Columbia or UPENN ?

ilovebagels
Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:46:23 +0000

From a point of fit, it’s a choice of lifestyles.

If you want a more independent experience in the world’s most amazing city, go to Columbia.

If you want a more ‘college-y’ college experience, go to Penn.

As for academics, I feel at the undergrad level they are of equal quality, and it’s a matter of whether you want a Columbia’s Core or Penn’s One University (I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the latter but I wish people in general had a better grounding in the great historical Western thought that gave rise to our civilization, and in that respect I’d like a Core).