Fu or Columbia College? Help!!

soconfusedgrad
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:27:15 +0000

It is great to have some bearing before entering college.

Regarding SEAS, it attracts a lot of people who embrace the nerd/geek culture. They are passionate about science, research, tinkering w/ machines, etc. It is this pull that would make them prefer SEAS over CC. It trains the students to be creative yet empirical and methodological.

Same thing could be said with CC. Lit Hum and Contemporary Civ are the gems of College’s curriculum. You learn to read/write/think in a leaner, more intelligent way. You have access to great western philosophers and have the option to immerse yourself in natural sciences, pure sciences, and humanities.

A few majors overlap (Computer Science), however they will have different requirements - the core. SEAS has limited access to humanities classes due to degree requirements and a credit limit per semester. And CC cannot delve into engineering classes due to a long chain of prerequisites an engineering track comes with.

I am personally a SEAS student who studies Computer Science in SEAS. I took Contemporary Civ instead of global core and minored in Econ. Most of my friends are CC, due to the fact that I enjoy humanities more than most of my SEAS classmates. Would I have applied to CC if i knew? Sure. But it all works out in the end. So choose the one you really want, and know that it will be a good choice regardless.