<p>it appears that ColumbiaPostBac has been kicked out of CC. Look at some of the threads, his posts are no longer there.</p>
<p>…such as this one.</p>
<p>I encourage all to remember never to look like this guy:</p>
<p>[xkcd</a> - A Webcomic - Duty Calls](<a href=“http://xkcd.com/386/]xkcd”>xkcd: Duty Calls)</p>
<p>Denzera, you have 3006 posts, whilst I have a paltry 89. Who spends more time on CC? Who is the grown-up adult here?</p>
<p>… don’t worry about it he wasn’t attacking you Epam.</p>
<p>Hey, i have a quick question. I plan to take a campus on June 13th. My friends who has visited other colleges said they registered beforehand, but the Columbia website says you only need to make reservations for 10+ people. So if I’m the only one going, do I need to preregister, or do I just show up? Thanks.</p>
<p>just show up, but be sure to show up at a time when the admissions office is open and conducting info sessions and tours.</p>
<p>ok cool, thanks a lot!</p>
<p>^you’re welcome, glad to help</p>
<p>Just went to visit the campus last tuesday and it was BEAUTIFUL! Being in nyc, I did not expect the grounds to be as clean and manicured as they were. The staff that I spoke with was very friendly and helpful and even the admissions officer I spoke with was willing to answer any questions that you would have. The surrounding area was very clean and even though it is in NYC, the area had a college town feel to it. Columbia is 5/5 stars in my book!</p>
<p>Haven’t visited for a few years, but showing up on campus for move-in day as a freshman who had never been to NYC before…GREAT campus life. Safe, friendly, clean (except the subways…eew) and easy to navigate. All the advantages of a small school with all the opportunities of a large campus. If you’re considering Columbia (or Barnard for that matter), go visit for sure before you make up your mind.</p>
<p>My mom and I are planning to visit Columbia over winter break. Would that be a good time, or would I not be able to experience anything because everybody will be out by then? </p>
<p>Also, we live in the DC area and were wondering how to get there. Should we take the bus to NY? Will we have too much trouble searching for routes/schedules if we don’t have a car? My mom can’t see herself driving in NYC.</p>
<p>I went to New York with my dad the weekend before last and visited NYU and Columbia. Columbia’s always been a dream school for me (only behind Harvard) and I loved the campus - unfortunately, the tour itself was very underwhelming due to an unorganized and distracted tour guide. We didn’t go inside any of the buildings or find out anything I couldn’t have found out by going on the internet, which was too bad. In NYU, we went through nearly all of the academic facilities, sat in a classroom, and visited a dorm room. Obviously I prefer Columbia the school over NYU but the tour just sucked. </p>
<p>I later figured it must be because they know everyone already wants to get into Columbia so they don’t have to put on a show for anyone, whereas NYU is a little more eager for the top students to come there. Just a thought.</p>
<p>^^no, that would be very presumptuous of us, your tour guide was just either having a bad day or was a pathetic tour guide. What was your guide’s name / how did they look? I personally know quite a few tour guides on campus all of whom are fun, and try to give visitors an individual, non-wikipedia perspective on Columbia. We need to fight as hard for top students as any other school. I think you were lucky at NYU and unlucky this time at Columbia, no broader trend at play IMHO.</p>
<p>Has anyone on CC stayed overnight at Columbia during the past Fall?</p>
<p>I stayed overnight with a friend of mine from high school. It seems like a really fun place to be. The freshman dorms aren’t anything special, but they’re not bad. Also, the location of campus is incredible. Especially when you compare it to Boston, New Haven, etc.</p>
<p>Columbia was definitely tied with Harvard for me as being one of the most beautiful campuses I’ve visited. And it helps that it was a wonderfully sunny day and the weather was great.
Our tour guide was amazing and cheerful and he really gave a good feel to the campus. Even though I didn’t apply to Columbia, for anyone who is attending there, you are very lucky to have such a beautiful campus.</p>
<p>yeah i don’t like Harvard’s campus. Yale and Princeton have similar styles, and they are cool, but Columbia is unique.</p>
<p>I visited Columbia in June (I am a rising junior) and fell in love with Columbia. I went to the information session and then attended the tour. The woman who gave the information session was extremely informative and interesting. She went over everything parents and students wanted to know. Our tour guide, a sophomore from Minnesota, was excellent. He gave interesting details about the buildings and spoke about his time at Columbia. I was extremely impressed. It is now my number one school. The buildings were all beautiful and I loved the fact that it was in Manhattan but still had an actual campus with trees and grass.</p>
<p>My son goes to SHP every Staurday. Sometimes I come to pick him up and stroll along the campus trails. </p>
<p>My first visit to the CU campus was just before Christmas. Let me tell you, with all decorations and beautiful chandeliers lit in the main library it was a truly astonishing, gorgeous and breath-taking view!</p>
<p>The CU architecture is a grandiose and pompous incarnation in stone of the American dream for might, greatness and glory. When I saw it, I thought I plunged into one of Theodore Dreisers novels. City of Golden Calf Wall Street, Park Avenue, Columbia campus . </p>
<p>As for the CUs educational approach, I do not know much about it, but I share the view, that to become a modern civilized intellectual one must first enrich his/her knowledge with the treasures of culture, science, literature that have been created by our great predecessors. These days when kids are not reading books at all, the core curriculum IMHO would be very helpful. It will be appreciated by students later when they finish CU and become more mature. </p>
<p>I wish I could have studied at Columbia but it is a bit too late for me now.</p>
<p>I wanted to finish my input on this high note, however, I cant. The tour and the tour guide were useless. The kid did not know much beyond what is written in the brochure. It is always embarrassing to hear from someone who has been designated to enlighten you I do not know for an answer.</p>
<p>The tour does not take tourists into labs or dormitories, nor allow to meet professors and teachers.</p>
<p>I think Columbia should look more critically at the way these tours are conducted and save the brand by making them more professional.</p>
<p>P.S. Maybe with the current speedy development of internet capacities, touring of campuses is a dying tradition? I personally acquire 95% of information via virtual tours on web-sites.</p>