Hello, I am now a senior in high school. So far, I got accepted to several engineering schools, such as GT, Purdue, VT, OSU, and Penn State. Since I am an international student who are also thinking about going back to my home country, college’s reputation and rankings are important. However, Colleges I got accepted are not quite reputable in my country.
I have applied and got accepted to several LACs that offer 3-2 Combined Plan with WUSTL and Columbia. Getting 2 degrees in 5 years seems fascinating.
Columbia is an ivy league schoool that I can’t even apply with my HS stats. Furthurmore, getting a degree from Columbia might help me get into some prestigious law schools in US or back in my country(I am not sure whether I will be a straight engineer or not).
However, I have heard some cons about the program. many in my country say there is a huge discrimination when transfer students are getting jobs even though they went to IVYs. Their words are actually pointless because they are maintaining without a convincing proof or stats. I know there must be the lacking integration with students who were in Columbia since freshman year. Internships and research opportunities are possibly?? limited for transfer students as well.
In all respects, do you guys think Combined Plan is worth it enough to miss an opportunity to study in moderately great engineering schools for 4 years??
I have visited Columbia couple days ago, but I couldn’t ask any questions about 3-2 Combined Plan. It would be appreciated if you could give any informations related to this program!!!