The Engineering curriculum at Columbia is definitely demanding. Equally as demanding is participating in all of the extracurricular activities that might catch your eye. In addition to all of the commonly available activities on college campuses, such as sports-both varsity and intercollegiate-group publications, and student government, there are many active thriving groups on campus. Various cultural groups, which welcome all students, organize spectacular fashion shows, buffet dinners, and dances that are known to sell out. There are also drama, comedy improv, and a cappella groups on campus to help satisfy your yearning to perform.
In addition to activities that offer entertainment and cultural education, there are groups that enable CU students to fulfill their need to help others. The Community Impact programs organized on campus are not only an important part of CU's community but the Morning side Heights community as well, providing tutoring to younger students of the neighboring schools, peer counselling, and numerous other services.
My social life was easily extended beyond the borders of our green campus bounded by the iron gates. The theater is only minutes from campus. Cuisine of almost any culture is only a hop, skip, and jump away. Any music-from classical at Lincoln Center to jazz down in the Village to rock played by various CU bands just across the street at the local hangout-can be heard in a heartbeat. Major sports arenas are just a subway ride away. The abundance of activities available in New York City always left me wishing I could be in more than one place on a Saturday evening.