Transfer student
A transfer student is someone who thought Columbia would be better than his or her first-choice college. He or she then endured an even steeper admissions battle than four-year students. Naïve 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 starting point of a first-year hall culture.
Famous transfer students
- DeWitt Clinton - C 1787 - from Princeton University
- Gary Cohen C'81 - from University of Pennsylvania
- Barack Obama C'83 - from Occidental College
- Rider Strong C'04 - from Occidental College
