Moving towards Columbia's Decision Date

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<p>Ok so here's the situation,</p>

<p>I'm an Econ major.I applied as transfer to Columbia for the upcoming fall. The last day to drop a class at my college is May 14. Columbia's decision comes out somewhere between May1-14,15 (judging from pass threads & rumors). The class that I am endangered of getting a C/D in is an Accounting class (I have a 3.8 GPA overall), I'm just struggling a lot for no apparent reason.</p>

<p>According to Columbia's official statement to transfers I am eligible for transfer. I have taken total of 24+ units this year.However here's the unique situation. If I withdrawal from the accounting class I will no longer be a full time student. I will be .7 unit short (I have 11.3 units).</p>

<p>And I have gone through the statement of transfers many times, it doesn't talk about whether a student needs to be a full time student. I suppose Columbia assumes if a student has taken 24units they must be or counted as a full-time student. I called the office today and the receptionist told me that I need to notify them through email that I changed my class. How should I go about doing this? A Concise letter? or 2-3 paragraph letter explaining my situation.</p>

<p>Furthermore, if I am indeed accepted as a transfer to Columbia will my application be rescinded. I mean Columbia College doesn't even have Accounting related courses as an undergrad. So if i am accepted I won't get an credit I assume. I am going to retake my accounting class during Summer, so will that makeup for the withdrawal, since I'm completing it prior to enrollment.</p>

<p>I know my chances are already slim enough for Columbia. I just don't want to get accepted only get my application rescinded. Bottom line is I don't want to get caught with my pants down. If I don't drop the class and Columbia rejects me, that C or D will destroy my GPA.</p>

<p>I need that class for Haas as a pre-req. If anybody was interested.
I will be cross posting this in the Columbia and transfer forum hoping for more feedback.
Plus this thread will serve future transfer students.</p>

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<p>The problem is this post is that it pretty much assumes you’re gonna get into Columbia but for this one class. You’re f’ed as a transfer applicant b/c it’s pretty much impossible for anyone to get in regardless.</p>

<p>You shouldn’t have a C/D on your transcript for any reason (jobs, grad school…not just Columbia) if you can avoid it, so I’d think smart and drop the class.</p>

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<p>The apparent reason to me is that you’re just not good at accounting.</p>

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<p>You want to transfer from Cal to Columbia?? Why not just stay at Cal?</p>

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<p>…maybe because he/she would rather be at columbia?</p>

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<p>I see your point CO2. Yea fingers crossed on Columbia’s decision. No my point though is that I don’t want to get my application thrown out after they approve of me. But I won’t say I’m not good at accounting per se. I took a lower level intro course and got a B+ in it (4pts away from an A but she won’t give it to me literally 89.999 sucks but i know its life).
Retaking it during the summer seems to be the best option now since I’ll have less obligations and classes to juggle with.</p>