<p>To all you intelligentnicecool Cornellians: I would LOVE your opinion. Columbia or Yale?</p>
<p>i like the sound of the word yale better...</p>
<p>but seriously dude, do you have anything you want to study? or do you just want to go to college because thats the thing to do after HS? tell us about your aspirations and what you want from the college and maybe we'll be able to give you some advice beyond evaluating the phonetics of these two excellent schools</p>
<p>i say columbia</p>
<p>mmm i dont like the um sound in the middle of it...yale has a nice ring...</p>
<p>Yale.......</p>
<p>Okay I just got back from visiting both. Columbia was amazing. I loved the campus. I loved the people, and the city speaks for itself. Yale was great too, but like most the name yale is what really is making it a hard decision. Is yales prestige worth giving up nyc? New haven wasn't even close to nyc. I did have fun at both. Basically what I am tryin to figure it is why HYP are held on a slight pedestal above other schools, esp Columbia. I am just really torn. Also, I'm really undecided on what I want to study so thats not a big factor. Columbia's core doesnt bother me. Yale's architecture was really nice.</p>
<p>I would say that you couldn't go wrong with either Columbia or Yale. When it comes down to it, choose the school that you see yourself more at or the school that's the best match for you. Do you see yourself more in NYC or in New Haven?</p>
<p>if you like columbia better and its only a name issue PICK COLUMBIA. Though on the prestige meter yale might edge it, columbia is in the frickin ivy league. It might not have as much name recognition as harvard or yale, but if you like it better, it's the right choice. In terms of name, columbia has more than enough rep to get an intelligent creative graduate a fabulous job.</p>
<p>It's a meaningless pedestal...it may be mildly benificial, but columbia's pedestal is just as good when it comes to getting you a job. Do you want to make peoples' jaws drop for 10 seconds and say "ooo aaaaa!" or do you want to make people's jaws drop for only 5, and have them only say "wow" and have yourself at the school you like best.</p>
<p>If you're picking your school based on how much it's name will help your career when you like one better than the other and they're almost equal institutions, I think thats a mistake. best of luck!</p>
<p>haha thats good stuff sparticus thanks</p>
<p>if you like Columbia and Manhattan better then by all means go for Columbia!</p>
<p>...sides, it IS the second best Ivy league school in NY State (JK)</p>
<p>Wharf</p>
<p>hahaha sparty and wharf never fail to crack me up. </p>
<p>CorY, it seems like the only hold Yale has over you right now are "ooh prestige!" (and all the things that might subsequently linked to it) and "ooh nice buildings!". If those are your primary concerns then Columbia is probably the better fit for you. Years down the road, the slight edge the Yale name has over Columbia's will seem so insignificant compared to the the NYC experience. Personally, I'd pick Yale though because I prefer to be away from the city for my college years. <em>think Cornell...</em></p>
<p>go to cornell, hope this helps</p>
<p>hahaha shizz you're funny.:)</p>
<p>i'd personally say yale cuz i dont like city schools much.. but that's just me. sounds like the op should choose columbia tho.;)</p>
<p>i'm a conservative, so i'll go yale...</p>
<p>Man, when I was at Columbia it just felt so compressed. No room, all the buildings packed in. I don't think I could have handled four years of that. Yale was so much better.</p>
<p>it seems like you like Columbia better, so Columbia, I take back my Yale vote...</p>
<p>Well, if you like Columbia, go there! However, someone talked to me about this issue, and I really took it to heart, which is why I chose Cornell.... </p>
<p>If you are going to be a lawyer for instance, you will be working in the city for the rest of your life, so if you realllllllly like the city, then an urban college may be the right choice. However, if you want to get some time away from the city before you spend the rest of your life in one, then go to a rural or suburban college (Yale in your case). Now, obviously I don't know what your career intentions are, but you may want to take them into consideration when choosing which atmosphere (urban or rural) you want to be in for your schooling. </p>
<p>In the end, the question is, where is your heart pulling you, and where do you feel most comfortable. Visit the campuses again and look beyond the architecture, and try to get more of a broad feeling of the school. At the same time, think to yourself, "Is this where I want to spend time before I get kicked out into the world of work?" This helped me, and I hope it helps you. </p>
<p>Best of luck!!</p>