<p>Pardon my ignorance, but I'm currently a rising senior trying to do some research. Is it true that the administration is unresponsive and generally unhelpful to undergraduates? Any anecdotes will be very much appreciated.</p>
<p>Please do not flame me; I apologize in advance for my ignorance and if I am very much mistaken, but again, any personal input that may shed light on the matter will be appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks, haha =D</p>
<p>-Jayster</p>
<p>it’s a bureaucracy, has its upsides and its downsides. as long as you can find a prof whose been at columbia a while and knows his/her way around you’ll be fine. essentially you just wanna find a prof who can help you navigate the bureaucracy. at times i’ve had to call a bunch of different offices to try to get info that they each claimed the other/someone other than themselves had, but other times having one office/department not know stuff that another office/dept/prof did was really helpful (e.g. “sorry i was late for your class professor, i had a midterm for another class that took a bit longer than the class usually does, not that i just find your class incredibly boring and would use any possible excuse to miss a few minutes of it”).</p>
<p>Thanks 
10char</p>
<p>O yeah, I found the other thread. Sorry about that lol, should probably lock this one</p>