熱門大學 哥倫比亞大學的十大特點
1. prestige
榮譽The prestige that comes with an Ivy League education.
享受在常春藤盟校之一的名校就讀的榮譽.小編注：常春藤盟校或常春藤聯盟(Ivy League)是由美國東北部地區的8所大學組成的體育賽事聯盟.這8所學校都是歷史悠久的美國名校，包括：布朗大學、哥倫比亞大學、康奈爾大學、達特茅斯學院、哈佛大學、賓夕法尼亞大學、普林斯頓大學、耶魯大學.2. Happy Students
逍遙派學生
96% of students return after their first year.
96%的學生在大學第一年之後才返校.3. faculty
師資100% of faculty have earned the highest degree in their field.100%
師資獲得了其研究領域的最高學歷.4. professors in the eyes of students?
學生眼中的導師？94% of students surveyed rated the general knowledge of professors as above average.
調查顯示，94%的學生認爲其導師的通識素養只是“中等偏上”.5. classes with less than 20 students
精英小班授課You can expect personal attention with 77% of classes having less than 20 students.
77%的班級人數不到20人，你很可能受到他人的關注.6. entertaimments
娛樂98% of students surveyed said that there is always something fun and interesting going on near campus.
調查顯示，98%的學生認爲，在學校周邊總會一些有趣的活動可參加.7. living-in?
安家落戶？54% of students surveyed said that they would totally live in the area after graduation.
接受調查的學生中有54%稱，他們完全有可能畢業後在學校周邊安家落戶.8. relationships: balanced male-to-female ratio
戀愛：男女平衡，不怕落單！A male-to-female ratio of 53/47 means there's a pretty even balance of students on campus.
校內學生的男女比例是53：47，這意味着校園內學生的性別比十分平衡.9. house and accommodation
食宿Living on campus doesn't come cheap, with an average housing price tag of $6,770.
在哥大的住宿不能算便宜.平均住宿費用爲6770美元.10. tuitions
學費Tuition is a steep $47,246, one of the most expensive rates in the country.
學費高達47246美元，是全美國學費最貴的學校之一.Last month, a Columbia undergraduate dining hall tried to give students a treat by serving Nutella every day, but some students are abusing the privilege. The demand is up to 100 pounds a day and costs the school $5,000 per week, thanks in part to some students smuggling extra chocolate hazelnut spread out of the dining hall.
哥大食堂軼事【軼事：“甜蜜” 哥大】巧克力醬不夠吃，從食堂走私！上個月，哥倫比亞大學的一個本科生食堂決定給學生們打打牙祭，就每天都在食堂裏提供能多益牌巧克力榛子醬(一種意大利廠商生產的巧克力榛子醬，可如牛油、花生醬般塗在麪包、餅乾等食物上，也可以用作烘烤糕點的餡料.)結果學校的好意卻被某些學生揮霍了.這種巧克力醬在食堂裏的消耗量達到了每天100磅(約90.6斤)，每週給學校增添了5000美元的費用.巧克力醬遭瘋搶的部分原因是，有學生從食堂偷運巧克力醬販賣給其他同學！
