Columbia University is a private Ivy League university located in the charming neighborhood of Morningside Heights in Manhattan, New York, full of beautiful, old-fashioned buildings. One of the most selective colleges in the United States, Columbia University is full of some of the greatest academic minds. It has produced some of the greatest scientific minds responsible for scientific breakthroughs such as the first evidence of continental drift. It’s most well-known for its Political Science major, so it’s no surprise that the campus is always filled with passionate and open-minded student activists. The university’s athletics teams are known as the Lions.