2008-2009 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

Subject Tests are required only if the
tests were taken in high school.
Students in a non-English–speaking
environment and whose primary language
of instruction has not been
English for at least five years are
required to take an English proficiency
examination, TOEFL or IELTS. These
students must submit the results of at
least one of the exams and will be
required to take an English placement
test on arrival, before registration.
Transfer Applications can only be
completed online at the Web site of the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions, at
www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/
admissions/aboutapplying/transfer.php.
Applications must be received by March
15 for September admission.
The Combined Plan Programs
The Combined Plan programs at The Fu
Foundation School of Engineering and
Applied Science are designed to provide
students the opportunity to receive both
a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
degree from an affiliated liberal arts college
and a Bachelor of Science or Master
of Science degree from Columbia.
Details concerning these programs are
contained in the section “The Undergraduate
Programs’’ of this bulletin.
Secondary school students who wish
to follow one of the Combined Plan programs
at one of the affiliated Combined
Plan schools listed on page 19 of this
bulletin should apply directly to the affiliated
school’s admissions office.
Third-year undergraduate students
already in a Combined Plan program
should apply to the Columbia University
School of Engineering and Applied
Science Combined Plan Program. The
deadlines for applying to these programs,
each of which is described in the section
“The Undergraduate Programs’’ of
this bulletin, are:
• March 15 for the 3-2 Combined Plan
Program
• March 15 for the 4-2 Combined Plan
B.S. Program
• February 15 for the 4-2 Combined
Plan M.S. Program
For further information on the 3-2 and
4-2 B.S. programs, visit www.engineering.
columbia.edu/admissions/cp. You may
also contact the Office of Undergraduate
Admissions by phone, at 212-854-2522,
or by e-mail at combinedplan@columbia.
edu. For further information on the 4-2
M.S. program, contact the Office of
Graduate Student Services (see the
address on the inside front cover) or
phone 212-854-6438.
CAMPUS VISITS AND
INTERVIEWS
Prospective students are encouraged to
visit the Columbia campus throughout
the year. The Office of Undergraduate
Admissions hosts information sessions
and campus tours through the Visitors
Center, located in 213 Low Library.
Group information sessions are conducted
by members of the admissions
staff and offer the opportunity to learn
more about Columbia University’s academic
and student life as well as admissions
and financial aid. Campus tours
immediately follow the information
session and are led by a current undergraduate
student. Engineering tours,
designed to offer prospective students
an in-depth look into The Fu Foundation
School of Engineering and Applied
Science, are led by current Columbia
engineering students and are available
every Friday at 1:00 p.m., except for
holidays. Please note that the
Engineering School tour is designed to
supplement, but not replace, the
Undergraduate Admissions information
session and general campus tour. For
further information and a detailed schedule
of visit opportunities, please go to www.
studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/
visiting.
Columbia does not conduct interviews
on campus. Interviews are instead
conducted around the country and the
world by the members of the Alumni
Representative Committee. The University
provides the names of candidates
to the Committee, which conducts interviews
from October through February.
Candidates will be contacted by a
Committee member during this time if
interviews are available. Candidates
should not call or write the Admissions
Office to arrange alumni interviews.
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