What is life at Columbia really like?

[Anonymous]

Columbia is known as the unfriendly Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I live 10 blocks from Columbia and the protests are much less of a big deal than the media makes it seem."

Hi neighbor! Meet you at Koronet for a jumbo slice in an hour!

I live 7 block away and didn't see anything but I did hear sirens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I live 10 blocks from Columbia and the protests are much less of a big deal than the media makes it seem."

Hi neighbor! Meet you at Koronet for a jumbo slice in an hour!

I live 7 block away and didn't see anything but I did hear sirens.

That is likely for the hospital near Columbia. I assume you hear those regularly. For the information of the rest of the readers who don't know that the sound of sirens in NYC is pretty normal, especially near a hospital.

[Anonymous]

It’s a warm & welcoming place where people of all races, creeds, nationalities, & sexual orientation live in peaceful, cooperative harmony. Kinda like Mr. Rodgers’ neighborhood, but with a lot more weed. Also, oddly, for some reason people are hard of hearing, & compensate by frequently communicating via bullhorn.

[Anonymous]

Sorry OP;m,

I hate when responders respond despite the original post asking for responses from those who know it well/have a kid there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“The protest situation has definitely been disruptive but it is not as bad as the news makes it out to be”

Strongly disagree.

Writes the person in rural Maryland who has never set foot in NYC and knows no one at Columbia.

Yeah no

Sorry. Rural Virginia. And you once spent an hour on Staten Island because you got lost.

NP. Stop gaslighting. No one said Rural Va.
BTW love visiting relatives at Va college campuses!

[Anonymous]

Not great, it seems!

[Anonymous]

Filled with kids from not here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live 10 blocks from Columbia and the protests are much less of a big deal than the media makes it seem.

Hi neighbor! Meet you at Koronet for a jumbo slice in an hour!

Better yet, Hungarian Pastry shop!

PS, as for sirens, our windows face Broadway and sirens are constant and always have been. Unrelated to protests. It's a NYC thing that you just get used to (or not, in which case you should probably head to the 'burbs).

[Anonymous]

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The protest situation has definitely been disruptive but it is not as bad as the news makes it out to be. There is a bit of uneasiness around it but there are lots of kids who just live their lives and largely ignore it.

My DC goes to Columbia right now, and we live in metro NY. Completely agree with this statement as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS, as for sirens, our windows face Broadway and sirens are constant and always have been. Unrelated to protests. It's a NYC thing that you just get used to (or not, in which case you should probably head to the 'burbs).

Yeah, this is hardly unique to Columbia. You hear sirens every so often down at NYU (where many of the dorms also face Broadway) and it has had nothing to do with protests for decades.

[Anonymous]

Columbia parent - my kids loves it. Frat parties on rooftops. Excursions to museums and restaurants. Diverse student body with really great friends from all over. If your kid loves NYC and likes to study...you can't go wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does she know what field she wants to go into. A lot of hiring managers are avoiding certain ivies because it's too much of a risk. Also, think about what happens if they not only lose federal funding, but we put limits on foreign donations in some way or they find all the loopholes places like Qatar use and limit them.

Yeah - go to trade school instead.