What is it like to study at Columbia University?

Columbia University is a world-class university in the United States, and it is the dream of many international students. Here are some interesting facts about Columbia University.

1. The famous MGM Studios lion was taken from Columbia's lion mascot.

2. Of all the university lecture halls in the US, Columbia's Havemeyer 309 Lecture Hall has been the setting for many Hollywood movies, like Spider-Man, Professor Kinsey's Sexuality, Ghostbusters, and Mona Lisa's Smile, to name a few.

3. During orientation week, first-year students have to go out the back door of Lerner Hall and enter through the front door of the school to officially become a Columbia student.

4. 40 vs. 40. 40 days before graduation, seniors traditionally celebrate their last days on campus by drinking 40oz of malt liquor on the stairs of LOW LIBRARY.

5. The site of the Rockefeller Center used to belong to Columbia University.

6. Columbia owns the second most land in New York City after the Catholic Church.

7. Columbia is the only university to have two graduates in the Baseball Hall of Fame - Lou Gehrig and Eddie Collins.

8. Many famous people have attended Columbia, like Julia Stiles, Jake Gyllenhaal, and James Franco.

9. The 1939 Columbia-Princeton football game was the first televised sporting event.

10. The word "trivia" was first used to describe a game at Columbia.

Columbia University is a university that many international students aspire to, and they are working hard to enter Columbia University, as a qualified student who wants to enter Columbia University, it is necessary for students to know more about Columbia University. I hope that the interesting things about Columbia University introduced by Tendo Study Abroad can increase your understanding of Columbia University.