<p>Hi I posted this in another thread but not in the graduate section and just wanted some advice. I'll just copy paste it here. Thanks:
I am attending NYU Tisch for undergrad so please spare me on how Columbia is better. According to some threads one of the only schools comparable to Columbia is Tisch and I am attending and graduating from Tisch. Although Columbia's Film program is not as valued as NYU's, it is slowly gaining momentum. I have applied to both. I plan to continue onward to a doctorate in another field that still helps to incorporate my arts background but that is another story as I'm just focusing on grad school right now.</p>
<p>Although I attended NYU, I never ventured to columbia, except drive by. A friend pointed and I looked (ha ha!). There's just so much stuff to do in the village. Anyways as I am considering Columbia and having applied, I was wondering about safety.</p>
<p>Columbia is close to Harlem area...how close is that to the Morningside campus? Also the area I was showed of Columbia wasn't in the 100's so is there two campuses? Where is the graduate campus located? </p>
<p>As for safety I have an idea where everything is geographically and I've even gone toWashington Heights a time or two, but the areas seem more dangerous than downtown. And don't give me it's because I'm prejudice of minorities b.s because I am a minority. I'm just talking about safety regardless of all that b.s stuff. I have not seen this Morningside area (will venture there) but wanted to get some outside opinions from people who have lived there. So I don't know how only ten block up radius or so from harlem and from washington heights could be so safe. Please advise. I'm not being mean or sarcastic, I just can't wrap my head around it. I really want safety. In NY I had some incidents and I would like to be in a safe (er?) area if possible (as I know NYC still has issues with safety being an urban city, but I want to be the safest place possible).</p>
<p>So about the safety:
As I hear so much about Columbia's safety, I'd like to know more about it</p>
<p>Thanks so much for any insight you can give me. I appreciate it!</p>