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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the kid is an energetic, mature, self-starter, Columbia.  Columbia doesn't "make" the adult, but it's the right school if the applicant is already an adult.  
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SO true.  Yale is great for kids who aren't ready for the big leagues and want to stay in the cocoon a bit longer.  Columbia offers so, so much more and is far more serious academically.[/quote]

Yes, SO true. Here is a good experiment: ask the Columbia kids whether or not a single one of them got accepted by Yale and actually had this choice to make. Then ask the Yale kids. I can guess which kids actually made the choice, and they won't be the Columbia ones....[/quote]

Insecure?  
New Haven vs NYC?
Core curriculum taught by profs vs grad student teachers?
Faux oxbridge?
Pretentious clubs?
Sorry, but Yale is certainly a great school and very prestigious and I'd very proud to have my DCs go there, but you sound silly when you postulate that every kid who gets into both would choose Yale.  As pp noted, Columbia is hands-down more rigorous and in NYC to boot - for many that's the clincher.[/quote]

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