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Columbia Univers ity

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General information
location: Upper Manhattan, New York City
Ivy League
established: 1754 (the oldest in NY, 5th oldest in the USA)
type: Royal (1754-1776), Private (present)
President: Lee Bollinger
Academic staff: 3,999
Students: 27,942

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In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen
In Thy light shall we see light (Psalms 36:9)

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Colors
White and Columbia Blue (Pantone 290)
Columbia Blue (Jordy blue) derives from the Philolexian Society, the university's oldest student organization (1802)

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History
founded 1754 by royal charter of King George II of England
1754-1784 – King's College (8 students in class)
1784-1896 – Columbia College
1889 – affiliation with Barnard College for women
1st school in the US to grant the M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree

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Alumni
five Founding Fathers of the United States (an author of the United States Constitution and co-author of the Declaration of Independence)
three U.S. presidents
29 foreign heads of state
1 0 Justices of the United States Supreme Court, two of whom currently serve
96 Nobel laureates
38 living billionaires
39 Academy Awards winners
1 25 Pulitzer Prizes recipients.

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campus
the second largest landowner in NY (36 acre)
main campus: Mornings ide Heights (6 city blocks)
underground tunnel system (more than a century old)
University Library S ystem

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admission
independent, private
the third most selective college in the USA
the second most selective college in the Ivy League
6.9 percent of people who apply are accepted
scholarships: 2007 – donation from a media billionaire alumnus John Kluge
the Common Application

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majors
Social sciences (22% of students)
Engineering (21%)
Biological and medicinal sciences (10%)
English language and Literature/Letters (5%)
Visual and performing arts (5%)

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traditions
First Year March – during orientation week freshmen exit Lerner Hall through its back doors, turn right and enter campus again through the main gates to officially become Columbia students
The Varsity Show – an annual musical written by and for students, this is one of Columbia's oldest and finest traditions
P rimal Scream – on the Sunday of finals week each semester, students open their windows at midnight and scream as loudly as possible

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