When looking at acceptance rate, they should put both of these schools together.
It is obvious that Columbia is trying to make its acceptance rate lower than it seems to be.
For instance, if Duke only posted acceptance rate for Trinity College and not Pratt School of Engineering- Duke's acceptance rate would seem lower too.
That's the problem here.</p>
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Yea, U.S News is lame. I like the rankings I've made for colleges a lot better. :p</p>
<p>But I have (Wash U=Brown)>Cornell for various reasons, Wash U may not have the "Ivy prestige" but it definitely has worked really hard (besides fudging numbers) to become a better school. People usually greatly enjoy their experience at Wash U- I think one thing Wash U is doing in particular is handing out a lot of merit scholarships to get a lot of top students. A pre-frosh I was hosting last year turned down Duke for Wash U because he was getting a full-tuition scholarship there and I have a friend who turned down a half-tuition (I think..) scholarship from Wash U to go to Duke but he said he was very impressed with Wash U.</p>
<p>rofl what's your definition of horrible? This definitely depends on majors. According to everything I've researched, Cornell is way better than all the Ivies cept HP for physics. I'm also pretty sure for anything agriculture related its better though I might be wrong. Anyway, my point is as far as admissions go, you can just check statistics to see which is harder by rates and average test scores, but you can't really list which is better without knowing better at what.</p>
<p>hmm, i dont know much about cornell, except that their high admit rate is just mainly due to the fact that theyre able to accommodate a lot more students that the rest of the ivys. </p>
<p>and yeah, from what i see cornell doesnt appear to be that bad, but i know nothing.</p>
<p>Hmmm...
Where is the Fu School of Eng. and Applied Sciences listed in USN&WR?
Should it be? If it doesn't justify its own listing somewhere or other, shouldn't it be included in Columbia's profile?
Another beef. All the Barnard parents and most students posting here say that for all intents and purposes, they go to Columbia, since the two schools are so integrated. Why doesn't Columbia incorporate their Barnard students in their numbers?
Wash U is justifiably outed for numbers manipulation. Columbia is as big a perp.</p>
<p>A search on "Columbia" only turns up an entry for Columbia University (no separate units shown), and a search on Barnard turns up a profile that doesn't indicate any particular relationship with Columbia University.</p>