Columbia or Stanford?

highlyedumacated
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:43:31 +0000

Also about #6 (the warmer welcome), Stanford will definitely be a much more welcoming place than Columbia. In terms of climate, New York is cold for basically Nov-Apr, while Palo Alto is temperate all year round. Stanford also has a more substantial and beautiful campus than Columbia does.

If you aren’t perfectly fluent and articulate in English, New York may be a difficult place for you. People are mean here. There is no getting around that.