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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. As the parent of a very happy Columbia student, I'd probably have to say ... Yale for most kids. Yale's campus is lovely and more like the imaginary ivory tower (although despite what you'll read, Columbia does have a discrete campus and provides dorms for all for years). Also, Yale's stress level is lower than Columbia's according to several rankings like Huffington Post.

That said, I'll play devil's advocate for Columbia. There are a lot of arty kids who want NYC for the art, theater, film or music opportunities - Vampire Weekend is recent Columbia grads. A significant share of the undergrad student body is in the engineering school, with the liberal arts kids in Columbia college. The student body is very diverse, ethnically and income-wise. Columbia kids tend to see an almost punishing workload as a challenge, and these are the kids who weren't put off by the idea of reading Herodotus one week and St. Augustine the next week (Columbia's core curriculum).

DC has made great friends, has joined several clubs, and seems to be getting good grades. DC is still in the first two years, but has already had several profs with national reputations who actually teach undergrad courses.

My own DC refused to apply to Yale (or Harvard, or Princeton), in fact we drove right past all of these places on I-95 during the East Coast college tour and DC ignored our suggestions to "just drive through" these campuses. DC, and many of DC's friends, were put off by the reputations for exclusive eating and other clubs. I personally think these reputations are over-blown, and that it's possibly to be extremely happy at Yale without joining Skull and Bones. [/quote]

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