<p>What's the difference between Columbia University and Columbia College?
I read online, but I'm still unsure.
Should I apply to Barnard College?
It's a sister college, so is it a part of Columbia or separate?</p>
<p>College is just undergrad. Univeristy is the whole Columbia, like undergrad, grad, and everything combined.</p>
<p>If i went to Barnard would there be lots of people bugging me for not being as smart as the Columbia students?
Would there be lots of rivalry?</p>
<p>CU has four undergraduate schools: Columbia College (CC), Engineering (SEAS), General Studies (GS–it’s for non traditional students, like military vets), and Barnard. Barnard is technically a separate school (and they have separate FA/admissions), but their students graduate with a Columbia University degree. Some Columbia students treat Barnard students poorly, but for the most part no one cares. If you want to go to Barnard, though, apply to Barnard because you love Barnard and not as a “backdoor” to Columbia. For the most part, Barnard students are treated exactly the same as Columbia students with a few exceptions: we have to be signed in to each other’s dorms, the meal plans are not quite compatible, Barnard students may not take Core classes (and CC/SEAS students may not take Barnard first year seminars), and sometimes crossing schools to fulfill requirements doesn’t work–my advisor told me to not take Barnard science courses to fulfill the science section of the Core because they don’t meet CC’s standards (which she admitted was ridiculous, but she’s not who decides). The relationship between the schools is a little weird and hasn’t been entirely clarified, and sometimes there can be some online hostility (see: Bwog’s announcement of Obama’s decision to speak at Barnard). Overall, Barnard students are treated basically the same as CC/SEAS (can’t speak for GS) students. Keep in mind that Columbia is a large research university with a liberal arts based undergraduate program (talking about CC, not SEAS here) whereas Barnard is a small liberal arts school that has some access to the greater university–the undergraduate experience is similar, but not the same.</p>
<p>So could I take the undergrad business classes at Columbia then?</p>
<p>Columbia doesn’t have a business major for undergraduates, just the business management concentration. Because you have to apply for the concentration, I’m not sure how open those classes are to non CC students. However, you’d be free to take econ classes, which is what most pre-business students do.</p>
<p>Oh okay.
I am planning to start a nail painting business where I paint people’s nails and use the money to donate to charities. The thing is I want to help orphans but in reality have no clue how.
But things like these would help for colleges? Because I truly do love painting nails and I also love helping others.</p>
<p>sunjin: you really don’t know how you can find a charity to donate money? You’re not trying hard enough.</p>
<p>Will it help for colleges? No. Your ad hoc charity work is rather common. Perhaps you can focus your desire to help others to something more than just raising money to give to them.</p>
<p>No I’m trying to find place that’s not too famous, but legitimate.
I’m thinking about donating to Adopt America Network and even if it doesn’t help for college, I want to do it anyways.
I guess I’ll just find something else that I’m passionate about.</p>