NYC’s a fantastic place, and a Columbia gal should be in her element.
What, did you raise a Valley girl? ;-)
NYC is a fantastic place if you can afford it. She is a Columbia gal alright: grad student up to her eyeballs in student loans. She works full time to pay for her postage stamp apt near campus and goes to school at night. She would get her doctorate there, except it would cost her a cool $250K.
Right now, she is looking at working on finding work after her masters' and work on her Phd, back in California. She is without a doubt one of the hardest working girls I know. Yep, a real valley girl :)