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By Gender  | | Male | A- | | Female | B+ |
| By Major | | Architecture | A | | Architecture & Urban Planning Department | A+ | | Art & Design Department | A+ | | Astronomy | A+ | | Biology | B- | | Chemical Engineering | A | | Chemistry | A+ | | Computer Science | C+ | | Economics | A | | Electrical Engineering | A+ | | Engineering Department | A | | English | A | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A | | Industrial Operations Engineering | B- | | Journalism | A | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A+ | | Music - Composition/Theory | B- | | Music - Performance | F | | Other | A | | Philosophy | A+ | | Physics | A+ | | Political Science | B+ | | PreMed and Medical | B+ | | PreVet and Veterinary | B+ | | Psychology | B | | Sociology | F | | Undecided | C- |
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Quotes touching on Surrounding City | “... I came from Chicago, so I wasn't expecting to have a problem being in the city ...” |
| “... With nowhere to turn for support or empathy, the rejected become as harsh as New York City itself ...” |
| “... Do not be swayed by the city life ...” |
| “... Its nice to have access to the city, but you will feel so bogged down with school work and the expensiveness of the city you will live in the Co...” |
| “... New York City is our campus ...” |
| “... 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 ...” |
| “... You go to Columbia for New York City ...” |
| “... The city is great, but it is NYC, so it's dirty, smelly, and rude ...” |
| “... Don't be afraid of the city, embrace it ...” |
| “... 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...” |
| “... 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 ...” |
| “... 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...” |
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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 ...” |
| “... 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 ...” |
| “... I love Columbia and New York City ...” |
| “... My advice is to take full advantage of this, get outside of Morningside Heights, and enjoy the benefits of living in an awesome city ...” |
| “... A great place for extremely bright, intellectually curious, driven, and mature self-starters who are comfortable making their way in a huge, vibr...” |
| “... Though the city has much to offer artisticly, New York is filthy, overpriced, rude and crowded ...” |
| “... 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...” |
| “... I applied early to Columbia, having fallen in love with the core and the city ...” |
| “... the city is incredibile ...” |
| “... 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 ...” |
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Now, New York City was even better than I imagined ...” |
| “... 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...” |
| “... New York is a seductive city and is an education in itself ...” |
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WARNING: If you're a new york city public school kid you might not like the people here very much ...” |
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