Is Columbia not a great school or something?

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<p>Is this a joke?
Of course Columbia is a great school. Maybe slightly less prestigious than HYP, but certainly at least 4th in the best country in the world.
If we look at cross admit data, Columbia usually does well.
[The</a> New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/09/17/weekinreview/20060917_LEONHARDT_CHART.html]The”>The New York Times > Week in Review > Image > Collegiate Matchups: Predicting Student Choices)</p>

<p>91% Columbia Harvard admits choose Harvard, 85% Columbia Yale admits choose Yale, 78% Columbia Princeton admits choose Princeton, but besides that Columbia dominates.</p>

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<p>I can’t tell if this is a snark thread or not. Everybody knows Columbia is one of the best American schools; starting a thread with “is Columbia not a great school or something” seems pointless.</p>

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<p>Columbia doesn’t dominate yet, from the chart, unbelievable.</p>

<p>Columbia_vs</p>

<p>Brown 44%
Stanford 22%
MIT 20%</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that the chart’s six years old.</p>

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<p>Actually, that chart is based on data from over a decade ago. It is related to The Early Admissions Game, which was published in 2004, but based on data from 99-00.</p>

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<p>“91% Columbia Harvard admits choose Harvard, 85% Columbia Yale admits choose Yale, 78% Columbia Princeton admits choose Princeton, but besides that Columbia dominates.”</p>

<p>Well, yes. First comes HYPSM, then every other undergraduate institution.</p>

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<p>US NEWS 2012 graduate school rankings
[Best</a> Graduate Schools | Top Graduate Programs | US News Education](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools)</p>

<h1>professional schools</h1>

<p>business school: Stanford (S) 1, Columbia (C) 8
medical school: S 4, C 8
education school: S 4, C 5
engineering school: S 2, C 15
law school: S 2, C 4</p>

<p>Stanford swept Columbia, score 5:0</p>

<h1>science</h1>

<p>biology: S 1, C 15
math: S 2, C 10
physics: S 1, C 11
chemistry: S 4, C 10
computer: S 1, C 17
earth science: S 4, C 5
statistics: S 1, C 22</p>

<p>Stanford swept Columbia, with a score 7:0</p>

<h1>humanities and social science</h1>

<p>economics: S 5, C 10
English: S 2, C 4
history: S 1, C 7
politics: S 1, C 7
psycology: S 1, C 17
Sociology: S 5, C 11</p>

<p>Stanford swept Columbia, with a score 6:0</p>

<p>To be fair, Columbia is still a top university, a solid top 10. But it is no contest when compared to the mighty Stanford.</p>