<p>I’m quite certain that Yale surpasses Columbia in graduate research, and I think they’re about tied when it comes to graduate research (though they each excel in different areas). For graduate schools, Yale Law is the best in the country and I think Yale med slightly edges out Columbia. In terms of undergraduate experience, Yale’s is much…more cohesive than Columbia’s. Most would probably consider Yale’s better for that reason, but really they’re just very different animals. In terms of prestige, Yale is clearly greater than Columbia and probably greater than Princeton, though Princeton has a much more of a focus on undergraduates than Yale (or even Harvard). There’s a reason so many Supreme Court justices have done Princeton undergrad and then Yale Law.</p>
<p>If collegeftw is simply giving an opinion, then it’s completely subjective. In choosing where to go, it really only matters what he believes the ideal fit to be. But if he wants to more generally apply that opinion and assert that Yale is objectively inferior to Columbia, then he’s just full of ****.</p>