Columbia v. Yale

Ginny_Weasley
Fri, 19 May 2006 17:27:15 +0000

columbia for its social life



Well, yes and no. A great social life is to be had in the city of New York, but Columbia’s campus life is severely lacking. Everybody just kind of trickles into New York. In that sense, you really have to find your own fun if you attend Columbia. However, if that doesn’t bother you, then New York offers far more opportunities to entertain yourself and have a social life than the city of New Haven ever could. On the other hand, since New Haven is such a small city, Yale’s campus social scene thrives. Check out the “Life at Yale” thread in the Yale 2010 forum for a current Yalie’s post on parties at Yale. As well, since Yale has arguably the best drama school in the country, there are always theatre productions to see and other events like that to attend. I’ve also heard that the area surrounding Yale has some spectacular (i.e. award-winning) and extremely affordable dining locations, so there are tons of spots to socialize with other Yalies.

As for opportunities, current Yalies have told me that big companies/firms/etc. come to do a fair bit of recruiting at Yale, so it’s not as if they forget about Yale just because it’s not in New York. I don’t think you have to worry about opportunities.

That’s all I can pretty much tell you at the moment in my capacity. I’ll let the current Yalies fill you in on the rest.