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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The core is something to keep in mind for Columbia[/quote]

There's a kid who posts in YouTube about his Columbia experience.  He's a transfer from Rice, had a transfer choice among Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia.  After a year, he dropped out of Columbia.  His reasonings were vague. Looking at a few of his earlier videos, however, I realized he had trouble with the Core.

So, the student needs to know what s/he wants. Open curriculum?  Amherst.  Core?  Columbia.  [/quote]

Why is the CORE considered so bad?  It looks so interesting online.[/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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