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This is my why Columbia essay. Please review for me.

"If you could go to any university in the world, which would it be?"

"Columbia"

"Why?"

*Why?*

A few years ago, I had this conversation with my mother; then I didn't have an answer. But, if I could relive that exact conversation, my answer would've been something like this.

I could major in Computer Science at any University. Many other universities boast of facilities, faculty, and class sizes like that of Columbia. Many offer me amazing internships, exciting extracurricular and comfortable accommodations. But what makes Columbia much more attractive to me than any other university is its advancement for women in Computer Science. As an aspiring major in a field mainly dominated by the male community, it is very easy to feel outnumbered. However, I am greatly impressed by a university that encourages females to break the cultural stereotype.

In addition, when I visited their website, the emphasis on integrative studies found in the Core Curriculum stood out to me. Having the ability to offer Computer Science as well as be able to learn about Music Humanities or Contemporary Civilization, courses which stray completely from my Computer Science major excites me to the core. Humanities help us understand one another through their culture, music, arts. The humanities also encourage us to think creatively. They teach us to reason about being human and to ask questions about our world. Hence, I find it greatly remarkable that Columbia understands that Humanities are extremely important and necessary regardless of their major or concentration. Liberal arts are a very important and beneficial field and I believe there is no better place to study it than at Columbia.

I am extremely enthralled by what Columbia's curriculum has to offer and although rigorous, I know what I gain will be worth it in the end.