<p>Hey fellow Columbia admits</p>
<p>I didn't see a general thread where we could all introduce ourselves and talk about random stuff related to Columbia and NYC, so here is one.</p>
<p>Who's decided for sure they're coming to Columbia? New York City is just too good a reason to turn down Columbia. There's also definitely a ton of other reasons to pick Columbia over any other school :)</p>
<p>Where are you all from? What major/classes are you excited about?</p>
<p>Yes, I am!!! I applied early because I knew that’s where I wanted to go for sure. I am from Texas, and I have no idea where to start when it comes to signing up for classes, but I figure I’ll worry about that later.</p>
<p>Hello!! I am from Athens, Greece and I intend to study political science or economics! I haven’t made the final decision (there’s still a fierce fight between Yale and Columbia) but I’m kind of tilting in favor of Columbia for now! 
Indeed New York seems far too alluring! </p>
<p>Does anybody know whether Columbia’s political science department is good compared to the rest of the Ivy’s?</p>
<p>^ Columbia has a phenomenal political science dept and our specialty is international politics for which we are top 3 nationally (I would argue that Columbia is the best place to study international politics undergrad) - Sarkozy was here last Monday!</p>
<p>Ahh classes will be fun to figure out :)</p>
<p>I’m from China (born in the US), a likely admit to Columbia SEAS. I’ll probably be double majoring in either Mechanical or Civil Engineering as well as Architecture in CC. </p>
<p>@Prostbr
Yeah, Columbia’s political science is definitely one of the best out there, most likely top 2 in the ivy league for polisci. There are tons of opportunities you can get in New York that you can’t get in New Haven, like the UN headquarters in NYC etc…</p>
<p>@jhfd92
You can search for your classes here: [CU</a> Directory of Classes](<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/]CU”>CU Directory of Classes)
But it doesn’t offer many descriptions of the classes, only the names and the time. You can browse descriptions of classes here: [Political</a> Science | Columbia College](<a href=“Columbia College Bulletin < Columbia College | Columbia University”>Columbia College Bulletin < Columbia College | Columbia University) and just click on your area of study on the left and click on the course listing tab to see the classes offered.</p>
<p>I’m personally excited about taking Accelerated Physics, probably one of the toughest courses a freshman can take at Columbia. I like challenges :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the useful advice…I just caught myself browsing at Columbia’s course lists for two hours…:P</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>@ Vortar</p>
<p>Good luck. Be prepared to spend about 20 hours a week on P-sets.</p>
<p>I’m in the Freshman Orgo and have been putting around 10-15, and I know for a fact the physics is much harder.</p>
<p>Hi I’m Long Island, NY and was just recently admitted to Columbia College. I want to learn Igbo in college which is one of the indigenous languages of Nigeria but Columbia doesn’t have it on its language list. Is there anyway I could still learn the language via professors who may know it or other resources Columbia or New York City has?</p>
<p>Well, I am from Manhattan and was accepted to SEAS, so it’s not like the city will be new to me, but I am exited about going there.</p>
<p>do any current students have advice for igboman?</p>
<p>Already sent in my deposit. :)</p>
<p>From Los Angeles, CA. </p>
<p>And…I think the beautiful thing about the Core is to just explore so much. So I’m not really sure. I love Urban Studies so that one for sure.</p>
<p>I’m from Hawaii, and I’m pretty set on Columbia!</p>
<p>Are any of you going to Days on Campus?</p>
<p>^
i want to but cant. 
i live across the world</p>
<p>One of the African Studies professors emailed me. He said Columbia doesn’t offer Igbo but I could take it at other places in NYC and have it count towards college credit and an African Studies major.</p>
<p>so did anyone attend days on campus? how was it?</p>
<p>I did!
It was really fun and it helped me confirm my decision about attending Columbia!</p>
<p>I was there for the Perspectives on Diversity and the Days on Campus programs, so I was there for three days. It was great to be able to talk to current students and alumni about everything related to Columbia. :)</p>
<p>did you get to meet with your admissions officer? i know at some schools’ preview weekends, the admits get to talk to their admission officers and ask them why they got admitted. that would be fun, lol.</p>
<p>^ I didn’t go to DOC but I did attend the international students’ online chat and I did meet my admissions officer. She was very nice, answered a lot of questions and I couldn’t believe she remembered my name! (I didn’t realise she was my admissions officer, actually xD)</p>