So you got an email from a random email address asking you to set up a Columbia Interview. What next? Many schools offer alumni interviewers for prospective students and Columbia is on that list. If you haven already done these types of interviews for other schools or are just super nervous about Columbia, these interviews can seem scary, but they don have to be. We wanted to break the Columbia interview down and share our top tips and tricks for how to approach it!
What is the Columbia Core Curriculum?
The is one of the most important things to Columbia. To quote them directly, the Core Curriculum is the cornerstone of the Columbia College education. So yeah, wed say it a big part of their mission and something to learn about before applying. The goes all the way back to 1880, and recounts over a century of tweaks and changes theyve made to this program. At a basic level, it a robust liberal arts foundation to your education, but it really a lot more wide-reaching than that. With classes like Contemporary Civilization and Frontiers of Science and requirements in Physical Education and Foreign Language, you can be certain youll leave Columbia with a wide breadth of knowledge and as they say, rigorous preparation for life as an engaged citizen in today complex and changing world.