Columbia University in the City of New York

A tight campus
Not like other Ivy League schools who have a huge campus, what Columbia has is a tight but comprehensive one. There is a really historical library in the school where a lot of Nobel winners have sp...

Great series lectures
Columbia offers really high quality of faculty and lectures to the students attending the school. I was in the Financial Engineering Master Program. There are a bunch of professors and adjunct lect...

Just one point of view on CU
Columbia feels bigger than it really is. You'd never guess that most classes are just 1,600 in total between SEAS and CC. In the end, you go because you want to be in the city and you want to go to...

TASA
"The biggest little club on campus." Or, that was our motto before I graduated. TASA, the Taiwanese American Student Association, is really known for its end of the year all you can drink semi as w...

Havana Central All You Can Eat Paella
Havana Central occasionally runs $17, all-you-can-eat paella nights. Don't get sucked in. The paella is barely passable and mostly filled with over cooked rice. Havana is really only good for drink...

McBain Hall
If you can get onto the renovated McBain 2, it's a great building to live in as a sophomore (as long as you like your roommate). Large, well-appointed bathrooms and generally well-sized doubles as ...

109 Gourmet Deli
For those new to the Columbia area, don't get sucked into overpriced delis like Hamilton Deli, M2M, and the dreaded Cafe 212. Yes, they're all good in their own right but, if you're looking for the...

Columbia Spectator
I worked on the Columbia Spectator during my years at Columbia. The late nights and walking back at the early hours of the morning were unbelievable times. I worked the evening of the 2000 Presiden...

Traveling around the city
In New York there is no need for having a car. It's very difficult to find parking and if you find street parking, you will end up needing to move it the next day because of street cleaning. Living...

Location & Weather
Columbia University is located just above the Upper Westside and right below Harlem in a section called Morning Side Heights. It's located right next to the 1 line, which is an easy jump to downtow...