<p>ClassicGuitar–</p>
<p>This year, as I’m sure you know, Columbia College had a lower admit rate than any Ivy League school (8.9%). While certainly this isn’t to say that by the metrics of this statistics alone that Columbia > Harvard, it can certainly be used to argue that the average admitted student at Harvard and Columbia are more or less commensurate. </p>
<p>With regard to law school placement— Harvard does place more at H&Y Law schools. But the key to remember that it is a function of the people who choose to go to Harvard & Yale. At H&Y, you will meet hyper competitive gunners gunning for Law/Medical school for the next 4 years. While I’m sure that this exists at Columbia, I have a feeling it’s to a lesser extent. </p>
<p>And finally I think, this is the most important and revealing question. Do you believe that a future employer and/or graduate school, will descriminate between a 4.0 student from Harvard or a 4.0 student from Columbia ceteri paribus simply on the merits that one attended a school that starts with H and the other with C? And let’s not forget, Columbia to the people who matter has much as of a brand name appeal as does Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.</p>