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| − | Kid who thought Columbia would be better than his or her first-choice college, and endured an even steeper admissions battle than four-year students. Naive at first, but respectable. In [[Columbia College]], transfer students have to do the entire [[Core Curriculum]] in 2-3 years, depending on when they transferred. | + | Kid who thought Columbia would be better than his or her first-choice college, and endured an even steeper admissions battle than four-year students. Naive at first, but respectable. In [[Columbia College]], transfer students have to do the entire [[Core Curriculum]] in 2-3 years, depending on when they transferred, and have to forge social lives without the safety net of a first-year hall culture. |
==Known transfer students== | ==Known transfer students== | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 5 April 2007
Kid who thought Columbia would be better than his or her first-choice college, and endured an even steeper admissions battle than four-year students. Naive at first, but respectable. In Columbia College, transfer students have to do the entire Core Curriculum in 2-3 years, depending on when they transferred, and have to forge social lives without the safety net of a first-year hall culture.
Known transfer students
- Barack Obama C'83
- Eric Wang C'08
