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Prefrosh

2009-06-05T17:59:01Z

Jcd2151:

'''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.

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 [[NSOP]]! (Or COÖP if you're really smart)

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

== Things to Learn ==

* [[School songs]]
* [[:Category:Traditions|Traditions]]
* [[:Category:Symbols|Symbols]]

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 [[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 other's dining rooms, and be part of each other's clubs and sports teams.

The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:
* the [[CC-SEAS Relationship]]
* the [[School of General Studies#Relationship to Columbia College|CC-GS Relationship]]
* the [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|overall Columbia University-Barnard relationship]]

== Student life ==
* [[Student life]], an overview
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]
* [[:Category:Student groups|Student Clubs]] | [[List of clubs that need articles]]
* [[Club sports]]
* [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|On-campus dining locations]]
* [[Restaurants]]
* [[CUID]]
* [[New York City]]
* [[:Category:Annual events|Annual Events]]
* [[The Bwog]] and [[Spectator]], the two most read student publications
* [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University
* [[CUMB]] : The Columbia University Marching Band

== Pre-arrival and arrival ==

* [[Acceptance contract]]
* Online application for [[first year housing]] and a [[meal plan]]
* Apply for [[COOP]]
* Sign housing contract
* [[Days on Campus]]
* [[What to bring]]
* [[Getting to Columbia]]
* [[COOP]]
* [[Move-in]]
* [[Convocation]]
* [[NSOP]]
* Classes start!

== Academics ==

* [[Advising]]
* [[Textbooks]]
* [[Course Selection]]
* [[Core Curriculum]]
* [[Literature Humanities]], [[University Writing]], [[Frontiers of Science]]

== External links ==
* [http://columbialithum.blogspot.com Columbia Lit Hum Books]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/index.html NSOP 2007 website]
* [http://base.wikicu.com/orientation98/ Spectator Orientation Guide from 1998]
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu Arts Initiative]

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Prefrosh

2009-06-05T17:58:14Z

Jcd2151:

'''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.

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 [[NSOP]]! (Or COOP if you're really smart)

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

== Things to Learn ==

* [[School songs]]
* [[:Category:Traditions|Traditions]]
* [[:Category:Symbols|Symbols]]

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 [[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 other's dining rooms, and be part of each other's clubs and sports teams.

The undergraduate schools have different relationships to each other:
* the [[CC-SEAS Relationship]]
* the [[School of General Studies#Relationship to Columbia College|CC-GS Relationship]]
* the [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|overall Columbia University-Barnard relationship]]

== Student life ==
* [[Student life]], an overview
* [[First year housing|First Year Housing]]
* [[:Category:Student groups|Student Clubs]] | [[List of clubs that need articles]]
* [[Club sports]]
* [[:Category:On-campus dining locations|On-campus dining locations]]
* [[Restaurants]]
* [[CUID]]
* [[New York City]]
* [[:Category:Annual events|Annual Events]]
* [[The Bwog]] and [[Spectator]], the two most read student publications
* [[Arts Initiative]] at Columbia University
* [[CUMB]] : The Columbia University Marching Band

== Pre-arrival and arrival ==

* [[Acceptance contract]]
* Online application for [[first year housing]] and a [[meal plan]]
* Apply for [[COOP]]
* Sign housing contract
* [[Days on Campus]]
* [[What to bring]]
* [[Getting to Columbia]]
* [[COOP]]
* [[Move-in]]
* [[Convocation]]
* [[NSOP]]
* Classes start!

== Academics ==

* [[Advising]]
* [[Textbooks]]
* [[Course Selection]]
* [[Core Curriculum]]
* [[Literature Humanities]], [[University Writing]], [[Frontiers of Science]]

== External links ==
* [http://columbialithum.blogspot.com Columbia Lit Hum Books]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/orientation/index.html NSOP 2007 website]
* [http://base.wikicu.com/orientation98/ Spectator Orientation Guide from 1998]
* [http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu Arts Initiative]

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Advice for prefrosh

2009-06-04T20:51:02Z

Jcd2151:

{{prefrosh}}

'''Advice for prefrosh''':

*Sign up for the Columbia Outdoor Orientation Program (COOP). Seriously, it's one of the best organizations on campus and you will miss out if you don't do it.
* Show up to lots of [[:Category:Student groups|club]] meetings. They're a great way to meet people and get a sense of what's available on campus and you're not obligated to join if you don't like it.
* Since Facebook was launched, every class has formed groups saying "The class of 20xx is going to show Columbia how to party!!" and friended roughly 1,000 people before setting foot on campus. You, too, have the right to do this, but you'll feel stupid come second semester.
* Ask questions. We'll be happy to answer them. Making bold statements about things you don't know that well in your first month at school (e.g. the [[Core Curriculum|Core]], or [[Columbia-Barnard relationship|Barnard]], or [[CC-SEAS relationship|SEAS]]) will only make you look silly.
* Everything you enjoy has come from the blood, sweat, and tears of your predecessors. When they bitch you out for being [[prefrosh]], it's because they've earned the right. It's part of the acceptance hazing process at Columbia. We'll learn to love you. Eventually.
* Jokes between [[CC]]/[[SEAS]] students playfully mocking the others' schools are generally taken in good fun. [[Barnard jokes|Jokes about Barnard]] are generally not, but awesome nonetheless.

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