<p>@dakilica, don’t you think thats toooo bad? How come the school seperates his students? Does that mean if we get into, we cannot be a normal columbia student? Is there any discrimination? If so, what is the advantage of this program? thanks~</p>
<p>Of course you can be a normal Columbia student :)</p>
<p>But, keep in mind that the other students will have known each other for 3 years when you arrive.
The advantage of the program is, obviously, having a degree from Columbia.</p>
<p>@dakilica, thank u so much! r u a current student in Columbia now? What year r u?</p>
<p>The 3-2 students live in their own dormitories. The advantage is that you get a degree from Columbia but you really remove yourself from the college experience and senior year. Also, you’ll be paying more money and have the opportunity cost of a whole college experience and an entire year extra in school. Columbia is a good name to have, but the entire undergraduate setup at Columbia is f’ed up. (GS and CC, Barnard and Columbia, 3-2 applicants and SEAS) It’s just an administrative nightmare and bureaucratically set up to the point where each school has their own resources and admissions policies. I can definitely see why it’s hard to transfer from SEAS to CC given this ridiculous setup.</p>
<p>@Jasica</p>
<p>I’m not even a student anywhere. I’m a prefrosh.</p>
<p>All of the info I’ve told you is available on their website…</p>
<p>@beard tax, so do u think it is worthy to go?</p>
<p>@everyone</p>
<p>you live in the riverside dorms the first year at columbia, and after that you can live wherever but columbia is not a very unified school, meaning that most of the kids there are kind of independent and dont really form groups like other schools.</p>
<p>I am doing this plan because columbias acceptance rate this year was like 6.4% and the accepance rate for 3-2 students was 100%</p>
<p>i decided that 100% is a more reasonable option than 6.4%. it just makes sense that way. does it to you?</p>
<p>@jasica if you are really concerned with mingling with the columbia college kids who were admitted as freshman you should rethink your motives. </p>
<p>the 3-2 program is for kids who are bound by the american dream of innovation and engineering through math and science. 3-2 students are independent, and not bounded by society or social status.<br>
an ivy degree is meaningless unless you do something worthwhile with it.</p>
<p>why would you transfer from SEAS to CC? </p>
<p>they are completely different schools, you go to them for completely different reasons.</p>
<p>@jasica</p>
<p>the advantage of this program is
- you will have better connections,
- you can ask for 100k+ starting sallary<br>
- you spend less money depending what affiliate school you go to
- you will obtain a elitist degree / good education
- you get to live in NYC and view jimmy fallon regularly
- you can ask yourself why you took so many AP classes if you have to take them again in college regardless of the score you get.
- you will have a B.A degree when everyone else has nothing and get better internships.
- you think your 1 year behind, but your actually > 5 year B.S programs because you double majored.
- your a more well rounded individual because you overcame adversity</p>
<p>but elitist kids will make fun of you for not going in as a freshman.</p>
<p>@SEASvsTRADITION</p>
<p>That’s enogu pros for me, since I’ve been working hard towards my dream and having faith in my pain for my gain.</p>
<p>Any cons you might think of, which might be more useful for me to be forewarned and prepared?</p>
<p>one con might be that you will finish in 5 years instead of 4, and it doesnt guarantee you a spot in their grad school. but i think an undergrad degree from columbia will help in any admission to any grad school.</p>
<p>@SEASvsTRADITION, are you a current Columbia student who goes by this program? What I concern is that networking is freaking important no matter where you go. School should connect students in one community instead of seperating them. To be honest, I am an international student, so I might concern about my friends and network. I am alone here. Thanks</p>
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<p>I don’t think the acceptance rate was 100%. There is another kid at my school who applied this year and he was waitlisted.</p>
<p>what do you mean? how could he be waitlisted???</p>
<p>if his gpa is above 3.0 and he has the recomendations he is guarunteed admission???</p>
<p>we arent talking about freshman admissions we are talking about the combined plan program where you apply the end of your junior year at an affiliated college.</p>
<p>i know. this kid as a math major at my school and he applied to do computer engineering. he just told me wasn’t accepted and was put on a waiting list.</p>
<p>in the other thread someone said they only accept 150 students through the 3-2 program. they also said they have heard of this happening before, in fact a student in the year above them applied to do the 3-2, was waitlisted, and ultimately rejected.</p>
<p>he should call the school and ask why he was not admitted,</p>
<p>most likely he did not have the required classes completed</p>
<p>you should ask for your money back if they dont accept you and you have all of the requirements completed. because a lot of people are going to awful schools just for this program.</p>
<p>i emailed the admissions at columbia and they said that if you complete all of the requirements, then admission is guarunteed.</p>
<p>therefore your friend has not completed all of the requirements, his GPA was less than 3.0, he did not have 3 recomendations, or his gpa in major specific classes was less than 3.0</p>
<p>or he does not attend an affiliated school.
or he has not completed the necessary classes at his home school.</p>
<p>if he completes all of these and applies again he will be gaurunteed admission.</p>
<p>make sure you read the requirements carefully because you need to make sure you have all of them done so you dont risk not getting in,</p>