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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I cannot imagine anyone sending a child to Columbia in this current environment, so that wouldn't even be a consideration at my house. Penn, maybe.

But I would take UVA over Penn any day.[/quote]

I'm not going to say that nothing is happening at Columbia because that would be lying and only Donald Trump is allowed to do that, but things at Columbia really are not as bad on a day to day basis as Trump, Fox News, and the rest of them want you to think. And I am a Jew who is frequently in the neighborhood of Columbia.

That being said, based on the description of the kid, I don't think it is the best fit. But not because of "this current environment."[/quote]

OP here. Thanks! She's done her due diligence and talked to a number of current Columbia (and Barnard) students that are the children of our friends and friends-of-friends and they all report that most of what is in the press is overblown and hasn't impacted their lives at all (besides currently having to QR code in their guests...)
So she's not dissuaded by the Trump related unrest. More-so because it's hard to tell how great the community is or what the experience is really like. She LOVES NYC but apparently is really attracted to a classic campus, college town experience. She applied far and wide and most of her acceptances were more urban. UVA was one of only several classic college campus options she received that also has high academics.

As a parent it unnerves me a little though.I have read too many disparaging things on here (DCUM) about UVA. And give up a ~4% Ivy acceptance rate spot? (Penn, Columbia?) That gives me a little pause even though I never thought I really valued the Ivies or prestige. i have not said anything to her-This is hard but I and my spouse are keeping our thoughts to ourselves. [/quote]

Well here you made it clear what you value… the acceptance rate. I think you need to reevaluate your priorities. [/quote]

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