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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.[/quote]

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.[/quote]

There is nothing wrong with that mentality.  Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer.  At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College.  The latter is not happening.  The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for herkindergarten caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia.  This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream.  Ignore all the Chicago boosters.  Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell.  Similar at Columbia.  Obama was a transfer also.  [/quote]

OP here. GS is for nontraditional students (veterans) and is not intended for more simple transfer students like my DD. And what do you mean "ignore all the Chicago boosters" - I think everyone supporting UChicago[b] has reasoning[/b]. Making a plan to jump from one school into the next is not smart; we're just considering the possibility that UChicago isn't a great fit for DD, in which case she would want to transfer to Columbia.[/quote]

No.  Troll-like languages.  Any reasoning is at kindergarten level.

"One is T6, another is T15 if not T18."
"location is about all I can come up with."
"Chicago is a better school."

There is no comparison between core curriculum at two schools.  
There is no discussion on assess to world class faculty and research opportunities at Columbia.  
There is no discusssion on career outcome between two schools.  [/quote]

The “T6” poster is an anti-Chicago troll who posts this regularly to try to bait Chicago haters or even mere Chicago skeptics to jump in. You just have to ignore that one.

Rest of the comments have been [b]reasonable[/b].[/quote]

Sure, Jan.

location is about all I can come up with?  Columbia has SEAS, Chicago does not have an engineering school.  Columbia has a much greater presence in Wall Street, media, UN, tech.  Columbia has a stronger premed advisory and a much larger premed population.  And campus safety?  Financial issues at Chicago?  Weather?  [/quote]

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