Columbia University has both great assets and significant flaws. Academic life is stimulating and exciting here. The instructors are all experts in their respective professions, with a strong interest in and understanding of the things they teach. You don’t even have to get out of the campus to get a good time. There are groups that try to ease stress and assure that students have a nice time. My overall view about Columbia University is that it provides a wonderful education, with the best academics, a large alumni community, and quality education and extracurricular opportunities.