SCEA Yale or ED Columbia?

eating_food
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:00:35 +0000

I was dead set on doing Columbia ED up until about this time last year (I thought it would be easier to get into and I didn’t want to give up the chance to go to an Ivy). Needless to say, I didn’t and I couldn’t be happier!

Columbia and Yale were my top two choices and I was fortunate enough to get into both (Columbia regular decision and Yale SCEA). I think giving myself time to visit and ask specific questions at each campus was a much more effective way to decide between the two than reading CC (which helped a lot too).

I have a lot of friends who chose Yale over MIT/Columbia SEAS/Harvard/Princeton/Stanford (schools that are considered to be more techy) for similar reasons that you cite: the fun atmosphere, etc… so go with your heart regarding this!