Insane overnight guest policy?

needsalife
Wed, 26 Jun 2013 08:38:28 +0000

Hi all,

Hoping to hear from some enrolled students on this. I’m a visiting summer student who is going to have a single in University housing. My boyfriend (also a non-Columbia student) is from northern NJ and working in NY this summer. I sort of assumed the overnight guest policy would be similar to the one at my own school (sign in a guest with a photo ID and you’re good) but I’m reading on the Columbia website that guests are limited to a 5-day overnight stay in a 30 day consecutive period, with no “repetition of visits”. Is this serious/are they actually strict about it?

I go to a Catholic school, and even they are more relaxed than this…for a rising senior, this seems absurd. He wouldn’t stay five days in a row, obviously, but repetition of visits? Really?

Feedback would be appreciated