Impressions: Past and Present

Denzera
Wed, 14 May 2008 11:03:51 +0000

or maybe browsing right around Final Exam time is a bad way to assess the mental health of the student population :)

to actually answer the question, I expected it to be the hardest thing I did in life. it turned out that high school was harder and more stressful - the college lifestyle really helps you keep the blood pressure down and focuses you more on what’s important, on substance (get the work done) rather than style (rules and procedures - the more regimented HS atmosphere).

what did I think of my future classmates before enrolling? that’s an impossible question. From my campus tour and a few anecdotal examples, I got the impression that columbia students took themselves less seriously than the students do at other peer schools, which I liked a lot.