<p>i applied early decision and am very excited for results… I have a question for admitted students. Did you have any contact with the admissions office in between submitting your app and receiving the results? By contact I am referring to resume updates or interaction with your specific admissions officer. </p>
<p>In the three weeks since I have submitted my app I have not had a significant change in resume to warrant an email, but I wonder if intermittent contact provides an admissions advantage.</p>
<p>I have been on the Columbia Tour and loved it, but I’m really curious about what social life is like there. I’ve been told by a couple alumni that their experience at Columbia was extremely lonely, due to the largeness of the school and the city. Does Columbia do a good job at fostering community? How does it compare to the intense social experience of, say, Williams or Swarthmore? Thank you!</p>
<p>@preetsv: nope. in fact, unless you email or call them or anything, don’t expect anything. they are very busy reviewing applications right now so they’re not going to reach out to you.</p>
<p>@speckle8: as i told someone else, what’s lonely for you may be social for someone else, and vice versa. i would ask people how and where they met their friends and see if those seem like places where you typically find your friends - dining hall? orientation? at a bar? in a class? for what it’s worth, my experience at columbia so far is that i get as much social interaction as i want, especially cause i have a great floor.</p>
<p>thanks @neiro6. I wasn’t sure if I should email them with like a “resume update”. Some of the college books advise this in order to “put a person” to your application. It sounds annoying for the administrators, so I think I will forgo it and suffer in silence for my decision : ) hopefully only two more weeks!</p>
<p>Hi (again)! So I have this preconceived somewhat overromanticized notion in my head that if I get into Columbia, I can hang out on the steps of Low at 1 a.m. talking with friends. Question: Do undergraduate Columbia students actually do that? I can handle the truth.</p>
<p>@preetsv: yeah, i’ve heard things like they have the decisions done by december 1, so i don’t think sending in things now would help. besides, unless something truly groundbreaking happened this november, it probably won’t make a difference either way. that said, if something groundbreaking did happen, by all means, give them a heads up.</p>
<p>@adamgeek: this happens at least during NSOP after which you will realize that at 1am you probably will be working or hanging out somewhere warmer because it will start getting chilly. low is a good place to meet up with people but not a very good place to stay after a while. that said, there usually is someone there at all hours, so what do i know. the view is nice.</p>
<p>I know everyone is different when it comes to rooming—singles v. roommate—but what has your experience been like living or not living with someone else @ CU? I could easily live with someone but I also see many benefits to living by myself</p>
<p>My roommate and I get along very well. Most people here have single rooms and actually prefer it to singles. I’m actually really close friends with my roommate (which rarely happens). If your roommate is trustworthy and doesn’t have too many bad habits then it should be fine.</p>
<p>I agree with FutureVP. I really wanted a single based both on never having had to share a room, personal habits, and the general inevitability of crappy sophomore housing. However I got a double. Not a huge deal… It’s a pain sometimes but generally she and I get along really well. Lots of people want singles here but a good number want doubles.</p>
<p>Having a double (highly likely during sophomore year) is not necessarily a bad thing. I just personally recommend against it during freshman year because being able to get along with your roommate is highly important. By the end of freshman year, you’ll know enough people to choose from, not so at the start of your college career. Also, the extra voice and perspective a roommate brings along certainly can brighten up your day and expose you to new ideas that you otherwise wouldn’t consider.</p>