Mark Montgomery, expert on college admissions, talks about Columbia University. If you want to get into an Ivy League school, consider Columbia, in the heart of New York with an excellent core curriculum. The team of admissions advisers at Great College Advice offers comprehensive admissions counseling and educational consulting for students and families nationwide as they navigate the college admissions process. Find these college counselors online at http://www.greatcollegeadvice.com . As graduates of the Ivy League, including Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Tufts University, our educational consultants give ambitious students the college advice they need to become competitive in selective college admissions. In addition, our team of college consultants provide advice on maximizing financial aid, merit scholarships, and practical tips on how to decrease the cost of a college education. We also enjoy working with students aiming for some of the best of the hidden gems of American higher education, including the Colleges That Change Lives. We have also worked with students aiming for careers in the fine arts, including many a school of art and conservatory of music. Some of the elite colleges and universities to which our students have successfully implied include Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Stanford, Northwestern, MIT, University of Michigan, University of Virginia. Our consultants also specialize in helping students write fantastic college essays to get into elite liberal arts colleges, such as Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Vassar, and Colby. Furthermore, we also work with recruited athletes, including those who play football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, as well as those involved in Olympic sports, such as swimming, gymnastics, and track and field. For more information about what we do, don't hesitate to call us at 720.279.7577. Our consultants, based in Denver, Colorado, and Westfield, New Jersey, will be happy to work with you--no matter where in the country you may live! PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: There are two things that you need to remember about Columbia University if you're trying to figure out whether that's the school you want to attend. Two things. The first is the core curriculum. The core curriculum, well, it could be really summed up by thinking about the old dead white guys. Columbia maintains this core curriculum that is grounded in the great books of western civilization. The second thing you have to think about is pretty obvious: New York City. It's what attracts students to Columbia. But there a couple of things that you need to think about in terms of that city location. The first is that the university is almost 100% residential. 95% or so of students live on campus all four years in the residence halls. And while they're small, it's really the best way to forge a community with the people that you'll be going to school with. So that's a great thing, but the other thing about New York City is it does tend to weaken some of the bonds that many other colleges are able to forge. So it doesn't have the spirited ra-ra kind of fierce loyalty that other schools like, say, a Notre Dame, maybe a Georgetown, a Dartmouth, will create. Because you've got the city there. And so instead of necessarily being involved in the campus community where that may be the only thing there is for you to do, someplace like South Bend, Indiana, the city is your world, right? So you can go out with other students and participate and enjoy the Big Apple, and that becomes part of the whole campus experience, the whole student experience of going to Columbia. So again, Columbia, core curriculum, New York City. If you're trying to figure out which Ivy League school is best for you, give me a call. I'd be happy to try to help. Or take a look at some of the other articles about Ivy League schools here on the blog. Thanks very much.

• published: 24 Mar 2016
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