<p>“also, do you guys think columbia has more to offer academically than duke?”</p>
<p>the duke board keeps saying that sciences at duke are harder and better etc. but there’s no substantiation to any of that, how would they possibly know what columbia sciences are like. according to usnews graduate rankings in the sciences:</p>
<p>bio: duke = 12, col = 15
chem: duke = 43, col =11
phy: duke = 29, col = 11</p>
<p>these don’t say too much since they are grad rankings, but they do tell you that, if anything, columbia is stronger in the sciences, I say they’re probably comparable. Columbia was also ranked the #1 research university in the country by the center for measuring university performance. I think columbia might actually have more to offer in the sciences, there’s tons of science research on offer, and many chances to work closely and extensively with profs. Anecdotially, the kids that come to columbia for science are really well prepared from highschool, passionate and very smart, and even then they find the classes very challenging. If your question is whether overall academically (many disciplines), columbia has more to offer - almost for sure it does, there’s just a huge range of classes, and columbia is strong in every field - social sciences, sciences, humanities, engineering, strong professional schools also. </p>
<p>“yeah, they gave me until may 15th, which is this thursday…I wish it was longer though. You think they would give me an extension? Or would that be a little wishful thinking?”</p>
<p>wishful, they want your money or someone elses.</p>