<p>Yeah... It just has to be great. The kids are supposed to be really cool (and smart- so we can all look forward to interesting conversations...) and the teachers are supposed to be really good as well. It's at Columbia, which is just beautiful, and in New York, which is the pretty much the center of the universe (and the best city, but that goes without saying). How could it be better? </p>
<p>It's going to be awesome! 8 days left! WooHoo!</p>
<p>i probably might not meet any of you. I'll be in the freshman-sophmore program.</p>
<p>Just so you all know, not all the courses are taught by columbia professors. When I went, my teachers didn't even teach at college.</p>
<p>A lot of the teachers actually do teach at columbia. Check culpa.info to see which ones do. And even if some of them don't even teach at college, they're still good. I mean, a lot of my high school teachers taught college at one point (but then switched to teaching private high school for more money), and just because they don't anymore doesn't make them bad...</p>
<p>Well, it's just that some people do the summer program so that they can get recommendations from columbia professors. However, they might be unpleasantly surprised when they learn that their recommendations really don't have any weight in the applying process.</p>
<p>Things I loved about Columbia:</p>
<p>The friends I made
The city- museums, free concerts, plays, resturants, Yankees games...anything and everything from high culture to low culture
Crazy hall games
Late night Poker
Late night pizza
Interesting class without the pressures of tests and homework (depends on class)
Late night conversations about everything...um..I do mean everything</p>
<p>The only thing that really sucked were the same sex only thing in dividing/assigning dorms...and kinda strict curfews...but then again..it was New York City.</p>
<p>This may come off as bad but I don't care..were there fine girls there? Because it would suck if no hot girls went.</p>
<p>Hot girls do exist...but ya gotta do some diggin' to find them.
This is Columbia University...not Arizona State.</p>
<p>Damn......</p>
<p>What kinds of things do we need to bring to the dorms? </p>
<p>Should we bring tote bags or backpacks? Sheets? How many blankets? Is it cold at night? What kind of clothing? Like shorts-and-a-t-shirt, or like stuff people wear to work or in between? Should I bring a bathing suit? How many rooms are there per shower? </p>
<p>I don't know how to pack for this. Help!</p>
<p>I just bought the coolest bag for the program. n_n It's like a worngreenish, over the shoulder, but big enough to hold binders and whatever other crap I need to carry around. So yeah, I'd bring something to carry things in, but a full-on backpack is unneccessary. </p>
<p>And people wore t-shirts and jeans or whatever to the classes.. things that you'd normally wear to school. You might want a nicer outfit or two incase you go somewhere on the weekend, like a show or a nice restaraunt. </p>
<p>I start packing tommorow. <em>grimace</em></p>
<p>Just pack like you are going on a very long vacation, bring mostly comfortable clothes. T-shirts and jeans are the common crap, and bring some nicer shirts with a collar too, just incase you need them. Is anyone on here a mets fan? I want to go to atleast one game when we're at this thing.</p>
<p>i have to start packing too... so far i have one bag...</p>
<p>Thanks. At my school, we're actually not allowed to wear jeans. The girls have to wear skirts and the boys have to wear button down shirts with ties. So that's why I wasn't really sure what to bring.</p>
<p>Are the beds extra-long by the way? Do we need to bring sheets? Should we bring them if we don't need them anyway?</p>
<p>I don't know. My sister says you should always bring sheets with you when you go to college. I'm bringing two bags, just with clothes I need and some nice ones also.</p>
<p>Are there any traditions at the summer program? Or is it not like camp at all in that sense...? Like, what makes this program special? Why is it different than the one at Brown and the one at Penn, for example? Is it not different at all? </p>
<p>...just out of curiosity.</p>
<p>Well, New York City....</p>
<p>anything else? being in nyc isn't going to really feel so special for me, considering that I live here... (upper east)</p>
<p>3 days!!!!! <em>squee</em></p>
<p>So I'm packing, and I have a few (odd?) questions:</p>
<ol>
<li>how many times can you wear a pair of jeans if you don't dirty them?</li>
<li>considering the above, how many would I need for a week (7 days)? </li>
</ol>
<p>I don't know the answers to these potentially seemingly obvious questions because we're not allowed to wear pants to school and weekends are short. Oh, and I'm a girl.</p>
<p>How many pairs of jeans should I bring? Thanks!</p>
<p>I usually wear my jeans twice. =/ That might just be me, though.
And so.. 3 pairs? </p>
<p>I can't waiiiiiit. n_n I wonder if I'll meet any of you guys?</p>