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<p>Darn, they still require PE. xD When I looked at the core a while back and noticed it said swim test, I freaked out because I can’t swim. But at least you can take beginner classes… Is anyone looking foward to more PE in college?</p>
<p>Haha, it’s not technically like High School PE because you can choose anything from yoga to sports to dance to swimming (which meets the swim test requirement). And its a way to keep off the freshman 15 and force you to work out. haha so I’m looking forward to it. (hopefullyyyy) Columbia’s Gym is absolutely amazing haha</p>
<p>The swimming test is so random. Why not a running or a bicycling test?</p>
<p>haha it’s a tradition. it’s so if in case an emergency, they can be sure that columbia students can “swim across the hudson river”. SEAS students are excused because they’re expected to build a raft.</p>
<p>HAHA i mean i can swim but still, i know people who can’t. But everyone can run, unless they’re a quadreplegic or something.</p>
<p>haha i can swim, but barely. haha i don’t know if i can even do one lap. all i can really do is like doggie paddle hahah its such a pathetic sight annnd i live on an island.</p>
<p>LOL that’s funny</p>
<p>What do they do if you can’t pass the swim test? xD I think Cornell has one too. I can’t swim worth a kitten’s butt. =/</p>
<p>Then you get KICKED OUT OF COLUMBIA. dun dun dun</p>
<p>Oh, I see how it is. xD They dump everyone in a lake and whoever can’t swim back gets kicked out…and drowns. xD</p>
<p>haha it’s like a second admissions process</p>
<p>they want to weed out the weaklings ;]</p>
<p>Haha…does anyone know if athletes on Columbia teams are forced to take the P.E. classes as well?</p>
<p>Exactly. Admission is only step one. Step two is surviving the swim test! Only the strongest will live. D<</p>
<p>Edit: I would assume it’s the same as high school. Your sport counts as a credit and you don’t have to take PE. Like, my sister is in tennis and they have a period for the class, so it not only counts as a credit towards her GPA, but also as PE, so she doesn’t have to take it.</p>
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<p>■■■■■, that’s hilarious. Is that actually true for SEAS, that they are exempt?</p>
<p>yeah godfatherbob! haha they don’t have to take the swim test! i’m not sure if they build a raft or a bridge but a raft makes more sense hahah. i’m no engineer, but i’d probably be better off building a makeshift raft than swimming across the hudson lol i’d probably drown hahaha</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know if the core is the same for the SEAS school than Columbia college, but it’d be funny if they had to build a raft. Maybe they’ll take pity on some drowing Columbia College students and let them hitch a ride. PE credits are Pass/Fail, right? Not a letter grade, right? I’d probably get like…a D- or something.</p>
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<p>Not really. You’re not burning off the greasy mozzarella sticks at JJ’s Place if you take CPR or Yoga.</p>
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<p>It’s actually regarded as pretty bad for a college gym.</p>
<p>Oh, well I guess it’s that I haven’t really seen many huge gyms because the one in my school is absolutely puny. (The fitness center has 2 treadmills, a few weight lifting machines,a stationary bike, weights… and that’s about it) So in comparison, Columbia’s seemed great.</p>
<p>Call that puny? Compared to my school’s, that’s huge. But then again, we’re too poor to actually afford a gym, and just bum one off the local community center when it’s too cold to use the park :D</p>