<p>theU.com</a> - Columbia: The "Intro" - YouTube
theU.com</a> - Columbia: "The Scene" - YouTube</p>
<p>Current Columbia students: how accurate are these videos?</p>
<p>Well…</p>
<p>-First off, tuition is WAY more than the stats on this video would lead you to believe.</p>
<p>-It can be hard to meet people at Columbia–they definitely do not hold your hand.</p>
<p>-It’s definitely not unsafe to go above 125th street or to go to Harlem. This is an older video but for god’s sake I wish people would stop hating on Harlem because they’ve never seen African Americans before.</p>
<p>-Yes, Columbia is more liberal, but there are plenty of republicans too. You’re not going to get drawn and quartered if you hate Obama.</p>
<p>Second video is pretty accurate.</p>
<p>Is the workload at such an intense level that people are required “stay sequestered during the daytime” in order to succeed academically? Or can someone get by doing less than that? Of course, I’m sure most people who attend Columbia are very hard-working and motivated. Just curious. :)</p>
<p>Of course, I ask that question with the assumption that the “staying sequestered during the daytime” was referring to the weekends. It would make sense if people were busy studying all day during the school week.</p>
<p>No way. At least, not if that’s not what you want.</p>
<p>There are people of all different stripes at Columbia (and any Ivy). Some people made a big show of studying all the time and cooping themselves up in the library for days on end during finals (I think a lot of these people may have actually been much worse at studying than the rest) while others were out every night. Most people find a good balance. It depends on who you are, your major, the types of courses you take…but you definitely won’t be so bogged down with work you can never do anything else (especially on the weekends!).</p>
<p>Thank you!! That was super helpful.
I’d also love some perspectives from people on Columbia in general and whether it’s been a fulfilling experience (academically, socially- was it what you expected?)</p>