At the age of sixteen, I moved to Manhattan from Virginia. I was determined to become an actress, so I never had plans to attend college. It was not Columbia that brought me to New York.

The lack of viable statistics about the School of General Studies’ student body has been fodder for several General Studies Student Council meetings this month.

Transferring to Columbia was not easy, especially as an international student who grew up in Austria and went to college in Miami.

Mistreatment of General Studies Students Drives Them to Transfer Out

To the Editor:

Whatever knowledge I have of Columbia’s history stems from an attempt to piece together a history of the School of General Studies from scant sources and/or largely unhelpful official histories.

“Where do I fit in at my school, and where does my school fit in at my University?” As a General Studies student at Columbia, this was one of the first questions I asked myself during orientation.

Lost in the frenzy of the recent hunger strike was news that the Task Force on Undergraduate Education has begun to examine the possibility of a merger between Columbia College and the School of Ge

At a fireside chat last semester, University President Lee Bollinger said that Columbia strives to obtain the best minds in the world regardless of geographic location or nationality.

While the School of General Studies has one of the most exciting programs at Columbia, it doesn’t favor poorer students, especially international students.

It was at about this point in my first year here that one of my discussion-section allies turned to me and said, “Dude, what’s with all the old people?” I assume that by now even new students will