The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three- Page 484

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:34pm

Night Nia. Glad I made you laugh.

[ILUVRENT721]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:34pm

My sister went to Barnard and really enjoyed it

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:35pm

I second the yippee for Barnard!

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:35pm

Em's floor is comfy.

I LOVE the core curriculum, which is why I want to go to Columbia and Chicago. I don't want *too* much freedom, and I want to read great books. I've also spent 9 summers of my life in Columbia/Barnard area, and I love it up there.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:36pm

Good night, nia.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:37pm

Yes, I do. And no, we don't have the core. I didn't look at NYU because my parents weren't comfortable with the fact that they have no campus, and their daughter would just be fumbling around in NYC, but I feel like I fit in better uptown, anyway. I may end up at NYU for grad school. We'll see.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:38pm

I have NO idea where I want to go to school. I should get on that.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:41pm

I'm glad you liked it, Elphie. We'd be happy to have you again!

You've got time, Mandi.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:43pm

Mandi, what grade are you in?

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:43pm

Are you sure? I may take you up on that. Or not...considering I have no more money.

Mandi, what year are you?

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:44pm

Yeah, it's really just about a personal fit. A good friend of mine (who is like me in a lot of ways) slept over a few nights at Columbia and said she felt as if there was absolutely no fun going on and got the impression that Columbia kids never really ventured "into the city." She actually told me a story about how she saw a Rent poster on the wall of the person she was staying with and asked if she was a fan. The girl's response was that she didn't have time to really get off the Columbia campus and therefore never saw the show. Apparently, that sentiment was echoed when she talked to others.

In retrospect, I probably should have done a bit more research myself other than taking a campus tour and trusting my friend's assessment. After all, while she told me she talked to quite a few people and they all seemed the same -- overworked and didn't have any fun -- how many people could she have *really* spoken to in a few days? Oh well, I can't say that I'm complaining too much about NYU, but I'll probably always wonder a bit about Columbia/Barnard.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:44pm

The fact that the "campus" just sort of blends into the surrounding neighborhood was a definite factor in my choosing NYU (that, and the whole "best school in NYC that actually has an undergraduate business program" thing). My brother, on the other hand, is currently looking at colleges (he's a junior) and prefers Hofstra to NYU because the campus setting feels safer to him.

Siamese, my best friend goes to Columbia, and he doesn't exactly fit the description of what your friend witnessed. I guess it all depends on who you talk to.

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[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:47pm

I'm in 11th.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:49pm

You know, I find that some people tend to be really happy with the frat parties and the bar happenings up around campus, and some people -- like me -- don't do a single on-campus social activity. I'd go do something with my friends elsewhere in the city before I'd go party around campus any night. I'm sorry, but there's too much to do and see and explore in New York to sit around drinking with your friends, or worse yet, with people you don't even know. Having the city at your disposal is truly what you make it.

I notice a fairly big difference in the dynamic between Barnard and CU, though -- CU kids party pretty hard, because they work so hard. But I find that -- save for the rich party girls who either drink or shop all the time -- that Barnard girls are perfectly happy to lounge around and watch movies with their friends, after ordering delivery. It's ok just to walk around in your PJ's and be totally comfortable. I think Barnard's also heavier into the arts. I find a lot of people who say they're into theatre -- perhaps in mild-mannered ways, but they do have a few shows under their belts.

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[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:50pm

Well, considering I was accepted and want to go to a school where they had a t-shirt that says "Where Fun Goes To Die," I'm not so worried about the no-fun at Columbia thing.

Mandi, you have time. I didn't even really start thinking seriously until this summer (the summer after junior year). Everytime my dad asked me what I wanted in a college I said "I dunno." I didn't even want to go until very recently.

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[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:53pm

My parents dragged me on campus tours when I was a sophomore. I was so indifferent.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:55pm

"I'm sorry, but there's too much to do and see and explore in New York to sit around drinking with your friends, or worse yet, with people you don't even know."

WORD. It horrified me that my freshman roommate was only interested in getting wasted. I figured I wouldn't have to deal with the party-school types being in a place where there's so.much.more to do (unlike my friends who went to schools upstate where getting drunk is pretty much the only thing to do), but I guess some people just don't know better even when they have the opportunities.

"My parents dragged me on campus tours when I was a sophomore. I was so indifferent."

I made it clear to my parents that I wasn't interested in going to a school outside of NYC, and for the most part they accepted that. I think they were relieved that I didn't want to go far from home, plus they know I'm too damn stubborn to be pushed towards checking out anything other than what I wanted.

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[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:56pm

I was SO indifferent. And scared. When ever someone mentioned college, this was me: *clam*

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:57pm

Sorry but kinda hate the Mets...the whole family's Met fans, I've had to hear nothing but Mets, Mets, Mets and Yankees suck, Yankees are arrogant, Yankees buy championships, etc my whole life...plus when Boston actually beat the Yankees, the Red Sox fans I know were really sweet to me hugged me, says well they know how I feel, etc...the met fans were unforgiving and means. So many taunting e-mails and IMs w/ Ha's that went on for 20 lines...only the Met fans. Meaniepoops. I wasn't even that mean after the Yankees won the subway series.

What you guys are talking about remind me of something from DC. Now my roomie had a really close friend in Georgetown so one night we walked a pretty good distance to visit her. Went to her dorm, met a couple friends, chatted, etc. But just walking around the campus and stuff and then walking back to GW, well it made us both realize how much we love GW. GW is like a couple blocks from the White House, it has what I call a semi-campus but it's in the heart of the city, we would walk to the Kennedy Center, the memorials, the Capitol building, movies, bowling(we had the one bowling alley in all of DC besides the one not in the White House in our student union, etc.) Georgetown, it seemed all their was to do was go to parties. That's all we saw--diff. parties going on places and ppl drinking ans tuff and we realized that's what there was to do there.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:57pm

I could never, ever have survived a school where drinking was the only thing to do. I need my culture!

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:58pm

Well, it's time for me to go to sleep. Thanks for letting me take refuge here. I will probably return. Night guys!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:59pm

Sleep tight, Mandi.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:59pm

I havn't been at Barnard that long, but I've also noticed Barnard girls tend to be more artsy and relaxed. There are of course always exceptions, and Barnard most certainly has its fair share of spoiled party people.

I started touring schools the summer after sophomore year, but it was just because I happened to be in Boston. Of course, it didn't do me any good - when it came time to apply to schools, I didn't remember those schools at all.

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 12:00am

Night, Mandi!

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/3/06 at 12:00am

Good night, Mandi!