Columbia University's Science Honors Program (SHP) and

its application process for the 2018-2019 academic year. 

This program, now in its sixtieth year, 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 New
York area. Next year's SHP will have openings for 400 new students. Applicants must now be in the
11th, 10th, or 9th grade and should have a strong interest and exceptional ability in science and
mathematics. I would very much appreciate your informing appropriate students about the program.
The attached announcement can be posted, and copies can be distributed to all science and
mathematics teachers in your school.

The program uses an online application process which students can access on the Columbia
University SHP web page:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/shp/apply.html

Each applicant will be asked to do the following:
(1) Submit an online application.
(2) Request that the high school mail an official transcript directly to the SHP.
(3) Request that a teacher, guidance counselor, or principal submit an online
recommendation letter.
(4) Take a three-hour entrance examination at Columbia on April 7 or April 21, 2018.

The deadline for the SHP receipt of student online applications is March 1, 2018. 

Mailed official transcripts and online letters of recommendation must be received by the SHP no later than
March 15, 2018. Admission decisions will be announced by June 20, 2018.

Going forward, we are hoping to move toward more electronic communication with teachers,
guidance counselors and principals at schools within our catchment area. If you would like to subscribe
for future email updates from the SHP, please go to:
https://lists.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/shpupdates
and submit your email address. Your contact information will not be disseminated in any way, and will
be used solely for the purpose of providing information about the SHP program.