SEAS and CC Students

Columbia2002
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:23:00 +0000

I don’t think anyone says “Columbia College” or “Columbia Engineering.” That’s a mouthful. You’d say “CC” or “SEAS” if someone on campus asked you which school at Columbia you’re in.

For me, I generally do the “I went to school/college in New York” and wait for the follow-up. If you’re trying to impress someone / want to them to remember something, it’s more effective for them to have to elicit the information in two questions than one. And if it’s someone who I’m making smalltalk with, 1) it’s an easy way for me to see if they’re even paying enough attention to ask the follow-up, and 2) it’s a way to keep a distance. Also, it doesn’t have the same pretentiousness and aloofness as “I went to school in Cambridge” or “I went to school in New Haven.”