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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]they accepted the exact same number as Cornell? bizarre. can you link that?[/quote]

I mean accepted the same number of kids off WL as Cornell. 388[/quote]

Cornell is how many X the size of Columbia?
There was a significant aberration last cycle in WL utilization at Columbia. It may be over now. But it was an aberration and was talked about widely.[/quote]

Yes, and there were still about 60,000 Columbia applicants who were rejected. 
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1/4 of Columbia is GS — an easy admit. Almost as easy as their cash cow grad programs. The ship might not be sinking, but it is definitely taking on water: Columbia will soon share its New York brethren’s status as being the bottom feeder of the Ivy League.[/quote]

Weird how this poster has a Columbia GS obsession. Constantly posts about it. Who the f cares? [/quote]

NP here. GS students  are often older, and they sit side by side with Columbia college students in classes. They also get identical diplomas, watering down the value of the degree.

Weird that you're crashing out over this.

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I don't think they get the same diplomas. The diploma states Columbia College for the traditional college students or SEAS for engineering.
And the GS students don't dorm with the college nor engineering students. I actually think they don't get traditional dormitory offerings at all. I knew a GS student once who thought he could join the fraternities but it turned out he couldn't. He thought his college experience was going to be like that of his Columbia College classmates.
But yeah, they can sit in the same classes but I don't think the required core classes (Art Hum, CC, Lit Hum, etc..) though.[/quote]
They share the majority of classes — all classes but the Core. All major classes. All electives. Some Core classes too (generally not, but GS can take them by petition and often do). They are 25% of kids in major classes and electives. By definition, this dumbs things down a bit — just a bit, mind you. Considering the bottom 25% at an Ivy (including Columbia College) is not so impressive, that’s a total of 40% relatively low quality students. [/quote]

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