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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both schools are hard to get into, but Columbia is far more selective.  Columbia's acceptance rate in 2025 was 3.9% while Barnard was 8.8%.  Bright kids are present at both school, but on average, Columbia College and SEAS undergrads have higher stats upon admittance.  [/quote]
GS is an easy admit, 25% of enrollment, and they take classes with the College and SEAS — that’s 1/4 of students significantly lower than Barnard. [/quote]

GS are truly different students, generally 5-10 years older, adults who for a variety of reasons didn’t go to college right after high school.
often vets or people who have worked/gone to community college. They don’t live in the CC/SEAS dorms and they don’t really socialize with them.  
IMO GS is real benefit to people who otherwise would likely never have access to that level of educational resources 
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It is 25% of the school, and it is a way of avoiding giving financial aid. GS students have more financial resources, not less, because full need is often not met. Plus, you are exaggerating their age. Many 20-year-old rich international freshmen who bought their way into Columbia GS…[/quote]
Maybe you should reading the General Studies website, which will show that you are wrong..
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Columbia University School of General Studies (GS) is the undergraduate college specifically designed for students pursuing a nontraditional path to a rigorous, traditional, Ivy League education, including students who have had a break of a year or more in their educations and those enrolled in one of our innovative dual degree programs. Most GS students have, for personal or professional reasons, interrupted their education, never attended college, or are only able to attend part time.

Whether you've taken time off for personal reasons, parenthood, travel, or your career, the School of General Studies—Columbia University’s college for returning and nontraditional students—makes it possible for you to complete your degree at one of the finest institutions in the country. In fact, Columbia is the only Ivy League university with a freestanding college in which nontraditional students are fully integrated into the undergraduate curriculum.

[b]Because the average age of GS students is 26, they usually have 8 to 10 more years of experience in life than traditional college students.[/b] That means that diversity at Columbia is not only measured by ethnicity and gender, but also by experience and maturity—a maturity we find leads to great academic success. At GS, you'll join a community of students who after graduation go on to pursue advanced degrees and lead stimulating professional lives.
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