Difference between revisions of "Transfer student"
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| − | 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. | + | 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. |
==Known transfer students== | ==Known transfer students== | ||
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*[[Barack Obama]] C'83 - from Occidental College | *[[Barack Obama]] C'83 - from Occidental College | ||
*[[Swetha Regunathan]] C'07 - from [[NYU]] | *[[Swetha Regunathan]] C'07 - from [[NYU]] | ||
| + | *[[Gabriel Morris]] C'08 - from Vanderbilt | ||
| + | *[[Eric Schoenfeld]] C'08 | ||
*[[Eric Wang]] C'08 | *[[Eric Wang]] C'08 | ||
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[[Category:Students by type]] | [[Category:Students by type]] | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 7 January 2008
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.
Known transfer students
- DeWitt Clinton - C 1787 - from Princeton University
- Gary Cohen C'81 - from University of Pennsylvania
- Barack Obama C'83 - from Occidental College
- Swetha Regunathan C'07 - from NYU
- Gabriel Morris C'08 - from Vanderbilt
- Eric Schoenfeld C'08
- Eric Wang C'08
