<p>On the one hand, the people who post here are, as mentioned above, self-selecting. We’re opinionated and like sharing our opinions. This sometimes results in nasty conflicts.</p>
<p>Further, the barnard thread is a poor example to take the pulse of columbia students by. The question of barnard’s identity and status relative to columbia is ambiguous and often brings out the worst in the handful of people who take it way too seriously (including myself from time to time.)</p>
<p>That being said, Columbia students are probably a little different from your typical college student thanks in no small part to being in New York, and the far-reaching effects that has. You might find the first paragraph of this post to be interesting (it’s in the context of a columbia-princeton comparison thread): <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/2940276-post5.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/2940276-post5.html</a></p>