<p>How is the fitness center at Columbia?</p>
<p>I'm planning on becoming a full time member so...</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know if there are any pools on or near campus?</p>
<p>There is a 8-lane, 25m swimming pool in the Dodge Fitness Center on campus. I don't know how often students will be using it though...</p>
<p>why do you think students wouldn't use it?</p>
<p>I heard from a few Columbia friends that it SUX b/c it's so hard to get on the machines, etc. You have to wait a lot and whatnot. I visited the fitness center... It's GORGEOUS. I loved it...</p>
<p>i think it all depends on when u go...i mean there are of course times when it will just be PACKED but i bet if u went at like 11 or something it'd be pretty empty</p>
<p>Oh shoot the tone of my last post is OFF.</p>
<p>I meant that it's probably hard to get a lane sine so many people would use it.</p>
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<p>Crowded and too small but pretty nice. Other colleges have nicer ones, but Columbia's is decent.</p>
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<p>As a student, you're automatically entitled to go to Dodge.</p>
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<p>The pool is only open for "open swimming" for a couple hours a day, which is a total pain in the butt. Most of the time it is being used for the competitive teams, courses, etc. When it is open, it is crowded as heck. You'll have to do laps with 3-4 people in a lane. No fun.</p>
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<p>Pretty accurate.</p>
<p>no matter what time of day i went, the machines were always being used with- not many machines at all considering size of school</p>
<p>when i was there for days on campus the pool had max 5 people in it but it was like 4pm on a saturday</p>
<p>My son works out every day and also plays squash. I think he goes late at night. Bad news is that they will be closing Dodge for part of next year due to construction.</p>
<p>is there an ice rink near by? I know Columbia has a figure skating team so they must practice somewhere close right?</p>
<p>I'm not sure if Columbia itself owns any rinks but their is Trump-owned rink (Lasker rink) around 110th and Lenox avenue (a few blocks east of the columbia campus).</p>