Columbia vs. Princeton

Exodius
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:13:40 +0000

I prefer Columbia to Princeton (at least in theory), but is it a comparable academic experience? The Core, Columbia’s flagship, comprises classes capped at 22 students. Chicago’s are capped at 19; the optional humanities and seminars of Yale and Princeton are capped at eighteen and fifteen. Because of Chicago’s culture and the fact that Y and P’s seminars are optional and smaller, I assume that their students and teachers are better motivated, and the courses deeper and faster than Columbia’s.

One could argue that the Great Books culture makes up for this, but in NYC, there won’t be too much bonding on that front.

I’m just a disillusioned Columbia College admit that wants opinions.