<p>hello, are there any transfer programs that will guarantee admission from fordham to nyu or columbia? i would like to transfer out of fordham to one of these other schools as an undergrad...</p>
<p>No… there are no guaranteed transfer programs; Fordham isn’t a community college.</p>
<p>If you would just transfer out of Fordham, maybe you should find another school that you would be happy at.</p>
<p>No. They are entirely different schools. They are just located in NYC. Where did you get that idea that there may be such programs?</p>
<p>Fordham, NYU and Columbia are three completely separate private universities that just all happen to be located in NYC. I can’t imagine that going to Fordham would give you an advantage in transferring to NYU or Columbia compared to any other similar university. Also, I completely agree with BillyMc - find a school you want to be at. You can never guarantee if a transfer will work out or not so go somewhere you feel you can be happy.</p>
<p>There are co-op programs between Fordham and Columbia for Engineering. You can choose to complete either a chemistry or physics major at Fordham in 3 years, and as long as you maintained a 3.0 GPA, you will be gauranteed admission to Columbia for any Engineering program for 2 years. Core classes and electives are only required during your 3 years at Fordham, and at Columbia you only take the required Engineering courses. The end result is a Bachelors degree in either Chem or Physics from fordham and a Bachelors degree in any engineering field from Columbia in just 5 years.</p>
<p>The details of the program are here [Engineering[/url</a>]</p>
<p>There is also a similar program with Comp. Sci at Fordham followed by Comp.E at Columbia [url=<a href=“http://www.cis.fordham.edu/required-3-2program.html]3-2”>http://www.cis.fordham.edu/required-3-2program.html]3-2</a> Program Requirements](<a href=“http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/engineering_1650.asp]Engineering[/url”>http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/engineering_1650.asp)</p>
<p>Maintaining a 3.0 at Fordham is tough as it is, especially in these three majors, and to complete the entire major in just 3 years makes it even more difficult. But if you’re motivated enough, it’s definetely worth it. Out of the Ivy leagues, Columbia has probably the weakest Engineering programs but it’s still highly regarded.</p>
<p>hope this helped</p>
<p>Hi, how hard is that 3-2 engineering program? I would like to think it would be very hard, I was also thinking about double majoring to get an economics degree or finance while doing this 3-2 program at Fordham.</p>
<p>For the love of all that’s good and pure in the world, DO NOT go to Fordham because you want to go to Columbia. If you really like Fordham, and you also like designing and building and maths, do the 3-2 program.</p>
<p>Columbia, for the record, has a fine engineering program. If you want to see a weak engineering program, try Brown or Dartmouth. (“What,” you say, “Brown has an engineering program? Shocking! I never knew!” --Exactly. And try getting a standard BSEE or BSME at Dartmouth. It can’t be done.)</p>
<p>For non-engineers, there is one transfer program I know of besides engineering. It’s called Hard Work And Labour, and it culminates with acceptance into the professional schools or fully-funded doctoral programs of various Fine Universities, likely including but not limited to Columbia and NYU.</p>
<p>Everything posted here is true. If you applied to Fordham because it was a bit easier than getting into NYU or Columbia and now wish to transfer, you wasted over $50K/yr as you could have done a 3.5 at a public CCNY school and transferred to NYU and saved a lot of money. In the real world Fordham’s reputation in NYC is spoken in the same general terms as NYU and Columbia, so I don’t see how much of an advantage you would gain from such an action unless you feel an Ivy League diploma means that much more.
Is it because they are ranked higher?</p>
<p>FWIW for your first real job a 3.5 from Fordham will mean more than a 3.0 from NYU/Columbia, unless it is based on an alumni connection.</p>