how does columbia compare to other top ranked schools?

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<p>gwilliams55gz’s postings should end the existence of debate about schools on CC, but they won’t. </p>

<p>What he/she said is incredibly insightful and true. I have some of the best education pedigree in the world and had a job working side by side with Ph.D.s from HYP in one of the most vibrant cities in the world. And yet, I was compelled to leave it all by both intuition and an understanding that these “kings of society” were missing the mark. I moved to the middle of nowhere and worked for a signficant period way below my capacity. </p>

<p>In so doing - in that place either completely unknown to everbody ogling over places like New York and the status of credentials, or mocked profusely for its backward ways by those who do know of it, I discovered and collaborated with the people truly pushing the frontiers of human thought and innovation. I have been fortunate enough to be guided by the universe to these people simply because I put statistics aside and followed my inner guidance.</p>