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Re:How I Snuck Into The Ivy League. And You Can Too. by hristov on Thursday October 21, 2010 @07:24PM (#1817879)
The distinction is much stronger in Columbia. There you are part of an entirely different school (School of Graduate Studies), which shows up on your diploma and transcripts and which you are supposed to put on your resume. While you may take the same classes and get a degree that sounds the same as the ordinary undergrad schools (Columbia College and Barnard College) you have technically got that degree from a different school.

And they say that transferring out of that school into Columbia college is not easy at all.

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Re:How I Snuck Into The Ivy League. And You Can Too. by donnybrook on Friday October 22, 2010 @12:09AM (#1818544)
When I went to Columbia College, the GS students tended to be the best students. They were more prepared, more motivated, and had much more poise. If anything the GS degree would look better to me.

I know the snob factor goes down, but the GS degree should mean something to people who care more about education than branding or signaling.

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