<p>Midterms for me are coming up in econ and lit hum...I'm wondering, how would I go about organizing a study group in those classes? Especially econ which is about 150 people and I only know like two people.</p>
<p>(by the way, sorry my response and thread topic haven't been too coherent, I'm exhausted and have been writing properly for far too long)</p>
<p>See if the people you know want to bring a few people they know in the class to all get together and study? That’s what I’ve done when I’ve done study groups, although personally I’ve done much better studying on my own then w/ friends.</p>
<p>I met a LOT of my friends at Columbia by asking people in my classes if they wanted to study together. It’s a very intuitive reason for people to understand why you’d want to approach them, so they’re usually very friendly about it. If they already have a study group, they’ll typically invite you to it.</p>
<p>Just be bold enough to ask. There’s no central organization to study groups, you gotta make it up as you go along.</p>
<p>If you’re socially awkward and/or shy, can’t you, like, use facebook to organize something? Hell, college kids are asking each other out on facebook nowadays.</p>
<p>Wow, really??? Asking people out and breaking up through facebook/AIM is basically taboo in high school. By the way, how is the dating/relationship scene at Columbia?
I suppose what I really want to know is whether or not students have time for relationships. In high school (which I’m sure is significantly less work) I’ve had a couple of relationships that I had to end because I was too busy and thought it was unfair for the other person… But then again, at college, you can see the other person everyday…you don’t have to drive half an hour to hang out at their house.
Can any current student tell me: Are relationships hard to maintain at Columbia? Or even common, at all?</p>
<p>Dating and relationships here are odd. I’ve seen a couple meet, go lovey-dovey, break-up and become bitter, BITTER enemies in the span of three weeks. Most people I know are single or in long-distance relationships.</p>
<p>The only girls that have remotely interested me have been ‘outsiders’ at my internship, NYU or just around the island. I don’t find Columbia girls to be inciting, it’s weird.</p>
<p>Then again, socially, I find Columbia to generally be a giant w-t-f, which results in pretty odd behaviors (someone who you’ve never talked to coming up to you after class and outright asking for you to be friends for example).</p>
<p>haha yea that stuff’s hilarious. i once saw one girl say to another girl “i don’t have any friends in this class and need someone to study with,will you be my friend” lol.</p>
<p>we certainly do have an…interesting social scene.</p>
<p>and as for breaking up by facebook or instant message…mostly done by cowardly idiotic girls lacking social skills and/or morals/sympathy/empathy lol</p>
<p>yeah, everyone does a lot of growing up at college, myself probably more than most.</p>
<p>nobody starts out being good at relationships, everyone needs to practice at it. and the dating pool is constantly being depleted of people who are good at relationships, because they usually end up dating long term and then getting married.</p>
<p>very true, Denzera.</p>