Columbia Engineering Core

<p>Hi guys,
I am accepted to Columbia's Fu Foundation, but I am not sure if I should attend this school because of the core courses. For anyone who has taken or is taking the core courses, are they too humanity-heavy? How long did it take you to finish the humanity courses? How long for the entire core curriculum? I am haunted by English (reading Shakespeare and writing analytical essays on them), but I do like creative writings or writing historical/debate papers. I applied to Columbia because it is in NYC and I love NYC! Anyone help me?</p>