| For me Boston really is the deciding factor. You're not going to get anywhere near the results for 1-4 at BC/BU/Tufts, and Columbia is pretty drastically different than Harvard for a number of reasons (most of which I think are negative). Too cut off from community (for obvious liability reasons), a gen-ed system that is absurdly strict, and an academic culture where people like Madonna Constantine to get out of pretty serious plagiarism charges (and the fact that she hasn't really done anything of note) by accusing the administration of racism. |