<p>And do you want your social locus to be your university, and as such in some ways large, or your group of friends, and then, in some ways, smaller?</p>
<p>Columbia’s social life does apparently fragment into smaller groups that blend into the city night. At Princeton the groups are visible and findable. It is really really hard to be lonely at Princeton.</p>
<p>On the other hand, it is possible that Columbia has more political activism. Princeton is liberal, but clean cut in ethos, if that makes sense. I did go to school with someone who has since become very involved in immigration and another in organic cashew farming in Costa Rica but they were a little unique.</p>