<p>Their historically important alumni</p>
<p>-majestic buildings
-world leader visits, and speeches/debates on international politics
-all four seasons
-24x7 restaurants and supermarkets bang off campus
-no student type to conform to
-balance of arts/humanities/social sciences/pure sciences/engineering
-small greek scene
-access to restaurants serving cuisines from anywhere in the world
-orgo night! (wiki columbia univ if unaware)</p>
<p>Passport</a> to New York</p>
<p>no school on fridays! 4 day weeks and 3 day weekends every week!</p>
<p>^or take 4 classes and have them all MW, that way you have two days of school :p</p>
<p>yeah, but those two days suck gorilla nuts.</p>
<p>Because Columbia has the attributes that one looks for his college that one gets attracted. It is the issue of wants. I remember my heart got trembling when confronted a forced decision over one school over another came late April; that’s when attributes and wants came to stand well with logic.
You’ve got to come up with what you aim for in a school, and let go equally favored schools with comparable attributes and make your points known. My mind sets on Columbia over the rest because Columbia has the education that I look for.</p>
<p>Why tom-yum soup over hot chilli, why community service over caning in correction, why bailing out over self-sustain, and why not…?</p>
<p>^ok, i might never know what this person is saying - but back to the thread</p>
<p>-relaxed rules, free first time ambulance ride to the hospital (esp helps if you don't know your limit and get too drunk)
-all out snowball fights in the quad when it first really snows (hasn't yet this year)
-the proximity of everything, esp today when the weather sucks
-cueats - CUEATS</a> for the Upper, Upper West Side</p>
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<p>That's irrelevant, you can schedule classes at any school for specific days off.</p>
<p>Seinfeld Restaurant</p>
<p>compare columbia's winter break with princeton's; princeton has a shorter break + finals in january.</p>
<p>Quite simply, the finest undergraduate education in America, and one of the best in the world.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't go so far as to say the finest education in American, but definitely up to par with other top schools.</p>
<p>UriA702: I'd say that once you get to the Columbia/HYP-level of education, all of the schools provide "fine education" of equal quality, and the only difference is the type and style of education provided. Columbia happens to be very unique in this regard in that it offers a specialized core which everyone takes.</p>
<p>Ahh I see your point. I falsely assumed you implied that Columbia's education is superior to HYP, which is clearly not the case.</p>
<p>UriA702: I didn't imply anything...... I was just responding to your post.</p>