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'''Welcome Columbia Class of 2013!''' You've clearly stumbled across our nascent Columbia Wiki, which is a work in progress. Numerous editors and contributors are working hard to populate this wiki with a number of useful, insightful, informative, and generally helpful information.
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'''Welcome Columbia Class of 2018!''' You've clearly stumbled across our nascent Columbia Wiki, which is a work in progress. Numerous editors and contributors are working hard to populate this wiki with a number of useful, insightful, informative, and generally helpful articles.
  
For now please post questions on the [[Talk:Prefrosh|talk page]] if you don't find what you're looking for. An editor or contributor will do his or her best to answer your query with our collective knowledge as soon as we find time. See you at [[Days on Campus]]!
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For now please post questions on the [[Talk:Prefrosh|talk page]] if you don't find what you're looking for here. An editor or contributor will do his or her best to answer your query with our collective knowledge as soon as we find time. See you at [[NSOP]]! (Or [[CUE]]/[[COOP]] if you're really smart!)
  
 
To get started, you might want to read some [[advice for prefrosh]].
 
To get started, you might want to read some [[advice for prefrosh]].
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* [[:Category:Symbols|Symbols]]
 
* [[:Category:Symbols|Symbols]]
  
There are 4 undergraduate schools at Columbia:
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Columbia has 3 undergraduate schools of its own and 1 affiliated college:
* [[Columbia College]] (CC), a coeducational school offering nearly any course of study
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* [[Columbia College]] (CC), a coeducational liberal arts college of arts and sciences.
* [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] (SEAS), the engineering school, which is fairly well integrated with CC
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* [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] (SEAS), the engineering and applied sciences school, which is strongly integrated with CC
 
* [[School of General Studies]] (GS), the school for "nontraditional" students whose education has been interrupted and other students with unusual backgrounds, including students of [[JTS]] and [[UTS]]. GS students are generally older than those in CC and SEAS, have life experiences to match, and live in off-campus housing.  
 
* [[School of General Studies]] (GS), the school for "nontraditional" students whose education has been interrupted and other students with unusual backgrounds, including students of [[JTS]] and [[UTS]]. GS students are generally older than those in CC and SEAS, have life experiences to match, and live in off-campus housing.  
* [[Barnard College]] (BC), the women's college across the street from Columbia. It has a more ambiguous relationship with the first three schools. Barnard is generally known as "one of four undergraduate schools within the Columbia University system," but it also has a unique faculty, student body, and campus.
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* [[Barnard College]] (BC), the women's college across the street from Columbia. It has an ambiguous [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|relationship]] with Columbia and the three undergraduate schools. Barnard is an independent school in partnership with Columbia, and it has its own administration, faculty, student body, and campus. Columbia and Barnard students may take classes on both campuses, eat in each others' dining halls, and be part of each others' clubs and sports teams.
  
 
The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:
 
The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:
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* [[Student life]], an overview
 
* [[Student life]], an overview
 
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]
 
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]
* [[:Category:Student groups|Student Clubs]] | [[List of clubs that need articles]]
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* [[:Category:Student groups|Student groups]]
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* [[Community Impact]]
 
* [[Club sports]]
 
* [[Club sports]]
 
* [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|On-campus dining locations]]
 
* [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|On-campus dining locations]]
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* [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University
 
* [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University
 
* [[CUMB]] : The Columbia University Marching Band
 
* [[CUMB]] : The Columbia University Marching Band
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* [[:Category:How to|Misc tips]]
  
 
== Pre-arrival and arrival ==
 
== Pre-arrival and arrival ==
  
 
* [[Acceptance contract]]
 
* [[Acceptance contract]]
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* Activate UNI/email address
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* Certify meningitis vaccination online
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* Email MMR form and immunization record as PDF file to hs-enrollment@columbia.edu. No immunization record is needed if the form is signed by a doctor.
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* Fax withhold directory information form (if desired) to John Carter's attention 212-854-8747 (send a free fax w/ no cover page at gotfreefax.com)
 
* Online application for [[first year housing]] and a [[meal plan]]
 
* Online application for [[first year housing]] and a [[meal plan]]
 
* Apply for [[COOP]]
 
* Apply for [[COOP]]
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/index.html NSOP 2007 website]
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* [http://communityimpactatcu.org/ Community Impact: A community service umbrella organization]
* [http://base.wikicu.com/orientation98/ Spectator Orientation Guide from 1998]
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* [http://columbialithum.blogspot.com Lit Hum Books]
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/index.html NSOP website]
 
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu Arts Initiative]
 
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu Arts Initiative]
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* [http://www.lionlaundry.com Lion Laundry: Columbia's Door to Drawer Service]
  
 
[[Category:Prefrosh]]
 
[[Category:Prefrosh]]

Revision as of 05:08, 11 April 2014

Welcome Columbia Class of 2018! You've clearly stumbled across our nascent Columbia Wiki, which is a work in progress. Numerous editors and contributors are working hard to populate this wiki with a number of useful, insightful, informative, and generally helpful articles.

For now please post questions on the talk page if you don't find what you're looking for here. An editor or contributor will do his or her best to answer your query with our collective knowledge as soon as we find time. See you at NSOP! (Or CUE/COOP if you're really smart!)

To get started, you might want to read some advice for prefrosh.

Things to Learn

Columbia has 3 undergraduate schools of its own and 1 affiliated college:

  • Columbia College (CC), a coeducational liberal arts college of arts and sciences.
  • School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), the engineering and applied sciences school, which is strongly integrated with CC
  • School of General Studies (GS), the school for "nontraditional" students whose education has been interrupted and other students with unusual backgrounds, including students of JTS and UTS. GS students are generally older than those in CC and SEAS, have life experiences to match, and live in off-campus housing.
  • Barnard College (BC), the women's college across the street from Columbia. It has an ambiguous relationship with Columbia and the three undergraduate schools. Barnard is an independent school in partnership with Columbia, and it has its own administration, faculty, student body, and campus. Columbia and Barnard students may take classes on both campuses, eat in each others' dining halls, and be part of each others' clubs and sports teams.

The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:

Student life

Pre-arrival and arrival

Academics

External links