<p>how long does it usually take ?</p>
<p>anyone got news of acceptance yet ??</p>
<p>2 months until decisions..applications were only due less than a week ago</p>
<p>Is it "easy" to transfer from Barnard to Columbia?</p>
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<p>Once again, Barnard is NOT A PART OF COLUMBIA as SEAS or CC are. So the transfer is just like transfering from any one of the other 3000 colleges in america to columbia....very very hard....probably harder since they will be annoyed that you thought going to barnard would make it easier for you to get to columbia.</p>
<p>Also harder because many at Barnard want to transfer to Columbia. Not that many people at some random far-away college are going to consider a transfer to Columbia.</p>
<p>what percent of transfer students are accepted to columbia usually?</p>
<p>^% is less than freshman admission I read somewhere.</p>
<p>Just had to throw this in there but for many reasons relating to the structure of the school, columbia is the least hospitable Ivy to transfers in terms of infrastructure and social life.</p>
<p>could you or someone please explain more a/b how hard it is for columbia transfers to become a part of the student body (as in make friends, get situated). Columbia has been my favorite school for a LONGGGGGGG time, since I first started looking into schools, but I'm wondering if I should just drop it. I know that sounds "unfaithful" but Columbia takes so few transfers for one, and then I hear that those that do get in have a really hard time making friends and becoming part of the school. I don't know if I'd want that...so I may save it for grad school. Those that are familiar with this or attend Columbia, please let me know.</p>
<p>Also, how do schools like Cornell, UPenn, and Brown fare for transfers? Not percentages, but for acknowledging/accepting them into the community. Thanks.</p>
<p>I don't think Columbia is that hard compared to some other schools, but then again I applied to SEAS so it might be a bit different for you. The only other Ivy school I applied to was Cornell, and I got rejected from there. I would've applied to Brown, but they don't offer any financial aid for transfers.</p>
<p>As for the social aspect, I guess I'll see in a month or so. I'm hoping it's not as bad as you've heard, but I'd definitely imagine that it's a lot harder than starting as a freshman. The good thing is that the orientation has some things specific to transfer students, so you'd get to meet other transfers and stuff.</p>
<p>where did you transfer from dames?</p>
<p>Boston College.</p>
<p>My girlfriend transferred from NYU; her social experience had not been very satisfying until this summer semester she is currently taking, during which she has met a number of friendly people living together as part of an intern program. Although most upperclass Columbia students are far from indifferent or cruel, they will opt to spend most of their time with prearranged cliques unless in a situation which really forces them to earnestly befriend new people. Hence, the best way to make friends is to aggressively pursue one or more of these cliques (usually via a club), or by befriending less rooted freshmen.</p>