There is so much misinformation spewed on DCUM it's crazy.

Columbia GS is for non traditional applicants. You can't apply if you haven't been away from college (i.e. not taking any classes) for at least a year.
Columbia College takes around a hundred transfers a year. (As does Chicago for what it's worth).


And what is up with the Chicago backers? It swear at this point there is at least one poster who has a Chicago alarm on their phone. If anyone posts ANYTHING about Chicago that is even neutral (not even negative) they're like: "Chicago troll! It's a troll! Crazy troll! She troll!" Give it a rest. We can talk about the university (and even share things that aren't ideal or complimentary) without it being trolling. And no, I am not a frequent Chicago poster. Just someone noticing this recent level of crazy.

Is Columbia ranking really so low?

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

There is nothing wrong with that mentality. Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer. At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College. The latter is not happening. The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for herkindergarten caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia. This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream. Ignore all the Chicago boosters. Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell. Similar at Columbia. Obama was a transfer also.

OP here. GS is for nontraditional students (veterans) and is not intended for more simple transfer students like my DD. And what do you mean "ignore all the Chicago boosters" - I think everyone supporting UChicago has reasoning. Making a plan to jump from one school into the next is not smart; we're just considering the possibility that UChicago isn't a great fit for DD, in which case she would want to transfer to Columbia.

No. Troll-like languages. Any reasoning is at kindergarten level.

"One is T6, another is T15 if not T18."
"location is about all I can come up with."
"Chicago is a better school."

There is no comparison between core curriculum at two schools.
There is no discussion on assess to world class faculty and research opportunities at Columbia.
There is no discusssion on career outcome between two schools.

The “T6” poster is an anti-Chicago troll who posts this regularly to try to bait Chicago haters or even mere Chicago skeptics to jump in. You just have to ignore that one.

Rest of the comments have been reasonable.

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

There is nothing wrong with that mentality. Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer. At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College. The latter is not happening. The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for herkindergarten caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia. This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream. Ignore all the Chicago boosters. Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell. Similar at Columbia. Obama was a transfer also.

OP here. GS is for nontraditional students (veterans) and is not intended for more simple transfer students like my DD. And what do you mean "ignore all the Chicago boosters" - I think everyone supporting UChicago has reasoning. Making a plan to jump from one school into the next is not smart; we're just considering the possibility that UChicago isn't a great fit for DD, in which case she would want to transfer to Columbia.

No. Troll-like languages. Any reasoning is at kindergarten level.

"One is T6, another is T15 if not T18."
"location is about all I can come up with."
"Chicago is a better school."

There is no comparison between core curriculum at two schools.
There is no discussion on assess to world class faculty and research opportunities at Columbia.
There is no discusssion on career outcome between two schools.

UChicago has the same world-class faculty, research, and career outcomes. Core curriculum differs but it's just a person-to-person preference.

Go away, UChicago-hating she-troll.

Where did PP use hate language? When did PP use troll language?
Go away! You are making Chicago sound like a cult!

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

There is nothing wrong with that mentality. Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer. At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College. The latter is not happening. The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for herkindergarten caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia. This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream. Ignore all the Chicago boosters. Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell. Similar at Columbia. Obama was a transfer also.

OP here. GS is for nontraditional students (veterans) and is not intended for more simple transfer students like my DD. And what do you mean "ignore all the Chicago boosters" - I think everyone supporting UChicago has reasoning. Making a plan to jump from one school into the next is not smart; we're just considering the possibility that UChicago isn't a great fit for DD, in which case she would want to transfer to Columbia.

No. Troll-like languages. Any reasoning is at kindergarten level.

"One is T6, another is T15 if not T18."
"location is about all I can come up with."
"Chicago is a better school."

There is no comparison between core curriculum at two schools.
There is no discussion on assess to world class faculty and research opportunities at Columbia.
There is no discusssion on career outcome between two schools.

UChicago has the same world-class faculty, research, and career outcomes. Core curriculum differs but it's just a person-to-person preference.

Go away, UChicago-hating she-troll.

^ access

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

There is nothing wrong with that mentality. Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer. At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College. The latter is not happening. The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for herkindergarten caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia. This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream. Ignore all the Chicago boosters. Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell. Similar at Columbia. Obama was a transfer also.

OP here. GS is for nontraditional students (veterans) and is not intended for more simple transfer students like my DD. And what do you mean "ignore all the Chicago boosters" - I think everyone supporting UChicago has reasoning. Making a plan to jump from one school into the next is not smart; we're just considering the possibility that UChicago isn't a great fit for DD, in which case she would want to transfer to Columbia.

No. Troll-like languages. Any reasoning is at kindergarten level.

"One is T6, another is T15 if not T18."
"location is about all I can come up with."
"Chicago is a better school."

There is no comparison between core curriculum at two schools.
There is no discussion on assess to world class faculty and research opportunities at Columbia.
There is no discusssion on career outcome between two schools.

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

There is nothing wrong with that mentality. Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer. At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College. The latter is not happening. The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for her caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia. This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream. Ignore all the Chicago boosters. Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell. Similar at Columbia. Obama was a transfer also.

OP here. GS is for nontraditional students (veterans) and is not intended for more simple transfer students like my DD. And what do you mean "ignore all the Chicago boosters" - I think everyone supporting UChicago has reasoning. Making a plan to jump from one school into the next is not smart; we're just considering the possibility that UChicago isn't a great fit for DD, in which case she would want to transfer to Columbia.

Columbia school of general studies is for older/non traditional students - not for a 18/19 year old college transfer student

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

There is nothing wrong with that mentality. Columbia is her dream school, I don't see anything wrong with planning on transfer. At all.

I am assuming she will be transferring to General Studies, not Columbia College. The latter is not happening. The former is essentially a "guaranteed transfer" for her caliber (guaranteed in substance not in form).

With that assumption, I would fully support her decision to transfer to Columbia. This is a solid plan, not a pipe dream. Ignore all the Chicago boosters. Cornell has a similar guranteed transfer (both in substance and in form), most transferees are extremely happy at Cornell. Similar at Columbia. Obama was a transfer also.

Chicago is a better school, plus real change.

Anonymous wrote:Which would you pick?

DD is headed to UChicago this fall (from NYC private) through the ED2 round. Deferred Columbia ED but decided to be risk-averse and not to wait it out - she is now considering transferring after 1 year. Obviously, this is just provisional, but would it be worth it to attend Columbia for 3 years? I'm not sure it would fulfill her like the typical 4-year students.

I am trying to think of ways that Columbia is noticably better than Chicago and the location is about all I can come up with.

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

No harm in applying. If she gets into Columbia, decide then.

The harm is that it’s hard to both fully commit and apply to transfer

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Anonymous wrote:If she is this unhappy with her ED2 choice that she's planning to transfer before she even starts, she should absolutely not have committed to ED2.

She's not planning. Just considering since it's been her long-time dream. Trust me when I tell you that she loves UChicago - I would not have signed the ED2 agreement if I knew she didn't actually want to attend.

No harm in applying. If she gets into Columbia, decide then.

Anonymous wrote:Stay at UChicago unless she gets interested in engineering. It's #6, meanwhile Columbia is at the lower end of the T20s.

One is T6, another is T15 if not T18. No brainer!