Swim test

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Bizarre Columbia graduation requirement.

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[edit] Schedule

The swim test is held 3 times per week:

  • Friday 12pm-3pm
  • Sunday 3pm-4pm
  • Monday 8:30pm-9:30pm

If you are unable to take the swim test, contact Ken Torrey.

[edit] Theories for the Requirement

  • Manhattan is an island.
  • Justification for maintenance of a pool.
  • Engineers can build boats.
  • Some rich donor's child drowned. (False)[1]

[edit] Trivia

  • Mortimer Adler refused to take the swim test, and look what happened to him: he earned a Columbia doctorate, became a noted philosopher, and was even given an honorary BA by Columbia - six decades later

[edit] References

  1. ↑ "The Swim Test" - Snopes Urban Legends Reference
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