So when I was there in the 80’s , there were only 3 dorms on the quad- Brooks, Hewitt & Reid. The 4th dorm that fully enclosed the quad was built later. Only Reid was solely female- both Brooks & Hewitt were fully co-ed. Reid was used for freshman and also for those who wanted single sex only. Everything was very mixed with Columbia College back then, maybe not so much now? I don’t know. Back then, for example, my major was at Columbia since Barnard didn’t have the major. It didn’t really matter which college you were in, there was lots of flexibility between all the colleges if the university
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