing it, from the sounds of it, not incredibly hard to get into
 though there is a min. GPA requirement I think (3.5?)
 don’t quote me
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<p>The 3-2 engineering program is well-respected and is available to students who have maintained a 3.0 GPA in the pre-engineering coursework. I have had friends involved with this program and describe it as “the best of two great worlds”–undergraduate years at Georgetown and in DC and then engineering at Columbia and NYC. Here is the exerpt about it from Georgetown website:</p>

<p>"Georgetown University is pleased to be a partner institution with The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University in the “3-2 Combined Plan” joint degree program. Columbia’s program, the first dual-degree engineering program instituted in the United States, is designed to provide students with the opportunity to receive both a B.A. degree from their home institution and a B.S. degree from Columbia Engineering in five years.</p>

<p>Another available option is the 4-2 B.A/B.S. degree program. This is designed to allow students to graduate from their liberal arts college with a B.A. degree and then transfer to Columbia Engineering to complete a B.S. degree in two years. Students follow the same course of study at Georgetown University as those completing the 3-2 requirements. "</p>

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<p>In other words, Georgetown itself doesn’t have an engineering program, but you can enter a program that allows you to get engineering elsewhere.</p>

<p>Please read before making assumptions and taking things out of context.</p>

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<p>who’s taking what out of context?</p>

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<p>arling</p>

<p>“Found from Georgetown website: Georgetown college, Engineering and Science, The Fu Fundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.”</p>

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<p>I am officially doing this program, i was accepted to RPI, Hofstra, BU, Drexel, and Northeastern, but i chose Hofstra for the 3-2 plan.</p>

<p>I know that Drexel and RPI have good reputations in engineering but i like the idea of getting a B.S in Computer science from Hofstra, and a B.S in mechanical engineering from Columbia.</p>

<p>hofstra gives out 60,000 scolarships so you can save a lot of money, and get two degrees for the price of one, and one of them being from columbia, the best and most prestigious institution for engineering. </p>

<p>also hofstra is a great school, they have a business school and med school, and will open a SEAS in the fall. </p>

<p>this is a great option for anyone looking to get an undergrad engineering degree from columbia who is not part of the 8% admitted to their program. </p>

<p>plus, hofstra CS degree will get me internships that the regular SEAS kids wont be able to get because i will already have a degree and be of more value.</p>

<p>i liked the CS department at hofstra, they are rebuilding those buildings but the professors are outstanding.</p>

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Thank you for sharing! I am a high school senior applying this year and I am also interested in this degree. Did you apply for this program after you are admitted into Georgetown or you declared it as your intended major during application? Also, if it is the second case, do you encourage first-year applicants to directly apply for that? may sound like you are interested in Columbia other than Georgetown


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3-2 engineering programs are generally a bad idea for many reasons


  1. 5 years of school, at least
  2. No guarantee of acceptance to engineering program
  3. You have to leave your current college for senior year (typically the best year of college)
  4. When you arrive at the engineering school, you are severely disadvantaged versus the students who have taken all their intro courses at the engineering school
  5. 3-2 programs are a marketing ploy to get students with an interest in engineering to enter a college with NO engineering

Before enrolling, ask the coordinator of the 3-2 program at the ‘non-engineering’ school exactly how many students enroll and how many complete. You will be shocked. The schools my son spoke with averaged about 20% actually completing the program.

Hope that helps.

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I doubt if many people outside of Columbia would agree with this.

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Given that this conversation was from nearly 10 years ago, and none in the original conversation have been on CC for at least 6 years, I wouldn’t expect a reply.

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Apparently once closed threads are now open again.