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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He's a very intellectual classics major kind of kid. Teaching was weak in sciences and some humanities. Kids super preprofessional and faux intellectual. More TAs teaching core curriculum courses than expected. Peers were a bit pretentious. Poor advising and career service support. It's never been a hand holding type of school. He got a good education but don't think he had much fun. And yes, the talk about admin increasing money making masters programs (with low standards) is true. But same at many ivy schools. [/quote]

Well, the core curriculum and great books program is pretty great. Yes there are grad students teaching those courses but that doesn't mean they are bad teachers. The tenured professors are too busy publishing to pay attention to teaching - as it is at any prestige school. 
That said, Columbia has become kind of degree mill-ish with its non-core college programs and that is something the administration has been debating. But this does not affect the traditional undergrad programs too much. The core curriculum has remained staunch for many years. 
I would only worry if your child was enrolled in the general studies program or some of their weird masters programs in, I dunno, climate? 
The undergrad programs are generally untainted by that certificate / masters money-grab.
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