Which is better, Columbia or Stanford?

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<p>Just the name stanford sounds really cool and prestigious.</p>

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<p>haaaa</p>

<p>i agree with you</p>

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<p>Hands down Stanford is much better and far more prestegious nationally and internationally.And if you are looking for these 2 colleges,you should also try in Harvard,Princeton,Yale,Stanford,Upenn,Berkeley, and if you dont mind going overseas then you can also try in Oxbridge.</p>

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<p>thank you alabhya2000</p>

<p>Stanford is overseas for me, i am in Canada....</p>

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<p>Stanford.</p>

<p>From an international students point of view, both schools' reputations are well received.</p>

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<p>Plus, Stanford almost rhymes with Harvard. And everyone knows Harvard is #1 in the world for everything, right?!</p>

<p>DinaZhang - I hope you were intentionally mocking Britney Spears with that last comment.</p>

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<p>It's HYPS, not HYPC.</p>

<p>Stanford > All.</p>

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<p>???????????????</p>

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<p>i agree with nathan no idea what columbia was until i started looking...but i'd say i like columbia better, just b/c it's in new york and prettier than stanford's typical cali/southwest buildings. But the undergrad experience is probably better at Stanford, and it is better known...I just love Columbia.</p>

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<p>Stanford is more prestigious but I would prefer Columbia because of the weather. God, I love SNOW...</p>

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<p>I LOVE COLUMBIA!!!!! Sorry just had to get that off my chest! Anyway Colubia's an ivy, and that's pretty prestigious if you ask me. But whatever you want to do!</p>

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<p>aside from the prestige factor, hasn't anyone ever seen columbia's campus in the winter...like around christmas...it's incredible. And Morningside Heights is an awesome part of NYC...Stanford is cool, but it just can't compete with Columbia's location and aesthetics.</p>

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<p>Columbia might be an Ivy, but Stanford is probably more prestigious by virtue of its location as well. Columbia is in the Mid-Atlantic/New England region where there are more prestigious. Stanford is pretty much the head hancho of the West.</p>

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<p>Which is better, apples or oranges? I say oranges because they're smaller and squishier.</p>

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<p>No, apples are clearly better than oranges because they're crispier and not orange.</p>

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<p>what kind of crazy ass comment...oranges are the clear victor! They're orange and they taste better.</p>

<p>And you can peel their skin off easier. They're not shy a/b taking it all off.</p>

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<p>Apples with skin on taste better. Oranges with skin on...not so excellent.
I guess if you wanted to find a metaphor:
An apple is a beautiful woman who doesn't take her clothes off easily (I would argue that this isn't a bad thing at all). An orange is a mediocre-looking woman who is basically a whore.
Who would you rather take?</p>

<p>(and this is, of course, assuming that oranges do taste better. I'd have to disagree.)</p>

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<p>"oranges with skin on...not so excellent."</p>

<p>You eat oranges with the skin? That's sick.</p>

<p>I'd take the better tasting whore...she may be more acidic in nature, and you'll probably catch an STD, but that one taste was worth it.</p>

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<p>Oranges with skin are eatable -- it's still organic. Some of the best dishes in the world are cooked with their skin. </p>

<p>However, the question of a thread, I believe, has a complex answer. Choice depends greatly on particular fruit, good apple is better than bad orange and good orange is better than mediocre apple.
If tastes are great of both fruits, I'd choose apple, though.</p>

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<p>STANFORD!!! I love Stanford! I about died when I had to decide b/w stanford and pton, and even though I chose pton, stanford is crazy awesome! And they love their students! :)</p>