<p>lol, just to add in my 2 cents</p>
<p>for most of the 20th century, the three most well-lauded schools for higher education were harvard, columbia, and uchicago (yale and princeton werent in the picture). Columbia, however, fell into a state of decline in the 1970’s - 1990’s; New York during that time was crime ridden and filled with a bunch of other problems, not the best image for the most metropolitan city in the world as it is today. Columbia, with it, went downhill in perception. Since US news rankings (im sure the most read one) came out around that time, it didnt put columbia very high (not even top 10)…and i guess first impressions matter a lot lol? but since that, columbia has been climbing higher and higher year after year, and its boost in ranking and preception over the past few years (last year especially :D) im sure restored a lot of credibility! yay! lol</p>