Columbia University in the City of New York

The Food: The food is horrible. Don't expect your meat to taste good. It'll either taste like nothing or it'll just be plain horrible. The lunch people here are mean. They seem to have a grudge against all the students. I think it's because they assume that we're all elitist snobby kids even though a medium percentage of us are not. Also, all the food here is what you would call "American". Fast food and all. You're thinking McDonalds huh? NO. I wish. It's like food that's been left out for days. I'd advise you to get a meal plan that lets you dine outside of the dining hall.

The Social life: There is no school pride or unity here. There is no social life on this campus although people will be screaming outside your window in the middle of the night occasionally. Many of the people here also conform to the "white snotty" attitude. No matter what race a person is, whether he or she is Indian, Asian, or African American, they speak correct elitist white ditzy English. Basically if you're a valley girl who likes to talk snooty and likes to slander random people you'll be right at home. Uniqueness doesn't seem to be celebrated by the students in this university (although everyone has done at least one thing unique in their lives here). In terms of personality, you have to conform to the white elitist *like omg* attitude or you won't be considered "normal" by the majority of the people here (especially since the majority is white).

There is no diversity here. The number of African American and Hispanic people I've seen so far I can count with my two hands. However, there are a lot of Asians here. Also a lot of international students.

I thought I was the happiest person on earth when I got in. I thought Columbia was the best. Or at least worth 43,000 per year. I might as well have went to Cooper Union for some serious engineering.