<p>It’s an absurd idea. The College is nice, and its been increasing in prestige over the years, but it’s still the grad programs that give Columbia its cachet. For most of the 20th century, all the focus was on the grad programs. As adgeek will no doubt tell you, that’s changed a lot in the last 10-15 years, as the administration (especially under PrezRupp) started focusing much more heavily on the College. Still, though, Columbia gets at least as much prestige from their grad programs as from their undergrad programs. We are still the anti-Princeton.</p>