<p>"Columbia College is not community-centric"</p>
<p>^^ Can anyone validate/invalidate the statement above? </p>
<p>I'm looking at applying ED this coming fall, and I was hoping Columbia could provide me with that close-knit community feel.</p>
<p>A lot of CC’s classes are small and seminar-style, and you have what, like maybe some 1600 other freshmen along with you, all stuck in a relatively small, fenced-in campus in a big city? </p>
<p>If that doesn’t give you a close-knit community feel, I don’t know what else will. Maybe Yale’s residency communities. </p>
<p>But even so, Columbia (and basically any college) will be what you make of it. There will be some loners, some people who socialize with anybody, and others who are just like you: looking for a small little community. If you want your college to provide you with a close-knit community school, your college can do that. Columbia is no exception.</p>
<p>Obligatory generalization: Life is what you make of it.</p>
<p>do a search. this is one of those topics that has been beaten to death here.</p>
<p>i think what is bothersome here is that the term itself “community” is often misconstrued and narrowed to mean how rah-rah is your school. and kb i do also hear students talk about close-knit, but even that is something that is overly vague in description. close-knit like your family. </p>
<p>also it is important to note that in a school even columbia’s size you wont know all the kids in your year. it is impossible. you should also detest some of them for any reason.</p>
<p>but when it comes to an intellectual community, or a friend-community, a support network of people that help each other get through classes and life in the city. you will find plenty of that. you will most likely find students more like you than those in your current school, and more than likely columbians will be the people that you turn to well into the future. </p>
<p>but as a final thing - have you visited campus and/or talked with current students? they will give you a good sense. but if you are thinking ED you must have a reason beyond the fact it is a Ivy. and if these statements worry you, than it suggests to me you haven’t done your research.</p>