<p>hey fellow 2009ers,</p>
<p>i haven't really been doing much with regards to columbia this summer and I feel.. uncomfortable...</p>
<p>just to double check- is there anything we're supposed to be doing?!</p>
<p>besides the health forms and housing forms and things like that...</p>
<p>like when are we supposed to be deciding what courses to take? is there summer reading? do we have any obligations I might have accidently missed?</p>
<p>read the first 6 books of the Iliad</p>
<p>look at the courses</p>
<p>you have to send in something confirming your housing.</p>
<p>read first 6 books of Iliad?! is that mandatory... no wayy</p>
<p>Only Columbia College students have to read the first six books of The Iliad (it's for Literature Humanities).</p>
<p>I think you should generally have a good idea at what courses you want to take, that way you wont be scrambling around that week of orientation -- and look at how full the classes are already, since the upperclassmen have already signed up for theirs. (i.e., most of the PE classes are full)</p>
<p>and...if you didnt go to an academic advising session, you should have gotten your copy of the Iliad in the mail...the assignment is to read the first 6 books. I think they said the first 6 books were going to be discussed when your lit hum class meets during orientation.</p>
<p>hmm but for freshman year our schedule is pretty much set? i mean we dont' have much choice right</p>
<p>as for the Iliad, i am SEAS and i htink most freshmen don't take lit hum first year so i hope it is ok (although it is required for grad)</p>
<p>ah, i didnt know you were in SEAS...yea then you dont have to do the Iliad.</p>
<p>dont be scared when you hear the first six books, since the books are actually short chapters, and its not that much reading</p>
<p>and it's exciting reading</p>
<p>Egh, guys, don't forget Alcoholedu.
I am waiting for these videos to load as I type. Blasted dial-up.</p>
<p>oh, alcoholedu. is it bad that i let it run in the background as i watched a movie? i'd get up sometimes to click the next button.</p>
<p>Does anyone really see our scores for the exam? I am paying no attention whatsoever. It's sooo boring!</p>
<p>hahaha i read on the letter that came in the mail, that Columbia would only be seeing the results of the student body as a whole...so i'm guessing no?</p>
<p>thanks for the info. i forgot to read the BACK of the letter. shows how smart i am hehe</p>
<p>Has anybody received a copy of the Iliad in the mail? I hadn't received one, and tried checking the major bookstores but none had the Lattimore version..I think I'll have to order it online. If I phone the school, which department should I talk to about this?</p>
<p>i received mine a few days ago, so it should be coming soon for you. it's from the alumni association. i'm not sure who you should contact at columbia. check your library--maybe they'll have it!</p>
<p>are you guys liking the illiad? i think the first two chapters are rather slow. Chapter three and four are good, and then chapter 5 is just very long and drab... I think you'll like this book if you're into the whole combat war theme.. Also there are sooooooooooooo many names of characters that one needs to remember...it gets a little confusing. what do you guys think?</p>
<p>I love the Iliad, all I have left is a few pages of the sixth book. I wonder how many of the minor characters/details we will be expected to know. Especially daunting is the long list at the end of book 2, but I suspect that if I reread it after the subsequent books it will be much easier (same with the introduction).</p>
<p>Not only do you have a bunch of characters, but in most cases there is also the father, "son of Tydeus," for example, to take into account.</p>
<p>I was really suprised at how gorey the book is. I had thought that the required reading would be dumb, boring crap, but the Iliad is actually pretty cool. I think the movie "Troy" is a movie adaptation of the Iliad. You guys all got sent copies of the book because you were accepted, right? I'm just reading it in case I get accepted, so that I can get some of the Lit Hum reading done in my senior year of hs.</p>