<p>Does anyone have any information on this...</p>
<p>There was some in the course catalog, and i tried searching online...but does anyone at Pomona who did this or know someone who did have anything to say about it. Basically as I understand it, you do three years at Pomona for a BA, and two at Caltech for a BS...but I'm sure there's more...</p>
<p>...do tell</p>
<p>yes, do tell :)</p>
<p>"Combined 3-2 Plan in Engineering: California Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis
Qualified students may receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College and a Bachelor of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology or Washington University in St. Louis after a combined five-year program, the first three years of which are taken at Pomona. Students pursuing this plan will be accepted at Caltech and Washington University under an expedited procedure less elaborate than admission as a transfer student, if recommended by Pomona and if they have the requisite grade point average in science and mathematics courses at Pomona. Caltech specifically reserves the right to limit both the number of students admitted in certain fields of study (even to exclude some fieldscurrently, electrical engineering) under the 3-2 program and the financial aid they may offer to accepted students. Interested students should consult with Professor Catalin Mitescu as soon as possible after their arrival on campus. Under a feature of Washington University in St. Louis Dual-Degree program, the Pomona College faculty liaison is authorized to award each year one two-year merit scholarship, covering half-tuition at Washington University, to a suitably qualified Pomona College candidate about to enter the 3-2 program with a GPA of at least 10.5 (i.e., 3.5/4).</p>
<p>Students must plan to satisfy the General Education requirements of Pomona College, and course requirements of the second institution should be carefully considered in consultation with the adviser. In addition, the following lower-division courses should be completed: Physics 51A,B; Physics 101; Mathematics 102; and Chemistry 1A,B. Satisfaction of the Pomona College major in Pre-Engineering for those students who transfer at the end of the junior year requires at least five upper-division courses in physical science and mathematics, selected in close consultation with the faculty adviser, from among those courses normally required for a major in Physics or Chemistry."</p>
<p>Any familiar students have anything to add? I'm kind curious now...</p>
<p>Usually, LAC's offer 3/2 at Wash U for engineerng and at Columbia for law. My friends did both. Now, years later, at reunion they regret leaving as they feel they were not part of either the 3-year group or the 2-year group.</p>
<p>But, they trimmed one year off their education. </p>
<p>Also, the crimp requires that you almost be devoid of electives as you must meet requirements in 3 years as opposed to 4 years.</p>
<p>Other than that, it sure has its advantages. And the second degree comes with a very attractive sheepskin (big name school in the field).</p>
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Also, the crimp requires that you almost be devoid of electives as you must meet requirements in 3 years as opposed to 4 years.
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this is the major drawback, as I see it.</p>
<p>Kids do transfer in and out of college, spend a year abroad, etc.,so the 'not belonging' feeling surprises me.</p>
<p>There's no trimming a year off with 3/2 engineering programs. It takes five years to get a BS Engineering degree.</p>
<p>The hidden downside of these programs is that, typically, neither college picks up a dime of financial aid for the final two years.</p>
<p>I have a friend who is doing that program, and is at Caltech right now finishing up the -2 portion of the degree. If there are any specific questions you want me to ask him, feel free.</p>
<p>how is it that you apply for it.......the catalog said something about an expedited transfer app process...would he reccommend it in general?</p>