Is it a bigger achievement to be accepted into Columbia as undergrad or as grad?

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<p>Also the initial statement that many in the north east think Columbia is more prestigious than Stanford is absolutely true. I personally don’t think so, but it is a common opinion.</p>

<p>here’s 24 pages worth of evidence:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/830565-rank-top-20-national-universities-terms-lay-prestige-based-your-region.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/830565-rank-top-20-national-universities-terms-lay-prestige-based-your-region.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>about 20-30% of posters rank Columbia ahead of Stanford 15% rank them evenly and 55-65% of poster rank Stanford ahead.</p>