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To be considered for admission to Columbia, you must be comfortable with rapid and idiomatic spoken English. There are several different ways to demonstrate that you are proficient in English on your application. If you do not, you will need to take one of the following English Language Proficiency exams. Please note that our Required Standardized Testing policies are in addition to any testing required for English language proficiency.
Columbia welcomes applications from international transfer students. However, in order to be eligible to apply as a transfer, you must first meet certain criteria.
You must be enrolled in a college in North America or in a US-style college abroad. A college or university is considered "US-style" if:. To apply from abroad if your college is not US-style as defined above, you must apply as a first-year student only in your first year of study. If you have begun your second year of study or beyond, you are no longer eligible to apply to Columbia as an undergraduate.
Furthermore, you should be taking hard classes - AP or IB courses - to show that college-level academics is a breeze. If you're currently a junior or senior, your GPA is hard to change in time for college applications. If your GPA is at or below the school average of 4. This will help you compete effectively against other applicants who have higher GPAs than you.
Each school has different requirements for standardized testing. More importantly, you need to do well to have a strong application. This is based on the school's average score. In other words, a on the New SAT places you below average, while a will move you up to above average. This is also known as "superscoring. Of all the scores they receive, your application readers will consider your highest section scores across all SAT test dates you submit.
Even though the highest total you scored on any one test date was , Columbia University will take your highest section score from all your test dates, then combine them to form your Superscore. You can raise your composite score from to in this example. This is important for your testing strategy. Because you can choose which tests to send in, and Columbia University forms your Superscore, you can take the SAT as many times as you want, then submit only the tests that give you the highest Superscore.
Your application readers will only see that one score. Therefore, if your SAT superscore is currently below a , we strongly recommend that you consider prepping for the SAT and retaking it. You have a very good chance of raising your score, which will significantly boost your chances of getting in. Even better, because of the Superscore, you can focus all your energy on a single section at a time.
If your Reading score is lower than your other sections, prep only for the Reading section, then take the SAT. Then focus on Math for the next test, and so on. This will give you the highest Superscore possible. Download our free guide on the top 5 strategies you must be using to improve your score.
This guide was written by Harvard graduates and SAT perfect scorers. If you apply the strategies in this guide, you'll study smarter and make huge score improvements. Just like for the SAT, Columbia University likely doesn't have a hard ACT cutoff, but if you score too low, your application will get tossed in the trash. Even though Columbia University likely says they have no minimum ACT requirement, if you apply with a 33 or below, you'll have a very hard time getting in, unless you have something else very impressive in your application.
There are so many applicants scoring 34 and above that a 33 will look academically weak. If you're taking the ACT as opposed to the SAT, you have a huge advantage in how you send scores, and this dramatically affects your testing strategy.
Here it is: when you send ACT scores to colleges, you have absolute control over which tests you send. You could take 10 tests, and only send your highest one.
This is unlike the SAT, where many schools require you to send all your tests ever taken. This means that you have more chances than you think to improve your ACT score. To try to aim for the school's ACT requirement of 35 and above, you should try to take the ACT as many times as you can. When you have the final score that you're happy with, you can then send only that score to all your schools. By and large, most colleges do not superscore the ACT.
Superscore means that the school takes your best section scores from all the test dates you submit, and then combines them into the best possible composite score. Thus, most schools will just take your highest ACT score from a single sitting. We weren't able to find the school's exact ACT policy, which most likely means that it does not Superscore.
Regardless, you can choose your single best ACT score to send in to Columbia University, so you should prep until you reach our recommended target ACT score of This guide was written by Harvard graduates and ACT perfect scorers. They'll use this as another factor in their admissions consideration. Schools vary in their SAT subject test requirements. Typically, selective schools tend to require them, while most schools in the country do not.
According to our Application Instructions, we will consider a file complete with only one Teacher Evaluation on file. I am unsure of my application status. How do I know if I should apply as freshman or as a transfer? If you have received your high secondary school diploma and will have completed one or more full year of college courses, you must apply as a transfer student. If you are applying to Columbia College and have taken a break of more than one full year from college, you should submit an application to the School of General Studies.
Applicants to The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science should proceed with this transfer application regardless of any break in schooling. Will I know how many of my credits have transferred before I have to deposit?
If admitted, you will receive a Transfer Credit Evaluation TCE , informing you of how many credits you have tentatively been awarded. I currently attend a community college. Should I wait until I receive my Associates degree to transfer, or can I transfer without it? I have already earned a Bachelors degree or its equivalent.
Am I eligible to apply to Columbia if I would like to earn a second degree? You are not eligible to apply to Columbia College. Instead, you must apply to the School of General Studies. Does Columbia accept international transfer students?
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