<p>Last year I applied to Columbia early and got deferred (eventually rejected).
I came to NYU-Stern as a freshman scholar instead, and I have had a great time in terms of academic and social experiences: I like my classes, and I like the city life even more.</p>
<p>However, I began to regret the fact that I have narrowed down my career option only to heavily business related fields. Another thing that bothers me is that Stern is a business school primarily known for its stellar finance department, which I have no interest in majoring.</p>
<p>So I would like to try to transfer this year to Columbia college, possibly to major in either economics and psychology. Is there any transfer student (or anyone who knows well about the process) who can offer me an advice?</p>
<p>PS: I am likely to have about 3.7 GPA by the end of the semster.
I am also a 'royal member' of Stern Management Consulting Group, and was the President of Student Council in high school.</p>
<p>the transfer application process is even more competitive than the regular admissions, since few people transfer out of Columbia compared to other colleges. You won't find many opinions on that here, since i'm not even sure we have one non-GS transfer student on the board.</p>
<p>Try 5%. 60/1200 applicants. Also, Columbia doesn't have a business major for undergrads and doesn't award credit for business classes. If you have a lot of those, don't bother. You'll be screwed out of a lot of credits.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if you guys realize it but I think you're coming off as really rude to the poster. They asked for advice, not "don't bothers" and dismal admission statistics.</p>
<p>haha thanks viva sweet love. I didn't take it personally though. I know that transferring to columbia is nearly impossible, but it can never hurt (besides the $75 admissions fee.. sigh.) to try. Plus, I will have completed one business class at the end of freshman year, so I am not too concerned. If anything I will have taken courses like Writing the Essay, World Cultures, Conversations of the West and Human Reproduction, which can all be applied toward Columbia's core curriculum classes.
thanks for the inputs though.</p>
<p>I've been told it's almost impossible to place out of Lit Hum and CC. I haven't heard of anybody ever petitioning successfully. You can place out of Music Hum with an exemption exam, get out of University writing with an equivalent course, ditto Foreign Language, PE, and Science. Not sure about Major Cultures.</p>
<p>The Core:</p>
<pre><code> Literature Humanities: C1001 and C1002
Contemporary Civilization: C1101 and C1102
Art Humanities: W1121
Music Humanities: W1123
Foreign Language Requirement: four terms or the equivalent
University Writing: C1010
Major Cultures Requirement: two terms from the List of Approved Courses
Physical Education Requirement: two terms and a swimming test
Science Requirement: C1001 and two terms from the List of Approved Courses
</code></pre>
<p>viva<em>sweet</em>love, it's far worse to inflate her hopes.</p>
<p>I understand that its darn hard to get in to columbia, but I don't want to give up without even trying. My current school - Stern school of business at NYU - has always been one of the top undergrad business schools in the States and I have a 3.7 GPA here. So why do some of you so firmly believe that I can't be one of the 5% who do get accepted as transfer students?</p>
<p>I was definitely not trying to discourage him from applying. I absolutely think he should apply if that's where he wants to go. I was only letting him know that it will be very difficult and not to get his hopes up too high. Transfer admissions at some schools are 20%....Columbia is not one of them.</p>
<p>I'm sure the poster realizes how difficult it is to get in, they seem to be in touch with reality. Unfortunately, I can't really offer any advice to you hupkorea since I'm just a senior trying to get in to Columbia ED. I didn't mean to come off badly, I just wanted to recenter the focus to offering the original poster advice :)</p>
<p>Based on the enthusiasm of the OP in this thread, my advice would be, (A) It's very, very unlikely, and (B) You clearly love the idea, so you should do it. Visit Columbia a few times and write a kick-butt why-columbia blurb. Maybe take an evening class up here and get the professor to put in a good word. Who knows, but there are ways you can leverage the fact that you're already in New York.</p>
<p>For reference, the year I was admitted, 2002, they accepted 4 transfer applications. But 4 > 0.</p>
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<p>A friend of mine transferred from BC and managed to petition out of the entire Core. He collected each of his syllabi from the previous two years he spent there and wrote 7-10 page essays for each class using them as evidence for the fact that he knew the material in the Core. He presented the whole thing in a leather portfolio to the Core office, and they granted him the exemptions.</p>
<p>OP,
You should apply and see what happens. If you are admitted, then you can evaluate what credits will be accepted by Columbia and decide whether you should attend. Having a 3.7 gpa seems to be impressive, assuming these aren't in fluff classes, and the fact that you already applied to CU should demonstrate your strong interest in CU. You might even want to contact the Admissions office and get answers from the source. </p>