<p>How closed off are Columbia students when it comes to the selection of guys/girls from the city?</p>
<p>I know people say NYC has everything you could ever want, but I tend to get the feeling that in reality, Columbia students may not actually be fully experiencing the city on a regular basis. </p>
<p>For example, we all know that NYC has tons of hot girls.. but how possible would it be for me to actually get into good clubs in the city and interact with said hot girls, say on a random Friday night?</p>
<p>Is it common for students to, say, go to a club and hook up with a girl from there? Or are we mostly stuck with the significantly smaller selection on campus when it comes to finding partners? And is it at all feasible to be a fulltime Columbia student and have a longterm relationship with someone you met in the city?</p>
<p>I really don’t see how the college you attend plays any role in whether or not club girls are drunk enough to want to have an interaction with you. :)</p>
<p>I’m a new Columbia Alum who’s been here 3 years…and I can tell you…the city is what you choose to make of it. It’s totally dependent on your personality…NOT luck. Manhattan has over 1 million people. Even if Columbia was completely 100% male, you’d STILL fine TONS of dating prospects. But why venture out into the city when you already have the pre-selected intelligent columbia girls on campus?</p>
<p>Alright, so lets say all Columbia girls are *****es…either that or they’re hotter than you (hypothetically). You still have NYU, CUNY, the Manhattan School of Music (15 minutes from CU), and even Barnard…you can be the ugliest kid in the world…just walk into those areas with a Columbia hoodie and honestly (this is true), girls would literally come up and strike convos with you. (Of course you have to look approachable first).</p>
<p>Honestly guys,…if you can’t find dates in a place like NYC, you can’t find them anywhere! </p>
<p>And to get into clubs…you’ll have to hit the 21+ mark. IF youre under 21, ask out the girls on campus (the rumors saying columbia girls are ugly is ********). During the winter and during the spring, the girls on campus are stylish as hell…tall, fit, fast-walking, intelligent. A lot of them look like models. Take it from me. And I’m not talking about the crazy sorority girls (a lot of them are pretty bust actually)…I’m talking about the campus in general. Plus, factor in Barnard, and the girl:guy ratio is 2:1.</p>
<p>If I had the chance, I’d TOTALLY do it again. Honestly, I’m going to do everything possible to get into Columbia Law School haha…LOVE THE PLACE.</p>
<p>^BigLoadofLaw, THANK you. that’s exactly the type of response i was looking for. </p>
<p><strong><em>first of all, let me add the disclaimer that this is a completely misogynistic thread and i know we probably look like total d</em></strong>s for even discussing this. but let’s be honest, there are some things outside of the cookie-cutter responses about academics and social life that the average guy will probably want to know about before they go to any college. </p>
<p>the reason why i asked this question is basically because… i’m a HS senior now, and where i live (maybe we’re just lucky), there are a lot of attractive females here. so that’s kind of what i’m used to. but from what i have heard (and seen, in glimpses) about Columbia… the selection of girls isn’t necessarily the greatest lol. i’m slightly fearing a big letdown when i finally get on campus, and i hope i won’t end up being be boxed in from what NYC has to offer.</p>
<p>this is SO wrong …there are a bunch of people at columbia who are so ugly/socially awkward that they can’t even get laid by girls on campus (including barnard girls) let alone these hot girls at clubs.</p>
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<p>if you can get attractive girls now (however you define attractive) then you’ll be able to get them in NYC…if you’ve never actually gotten with an “attractive” girl back home despite the high prevalence i don’t see why you would expect things to change when you get to NYC</p>
<p>for the record i find intellect and personality as much more attractive qualities than a pretty face/hot body that is attached to an empty head</p>
<p>Shraf, i never said i can’t get girls now. i’m doing alright for myself as far as hooking up with attractive girls here. i’m just wondering if i will have to “lower my standards” per se when i get to Columbia because it’d be too difficult/cumbersome to really interact with and maintain relationships with NYC girls on a regular basis. </p>
<p>and i agree with your last sentence 100%. however, good looks and intellect/personality are certainly not mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>There are no shortage of hot girls at NYC bars, lounges and clubs, but if you decide that’s your target audience, you’re competing against the legions of young, successful bankers and businessmen to get their attention.</p>
<p>At Columbia, guys are neither as attractive nor spend as much time or assertiveness trying to get girls, when compared to the theoretical average guy. Most people on campus have too much work to do to bother making themselves pretty and finding members of the opposite sex. When they do try, their natural wit and youth bails them out most of the time, though.</p>
<p>There are 4 sororities on campus, and at least two of them have some of the hottest girls in the University (which includes Barnard). You can rush for a frat and be going to parties with them every weekend if that’s what you want.</p>
<p>Bars are hardly the only places to meet women, too. There are approximately 5,726,901 concerts held in the 5 boroughs every weekend. There are a ton of art museums that girls flock to. It’s not hard to meet women at all. What’s hard is being witty, confident, and genuinely interested in someone you’re talking to. If you can do that, you’d get laid in saudi arabia, to say nothing of new york.</p>
<p>speaking of college in general, why are people so much more inclined to have random hookups than relationships? i think it’s so much funner/enjoyable to be committed to someone. how much dating is there generally amongst your friends would you say?</p>
<p>My friends do their dirty work in either the hookup scene or the serious long-term relationship business. Casual dating really doesn’t happen here.</p>