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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, and have to forge social lives without the safety net of a first-year hall culture.  
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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. 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==
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==Famous transfer students==
 
*[[DeWitt Clinton]] - C 1787 - from [[Princeton University]]
 
*[[DeWitt Clinton]] - C 1787 - from [[Princeton University]]
 
*[[Gary Cohen]] C'81 - from [[University of Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Gary Cohen]] C'81 - from [[University of Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Barack Obama]] C'83 - from Occidental College
 
*[[Barack Obama]] C'83 - from Occidental College
*[[Eric Wang]] C'08
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*[[Rider Strong]] C'04 - from Occidental College
  
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 17 July 2010

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