Columbia University's Science Honors Program

Columbia University's Science Honors Program (SHP) offers enrichment courses in science and mathematics on Saturday mornings throughout the school year to 700 students who have been selected from approximately 750 high schools in the metropolitan NY area. Next years's SHP will have openings for 400 new students. Applications must now be in the 11th, 10th, or 9th grade and should have a strong interest and exceptional ability in science and mathematics.

The program uses an online application process which students can access at

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/shp/apply.html

Each applicant will be asked to do the following:

• Submit an online application.
• Request that the high school mail an official transcript directly to SHP.
• Request that a teacher, guidance counselor, or principal submit an online recommendation letter.
• Take a 3-hour entrance exam at Columbia on April 5 or April 26, 2014.

The deadline for the SHP receipt of the student online applications is February 27, 2014. Mailed transcripts and online letters of recommendations must be received by the SHP no later than March 20, 2012. Admission decisions will be announced by June 18, 2014.