<p>I'm trying to choose ivy league colleges and Columbia is one of the colleges on my list, but I need help as to what are the good things about Columbia? Why is Columbia better than other colleges?</p>
<p>My reasons are quite simplistic, but here goes:</p>
<p>a) I wanted to stay close to home, and I also love NYC.</p>
<p>b) I liked the core a lot because I love learning a bit of everything even if I'm not very interested in a subject (for example, I disliked AP Bio in high school, but I love having the knowledge of biology...sounds a bit weird I guess, but it's just the way I am). Art, Music, LitHum, major cultures, West Civ...I was interested in all of these! I would say the core was a major draw for me.</p>
<p>so basically. . . have knowledge to show off? Interesting idea, phantom. . .</p>
<p>when i went for a tour of columbia, my dad asked the tour guide what set columbia apart from the other ivies, stanford, etc. and she said all of them will provide you with a great education, no matter what, but columbia has a great education and a great location.</p>
<p>In the end, I declined Columbia's offer, but I can say that I applied there because of, well, the Core Program and the education. I've heard from my older friends the Core Program is a pain when it comes to scheduling, but the fact is, as phantom said, you learn about different things that you may have not been exposed to.</p>
<p>That knowledge really carries with you the rest of your life and the fact that you can understand, perhaps, a little about what music you're listening to at a concert or about the art that you're viewing at the museum -- it really pays dividends.</p>
<p>The reason I declined its offer was due to the money. I am pretty poor, and the fact that Columbia believed I could fork up $3,000 and have almost $7,000 in loans was pretty beyond me. Since I live in New York, I visited the campus a lot of times and let me tell you it's one of the prettiest campuses and it is really full of rich history.</p>
<p>knowledge to show off? not really...merely to know.</p>
<p>Columbia is known for its balanced liberal arts education, and as a prospective math/physics major who also loves literature and music and art and all that, I appreciate being able to leave Columbia educated in all of those.</p>
<p>Knowledge I'm missing includes famous people like singers and actors I should know about but don't, sports, movies, TV shows, and maybe some other basic things. I'll leave Columbia being even more lopsided than I am now. Yesss</p>
<p>lol (same goes for me in terms of famous singers and sports -- absolutely clueless)</p>
<p>consider joining the "I Was a Dorky Kid" facebook group...</p>