<p>^ What? Ok first tell me what source the information I re-posted came from. </p>
<p>Let’s just end this debate, it’s going no where.</p>
<p>It came from post #123. It also came from <a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/cc%20undergraduate%20degrees%20by%20program%20of%20study%202008-2009.htm[/url]”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/cc%20undergraduate%20degrees%20by%20program%20of%20study%202008-2009.htm</a> which I provided in post #121. And some of it came from [Stanford</a> University: Common Data Set 2009-2010](<a href=“http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/cds_2009.html]Stanford”>http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/cds_2009.html) which is a link I provided in #121 but edited out of the post because I found better data from <a href=“http://facultysenate.stanford.edu/2009_2010/reports/SenD6248_degrees_conf2.pdf[/url]”>http://facultysenate.stanford.edu/2009_2010/reports/SenD6248_degrees_conf2.pdf</a> which had all the majors listed in absolute numbers instead of %s</p>
<p>nothingto, read post #160. That’s as definitive of an ending as you’re going to get in this debate.</p>
<p>Did anyone really not read what I posted? I’ll post it in freggin bold if I have to get your attention.</p>
<p>RML, I want you to understand. There is no such thing as HYPSMC. I was like this when I was a high school kid. But after taking classes, life goes, I realize…it’s really a phase.
I believe I’ve grown out of it and its sad to see others haven’t. There really is zero point from graduating from an HYPSM or any other college aside from the fact that you can impress anyone who asks (but this can be achieved with a degree from Columbia, Brown, Duke, UChicago, Dartmouth, etc). As a student at MIT, I really do believe this.
It’s all in the individual. However, I do believe opportunities are a little better in top universities. But I don’t believe I’ll get more opportunities at MIT than Columbia.</p>
<p>Please realize this. Perhaps the only topic any X university is better than Y university applies is just overall “wow” factor perceived by the general public. But even then, if you don’t care what other say about this(A lot in the real world don’t, but apparently people in CC do!), then it doesn’t matter. At all.</p>
<p>Please relax. To the OP and everyone else: Its not a fluke that Columbia is #4. No fluke that its higher than Stanford.
It just is #4.
Saying that Columbia is higher because Stanford’s screwed in SAT scores is a worthless argument. You’re making excuses to modify things the way you WANT to see them. You’re not having an open mind then.</p>
<p>Likewise, why can’t I claim that Harvard is highly perceived now due to being located in one of the most prominent cities in colonial America and for being created in the 1600s thus leading to a well-established institution in the minds of Americans? </p>
<p>I mean I understand dismissing Forbes rankings, because that’s obvious. But Stanford being better than Columbia isn’t obvious to me AT ALL.
Columbia is great. Columbia is #4 in the USNWR, the most used and desired and credible ranking guide in existence. It is what it is.
/thread</p>
<p>No, Stanford is better. </p>
<p>THREAD ON!</p>
<p>i would love to go to columbia i’ll probably never get in… i should apply anyway and see what happens who knows</p>
<p>Nothing is sadder than somebody putting a whole post in bold letters. Get some therapy.</p>
<p>Tyler09. NO NO NO THREAD OFFFFF THREAD OFF THREAD OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF BAD THREAD BAD THREAD OFFF OFFFFFFFF</p>
<p>He who screams the loudest and drowns out all the other voices wins the argument.</p>
<p>^^haha true</p>
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<p>You’re not really used to responding to personal attacks are you? It seems you’re still reeling from my attack from before on being an old parent and wasting your time on CC putting down students asking for genuine help.
Understandable because your attacks were half as effective. Are they even attacks?
Schmaltz, where’s your wife? Shouldn’t you be spending time with her than taking the trouble going on CC? Unless your an anti-social 50 year old. Those people are funny and unbelievably sad…they don’t need therapy, they need friends.</p>
<p>You’re misusing the bold function. It’s to put emphasis on specific parts of a statement/quote, not to highlight your entire post. Also this thread sucks, just let it die already. Please.</p>
<p>non-serious part: lol old unmarried guy or his wife is dead or cheating or divorced/left him hahahahahahahaha HAHAHHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA</p>
<p>This thread is a total lolz…</p>
<p>I didn’t see the thread until today… lol. There is a difference. Stanford wins a lot of cross acceptances… at least in my area. Anyways, they’re all great schools, basically equally good platforms to go where you want (as far as undergraduate is concerned). Forget about the avg, I think it’s more important what an individual student can do with these great resources :)</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>“where’s your wife? Shouldn’t you be spending time with her than taking the trouble going on CC? Unless your an anti-social 50 year old. Those people are funny and unbelievably sad…they don’t need therapy, they need friends.”</p>
<p>Did you seriously graduate from Duke and still think the way to win a dispute is to put everyting in bold and to attack your opposition personally? You should get a refund on your tuition. When you resort to such tactics, you’re admitting you’ve lost.</p>
<p>^A wise sparrow once told me: “Better to lose a debate than lose at life.”</p>
<p>And what’s wrong with misusing my bold post? Oops did I break the fourth wall by doing so?
At least it got everyone’s attention and I made my point across. And its interesting that you don’t deny any of this:
Heh guess it really is better to lose a debate than lose at life.</p>
<p>“Unless your an…”</p>
<p>Is English your first language?</p>
<p>Oh good lord. Not another one of those your/you’re Nazis. If that’s the only thing left you have to say, then this thread is clearly over and dead and it was completely pointless for you to bring it back.</p>
<p>I hated my Columbia experience, primarily because the administration is inaccessible and corrupt. Here is an interesting site where other Columbia students had equally disappointing experiences. By the way, those who believe “rankings” should realize the politics behind them. It’s all about follow the money. It does not translate into anything meaningful from the perspective and experience of the student. For that, you need to go to the source, students themselves. </p>
<p>[Columbia</a> University is a horrible school | Herd My Cattle](<a href=“http://herdmycattle.com/columbia-university-is-a-horrible-school/]Columbia”>http://herdmycattle.com/columbia-university-is-a-horrible-school/)</p>
<p>^This is hilarious. “Teachers are frauds, farces, and duplicitous snags who get hired because they are either cheap and dont get paid much, or because the university just doesnt feel like spending the time to hire quality professors for teaching the undergraduate level.”</p>
<p>For me, the Core is one of the best reasons to go to Columbia. Even though I’m an engineer, I’ve taken my fair share of core classes. The professors care about the material and <em>gasp</em> you learn a great deal just by attending class. Furthermore, the administration is discussing plans to endow the Core, so professors can be enticed to teach the courses. </p>
<p>The quality of Core classes varies greatly depending on the professor you end up with. I’ve taken 4 core classes and they’ve all been great, though I can empathize with students who’ve taken classes with incompetent and apathetic professors.</p>
<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>