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Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at Columbia
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By Gender
MaleB
FemaleB-
 
By Major
Architecture & Urban Planning DepartmentA+
Art & Design DepartmentA+
AstronomyA+
BiologyC-
Business - Management and AdministrationF
Chemical EngineeringA
ChemistryA+
Computer ScienceC+
EconomicsA-
EducationF
Electrical EngineeringA+
Engineering DepartmentA
EnglishA-
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etcF
History/Histories (art history/etc.)A
Industrial Operations EngineeringA+
JournalismC
Language - French/Spanish/etc.A+
Music - Composition/TheoryB-
Music - PerformanceF
OtherA-
PhilosophyA+
PhysicsC+
Political ScienceB+
PreMed and MedicalB-
PsychologyF
Public PolicyF
SociologyF
UndecidedC-
 

Against similar schools
Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.

Columbia University in the City of New York
 B
Average of All Schools
 C+
Average of schools in class
 B-

Harvard University
 B-
Brown University
 B+
Yale University
 C+
Princeton University
 C+
Cornell University
 B-
Stanford University
 C+
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
 C+
F
A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... New York City is our campus ...”
 
“... New York is a seductive city and is an education in itself ...”
 
“... I am surrounded by the whole city, and it is for me to feel lonely ...”
 
“... The city is a great resource, and I can't imagine college without it ...”
 
“... New York is the greatest city in the world, and you can find anything in it ...”
 
“... An amazing university, the right choice for anyone who can handle the city, and steller academics at the same time ...”
 
“... Columbia is a great place to go to college - from being in the city to being with the greatest minds in so many fields ...”
 
“... Though the city has much to offer artisticly, New York is filthy, overpriced, rude and crowded ...”
 
“... You go to Columbia for New York City ...”
 
“... Of course my experience here isn't finished, but in all, being at Columbia and especially being in New York City is very different from what I exp...”
 
“... The city is great, but it is NYC, so it's dirty, smelly, and rude ...”
 
“... Don't be afraid of the city, embrace it ...”
 
“... I applied early to Columbia, having fallen in love with the core and the city ...”
 
“... the city is incredibile ...”
 
“... The campus is beautiful; it's in an amazing city that can be pretty intimidating, but if you don't feel like walking more than a block away becau...”
 
“... Not to mention there is so much out there in the city for me to do, instead I have to spend long hours studying and doing mandatory work ...”
 
“... Now, New York City was even better than I imagined ...”
 
“... This place is fantastic and would be well-suited to an independent-minded person who wants to enjoy a world-class university and the wonders of ...”
 
“... I came from Chicago, so I wasn't expecting to have a problem being in the city ...”
 
“... It is one of the most popular Ivies, and there's more to its appeal than New York City (honestly, if people just came for that, they could go to...”
 
“... WARNING: If you're a new york city public school kid you might not like the people here very much ...”
 
“... I can't really say anything that has not already been said about the faculty, the student life, the resources, the city ...”
 
“... It doesn't get much better than attending an Ivy League university in New York City ...”
 
“... Columbia is very far away from city life ...”
 
“... While having a unified campus is nice (though be advised, upcoming expansion may change this), there's not a real sense of community since the c...”
 
“... However, it won't offer total seclusion from the city (nor should it), and you definitely have to like urban environments to appreciate it ...”
 
“... Use New York City to the fullest ...”
 
“... With nowhere to turn for support or empathy, the rejected become as harsh as New York City itself ...”
 
“... I love Columbia and New York City ...”
   

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