Days on Campus

Each April, Columbia holds Days on Campus, a weekend long event designed to give admitted students and their families a taste of the university atmosphere. Surprisingly, the unimaginative term for the event is used only by Columbia University, a Google search did not yield any other universities.

Dates for Class of 2012 Days on Campus

Registration information is now up!

• Columbia College Days on Campus: Sunday, April 6 - Monday, April 7 or Sunday, April 13 - Monday, April 14
• Columbia College Days on Campus & Perspectives on Diversity: Saturday, April 12 - Monday, April 14
• Columbia Engineering Days on Campus: Friday, April 11 - Saturday, April 12
• Columbia Engineering Days on Campus & Perspectives on Diversity: Friday, April 11 - Sunday April 13

If you can't attend Days on Campus, Columbia invites you to visit on any weekday during the month of April except April 7, 11, and 14 (Days on Campus) to participate in the Lions' Den.

Activities

Days on Campus organizes residence hall tours, overviews of the neighborhood (Morningside Heights), class sit-ins, academic panels, student group performances, an activities fair, free food, and a free t-shirt for you to wear when you forget to do laundry.

Columbia offers students the option of staying the weekend at one of its freshmen residence halls, Carman Hall, John Jay Hall, Hartley Hall, and Wallach Hall as a guest of the students currently living in the dorms. This is a good opportunity to meet future friends and get a glimpse of Columbia student life outside of Butler Library.

Fun Fun Fun!!!

Should you go?

Don't feel that you have to go. You'll make plenty of friends anyway. If you can't make Days on Campus, you could try to do COOP. Or do both.