Columbia or UPENN ?

ilovebagels
Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:15:04 +0000

Yes, Penn has a larger undergraduate body. No real doubt about that.

But if you want to go to law school, Penn offers a huge advantage over Columbia in that **any Penn undergraduate can take classes at Penn Law/b. Here is a page detailing Penn’s policies for taking courses at Penn Law ([Penn Law: Law Classes are not just for Law Students](Penn Students & Staff • Registrar • Penn Carey Law))

Here is Columbia College’s policy on taking courses at Columbia Law:
Law School: Courses may be taken only by students in the Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education (AILE) program, a joint-degree program. Students must have signed permission from the Law School Office of the Assistant Dean of Academic Services, 500 William and June Warren Hall.

That being said, you won’t go wrong with either school. Both of them are phenomenal universities in great American cities and undoubtedly among the world’s finest. Congratulations on being admitted to both of them! :)