<p>I'm considering applying ED (next year...I'm a Junior) to Fu, but if I decide I do not want to go into engineering later on, is it an easy within school transfer (like Penn to Wharton), or do you have to apply as a regular transfer student?</p>
<p>regular transfer students. and I heard its pretty hard to transfer and you need a very good reason to do so.</p>
<p>You fill out the same application, but you get a major preference if you have good grades and a good reason.</p>
<p>it's also harder to transfer from fu to cc than vice versa.</p>
<p>I always thought it was the exact opposite.</p>
<p>The exact opposite is correct. Transferring from CC to SEAS is almost impossible, unless you were planning on being a science major in CC and took calc, chem, physics, etc. during your freshman year.</p>
<p>um...its really hard to transfer within UPenn.</p>
<p>well, i'm passing on information that came from ms. marinaccio herself? it's harder to transfer from fu to cc. (maybe b/c it's easier to get into fu?) so take that. given that requirements are not an issue.</p>
<p>bobbob...it's incredibly easy to transfer into Wharton from what I've heard. All you need is a certain GPA.</p>
<p>SEAS, from what I understand, has more requirements for admission (for example, at least one SAT subject test in Physics or Chemistry). The applicant pool for SEAS is self-selective, whereas the low acceptance rate for CC is due to the high volume of underqualified applicants. To say that it's easier to get into SEAS based on acceptance rate alone might be a bit misguided. </p>
<p>But what the hell do I know? This is all from hearsay, castrate me if I'm wrong.</p>
<p>I think the main thing could be that CC and SEAS has different admission criterias. SEAS being an engineering school are looking for people who will be able to handle the math and science workload. and like csix said, the applicant pool is more self-selective.</p>
<p>I'll agree with that. SEAS kids are good at math and science. While CC, may be the exact opposite. Also, CC may be good at english and history, while SEAS may also be the exact opposite.</p>
<p>LoJT--I think that's quite wrong. Most kids at Columbia are well rounded and got A's in most high school classes and got high standardized test scores across the board. </p>
<p>OfEternity--That simply isn't the case. Jessica has to have been mistaken or (more likely) misquoted.</p>
<p>Everyone here is correct in saying that SEAS has a higher admit rate because the applicant pool is more self-selective. The CC applicant pool has more applicants who are REALLY bad. Unqualified legacies, athletes with bad academic stats, URMs with very low scores, etc. are more likely to apply to CC.</p>
<p>misquoted, then, by me? sure, i'm insane.</p>