Ok, dumb questions about guys

scarfmadness
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:59:20 +0000

calmom, it is true that barnard has detailed questionnaires. that’s not to say they don’t mess up sometimes, but they really try their hardest to make it so your roommate and you get along. many seniors are still best friends with their first-year roommate. it’s an iffy thing though because lifestyles could change between high school and college.

to the op, you can indeed live in columbia dorms, but only if at least 50% of the people in your suite are at columbia. columbia students can live in barnard dorms if 50% of the people in the suite are at barnard. the whole housing lottery is really complicated though and so it is not very common to live on the other campus. i think fewer than 50 barnard students live in columbia dorms this year (heard that from reslife). it’s not looked down upon, just people dont do it.

it’s not so much that there are only a “few” columbia men - cc is more or less half/half and seas is more men, so while there are lots more women it’s not so drastic. there is a bit of tension, mostly among insecure first-years, not between girls but just between schools, but you learn to ignore it because it’s ridiculous and you are proud of your school.

it’s pretty common to take most of your classes at columbia, but i hardly pay attention to that when picking my classes. i just pick what i’m interested in regardless of the campus, because they try not to have duplicate courses.

i dont really understand why a barnard woman would want to join a columbia sorority but some do and they can, no restrictions on school.