100

Can students outside CMU's School of Computer Science transfer into CS? If yes, what GPA do they need?

Yes; 3.0 overall, 3.6 in CS courses

100

How competitive is it to switch majors within UCLA Engineering?

Specific GPA and course completion; highly competitive

100

Which college allows total academic freedom through its Gallatin School?

NYU

100

Which Ivy offers the only undergrad degree in Human Ecology?

 Cornell University

200

Which U.S. university offers the “Trustee Scholarship” that requires an additional creative prompt?

Boston University

200

Which university’s Paul G. Allen School makes internal CS transfer highly competitive?

University of Washington

200

Which university offers direct admission to CS and makes internal transfers very competitive?

UIUC (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

200

Which U.K. university interviews 75%+ of its undergrad applicants?

University of Cambridge

300

Can a Cornell Arts & Sciences student transfer to Engineering internally?

 Yes, but must meet Engineering College criteria

300

Which university has one of the highest undergraduate yield rates in the U.S.?

Stanford University

300

Which top universities restrict internal transfer to their Business schools?

UPenn (Wharton) and USC (Marshall)

300

Does Brown require a portfolio for arts students applying outside RISD?

Not required, but arts supplements are encouraged

400

At which university is “Bridgewater Ball” a famous formal dance?

University of Oxford

400

Which college has no required core curriculum and uses an “open curriculum” model?

Brown University

400

Which university hosts a massive scavenger hunt involving obscure and absurd challenges?

University of Chicago

400

Which U.K. university’s students compete in the “May Bumps” rowing races?

University of Cambridge

500

Which liberal arts college is known for “Design Your Own Major” with heavy faculty support?

Amherst College

500

For which LSE undergraduate programmes is the TMUA mandatory, and which related programmes allow it optionally? 500

TMUA is mandatory for the BSc Economics and BSc Mathematics & Economics programmes; it’s optional (but recommended) for BSc Data Science and BSc Actuarial Science.

500

Name 5 universities that offer Early Decision 2 (ED2)?

NYU, Vanderbilt, Emory, Uchicago, and Rice

500

Name the consortium of small liberal-arts colleges that permits full-credit enrollment in graduate-level courses at a nearby state university—and give three student profiles for whom you’d recommend it.

The Five Colleges Consortium (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, + UMass Amherst).
Student profiles:

  1. A STEM-focused major seeking advanced lab access (e.g., UMass Amherst’s chemical engineering labs)

  2. A humanities student wanting specialized graduate seminars in digital archives

A prospective PhD candidate building research credentials early