Is there P.E. is college?

columbia2007
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:29:48 +0000

“Columbia University’s undergraduate P.E. requirement famously includes a 75-yard swim test (at one time and maybe still does).”

It still does. Plus two semesters of PE courses, though one could kill two birds with one stone by taking a swim course. I’ve only taken one PE, fencing, so far; my teacher was the US Olympic Coach, a charismatic Hungarian who had defected from the Soviet bloc in the 1980s! Next semester I’m doing floor hockey. There are endless options, including weekend hikes in the Catskills and even scuba diving in the Atlantic…