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<p>Wow, this is an absolutely ridiculous, rude and ignorant statement. GS Dean Peter Awn has stated that GS has the highest average GPA of all the undergraduate schools. In one article, he even said, “So give me a break, when youre the best student in the department as a graduating senior, tell me why thats a back door.”</p>
<p>Also, GS’ acceptance rate is, according to College Board, in the low 20’s. (It is getting lower every year.) Admittedly, this is much higher than Columbia College’s acceptance rate although lower than Barnard’s. I think some of you are really exaggerating GS’ supposedly “easier admissions.”</p>
<p>With these facts in mind, I think you are being very harsh, unnecessarily rude and ignorant by calling a college of a university “an embarrassment”. Why is it that you feel the need to insult an entire student body to get a point across? Think about it. How does that help you?</p>
<p>You kind of remind me of the CC kids who say that Cornell’s contract colleges are not really Ivies and are “embarrassments” to Cornell University because of its “supposed” affiliation with NYS and SUNY (I disagree on this issue as well.) </p>
<p>Yes, Columbia’s School of General Studies, as you may already know, is “an official undergraduate college of Columbia, and offers the same classes, with the same faculty and same degree as all other undergraduate schools.”
…which is why you argue that GS’ statistics should be included with that of CC and SEAS. </p>
<p>Honestly, I do agree with you to a certain extent. But I think ‘part’ of this has to do with practicality as well. “GS admissions statistics are not reported in conjunction with CC/SEAS statistics. This is related both to GS’s different admission deadlines and the fact that CC/SEAS and GS have different applicant pools.” You may have noticed but GS’ deadlines and notification dates are all over the place in the Fall and Spring. Rolling admissions also makes it more difficult. To be honest, it’s quite difficult to have all the statistics in time for USNWR. But yes, there is a chance that Columbia is hiding these statistic intentionally.</p>
<p>Short version: I agree with you to a certain extent, but your insults are unnecessary, rude, and misleading; and most of all, false.</p>
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