<p>For 1: I hope the visit is better than this conversation.
2: I just copied what someone told me in an earlier thread. I’m not aware that the last year was 1997. Do you have any proof?</p>
<p>As for non-Ivy HYPs, community and acceptance are the most important factors for me when evaluating campus life. For example, I visited William and Mary a few weeks ago (my brother goes there, and I visited him for a weekend). There definitely isn’t a lot to do off campus like on Columbia, but the overall vibe is warm and accepting. The doors to all of the apartments and dorms are wide open, and people are always willing to make time to meet someone new. The only person I met who was unpleasant was one frat kid who wanted to start a fight with me because he thought I was a racist (he was drunk).
I want a college experience similar to that: A college whose social life isn;t based on the surrounding city, but on the individual personalities of the men and women who make up that university.
I’m not convinced that Columbia will be able to offer that to me. I wouldn’t call that coddling, though. I would call it community and fraternity.</p>