<p>i've heard the rumor that says columbia students are cooler, nicer, more normal, less geeky, and generally cooler than kids at other ivy/elite schools.</p>
<p>do you think this is true? why? (please draw upon references to history, literature, current events, or personal experiences and thoughts. lol. mostly the last one though)</p>
<p>lol nice SAT topic</p>
<p>I know tons of people from the other Ivies, and I really don't think you can make broad generalizations about colleges that have 5,000+ students. There are uncool, mean, abnormal, geeky, and generally uncool people at Columbia. There are good people who go to other top schools.</p>
<p>but seriously...</p>
<p>i think an important criteria for admissions into this school is personality. columbia students have to be able to handle new york and handle the core curriculum. scores and such that "geeks" spend all night working on also count less (by how much i'm not sure) for admissions. just a starting hypothesis.</p>
<p>i'm looking for some of your first-hand experiences with columbia kids.</p>
<p>in the meanwhile, visit <a href="http://www.prangstgrup.com%5B/url%5D">www.prangstgrup.com</a> short films created by columbia students.</p>
<p>well, columbia2002 this is an open-ended question. i'm looking for opinions.</p>
<p>Most of the Ivies look for interesting people and go beyond the numbers. You need great scores and great extras to get into any one of these schools. Any "opinion" is going to be nothing more than that. There are so many different types of people at Columbia that it is impossible to generalize.</p>
<p>Yea, I've seen those videos. I think you have the link wrong, though. I know the really cute brunette girl who is in the Butler library video (and a few of the other ones).</p>
<p>oh, oops</p>
<p><a href="http://www.prangstgrup.com%5B/url%5D">www.prangstgrup.com</a></p>
<p>i changed in my previous post too</p>
<p>yea this thread wasn't intended to be totally serious</p>
<p>Eternity: Thank you so much for that link....those videos are so frickin' funny!!</p>
<p>should i try to apply to columbia too?</p>
<p>lmao the musical's awsome!</p>
<p>you're totally welcome. those videos make me like columbia more and more every day.</p>
<p>I just love Columbia ! I think those videos are "talented and funny"! and Original!</p>
<p>definetly talented.. although the first 2 are a little rough with the editting</p>
<p>i have great sat scores and grades, and i don't spend a lot of time studying. besides, how could the admissions people possibly tell if you can handle ny or not through your app? maybe a "cooler" group is drawn to go there, but i really don't think this is the case. it's all perspective.</p>
<p>"i have great sat scores and grades, and i don't spend a lot of time studying." Alright, enough is enough. Let's all calm down with the self-aggrandizement.........</p>
<p>hahahhaaa lol</p>
<p>"scores and such that "geeks" spend all night working on also count less (by how much i'm not sure) for admissions."</p>
<p>ofeternity implied that high scores and grades are attained by "geeks" who study constantly. i was just trying to show that this is not the case. even if columbia was less number focused than other schools of its caliber, which i don't think it is, it would not just be keeping out geeks.</p>
<p>and ofeternity, don't be hypocritical and laugh at me. you're the one who seems to think you're "cool."</p>
<p>no! i just thought that what suburbamania said was funny! i wasn't laughing in derision at your post! you don't know how much i respect people who don't have to study insanely to get good grades. i just thought it was funny how suburbamania said it.</p>
<p>I know alot of people (hell the highest scorers in my class) that have high grades high scores and doesnt study much.. I actually know very little people in my school that have good grades and study like a "geek"</p>