<p>Um, I'd like to see the numbers that prove Columbia's Law/Med placement is better than Penn's, because I'm reasonably sure you're flat wrong, particularly about the med admissions part. Penn is almost categorically considered the best ivy to go to if you're a premed because of the strength of the advising, the preprofessional atmosphere, and placement rate. Also, Columbia's Core curriculum almost sucks any tiny bit of academic freedom a premed might have by the time they fill their required courses and their major courses.</p>