Columbia University in the City of New York Top Questions

it depends who. definitely tehre are people who fit the stereotypes and people who do not.

Columbia is really diverse ethnically and otherwise, but there are also lots of cliques which take away from the "diversity" experience. The cliques could be the athletes, or also racial or political, but they make Columbia more polarized. Columbia is in Morningside Heights, not Harlem and Harlem's actually not that unsafe anyways. You probably shouldn't be going there late at night, but that goes for anywhere in NYC when you're alone.

of course there are some people who are like this, but they're not only at columbia

yes, but we also like to have fun!

To some degree. We are smart kids and the vast majority are left-wing, but we don't study ALL the time.

The stereotypes about the students are true to an extent, however, many people focus in different areas, such as history or philosophy. The sports teams are terrible, except for the fencing team, and though the administration and advising aren't as bad as they seem, they are pretty bad. The Core curriculum is great.

not for everyone, but they are stereotypes here for a reason

No, not always though I have definitly met a lot of socially akward boys at Columbia. Both Barnard and Columbia girls are at times pretty and at times.. well... not so much. But it really goes both ways.

Not at all. There is so much going on here all the time. 96{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of upperclassman live in campus housing and there are always events on campus. If you wanted to stay on campus all the time and just take advantage of school activities you wouldn't get bored but, I mean, why would you come to NY unless you wanted to explore the city!

While there may be some who fit into this category, this applies only to a very few. The diversity of this campus, I think, inhibits this stereotype.