<p>Hello! My name is Lily and I need help deciding where to go.</p>
<p>Transferring from: Swarthmore College
Accepted: Columbia and Brown
Possible majors: History, Sociology</p>
<p>Brown Pros: I love the campus, I want a "hippie" and liberal school
Brown Cons: I want to get into a good grad school, not academic enough</p>
<p>Columbia Pros: Great reputation, known for being super intellectual
Columbia Cons: I want a college town (I live in ny also), too many preppies?</p>
<p>I only have a week to decide so please let me know your opinions!!! I want to know if my stereotyping is totally off and which school has better departments for my majors.</p>
<p>** I actually don't care if there's a core or not. I'm more concerned about the departments and the types of people at the schools</p>
<p>If you don’t care for the core, then Columbia isn’t special to you. I will say that Columbia has a great History department and that it doesn’t have too many preppies.</p>
<p>I think Brown sounds like a better fit for you. Then again, think about why you picked Swarthmore in the first place and why you want to transfer. I think Brown and Swarthmore seem pretty similar other than the fact that Brown is a bigger and grading is a little easier but personality-wise and curriculum-wise they seem similar.</p>
<p>My daughter just got in to columbia as a transfer from Vassar. She is definitely not preppie and was interested in finding the best fit for her. It was a difficult decision to transfer. (If you go in to the August orientation coming up, let us know) I have also heard their history department is great.</p>