<p>Does anyone know how big the campus is. Also, can anyone tell me a typical day at Columbia. I hear people dont have class on Friday. Anyone just explain life at Columbia.</p>
<p>Ok. The campus is 5 square blocks (between Broadway and Amsterdam and 115-120th). I know some students have class on friday, but not all, just like any other college. Classes range from anywhere at 7:30 AM to 8-9 PM, also, like a normal college.</p>
<p>It's Thursday night, and all the students are out. So, I'll take a crack at this based on what I know of my son's schedule as a first year.</p>
<p>The campus is compact, so a 5-10 minute walk will pretty much get you anywhere. There are a few classes on Fridays (especially language classes), but most students do not have Friday classes and, so, Thursday night is the most social. As for a typical day, my son is taking more units this semester and has more classes that have required sections (what they call recitations) than last semester. But he has no morning classes. So he is up around 11 or noon and eats, then in class from 1 pm to 5:30 pm, has dinner, then class from seven to eight on Mondays and pretty much the same on Wednesdays. Tuesday and Thursdays he has class from two to four, then about six to 7:30. He does his homework at night and Saturday afternoon, I think. </p>
<p>What else? He pretty much goes out Thursday and Saturday nights and some Fridays. He seems to sleep until about 3 pm on Sundays. As far as I can tell, he's become nocturnal.</p>
<p>I go to Barnard, but it's the same schedule across Broadway. The Columbia campus is small compared to residential campuses, but it can be a decent walk from the physics building to Hamilton Hall, let's say. Academic classes start at 9am, and the latest ones end at around 10pm. You can have gym classes at 8am, though, I believe. Most people don't have classes on Friday, unless you're in a science or an introductory language class. Typical days vary semester to semester and day to day. Last semester for me, I had only one class on Tues and Thurs and it started at 2:40pm. This semester, I have 9am classes all five days and four classes on Tues and Thurs.</p>