As compared to the safety and sanity of NYC? |
Why is the CORE considered so bad? It looks so interesting online. |
Amherst without a doubt. I say this as a Columbia grad. Just not the right place for undergrad for most students. |
While I understand your position, I disagree in this case as the environment at Columbia can be a nightmare due to the stress inducing environment. OP: The student should know whether or not he/she wants NYC. If yes, then the answer is clear. My thought is that Amherst & Rice offer a better environment for undergraduate study. |
Ah, yes, the same mentality that underlies the 1915 film Birth of A Nation. Two words: open carry. Texas has had seven mass shootings in 2024 alone (and we're only three months into the calendar year), three in Houston proper and one in Katy. Also, I encourage anyone who actually thinks that the presence of migrants in the U.S. is a problem to lobby Congress for sanctions against the corporations and entities (including individual farmers) who hire them. |
+100 Also a Columbia alum who agrees, 95% of kids shouldn't go there for undergrad |
Quoting my response to another poster in this thread: Two words: open carry. Texas has had seven mass shootings in 2024 alone (and we're only three months into the calendar year), three in Houston proper and one in Katy. And for the record, Houston's population is 2.3 million. NYC's is 8.2. |
Agree. Unless you go in with a group of friends you know attending college in NYC (at Columbia or other schools) it can be lonely and hard. |
Am I the only one shocked that the same student applied to these three schools? They couldn’t be more different. Amherst and Columbia, in particular, are opposites in every way. Please, please visit all and also make sure your student understands the requirements (or lack there of in Amherst’s case). There is bound to be a clear choice.
All great schools so you can’t go wrong. Just go see for yourself. |
Right! That leaves the 5% accepted. |
For the above YouTube student, he was an Asian student who may have been unprepared to read so many of the Western classics he was unfamiliar with. It's not for everyone. For those who want to understand who we are as a people, where we (our thoughts, beliefs, worldviews) came from, and where we are heading, there's nothing like the Core. For those who visit the campus, underneath your feet are bunkers and basements where the Manhattan project took place. Knowledge without humanities can lead to the complete destruction of humanity. |
+1000. I would not take any other school over Amherst. - Not an Amherst alum |
Parchment on Amherst-Columbia cross-admits: https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Amherst+College&with=Columbia+University+in+the+City+of+New+York - Not a Columbia alum. |
Columbia’s prestige has crumbled over the last couple of years though. Still ok if a kid is really set in living in NYC and is ok with crowded classes. Outcomes are similar to Cornell, Emory, and other peercachools. |
80% of Amherst admits can't be that wrong to forgo Amherst for for Columbia for an outcome that is similar to Emory... |