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05-09-2008, 07:55 PM
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| Which school is more prestigious? Stanford or Columbia?
Which school is more prestigious? Stanford or Columbia? Solely based on prestige, which schools wins? | 
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05-09-2008, 07:59 PM
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| Standford, No questions asked... they are both very very prestigious no question there... but Standford... | |
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05-09-2008, 08:05 PM
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| First of all, it's STANFORD. Get it right, please!
Second of all, this is possibly the dumbest question I've ever heard. They're BOTH prestigious and BOTH excellent schools. Both schools' acceptance rates dropped considerably this year, single digits for both, I believe.
Your answers will be based on where the person who replies is from--if from California, then Stanford. If from East Coast, then Columbia is preferred. Of course, this is just speaking very generally. Both are no question very prestigious, can't really get more prestigious than this.
Both schools are incredibly well recognized and to bring up a question of which school is more prestigious reflects more on what kind of person you are and how wrong you are looking at schools in your college search simply asking about prestige and not about factors of certain majors, programs, environment, etc.
You should be asking yourself, which place do I like better? Where can I see myself for the next 4 years? Is attending this school financially feasible? etc etc
Unless you've been accepted to both schools, if I were you I'd worry first about the chances of GETTING IN, not OMG which one is more prestigious?! | |
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05-09-2008, 08:14 PM
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| hostasice shouldn't be so hostile. there's no need to hurt other people's feelings. i know people say that it's not good to choose a school by prestige, but come on. it's ok to show off now and then. to say that prestige didn't play a role in my college decision would be a lie. anyways, to answer you question, i'd say that stanford has a more universal prestige than columbia. | |
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05-09-2008, 08:16 PM
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| I agree that I think I came off a bit too strongly than I intended... but when you're at the level of Stanford and Columbia, asking which one is more prestigious in one's decision-making is like asking if Princeton is more prestigious than Yale.
I agree that people often choose schools based on prestige, but honestly, prestige at this point shouldn't be the tipping factor. | |
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05-09-2008, 08:40 PM
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| Neither. If I had to pick I would choose Columbia, but both of them are basically equal. | |
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05-09-2008, 08:51 PM
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| possibly the dumbest post ever... | |
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05-09-2008, 09:01 PM
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| wow cdk that was quite mean! i would have to give stanford the edge in prestige. columbia is an ivy league, but is one of the lesser known ivy leagues. | |
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05-09-2008, 09:04 PM
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| FDR kicks Hoover's ass. Columbia! | |
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05-09-2008, 09:05 PM
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| i think most people would agree that stanford is tad bit more prestigious. | |
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05-09-2008, 09:23 PM
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| Schools are prestigious FOR A REASON. What the reason is, well that's the whole issue. WHY is Stanford better than Columbia, or WHY is Columbia better than Stanford (depends on your own opinions)? If you can answer WHY, then you can say which school is more 'prestigious'....Frankly, even considering either one is a big achievement. When you get into this level of academics, talking about two schools like Stanford and Columbia, it's irrelevant which one is more 'prestigious'. If you walk up to ANYONE and tell them you are a student at Columbia, or Stanford, they'll have alot of respect for you. | |
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05-09-2008, 09:29 PM
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| I wonder what Stanford's reputation really is in the Southeast? In GA, if I
asked most folks about it, I think I'd get responses based upon their athletic teams. When comparing Stanford's draw to that of eastern universities, you need to remember that Stanford is the only elite private university on the entire west coast (one of two if you count Cal Tech, but that's < 1,000 undergrads so it's not a serious consideration for that many people. Columbia is one of at least a dozen elite privates on the eastern seaboard, so the attention to top schools is split at least that many ways. | |
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05-09-2008, 09:55 PM
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| Both are extremely prestigious, no difference really.
Here on CC though, people would like to think of HYPSM are leagues beyound everywhere else. | |
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05-09-2008, 10:13 PM
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First of all, it's STANFORD. Get it right, please!
| Oops! brain fart... haha... you don't have to be an *** over it though... | |
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05-09-2008, 10:29 PM
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| Dude, it's cool. Typos are just a pet peeve of mine.
Don't take it personal. | |
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