10 Reasons to Go to Columbia:

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<p>Hi, everyone. A friend of mine is deciding between Columbia and some other great colleges, and in addition to my own reasons as to why I think Columbia is best suited for her, I'd like some other Columbia students to contribute some general, well-thought and overall excellent reasons why a person should go to CU</p>

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<p>The location - living New York city will provide you countless opportunities</p>

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<li>The Core! (of course, this depends on what your interests are and what you like, but being a humanities-oriented person, I LOVE the idea of the Core)</li>
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<li>Small classes - Columbia’s relatively small size, when compared to places like Penn or even Harvard.</li>
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<li>Awesome internships (this is closely related to #1)</li>
<li>Experience of diversity (also closely related to #1)</li>
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<li>Research opportunities/ major research university</li>
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<p>Also need reasons to attend Columbia lol</p>

<p>It’s indeed very hard to say no to Columbia.
My current worries about the school (compared to Brown & Amherst) is that

  1. More aggressive, tensed up, more competition (not necessarily a bad thing, but not my personality)
  2. I love New York, but I want a friendly, nurturing, collaborative place, since I’m more laid-back and undecided about my future major or career. (Humanities oriented, though, that I’m sure.)
  3. I think the Core would be very rewarding, though by nature I prefer to choose my own curriculum. I heard the Core takes up 1/3 of my time, a major another 1/3, so that the number of electives would be quite limited since I want to double major in both social sciences and humanities & arts.
  4. The expense… Columbia isn’t very generous to intl students.</p>
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<p>I have many of the same concerns as you, Connie. I am also between Columbia and Brown. I like Brown’s curriculum, but I like Columbia’s atmosphere (I love the city).</p>

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<p>Professor Jackson’s all-night bike tour of Manhattan to the Brooklyn promenade! Awesome experience…</p>

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<p>My grandson is going to Columbia College next year to row. He and we are thrilled. </p>

<p>1) New York City</p>

<p>2) The Core</p>

<p>3) Small classes - Columbia’s relatively small size, when compared to places like Penn or even Harvard. </p>

<p>4) Awesome internships </p>

<p>5) Diversity of student body</p>

<p>6) Research opportunities/ major research university </p>

<p>7) Professor Jackson’s all-night bike tour of Manhattan to the Brooklyn promenade! </p>

<p>8) Beautiful, enclosed campus – serene, park-like and museum-quality setting; beautiiul environs – Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Riverside Church; Union Theological School; Riverside Park; Grant’s Tomb</p>

<p>9) Many top-ranked departments (e.g. Political Science, Neuro-science, Chemistry; History)</p>

<p>10) Strong intellectual atmosphere among the undergraduates </p>

<p>11) Really smart, talented students</p>

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<p>12) The Amazing Elevators ;)</p>

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<p>OldScarecrow - is your grandson LW or HW? We just got word our son will get coach’s support and a LL as a HW for next year.</p>

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<p>^ He is a H/W too!</p>

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<p>yeah, the core basically makes me want to kill myself. I don’t think hardly half my Literature Humanities class MAYBE read the books. Frontiers of Science is a f**king joke. University of Writing has a ridiculously over excessive workload while the majority of the work has nothing to do with what you are doing in class and did not help me improve whatsoever. Columbia is such a scam. They do everything they can to squeeze every single penny out of us. I was told that if I did not turn in an empty envelope that would hold my room key, if i had one (didn’t because my id is my key), then I would have to pay a $50 fee. Can’t live two of the dining halls with food - one most of the time, the other…never. Why? So they can get you to buy the little 50 cent plastic container. If you aren’t on financial aid, and heavily, don’t waste your time.</p>