Dorms at Columbia?

Saob12
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:54:23 +0000

If you’ll be a sophomore, consider McBain. The amenities are poor, but it’s pretty spacious, and since most sophomores live there, it’s also a social hub.

Broadway is nice for juniors who already have their set social groups and want to return home to their single after the party, rather than host it. EC is very social, but in a different sense. There are parties there every weekend, but not much mingling outside your suite/townhouse, since the expectation is that people from other dorms come to you.

I believe there are spaces in brownstones reserved for transfers as well. Those have pretty nice amenities.

Regardless of where you live, however, the fact that you’re in a smallish group of transfers and get your own orientation program often means that you can form friendships. Meeting non-transfer students is somewhat harder, but still doable through Core classes, clubs, and such.