Entrepreneurship at Columbia

Even though I continue to wait to hear back from the Admissions Committee regarding my application (applied ED around deadline), I read more about the school everyday. Last evening, I attended my third on-campus event in 2 months and had a great time as usual. This time they had multiple sessions, organized by focus areas which really gave applicants the opportunity to look closely at their intended specialization at Columbia. There were faculty members, current students and admissions members.

I promptly entered the lecture hall hosting the entrepreneurship talk. Dean Hubbard has categorically stated "Entrepreneurship is in everything we do." One really gets this feeling by talking to current students as they talk about 'how they saw an opportunity and captured it." The 'Incubator' (an office space in the meat packing district for budding entrepreneurs) was discussed in some detail last evening and this is a perfect example of the true entrepreneurial spirit that Columbia talks about.

I continue to learn new things about the program, even though my application is done and gone and I guess there are just too many facets of this powerful program that one can possibly know about in a mere two months of research. Its funny that even though I am preparing my next application (yes I know I am an ED applicant but one never knows), I continue to spend more time reading up on Columbia.