CC experiment. I dare you all. "HPYCS"

confidentialcoll
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:00:13 +0000

Guys, RML is just going to continue to project his rigid view of prestige and quality as a view shared by parents and applicants everywhere, so leave him/her in their nonage.



By no metrics is Columbia ‘on par’ with HYPSM. It’s not even close to a competitor.



here are a few metrics where columbia beats at least 2 of the 5:

class sizes
student to faculty ratio
sat scores
% of students in the top 10% of their high school class
ethnic diversity
% international students
% of pell grant recipients (as a measure of socio-economic diversity)
average undergraduate indebtedness at graduation
freshman retention
graduation rates
nobel prize winners

the center for measuring university performance puts columbia first in their research rankings