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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a current Columbia student (sadly) reading this in Butler [library] instead of writing my essay, I would like to comment that both art and music humanities are required. The two courses basically translate into music and art history  respectively, with a lot of the course quality depending on your professor or instructor.

I strongly considered Chicago and also Yale DS but chose Columbia over the two largely due to the core which, unlike Chicago is not a distribution requirements sort of thing but a serious component of your curriculum which will take up at lest 1/3 of your time here. In other words, the core is not something to be taken lightly.

Finally, while I don't know that we "project greater sophistication," I think Columbia students, having chosen to come to New York, are more likely to be invested in generating an "urban" aesthetic when it comes to fashion. There is also a visible international student pop. (20-25% depending on the year), many of whom studied abroad or come from upper class families and are thus more likely to signal and present themselves in certain ways by drawing upon inherited repositories of cultural knowledge. This really impacts the general vibe of the student body and the way interactions take place.

Then again, your college experience really is what you yourself make of it and I likely have an entirely different view of "Columbia" than others my year, demographic, etc.[/quote]

OP here. Thanks for your insight.

What are your thoughts on this from the Columbia BWOG:

http://bwog.com/2012/04/29/east-coast-or-no-coast-uchicago-vs-columbia/[/quote]

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