Columbia University
About Me
Intro
Yawn. Oh, hey. Sorry. It's just that I've been studying all night in Butler Library. See that big, imposing building back there, the one with all the columns and the names of famous philosophers and writers stamped all over it? That's Butler Library. I take it super seriously.
In fact, I take everything seriously—seriously, with a side of weird. This is where the Ivy League comes to get kooky. Give me your misfits, your band geeks, your theater nerds, and your policy wonks. There's (allegedly) a reason that something like 98% of Columbia freshpeople live in single rooms: We don't always play well with others.
I'm not so busy making a name for myself that I don't have time to let loose too. Whether I'm bagging myself a standing room-only ticket to the Metropolitan Opera or checking out some off-Broadway musical, let's be real: We're all here for the city.
Name
Roaree the Lion
Hometown
West Siiiiiide. Upper West Side, that is. The Way Upper West Side of Manhattan, more properly known as Morningside Heights, and also known as "Are you sure that isn't Harlem?" (It's not. But come on, Harlem is totally cool. MOM.)
Birthdate
1754, but I look at least 150 years younger, since my Morningside Heights campus was founded in 1896.
Body Type
My undergraduate college is positively slim, coming in at just over 4,000 students. That makes me one of the smallest of the Ivy League colleges. Once you add in the engineering school, the professional schools, and the general studies school, we get up to a robust 28,000 or so.
My entire campus is thirty-six acres, but most of my living and learning takes place within a few square blocks on my main Morningside Heights campus.
Current Living Situation
It's New York City. You're not going to get a better deal on a doorman building. (Trust me, I've tried.) That's probably why 94% of Columbia students live on campus all four years. Of course, you've got lots of options. You can live:
- In a cushy two-bedroom apartment with your BFF (or sometimes just your F)
- In a Living and Learning Center with 100 of your new closest friends
- On an all-male floor (helpful for the Orthodox among us)
- On a long hallway with a communal bathroom in a building rumored to have been a mental hospital
Just don't get your hopes up for sophomore year. Thanks to the residential lottery system, most sophomores get stuck with the mental hospital—which isn't actually a mental hospital, but a building designed by the famous team of McKim, Mead, and White. So there.
Relationship Status
It's complicated with Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Come on, guys. We're all in the Ivy League here. No need to ignore me in public.
Religion
None officially, but about 30% of my students are Jewish.
Politics
Liberal-ish, but you're going to run into the whole range here.
You should apply to me if...
you're a slightly misfit brainiac who also spent a lot of time doing theater.
Website
http://www.columbia.edu