Columbia University (2024-2025)

[blissful walrus]

if you can get a 90 without knowing how to conjugate lmao

[sharp pike]

I know how to conjugate in the preterite imperfect subjunctive and present

[alpine magnet]

yep

[sharp pike]

We just learned the Si form yesterday

[blissful walrus]

sure you do

[dense wagon]

yay :O

[alpine magnet]

altho lenguas is more common in latin america

[sharp pike]

🤷🏻‍♂️

[blissful walrus]

maybe i should have gone to harvard then

[alpine magnet]

or in some variants at least

[blissful walrus]

seems easier

[dense wagon]

this is true i remember somebody saying this

[sharp pike]

What concentration are you?

Or major

[blissful walrus]

earth science and environmental bio double major

[alpine magnet]

the conditional?

[sharp pike]

Nah would’ve still been cooked here the humanities might have hella grade inflation

Im CS

[alpine magnet]

ur telling a double major at columbia that they wouldve been cooked at harvard

are u even reading ur own msgs

[blissful walrus]

lmao

[sharp pike]

If they did a double concentration here? Probably still hard yeah

Bros are D1 harvard haters

[alpine magnet]

yah i learnt spain-dialect spanish thoughout hs but in the US latin american dialects are wayyy more popular

and when i speak spanish nowadays the latter is far more applicable

[dense wagon]

yeah my teacher kept teaching us vosotros 😭

[sharp pike]

Not sure, it’s flipped classroom style so you learn on your own and practice in person so I’ll have to learn it later today

[blissful walrus]

what even is a concentration

[alpine magnet]

my boyfriend hates when i use it LMAOOO

[sharp pike]

It’s what we call major

[dense wagon]

HELP LMAO

[blissful walrus]

idk seems easier

[sharp pike]

Concentration at harvard = major, secondary = minor

[alpine magnet]

that and how i called juice zumo

[sharp pike]

Some degree paths have “tracks” which is similar to like an emphasis in at other colleges maybe

[blissful walrus]

oh yeah i remember thinking that was dumb

[dense wagon]

do u guys ever abbreviate it to like conc

or like conch

[alpine magnet]

i don't think they're cooked either way i think they're doing just fine

[sharp pike]

I don’t maybe someone does lmao

[dense wagon]

"i conch in cs"

[sharp pike]

Just meant it would still be difficult here? Lol

[alpine magnet]

we also have concentrations for many majors and no one has abbreviated it yet

but lowk i need to start doing that

[blissful walrus]

i would not be cooked i'm sure

[alpine magnet]

saying my full major is way too long

and conch sounds fun

[sharp pike]

Maybe but we’ll never know

[blissful walrus]

i'm doing pretty well here, i feel like if anything harvard would be easier

[dense wagon]

exactlyyy its like cute

[blissful walrus]

i would ace spanish for sure, major gpa boost

[alpine magnet]

i can say with confidence that my major would be easier at harvard

[blissful walrus]

oh 100%

[sharp pike]

Idk much abt the Spanish department, just have to take two courses for the requirement

Made an A last semester, will probably be in that range this semester

[blissful walrus]

lame lol

only two?

lax reqs i guess

[sharp pike]

Two semesters are all that’s required yah

There are no language requirements at Columbia? Lol atleast not for the COE when I was looking at committing

[blissful walrus]

you need 4 sems of a language to graduate

or equivalent proficiency

[alpine magnet]

we don't have a language req 🔥

[blissful walrus]

well that makes sense though

you take hard classes

i'm sure a harvard student would be cooked

[sharp pike]

Yeah for Columbia College but the college of engineering didn’t require any language

[alpine magnet]

this is true

i think most other college's cs students would be cooked

but our curriculum is very different from harvard's for cs

[blissful walrus]

you are cs

most cs kids are not in the engineering school lol

[sharp pike]

I got accepted into Columbia Engineering as CS lol

[blissful walrus]

are you in the harvard engineering school

[alpine magnet]

we have a whole separate school for cs

it's not under sciences or engineering

[sharp pike]

I’m in SEAS

[misty gulch]

scs mentioned!!!

[alpine magnet]

yes!

[misty gulch]

cmu scs is so goated

[alpine magnet]

they're truly something

[blissful walrus]

and they make you take spanish? lmao

[sharp pike]

CMU? I also got into there shit looked 🔥

[alpine magnet]

i don't know if i would call it goated

[sharp pike]

It’s a college wide requirement idk pimp lol

[blissful walrus]

seems like they're padding your gpa

[alpine magnet]

you chose harvard cs over cmu cs?

[misty gulch]

aw why not

[blissful walrus]

seas here doesn't do that

you just have to be good at school lol

[alpine magnet]

and you don't think you would be cooked at cmu cs?

[sharp pike]

Not sure? I liked Harvard better lol

[alpine magnet]

intriguing times with the admin

amongst other things

[crisp dome]

This is so funny

[misty gulch]

ahhh

[crisp dome]

This conversaion is like so amusing

[alpine magnet]

dawg cmu cs' very first course has you write your own programming language

[misty gulch]

cmu scs is very hard to get into though and also a very good program !!!

[crisp dome]

It feels like a tlakshow segment

[blissful walrus]

i would be cooked at cmu cs

[dense wagon]

im watching this conversation and giggling while in econ

[misty gulch]

snl skit

[alpine magnet]

it has one of the highest fail rates across the entire university

[blissful walrus]

harvard would be easy as hell tho

i could do cs there for sure

[alpine magnet]

ive never unironically met someone that chose harvard for cs

like given other options

[blissful walrus]

tbh me too now that you mention it

it's either last resort or they switch into it

[alpine magnet]

like in cmu chat we were talking abt how "ivy league" is a stupid generalisation

because they're all good for different things

[steep igloo]

Wait dude Columbia gna take so many off WL then right

[misty gulch]

hopefully 😭 🙏

[blissful walrus]

100% agree

[alpine magnet]

like you might say "ivy cs" and mean cornell cs or harvard cs

which is so different

[blissful walrus]

probably yeah

[sharp pike]

Sometimes you gotta let them enjoy the small things

[alpine magnet]

like who goes to harvard for cs

[dense wagon]

should i do it lmao

[alpine magnet]

wait you use they/them pronouns?

[blissful walrus]

kind of a weird choice

[blissful walrus]

omg period, nonbinary slay

[alpine magnet]

real!

[blissful walrus]

💅

[celest jackal]

no red circle

[sharp pike]

Nah

[dense wagon]

hi goat

[misty gulch]

i love a2c man

[celest jackal]

hello

[dense wagon]

hi goat

[blissful walrus]

nonbinary king?

[sharp pike]

No lol

[alpine magnet]

wait but you said let them enjoy the small things

he/they?

[sharp pike]

As in you and @blissful walrus

[alpine magnet]

ah

[blissful walrus]

are we the small things

[alpine magnet]

yeah i mean cmu is nice

idk if i'd call it a small thing

[blissful walrus]

you think i'm skinnyyy????

[alpine magnet]

it's like a medium sized college

[alpine magnet]

girl i'm 5'8

[blissful walrus]

columbia ug is a little small

how am i taller than you

[alpine magnet]

wait what

are u 5'9

[blissful walrus]

yuh

[alpine magnet]

in my head ur like 5'5

wtf

[blissful walrus]

ouch

[alpine magnet]

worldview shifted

i guess we're not the small things

[blissful walrus]

i guess

idk what they mean then

#confusion

the world may never know

[alpine magnet]

they/them pronouns stay winning

[steep igloo]

Dude wtf I had to do this in 6th grade

[alpine magnet]

same 😭

[blissful walrus]

i don't even speak spanish and i knew that lmao

[sharp pike]

Not sure lol it’s intro intro spanish for like less than any work done in Spanish. I’m from small town/rural so we didn’t have foreign language class

[blissful walrus]

harvard reputation kinda tanking in the chat

we're almost at the end of the semester atp... i feel like you should have gotten there sooner but

maybe columbia just has a higher standard

[alpine magnet]

is this like intro spanish i

[blissful walrus]

all schools deserve some love, even harvard

[alpine magnet]

our intro i covers this too im p sure

but idk

i took intermediate 2

[sharp pike]

Intro Spanish II, more about like the communities, sustainable cities, and cultural things. We learned all the tenses in intro I besides Si form. Pretty much intro I is all the grammar mechanics, Intro II more applying it

[alpine magnet]

ig maybe they just teach the very basics in intro 1

[steep igloo]

If u do it ill do it lol

[blissful walrus]

perhaps

[dense wagon]

normal college or engineering

[alpine magnet]

you guys dont learn conditional until intro 2??

dang

[blissful walrus]

maybe our courses are just accelerated

[alpine magnet]

how many intros are there

[sharp pike]

Pretty 🔥 though I got to make Gallo Pinto when I met with my talkabroad partner from Colombia

[blissful walrus]

learning a language is very difficult

[sharp pike]

Only 2

[alpine magnet]

thats so interesting

[blissful walrus]

damn this is intro 2

[steep igloo]

Ohhh ic makes sense. Dude I was gna say why tf is AP Spanish so hard lol

[blissful walrus]

i take it back

[steep igloo]

I’m not native

Sparkles

Esp like

Speaker

[alpine magnet]

we also have 2 intros but by intermediate 1, the entire class is taught in spanish - its an immersive class, so they teach like 6 tenses in intro 1 alone

[sharp pike]

I would’ve took AP Spanish if they had offered it to get rid of the requirement

[dense wagon]

did u take ap spanish

[alpine magnet]

i just assumed since harvard is so hyped for social sciences and such theyd do the same

guess not

[blissful walrus]

same lmao

[sharp pike]

Yeah intro 2 is completely immersive no English, intro 1 is first week in English rest only in Spanish

[blissful walrus]

i really expected more

[alpine magnet]

intro 2 is immersive and you guys havent learnt conditional tense

[blissful walrus]

how are you supposed to only speak spanish if you don't know how to conjugate

[steep igloo]

Weird dude we get negative points I we ever elapses English

[alpine magnet]

or verb combination

[steep igloo]

Bruh my school requires this like every class

[blissful walrus]

i feel like they should teach you the language first

[steep igloo]

Or u lose participation points

[steep igloo]

Yea everyone has broken Spanish lmfao

[blissful walrus]

they do here in the intermediate levels but like, they actually teach us the language so maybe it's different

[sharp pike]

Lol

[blissful walrus]

idk

[sharp pike]

Is this what people at Columbia do with their spare time

[blissful walrus]

is it the kind of class where you are expected to self study the language

[alpine magnet]

learn spanish?

[blissful walrus]

learning spanish? yes

[proud fulcrum]

just curious have you reached the post-intermediate level language classes at columbia?

[alpine magnet]

i feel like spanish is one of the easiest to self-learn

[proud fulcrum]

I'm a prefrosh and deciding what level to take

[blissful walrus]

i stopped after intermediate

[sharp pike]

Waste their time is what I was referring to 😭

[proud fulcrum]

ah got it

[blissful walrus]

they will probs give you a placement test

[alpine magnet]

how is learning spanish wasting time

[blissful walrus]

who is wasting time here?

[alpine magnet]

it's one of the most widely spoken languages in the US

[sharp pike]

For me? Completely irrelevant to what I want to do

I wouldn’t have taken it if I didn’t have to

[proud fulcrum]

I think with a 5 on AP french I skip to the writing stuff but gotta look into it

[blissful walrus]

being bilingual can open a lot of doors

[proud fulcrum]

fr

[blissful walrus]

why go to a school with a language requirement

[alpine magnet]

that's not what you said though. you implied learning spanish was a waste of time for everyone at columbia

like

[blissful walrus]

you could have gone to cmu

[alpine magnet]

just say you're bad

or something

😭

[blissful walrus]

you chose to do spanish lol

[alpine magnet]

what is that take even

"spanish is irrelevant to me... so its a waste of time at columbia"

[blissful walrus]

you're so right

make it make sense

[alpine magnet]

i thought some takes i heard at cmu were bad

but this is new

[blissful walrus]

no literally

[sharp pike]

https://tenor.com/view/wall-gif-25740672

[alpine magnet]

fr

how it feels to speak spanish with a non-speaker

[blissful walrus]

how it feels to speak to someone who keeps contradicting themselves

[sharp pike]

Don’t worry nobody expected you to understand it 😭

[blissful walrus]

you're so right

[alpine magnet]

your spanish?

thank god

[blissful walrus]

so sorry they don't teach you better at your school

[sharp pike]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[blissful walrus]

must be rough

[sharp pike]

Bro got offended because someone didn’t have the same opinion and has been heated since

[blissful walrus]

you're right i'm so heated rn

i'm really upset that they don't teach you better spanish at harvard

i will protest on your behalf

[sharp pike]

Blud didn’t know the own requirements of his university

[blissful walrus]

who is he?

i thought you used they/them

[sharp pike]

Talking about you

[blissful walrus]

oh i didn't guess that

[sharp pike]

Figures

[blissful walrus]

at columbia they teach us how to read

well they assume that we know

[sharp pike]

Really? I wouldn’t have guessed tbh

[blissful walrus]

ig you can get into harvard without that skill

it's not like my pronouns are on my profile

so sorry king

[sharp pike]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frozen ridge]

Don’t misgender people 💀

That’s legit basic decency I’m sorry 😭

[alpine magnet]

mfw someone doesn't use the infinitive correctly

i am so mad

i hate this

[blissful walrus]

that's what i'm saying lmao

[alpine magnet]

i am so angry

oh my god

[frozen ridge]

And I appreciate both of your takes btw 🙏

[alpine magnet]

oh wait i did not backread

[blissful walrus]

ofc! lmk if you have any questions ab columbia

happy to help

[frozen ridge]

I am going to take whixler’s more since they are a current student lol

[frozen ridge]

Ty!!

[sharp pike]

Are you an intl applicant?

[frozen ridge]

Nope

Domestic, ED kid

[sharp pike]

Ah cool

[frozen ridge]

But I’m just from rural Michigan so I’m unable to visit Columbia

[blissful walrus]

gotcha

[misty gulch]

omg have u tried those virtual clicking tours

[sharp pike]

They offered to pay for my flights whenever I got in I’m also from rural area, did you try to contact them abt that?

[blissful walrus]

there are a lot of online resources now that allow basically virtual visits, i was admitted during covid so i couldn't visit either

[frozen ridge]

They don’t offer that for early decision kids unfortunately

[sharp pike]

Damn wtf

That’s stupid af

[proud fulcrum]

you didn't miss much from days on campus

it was fairly stale

[blissful walrus]

i used to work days on campus they are kinda lame

[misty gulch]

did you guys get merch

[proud fulcrum]

and some obnoxious dudes mainsplained to the professor during the mock lecture question segment

[proud fulcrum]

no lol

[alpine magnet]

that's why you don't have to

it's two words

you can't read two words

??

[misty gulch]

💔

[alpine magnet]

it's a more dire situation than the spanish i fear

[proud fulcrum]

all the current students were super nice though at days on campus

[blissful walrus]

unfortunately that is very columbia

[misty gulch]

not even lanyards 💔

[alpine magnet]

it's extending to english

[proud fulcrum]

oh god i'm in for a rough four years

[frozen ridge]

Are you serious

[blissful walrus]

well here's the thing

at every school there are a few people with bad attitudes

it's tempting to let them ruin it for everyone but

[proud fulcrum]

i scoffed at them both though so hopefully they heard

[blissful walrus]

you kinda just got to have fun w it and ignore them after a while

[misty gulch]

i think the majority of kids at any given school are pretty chill

[proud fulcrum]

yeah good advice

[sharp pike]

Did you get to go into NYC or mainly stay on campus

[proud fulcrum]

my school is really small so when guys do that i make fun of them openly and it's usually ok

[blissful walrus]

oh me too

i love making fun of people

[proud fulcrum]

i went into nyc but not part of the programming

[proud fulcrum]

ok slay yeah

[misty gulch]

i heard columbia does like field trips into nyc museums and stuff for some of the core classes

[blissful walrus]

they do

[proud fulcrum]

sick

[misty gulch]

thats so cute wtf

[blissful walrus]

one of my classes this sem went to the opera

[misty gulch]

WTFFF THATS SO CUTE

[proud fulcrum]

that's so gad

gas

[blissful walrus]

another one is either going to the statue of liberty or the botanical gardens but we are going to vote

[misty gulch]

i ❤️ columbia

[blissful walrus]

the class that went to the opera is also going to a jazz club but i can't go

[proud fulcrum]

wow what part of the city are the gardens in?

[blissful walrus]

core classes get a ~500? dollar budget each to do sm fun, it is up to the prof what to do w it

but the opera is required

[blissful walrus]

we are thinking of going to the brooklyn ones but there are also botanical gardens in the bronx

[misty gulch]

columbia cooked with the core curriculum wtf

[proud fulcrum]

coolllll

[blissful walrus]

tbh i love the core

[proud fulcrum]

i literally adore the core....

so psyched for it

[blissful walrus]

i don't think people who hate the core should go here that's dumb

it's like 25% of your time here and you should enjoy it

[proud fulcrum]

my friend just committed to columbia and says he's ideologically opposed to the core sooo

[misty gulch]

wtf 😭

[blissful walrus]

you got this queen

[blissful walrus]

see i hate that

go to brown atp

[proud fulcrum]

it bothers me too but he's my bestie so it's ok

[misty gulch]

LMAO ik a girl that had to pick between brown and columbia

[proud fulcrum]

well he didnt get in soooo

[proud fulcrum]

opposite ends of the spectrum

[misty gulch]

she picked columbia!

yeahh ikr LOL

[blissful walrus]

yeah kinda opposites

rip good luck 🍀

[proud fulcrum]

columbia wailist will prob move a lot so fingers crossed

[misty gulch]

fingers crossed!

big apple

[blissful walrus]

i think it will

[proud fulcrum]

all the big shots dont want their kids at columbia rn it's crazy

[blissful walrus]

i know of a few ppl who got in and aren't coming which is not the usual circumstance so

[misty gulch]

where are they picking instead?

[blissful walrus]

one is going to gtown

the other i am not sure

[misty gulch]

omg omg

gtown aura

[proud fulcrum]

georgetown is goofy sorry

i live in dc so

[misty gulch]

LMAO

[blissful walrus]

yeah gtown poli sci kinda goated and that's her major so

rip

[proud fulcrum]

those kids are always up to something...

[misty gulch]

what does that mean

[proud fulcrum]

they all want to be president

and walk in packs on the streets at an annoyingly slow pace

that's the end of my gtown hate though

it's a great school at the end of the day

[blissful walrus]

that's very fair

i'm sure ppl think that about columbia students lol

although i walk p fast now

[proud fulcrum]

i am a super fast walker so i'm ready for nyc already

[blissful walrus]

period

i'm excited for you

[proud fulcrum]

i'm excited too!

maybe i will see u on campus

walking too fast of course

[blissful walrus]

yes for sure

lmao

[proud fulcrum]

this might be a weird question but is there a solid like

alt girl scene at columbia

[blissful walrus]

oh yeah

[proud fulcrum]

not to profile u or anything

[blissful walrus]

oooooooh yeah

no you're right

[proud fulcrum]

thank god'

[blissful walrus]

with barnard? absolutely

[proud fulcrum]

ok lol

oh that's so true

the insta page is just so normie rn

no shade ofc

[blissful walrus]

yes this is alt girl central

ppl will grow into it

[proud fulcrum]

😍

[blissful walrus]

i didn't come into college like this

[proud fulcrum]

oh interesting

are you from a non city area?

or just took time to find yourself

[blissful walrus]

i'm from the suburbs in the south

[proud fulcrum]

ahhhhh

i see

[blissful walrus]

but all my friends here are gay so i had to get with the program

[proud fulcrum]

i love that

all my friends are she/theys so like

[blissful walrus]

literally

[proud fulcrum]

wanting that in college essentially

[blissful walrus]

you can find it trust

[proud fulcrum]

thank you for the reassurance i legit feel way more hyped about college now

[blissful walrus]

of course

[proud fulcrum]

also are they any clubs that skew alt girl

that i should know of

or like types of activities

[blissful walrus]

hmm good question

the gay ppl clubs for sure

crochet and knitting clubs

barnard design center

[proud fulcrum]

yeahhh

can't crochet at all but i may have to learn

[blissful walrus]

rock climbing but not rly the same kind of alt as the other ones

[proud fulcrum]

yeah i'm more rock climbing alt

[blissful walrus]

women's rugby is just gay

[proud fulcrum]

but my friends are the crochet kind so

[proud fulcrum]

oh yeah our panel speaker played womens rugby!

and she seemed like a super cool masc lesbian

at days on campus

[blissful walrus]

wkcr (student radio) is kinda alt girls and nerdy guys

[steady tendon]

Does anyone know if it’s easy to access practice rooms / pianos on campus?

[proud fulcrum]

these are good recs thank you

writing those down for sure

[blissful walrus]

a lot of the music orgs that aren't classical

[steady tendon]

I play piano and violin but I don’t think I’m good enough to get into the orch or take lessons from profs 😭

[blissful walrus]

yes the rugby team is so hot

[blissful walrus]

they are easy to access but are generally busy

[blissful walrus]

there are a bunch of different groups that you can play in!!! some are a lot more chill than the general orchestra

[onyx chasm]

whixler hows dating culture on campus

[blissful walrus]

oof

[steady tendon]

THANK YOU OMG

I was sooo worried about that 😭

[blissful walrus]

i don't date columbia students bc once you match w them/go out once you see them every day for the rest of your life

[proud fulcrum]

scary

[onyx chasm]

nooo thats awk af 💔

[blissful walrus]

of course! they aren't all on the websites but there are a ton of groups that play music on campus and you don't have to be a music major or anything to play

[blissful walrus]

yeah it's a big city but a small community

[onyx chasm]

ngl I heard most barnard girls go for seas guys and it never ends up well

[blissful walrus]

it's kinda just a me thing, a lot of ppl do date on campus for sure

very big hookup culture

[dense wagon]

guys if some of my EC updates relate to like working to help undocumented immigrants and advocating for my district to implement more sanctuary policies (which they passed) is that a bad thing to put in my columbia loci 😭

[blissful walrus]

idk what the straight barnard girls are up to ngl

[proud fulcrum]

are the gay barnard girls in the market for gay columbia girls....

[dense wagon]

i dont wanna like step on them or like be a red flag

[proud fulcrum]

or is it a romeo and juliet situation

[proud fulcrum]

i mean for what it's worth my columbia app name dropped edward said

[blissful walrus]

they are

kinda in a situationship w a barnard girl rn

[onyx chasm]

is barnard rly prominently lgtb

[proud fulcrum]

i hope it works out in your favor

stay strong

[blissful walrus]

i would write about it but i might be wrong

[dense wagon]

hmmmm okay

[blissful walrus]

yes

[dense wagon]

alr yeah because it is something ive done and care about but i dont wanna rub them the wrong way yk 😭

[proud fulcrum]

this was pre trump but i guess it shows you can touch on maybe controversial things?

[dense wagon]

oh true that was pre trump

yeah idk how sensitive the AOs might be to this thing

[proud fulcrum]

yeah but post protests so

idk

[blissful walrus]

i mean the aos and the admin aren't one and the same, they may have guidelines from the unversity but idk if they would deny you based on your views, esp if you are domestic

[dense wagon]

hmm alright thanks

basically did advocacy at the district level pressuring schools and stuff to protect undocumented students more, and they passed new policy on that

but i dont wanna look like i would be annoying to the columbia admin

yk 😭

[blissful walrus]

yeah lol

[dense wagon]

like i dont want them to think if they admit me i will go lobby their admin

[blissful walrus]

it's a tricky line to walk rn

[dense wagon]

yeahhhhh

okay thanks guys

[blissful walrus]

np! good luck

[dense wagon]

thanks!

[chilly juniper]

Back to Penn? lol

[rugged hound]

Do u think the reason behind them is justified or do u think they’re going overboard

[blissful walrus]

I think at times it is justified but doing it 24/7 for months is overkill

especially when it’s really easy for randos to get in still

[rugged hound]

Security isn’t playing around anymore 😭😭😭😭 when I visited in September you could kinda sneak in if someone exited the theatre but now there’s security at every entrance

[blissful walrus]

like there are always delivery ppl on campus who just show up wearing the uniform and get let in

[chilly juniper]

Ima start a protest after I get in wearing a uniform

[rugged hound]

Bro I visited on Tuesday and there was a Fox News van parked right outside 😭😭😭😭

[blissful walrus]

do it

[rugged hound]

My friend at Barnard looks a lot like me can I sneak in if I use her ID

[blissful walrus]

yes there is news outside kinda all the time now

[chilly juniper]

Did u get in

[blissful walrus]

probably, they don’t really look

[rugged hound]

Must be stressful being a student there

[blissful walrus]

yes

[rugged hound]

On campus?

[chilly juniper]

They checked mine closely lol

[chilly juniper]

Like admitted lol

[rugged hound]

Yeah but to Barnard not CC

[chilly juniper]

Ah ok

Nice nice

[rugged hound]

You?

[chilly juniper]

I got waitlisted to Columbia

[rugged hound]

Oooo I Hope you get off

[blissful walrus]

good luck

[chilly juniper]

Not sure if I’d go, I’d have to decide

[blissful walrus]

fair

[chilly juniper]

I visited last week and it was a very acquired taste ig

[blissful walrus]

I agree

[rugged hound]

I wish I could get on Columbias campus

I feel Barnard campus is rlly tiny and crowded

[blissful walrus]

too many ppl come here just bc it’s an ivy and not because they actually like it

did you sign up for a tour

[rugged hound]

Like it’s nice everything was walking distance but it felt like a high school campus

[rugged hound]

Barnard offers this thing where u can sit in on classes so I got to sit in on a bunch of classes

But idk ppl seemed kind of cold and unfriendly

[blissful walrus]

I meant more of columbia but yeah

[rugged hound]

Like no one would smile at u or make small talk or whatever

Ya

Also Barnard dining is kind of mid 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I hope Columbia dining is better

[onyx chasm]

u can tho

I think you have to request permission or smt

the 26th im going to do barnard’s tour in the morning then a friend I have at SEAS is gonna show me around

[rugged hound]

You either have to register for a tour or have a columbian friend register you as a guest

They used to offer the pre register thing but now they got rid of it

[dense wagon]

bro i just be flip flopping

[crisp dome]

Unfortunately its almost the end of the senester so no ones rlly making friends now

[onyx chasm]

Girl time to hit class of 28 dms

[onyx chasm]

omg can you tell me what’s it like when nsop comes around for new students

[crisp dome]

Yeaah im sure ppl would sign u in they dont rlly xars 😭

[crisp dome]

IM NGL I DIDNT ATTEND NSOP 😭

I ONLY WENT TO THE INITIATION

[onyx chasm]

I’m super nervous about the friends par

GIRL

[crisp dome]

BC I WENT TO PRE ORIENTATION

I HAD A ONE WEEK PRE O!!!

so nsop was repetitive for me

[onyx chasm]

OHH

[crisp dome]

So i just hung out w friends

[onyx chasm]

true

did you make friends easily

[crisp dome]

Intl kids and fgli have this

[crisp dome]

No 💀 im rlly antisocial

[onyx chasm]

I’ll prob have pre op too

[crisp dome]

And i have people ptsd from hs

[onyx chasm]

I’m fgli

[crisp dome]

i have like 3 friends

[rugged hound]

@onyx chasm r u fully committed

[onyx chasm]

Omg

[crisp dome]

Pre op was okay

[rugged hound]

Is it usually more like friendly

[onyx chasm]

yes I committed a while ago

[crisp dome]

Its good for meeting people

[crisp dome]

At the start yea

its very friendly

[onyx chasm]

did u pair with a random roomie

[crisp dome]

Towards mid sem ppl stop talking

[onyx chasm]

or did u pick ur roomie

[crisp dome]

Nope im rooming w girl from shangai

Were good friends lol

[rugged hound]

My friend told me ppl get rlly antisocial when things get busy

[crisp dome]

i like her a lot

[crisp dome]

Yes this is true

[rugged hound]

And everyone falls back on freshmen orientation friends

[crisp dome]

like i said i have three friends 😭

i made one new friend

[rugged hound]

And that it’s hard to hang out cuz everyone has insane schedules or smth

[crisp dome]

after orientation ended

and were acc like bbfs

Bffs

I loce her

[onyx chasm]

I hit class of 29 dms and like I’m talking to this girl to room but she always take a while to dm idk if that’s a sign I should just go random or maybe just be okay w it

[crisp dome]

But she also onky had one friend so like 😭 we werent that busy

[crisp dome]

uhh how often do u talk

most roommates dont talk that often

me and my roomie r close but we dont sit and chat all day

Its more so do u think u mesh well culturally

[onyx chasm]

we have a ton in common but like our dms always have a gap of like 12h or 1-2 days apart

like we are still getting to know each other and I dmed her early April

but she agreed for us to call later this week

[crisp dome]

ahh tbh she seems nice i didnt text my roomie that often before school

it depends how social u are

[dense wagon]

i need to get more social in college fr

[crisp dome]

No same i am so antisocial 😭

[onyx chasm]

honestly I just hope isn’t secretly avoiding me to not room LMAO

[crisp dome]

i hate everyone

[onyx chasm]

maybe she’s just not very sociallll

[crisp dome]

i doubt it most people are lookijg for roommates

random is uh

Haha

ive heard horror stories

[onyx chasm]

I’m somewhere between introverted and extroverted

kinda more in the extroverted area

depends on the day REALKY

[crisp dome]

Thats faur

[dense wagon]

REALLY bro i was gonna go random i dont need to go roommate hunting and be in like 10 talking stages 😭

[crisp dome]

10 TALKING STAGES

[onyx chasm]

LMFAO

[dense wagon]

i really hope my roommate doesnt wake up at like 6 am tho because i cannot

[crisp dome]

Someone was fucking their gf while the roomie was in the room

lmao

[dense wagon]

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN 😭

[dense wagon]

helppppppp i would leave

[crisp dome]

no exactly

Thats insane

[onyx chasm]

I would rather die than go random honestly

[onyx chasm]

HELL NO

where are the boundaries omg

[dense wagon]

IM REGRETTING

bro let me go roommate hunting

[rugged hound]

In the room is insane…….

I wanna go random lowkey but I’m scared to get someone mean

[crisp dome]

yeah.. id honestly look for someone u think isnt that diffwrent from u

[crisp dome]

Okay ure unlikely to get someone mean

[rugged hound]

R u doing UPenn gtown or Columbia bro😭

[crisp dome]

I feel like no ones mean here

but u might get someone u dont mesh well w culturally

[dense wagon]

bro im deciding 😭 😭

[rugged hound]

Mhm

[crisp dome]

i mean that was my biggest concern as an intl

Tbh we got put in a suite w two americans

and were very different and dont get along well

[rugged hound]

How would you describe the student culture at Barnard specifically

[crisp dome]

Uhhh

[rugged hound]

Can u choose single double suite

[crisp dome]

u cant rlly choose i think its mostly random

[onyx chasm]

mandz pray my potential roomie picks me I’ll cry if she opts out last min

[crisp dome]

Im very antisocial tbh

[dense wagon]

dont get along well 😭

[onyx chasm]

😕

[crisp dome]

Nah me and my roomie on the double r very messy

And theyre not as messy

And me and roomie also shop a lot

make up type of stuff

[onyx chasm]

I love barnard so far the girls I’ve talked to are very sweet and nice and so smart

[crisp dome]

They arent rlly into that

so its hust a little awkward

[dense wagon]

i love make up im gonna have like the biggest collection and my roommate is gonna hate me fr

[crisp dome]

i would say everyone is a try hard, most ppl stick to their nsop groups, people are helpful but not necessarily social, but almost no one is mean and theyre all rlly uplifting

[crisp dome]

no same i heard that my suitemate talks abt me and says my desk is always cluttered sith make up

Sorry bht im just a gurl

Thus face card doesnt come without hardwork

[rugged hound]

Mandz do u ever feel like campus is too small or crowded

[crisp dome]

no ive never felt that actually

[rugged hound]

When I went idk if was nice everything was walking distance but it felt like a high school campus

[dense wagon]

LMFAOOOOOO REAL

is that u in ur pfp

[dense wagon]

wtf. 😞 😞

[crisp dome]

Turst me u will be walking a lot

barnard has classes in teachers college too (no one likes ith

The closer ur classes r the hapoier u will be

[rugged hound]

Hater fr

[crisp dome]

And i like when there r ppl out

It rlly doesnt feel crowded esp bc columbia is right next door

And thats basically home too

[crisp dome]

Yepp

[rugged hound]

I also heard Barnard and Columbia has a large going out culture—like that u don’t rlly make friends thru classes and clubs but rather going out

[dense wagon]

UR SO PRETTY OH MY GOD

[rugged hound]

OHEMGEE UR SO PRETU

[dense wagon]

wtfwtfwtf

[rugged hound]

FACE CARD IS LETHALLLL

[crisp dome]

Thats actually super true

OMG THANK U 😭

WHAT THE FUCK YALL R SO SWEST

[dense wagon]

so real bro the suitemate is a hater because they aint her 🗣️ 🔥

[rugged hound]

WE GOT A BARNARD BADDIE HERE

[crisp dome]

Come to think of it thats all of my friends

[rugged hound]

REAL

[dense wagon]

😭

[crisp dome]

i havent met anyone thru classes and all of them thru hanging out outside of classes

[onyx chasm]

have u met them through clubs too

[crisp dome]

I met one girl thru my class but we became friends bc we go out

[onyx chasm]

Idk how many clubs to sign up at Columbia and barnard

[crisp dome]

Im in spectator

[onyx chasm]

I’ve seen so many im interested in

[onyx chasm]

uuuh

[crisp dome]

And i KNOW people but no one id consider myself friends wiu

[rugged hound]

By going out do u mean like parties or wtv

[crisp dome]

noo

i dont party help

ive met people at party (singular bc ive only went to one) but i mean like

Frolicking…

Me and my friend go to the park and we

Look at flowers and frolick

😭😭😭

[rugged hound]

That’s so fire tho

[crisp dome]

With other friends ill shop

Or we’ll go out to eat

or visit a museum or smth

[rugged hound]

I heard spectator is basically a full time job

[crisp dome]

NAH IM IN B AND I

HAH FISNDA

IM IN THE BUSINESS SIDE

MARKETTING

I DONT HAVE WORK

[rugged hound]

Omgggggg

[dense wagon]

marketing queen

[rugged hound]

Are clubs good

[crisp dome]

ngl im only in one rn 💀

i think they are

[rugged hound]

Before I sat in on a class two girls outside the elevators were talking shit abt the clubs here and how they’re dead

[rugged hound]

Still fire

[crisp dome]

Well it prolly depends on what u join

Since hs ive never been a club type of person

Theyre all wildly conpetitive but certainly better than somewhere like the ucs

[dense wagon]

oh yeah uc club culture is cooked

[crisp dome]

Yeah i applied to like 5 finance clubs and got rehected from all of them 💀

[rugged hound]

Oh rlly? Like joining?

[crisp dome]

dont go that route guys

[crisp dome]

the pre fosh orgs

anything for a job

[rugged hound]

I thought most clubs were easy to join except for pre professional societies and frats and sororities

[onyx chasm]

I always check their Instagram pages to see how active they rly are

[crisp dome]

but like cultural clubs or hobby clubs r almost all free entry

[onyx chasm]

some are like really dead

[crisp dome]

No ure right

[onyx chasm]

insanely dead

[rugged hound]

Do u know anything abt mock trial or debate there

[crisp dome]

i think they have mock trial but im nkt involved here

I have a friend who wants to do debate

And i just realized i missed my spectator meeting dont tell my boss

[dense wagon]

"sorry i was in the columbia megathread"

[rugged hound]

Also mandz Ty for being our Barnard older sister and giving so much advice 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[dense wagon]

😭

[dense wagon]

REAL THANK U MANDZ

[crisp dome]

npp

[crisp dome]

ARE U EVEN GOING TO ABTNARD

URE SO FUNNY

[dense wagon]

idk why im here im on the wl 😭

[crisp dome]

ohhh

[rugged hound]

Wait I thought u got into Columbia

[onyx chasm]

THANK U MANDZ WE CHEERED

[crisp dome]

If u wanna get off and can full pay cancel ur req for financial aid

yall r so cute omg 😭

[dense wagon]

im just a girl im here sat absorbing information

😭

[crisp dome]

Learner fr

[dense wagon]

real im in sponge mode

[dense wagon]

LMAO IF ONLY

[crisp dome]

Upenn is great tho

[dense wagon]

yes!!!!! im so so excited

[onyx chasm]

youtiao would u drop UPenn for Columbia

[dense wagon]

i am full pay (unfortunately)

[crisp dome]

u shldd be

[onyx chasm]

OKAY U ATE

[crisp dome]

Okay make sure ur thing on ur portal says ur not asking for financial aid

[dense wagon]

it is very tough but i will submit my loci!

[crisp dome]

Bc the barnard wl is need aware

Bc they are broke

[dense wagon]

see u guys soon 👅

[dense wagon]

bruh 😭

okay

i gotchu mandz

[crisp dome]

Mwah

[rugged hound]

What’s dating culture like there

[onyx chasm]

what if you do need financial aid and u don’t check it

do they just not give u a chance to ask for aid

😨

[rugged hound]

Someone in the clsss I was sitting in on told me Columbia athelets come to Barnard like every wknd

[dense wagon]

jeni told me u are like a waitlist goddess maybe i will come to u for help

[crisp dome]

hehe ive been in a relationship since i got here…

[dense wagon]

yeah i think its contingent on like

[crisp dome]

NOT A WAITLIST GODDESS

[dense wagon]

u having relatively the same scenario

u can appeal tho

[crisp dome]

A LUCKY HUMAN

[dense wagon]

(probably)

[crisp dome]

Bro they eat in our dining halls

[dense wagon]

LUCK MAGIC SAME THING

🙏

AND HARD WORK

[crisp dome]

and theyre like always in our walls in the quad

Bc girls bring guys over

[onyx chasm]

I’m on the wl for WASHU

[crisp dome]

To the all girls dorm 🎉

[onyx chasm]

LMAOO

[crisp dome]

and we just have to deal with men

bro one time

I was waiting for the dryer

And when the person comes to pick it up its like this 24 yr old looking dude

like bro

Gtfo

Go home

dont do ur fucking laundry here

[onyx chasm]

HELLO

AT BARNARD IS CRAZY

[crisp dome]

He didnt even gave a girl w her

Him

It was just him

No girl

Hust him

[onyx chasm]

LMFAOOO

[crisp dome]

Like bro go home 😭

[onyx chasm]

laundry hack dropped

do guys go to barnards gym

[crisp dome]

ITS NOT EVEN A HACK BC OUR FUCKING DRYERS ARE ALWAYS BEING USED

[crisp dome]

I dont bc im lazy but its new

[onyx chasm]

IM ACC PISSING

[crisp dome]

And nice

And near the quad

Its wonderful

It opened like a few months ago

[dense wagon]

wtf that would jumpscare me

[crisp dome]

Its literally a one minute walk from the dorms

[onyx chasm]

OKKK

mandz

[crisp dome]

Like the gym is so good

[onyx chasm]

what dorm hall r u at

[crisp dome]

Brooks

[onyx chasm]

is it nice

[crisp dome]

And vefore u ask its not great

no

Its old

[onyx chasm]

oh

[crisp dome]

but the bathrooms r okay

water is like boiling for some reason

[onyx chasm]

is that a sign to not pick it

[crisp dome]

sulz is the best

Get sulz if y can

[onyx chasm]

which one would u pick if u could go back

okok

[crisp dome]

Its not choose its random

Or at least it was for me

[onyx chasm]

oh really

I thought u could rank or smt

[crisp dome]

Sulz is the newest but if u rlly need a single hewitt has the singles

[crisp dome]

Not sure maybe its cause i applied in a housying gro

ik columbia kids rank dorms

But the quad is cute

[onyx chasm]

ohhh

[crisp dome]

i like the quad

[onyx chasm]

I heard Columbia dorms r not good compared to barnard’s

[crisp dome]

its like this little square of tired women

[crisp dome]

I acc like columbias more 😭

barnard hasbetter food tho

[onyx chasm]

how about the view do y’all have a nice view of campus or the city

[crisp dome]

uh u wont get a view of the city from 116th cause were kinda far from anything metropolitan

some dorms have canpus view

idk i dont rlly look at views tbh idt any of the quad views are that extraordinary

Idt the views at any of the in campus dorms are extraordinary

unless ure like top floor john jay maybe

[onyx chasm]

ohh ☹️

[rugged hound]

Is Barnard community like accepting of ppl who r like

Maybe a little quirkier or weirder

[onyx chasm]

I’m like a window typa girl I love looking outside tbh

[crisp dome]

Yeah everyones a little weird

it also depends on ur circle

But people arent rlly judgy here

Like WAYYY less judgy than hs

the tchers r chill too

HUH

[onyx chasm]

WHAT

STEM

STEM

STEM

WTF

[crisp dome]

LMFAO?!

[onyx chasm]

WHY DID TI SAY THAT

[dense wagon]

this is good to hear

[crisp dome]

I WAS LIKE

[dense wagon]

help

[crisp dome]

WHAT

YES IM STEM

[onyx chasm]

IM CRYINF

[dense wagon]

NO WHY DID YOU DELETE ITTTTTT

[onyx chasm]

WHY DID IT SAY STEPMOM

IM PISSINF KMAOOO

[crisp dome]

NO FR IT WAS FUNNY

[onyx chasm]

LMAOOO

[dense wagon]

this is what you felt deep inside

[onyx chasm]

WHAT

[crisp dome]

Im not old guys 😔

[onyx chasm]

STOP.

[crisp dome]

im ‘28

Leave me alone

[rugged hound]

Omg

[onyx chasm]

very old

OKAY SO

[crisp dome]

NO IM YOUNG FOR NY YEAR!

[onyx chasm]

back to the question

[rugged hound]

What was the deleted message 💀💀💀

[onyx chasm]

how challenging are stem classes

[crisp dome]

yes im stem

LOL

[dense wagon]

jena asked if mandz was stepmom 💀

[crisp dome]

SO FUCKING HARD

HAH DUSBDJANDA

[onyx chasm]

not stepmom classes..

[onyx chasm]

RLY

[crisp dome]

i take my stem classes at columbia

[rugged hound]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[crisp dome]

js bc the barnard one has a lab

And i dont like lab

[onyx chasm]

they added a new thing this year tho at barnard

[crisp dome]

but theyre so hard lol

so fucking hard

[onyx chasm]

where we take most courses our first year at barnard

[rugged hound]

My friend said intro to stem classes at Columbia r hellish

[onyx chasm]

stop ur scaring me

[crisp dome]

The barnard ones r easy i think but if ure a stem major id take them at columbia

i think theyre too easy

[rugged hound]

But that Barnard stem isn’t very good

[onyx chasm]

notedd

[crisp dome]

I think the stem here is going thru a revamp

Bc thsyre like building a new building

For some reason

[rugged hound]

Mandz what’s ur major

[crisp dome]

idk theyre always building smth no one asked for

[onyx chasm]

I wanna double major in biology and business

[crisp dome]

physics and economics bc i dont like myself

[onyx chasm]

GURL

ur a soldier

[rugged hound]

I applied undecided but I wanna go maybe political science or gov

[crisp dome]

oh i heard barnard chem department is good

and the astrophysics class is good

[rugged hound]

How are most of ur classes

[dense wagon]

guys help meanwhile im out here doing philosophy

😭

u guys r so inspiring

[rugged hound]

Are they boring fun and are they mostly lectures or discussions

And how r the professors

[rugged hound]

Philosophy is cool and important!!!!

[crisp dome]

the professors are hit or miss

oh yeah psa DONT TAKE CALC 2 WITH ANDREAS

OKAY

theres some guy named andres ibanez nuez or smth like that dont take it with him

For ur sake

take it with literalky anyone else

oh my god

[crisp dome]

Uhh its a mix of both

like literally peolly 5050 on both

[rugged hound]

Dude my friend was telling me about that 😭😭😭😭😭

[crisp dome]

Tbh i dont attend classes that often bc im depressed im working on it

[rugged hound]

And how calc 3 is easier than 2

[crisp dome]

calc 3 is so fucking piss easy bruh

im taking it rn and shldve taken four

im so

Bored

[rugged hound]

Hope ur ok 🧡🧡🧡

[crisp dome]

Its okay i was way mroe depressed in hs

[rugged hound]

Is it ez to get close with them

[crisp dome]

i js have adhd and need to be on meds

[rugged hound]

Real

[crisp dome]

Tbh i feel like if u try yeah

[rugged hound]

Is disability services good

[crisp dome]

i havent rlly bene trying to do that but yeah

[crisp dome]

hahahahahhahaa nooo

[rugged hound]

I have ASD so it was bad in hs

[crisp dome]

I was like guys can i have extention and they were like NO

WE CAN COUNSEL U TO HELP U PLAN UR SCHEDULE

AND I WAS LIKE OH!

OKAY!

Never went back

[rugged hound]

Are the counselors good

[rugged hound]

Like no accommodations at all? 😭😭

[crisp dome]

Ik someone whos counselor asked if she wanted to do drugs w them

[crisp dome]

No they do have accommodations

Its just a but of a hassle

like

Its fine ig

its not terrible but i thinm it could be better

[rugged hound]

Oh ok that’s good

[vocal blade]

I don't like calc 3 😭

Vector calc annoying asf

[misty gulch]

what 😭 😭 😭

[blissful walrus]

damn lmao

[steep igloo]

Umm wtf

[somber nest]

Hi

Has anyone heard back from waitlist yet

[misty gulch]

no

idt you should expect to until may

[dapper fjord]

Do yall think it's possible to double major at CC and graduate in 3.5 yrs

[crisp dome]

Tbh yes bht i think ull hate urself tbh

[dapper fjord]

oh 😭

[dense wagon]

probably but why

[dapper fjord]

to save money

[misty gulch]

did they not give enough aid?

[dapper fjord]

the aid is fine and my fam can afford it but i still want to save some

[misty gulch]

probably but it’ll lowkey be really draining and make the college experience a lot worse

[dapper fjord]

yeah i get that

[dense wagon]

i mean 3.5 isn’t saving that much money

i would choose an in state college if u want to save money