Columbia University in the City of New York Top Questions

Describe the dorms.

Matthew

The dorms get better as you get older. Freshman dorms are either small singles (John Jay mostly) or medium-sized doubles (Carman and others). Upperclassman dorms, like EC and Ruggles, and suite-style.

f

5 freshman dorms: 1. carman = suite style. the party dorm. 2. john jay = all singles. not as social as carman, but still social. 3. and 4. hartley/wallach = community living with upperclassmen. kind of weird. 5. furnald = mostly singles. weird. housing is guaranteed all 4 years and 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students live in University housing. as you get older, the options get better.

Blake

A common room in the East Campus dormitory as well as the fantastic view of the city from the room’s window.

Blake

A stereotypical dorm room of a Columbia student. Notice that this particular student does not leave her door locked.