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Welcome Columbia Class of 2011! 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. While we're focusing on the basics now, we'll also have specifically Pre-frosh oriented material coming soon.
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'''Welcome Columbia Class of 2019!''' 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]]
  
* [[CC Class of 2011]]
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Columbia has 3 undergraduate schools of its own and 1 affiliated college:
* [[SEAS Class of 2011]]
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* [[Columbia College]] (CC), a coeducational liberal arts college of arts and sciences.
 
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* [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] (SEAS), the engineering and applied sciences school, which is strongly integrated with CC
There are 3 undergraduate schools at Columbia:
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* [[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.
* [[Columbia College]] (CC), the main one where you can study almost any major
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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.
* [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] (SEAS), the engineering school which is fairly well integrated with CC
 
* [[School of General Studies]] (GS), the school for transfers and other students with unusual backgrounds
 
 
 
  
 
The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:
 
The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:
 
* the [[CC-SEAS Relationship]]
 
* the [[CC-SEAS Relationship]]
 
* the [[School of General Studies#Relationship to Columbia College|CC-GS Relationship]]
 
* the [[School of General Studies#Relationship to Columbia College|CC-GS Relationship]]
 
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* the [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|overall Columbia University-Barnard relationship]]
* [[Barnard College]] (BC), the all women school right across from Columbia University. It has an ambiguous [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|relationship]] with the University. Though Columbia itself does not count Barnard as part of the University in any official calculation, Barnard self-styles itself as "one of four undergraduate schools within the Columbia University system."
 
  
 
== Student life ==
 
== Student life ==
 
* [[Student life]], an overview
 
* [[Student life]], an overview
 
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]
 
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]
* [[List of ABC recognized groups|Clubs List 1]] | [[List of SGB recognized groups|Clubs List 2 (Political, Religious, and Activist Groups)]]
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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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* [[New York City]]
 
* [[New York City]]
 
* [[:Category:Annual events|Annual Events]]
 
* [[:Category:Annual events|Annual Events]]
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* [[The Bwog]] and [[Spectator]], the two most read student publications
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* [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University
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* [[:Category:How to|Misc tips]]
  
 
== Pre-arrival and arrival ==
 
== Pre-arrival and arrival ==
  
* Acceptance contract
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* [[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 ==
 
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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]
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* [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]]
 
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Revision as of 15:13, 17 April 2015

Welcome Columbia Class of 2019! 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